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the waves, the lightning,
I think is quite phenomenal actually.
:06:13
We started in preproduction with them,
:06:16
designing the movement, the colours
and the shape of the ships.
:06:21
Our producers, Mark Huffam and Tim Bevan,
:06:25
wisely decided that,
contrary to the way things are usually done,
:06:31
the art department
and the visual effects department
:06:34
would be housed in the same building
and start on the film at the same time.
:06:39
So that, in preproduction,
:06:41
we were able to collaborate, as I mentioned,
:06:45
on the design, movement, colour, size, scope
:06:49
of all the five Thunderbirds,
:06:52
which are characters
in the picture as much as these actors are,
:06:56
and FAB 1, which is Lady Penelope's car.
:07:03
I think, interestingly, this oil rig rescue
:07:07
is a great combination of CG, complete CG ships,
:07:14
a model shoot
on a one-tenth scale model of the oil rig,
:07:22
separate pyrotechnic elements -
:07:25
the fire elements were enhanced
at a second shoot.
:07:35
CG rain as well as live rain on the set.
:07:40
The cockpits were sets,
obviously the exteriors were all CG.
:07:46
So it's a great meeting
of lots of filmmaking techniques
:07:49
that hopefully no one in the audience
will ever see where the edges are.
:07:54
There, in that scene,
we hope to have introduced the Thunderbirds,
:07:58
who our heroes aspire to be.