Thunderbirds

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The project, 680 shots, is a very considerable
amount of visual effects work.

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At one point we had 148 artists -

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2-D artists, 3-D artists, producers,
special effects supervisors -

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all working on Thunderbirds.

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It was quite daunting to go over there
every morning and approve shots.

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Again you can see the floating debris
that Nelmes added

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to enhance the sense of zero gravity
and now we're back in real gravity.

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So it was used sparsely
because it's so time-consuming to shoot

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because of all the elements -
the green screens, the poles they need to float on,

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the uncomfortable quality of the rig itself.

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So what was originally in the script
five or six scenes,

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was cut down to two or three scenes,
ultimately to good advantage.

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Here comes Zimmer's heroic music.

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Yeah, decision made, smiles all around.

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Yeah.

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Again, Paxton able to pull off
this heroic American...

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Listen to this sound effect.

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Who would believe that in a movie?
And there it is.

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The blue, indicating we're going
into Thunderbird 1's silo.

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Revisit the heroes' handclasp
and we're off into act three.

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Great costume bit in the back.

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Lady Penelope magically changes clothes,
virtually from set to set.