Friday, 4 December 2015

film techniques - Is it a highly trained mouse?

From Cinema Review:




It is actually an ensemble performance delivered by a combination of real mice, an animatronic mouse and a computer-generated (CGI) mouse.




Animal trainer Boone Narr trained ...




... 60 mice to perform the complex stunts and tricks they would have to perform in the film.



Grouped in teams of four or five, the mice had to be taught to do basic running and climbing stunts, as well as more intricate actions, including climbing into a sardine can bed beneath a tissue paper comforter.



The mice became so beloved that many of the "Mouse Hunt" cast and crew adopted them after shooting was completed.




The visual effects company Rhythm & Hues was responsible for the computer generated mouse.




According to Rhythm & Hues' visual effects supervisor Charles Gibson:



  • "The goal with 'Mouse Hunt's' visual effects was to make people believe we had the world's most amazing trained mouse, and never a CGI creation."



The animatronic mouse came from Stan Winston Studios.




VFX HQ has an article about the CG mouse.

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