Paige McKenzie I know right when they first came on I thought "hey these guys are cool!" but then they started taking themselves apart I guess you could say I changed my mind about them quickly lol XD
As a kid this movie was my favorite fantasy movie and the fireys were my favorite characters due to their wacky and carefree nature. Sucks Jim died before I was even born. Thank you for the magic Mr Henson
Absolutely love this team effort effect, totally could reproduce in my garage for Halloween 🎃...love for David, Labyrinth, J.Conlly, J.Henson...never forget this spectacular art works. 🙏🙏🙏
There's got to be so much more footage behind the scenes than what we see here, that they haven't released yet. I really wish they would. This movie is full of fantastic effects.
@RkivUnderground Here is an explanation why it was black: The Fiery scene was done with black velvet. Blue screen technology was around (it was used on Fraggle Rock and tons of other productions Muppet & non-Muppet), but having the performer who had to be in frame be removed (having them wear a flat blue full body suit) was not as good back then (you would see an outline of the person, and the edges of the characters and performers would be "fuzzy", not to mention shadows).
I've heard that. Karen Prell once said in an interview that the updated technology was one of the biggest differences between versions of Fraggle Rock. She talked about how the technology is used; it's not to replace the puppets, but rather enhance the puppets. Prell also said that these days she could just be on camera wearing a blue shirt and holding Red next to her face and nobody would know.
Great scene, great movie. But I just realized, from the narration and music, this is one of the behind-the-scenes "commercials" Henson did for The Odyssey Channel, a network they co-owned with Hallmark from 1999-2001 (when it became what is now The Hallmark Channel). I wonder if more of these are on Henson's account, and too bad we can't see the "Muppet"-related ones, for obvious reasons.
I'm pretty sure this was from the Odyssey Network years ago, as part of a series of bumpers during commercial breaks that would show the history and secrets of Jim Henson's work, between movies and shows.
@AlienAbandoned They used a Luma Key, which uses the luminance (brightness) channel of the video to make the matte. That's different from a Chroma Key which uses a certain chrominance (color) channel such as blue or green.
I absolutely love the Fireys and it amazes me how they did this scene. Magic on a film set. I feel like I really was born in the wrong era...shouldve been there...shouldve done that
So it was blackscreened? I always thought it was greenscreened due to the vague green lighting reflected on some of the objects. I guess that explains why there was too much bloody garbage matte on the final product. Oh, and George Lucas at 1:20.
YOU AREN'T LISTENING TO ME. I never said anything about CGI backgrounds. I said the TECHNIQUE to REPLACE the background would look better today. Live action actors and puppets and a physical background that is filmed stay the same. The only change is the process to edit out the puppeteers.
I always wondered why they had to use a fake background for one of the most basic settings in the movie, but now I know it’s because of how the mechanics of these puppets were used 😅
You guys shouldn't take any pride in this. This scene is one of the most poorly done movie productions in hollywood, the terrible green screen background was something I thought hollywood would never use but it proved me wrong
I mean, to be fair, this was the best solution available at the time. Considering green screening was pretty new at the time, I'd say it's an okay feat. Plus, the actual performers did an amazing job bringing the puppets to life.
