CLOSE ENCOUNTERS of the THIRD KIND miniature effects 

It’s still hard to believe the ship in the desert is a model and forced perspective. One of the great shots.

Starlog was my favorite magazine growing up!

This miniature effects were awesome. They look so natural when they were proper done

That Mother Ship blew my little mind. I guess I was too young to even question how things were made back then, or how many hours the artists had to put in; and even if I had known it back then, I wouldn't have been able to process it. Only now, soon to be 50, have I done enough work and have encountered the ridiculously long days (in other fields) in recent years, so that I can begin to appreciate the efforts of these artists. I'm really grateful they put the effort in, but feel a teeny bit guilty because those wonderful scenes, which felt Euphoric to watch, came at a cost; a little bit of their physical/mental health perhaps. But I suppose I've learned of late that sometimes, in order to achieve something magnificent, you may have to go overboard (or might be required to), not always obviously, but seems to be the case with these movie setups. My hat off to these people. They gave me so much childhood escape.

I can't get enough of this kind of thing. As a kid In the 70s bought Starlog and Famous Monsters whenever I saw them, always wanted to be one of these guys. I did go on to study art, so hearing these people talk, seeing them work, really resonates.

Even now, while looking at the miniature, nostalgia and scale came oozing through. These folks don't realize the genius energy that they put into this!

What a coincidence, two items in a row feature models from Buck Rogers! How these ships, from Buck Rogers and Battlestar Galactica, filled my TV childhood and fantasy - together with all the big screen marvels being shared on this channel. This is what dreams are made of - literally. Thanks for sharing!

The unsung heros of filmaking.

wow, i am just learning about these special effects in close encounters,.........a high level of skill,...thanx for sharing !!!

What they did back then is nothing short as an art form. I recently watch a reaction from a young person watching Alien from 1979 for the first time. He said ...wow.. the CGI looked amazing back then. People responded. Oh no no no. That is not CGI. It’s practical effects. The space ships were miniatures.

미지와우조우는 내인생 최고의 명작이었습니다. 엔딩씬은 눈물이날정도록.. 아름다웠습니다

I watched this over and over when it came out in 77, I can't believe I was only 13! Happily, this film was made before totally fake looking CGI was in existence! What an achievement to do this and other films using lit up models!

Some fancy baker should make a giant cake designed like the mothership from close encounter of the third kind. Maybe it's been done?

Rest in peace, Gregory Jein. October 31st, 1945-May 22nd, 2022.

This whole film 🎥 just blew me away at the cinema ! Nobody had ever seen anything like it

That model of the Mothership is in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, parked next to the real NASA space shuttle Discovery.

I heard a story of a production artist working on a project, that had to go home to sleep. When the other artists came in the next morning they could see the degeneration of detail on the model but didn't have time to do it over so they copied the loss of detail on the remaining sections. Now, that's artistry. ;-)

I still remember seeing the miniature of Devil's Tower at Greg Jein's shop!

Superb film, you could say from another world

With such a good presentation I am obligated to be part of this channel. I have subbed. great video

That sounds like it was an exciting time to be in VFX. When it was very much roads not traveled.

I heard some of these guys went on to work on the effects in "V". Makes sense, particularly regarding the motherships. I hope this channel does a segment on that amazing TV movie someday....

Fascinating. Thanks for sharing this.

what would go on to be used as the top of the Blade Runner police tower can be seen at 5:21!

I wonder who the heck designed that mother ship. That think was huge and very complicated. CE3K was one of the scariest movies I've ever seen. Those aliens still scare me.

Love practical effects and miniatures.. I think cgi and no story killed movies

Masterpiece of a movie still have it on VHS 👽

Yep, in my mind all of this stuff was in fact stuck onto the Mothership cause among the aliens it is fashionable to display samples from worlds they visited.

It seems that some of the shots are from the special edition, the ship found in the desert and inside the mothership. I always assumed these we filmed later on after the original release of the movie.

4:31 That's some cute ... 😄

For anyone who hasn't already seen it, the following may also be of interest: *The Making of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (Documentary, 2001)* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_XytWm9m9cY.html

Close encounters of the third kind. One of the best movies ever made?

I like the tiny little airplanes on the mother ship from Revell aircraft carrier models.

Why is this documentary not on Amazon Prime or Apple TV+? This is great stuff.

I love these videos so much. Do you happen to have any interviews concerning Star Trek: The Motion Picture?

WOW …

i really hate anything to do with star wars. but i love close encounter of the 3rd kind I HATE CGI, so this is why this movies is so good

36 hours straight up working…. crazy.

Very interesting

Thats awesome...now I know 😂

미지와의조우 ufo 는 가장 아름다운 우주선이었습니다. 프라모델 로는 안나오나?

I don't know about that extended cut with the interior of the mothership...honestly, if I had had to do an interior of the mothership, it would have been far less greebly detailed, and far more from Roy's point of view as he walked up a set of dark stairs to a set of open, brilliantly lit doors. He would have entered one, and we would have seen blurred lighted images passing in front of his backlit head for about five or six seconds...then the camera would have receded back down the stairs and out the ramp entrance...cut to Lacombe.

Ever wondered why Richard Dreyfuss made that Devil's Towers diorama in the living room? Spielberg - 'Great models guys! I really like them. By the way.... I could use a model or a diorama of the Devil's Tower in Wyoming where the climax is set. Maybe a 10 by 10 ft base with trees, bushes small hillsides with 5 ft tall 'rock' in the middle. Got time for that...? Dreyfuss - 'Hold my beer - I got this!

JOE ALVES MADE THE BOAT FROM JAWS!😃😃👍👍👍

Wonder who got Greg's models .

is this where hiding R2D2 on models began?

HiDef 60fps celluloid, eh!? The PC a master Race feels even more justified! ;)

2:50 4:30 R2-D2

Well l never a VW camper, R2D2, a Tia Fighter ..... to make an alien space craft lol 😆

CGI is not as good as pure skill model making. You guys should be proud of what you have done.

CGI has been overdone now. Its good in places. Film hours are ridiculous. 18 hour days became the norm in my case.

this moive is perfect, it looks insaine, story is inasone the acting is supurb , the arent making moves like this anymore.

Honestly this doesn’t feel very serious...