[S2 Ep3.2] Hal Hickle (ILM Animation Supervisor‪)‬ On The Fly with Jon Gill

Hal is an Animation Supervisor at Hollywood visual effects study Industrial Light and Magic and in part one you hear about his journey to ILM via Cal Arts, Will Vinton’s Studio and Pixar!

Thank you so much for downloading this podcast, I’m Jon Gill and this is On The Fly, this episode is the second and final part of my chat with Hal Hickle.

I’m very grateful to Hal for his time and a lot of time at that… we chatted for just over 2 and a half hours…

And in this episode we get into the role of the Animation Supervisor as well as how the shot design in The Mandalorian was based on shots from the original Star Wars Trilogy and more…

However we start with Yoda and the evolution of the 80s puppet to the digital bouncing frog of the prequals…

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Here's the Youtube video I mentioned that explains some of the process of using model shots for the Mandalorian's "Razor Quest".
Adam Savage – TESTED: How ILM Made The Mandalorian's Razor Crest Motion-Controlled Miniature!
https://youtu.be/MtGAiEQEIXE