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Join Disney's Ike Eisenmann, and author, Jonathan Rosen, as they chat with legendary Matte Painter, Harrison Ellenshaw!Harrison talks about learning from his famous father, Academy-Award winner, Peter Ellenshaw, working on Star Wars for George Lucas, working for Disney on The Black Hole and Tron, helping create the Michael Jackson attraction, Captain EO, and much more!
Join Disney's Ike Eisenmann, and author, Jonathan Rosen, as they chat with legendary Matte Painter, Harrison Ellenshaw!Harrison talks about learning from his famous father, Academy-Award winner, Peter Ellenshaw, working on Star Wars for George Lucas, working for Disney on The Black Hole and Tron, helping create the Michael Jackson attraction, Captain EO, and much more!
Greetings and welcome to The I/O Tower: a podcast for all things TRON. I'm your host, David Fleming. This is Part 3 in my three-part series with TRON associate producer and co-visual effects supervisor Harrison Ellenshaw. Harrison reflects on conceptual artists Syd Mead, Jean "Moebius" Giraud, and Peter Lloyd, and how their combined talent and vision for TRON was both intimidating and exciting. He describes the casting process, and the challenge of conveying the story of TRON to auditioning actors—a challenge not all would overcome. Harrison details many scenes, such as Jeff Bridges' improvised "big door", Flynn's Arcade, Dillinger's helicopter, and Wendy Carlos' iconic soundtrack. And Harrison was crushed that Yori's "love scene" was left out. We close the interview with funny voices on the set of TRON, and Harrison's film about making a film—"Stardumb (Dead Silence)". END OF LINE
Greetings and welcome to The I/O Tower: a podcast for all things TRON. I'm your host, David Fleming. This is Part 3 in my three-part series with TRON associate producer and co-visual effects supervisor Harrison Ellenshaw. Harrison reflects on conceptual artists Syd Mead, Jean "Moebius" Giraud, and Peter Lloyd, and how their combined talent and vision for TRON was both intimidating and exciting. He describes the casting process, and the challenge of conveying the story of TRON to auditioning actors—a challenge not all would overcome. Harrison details many scenes, such as Jeff Bridges' improvised "big door", Flynn's Arcade, Dillinger's helicopter, and Wendy Carlos' iconic soundtrack. And Harrison was crushed that Yori's "love scene" was left out. We close the interview with funny voices on the set of TRON, and Harrison's film about making a film—"Stardumb (Dead Silence)". END OF LINE
Greetings and welcome to The I/O Tower: a podcast for all things TRON. I'm your host, David Fleming. This is Part 2 in my three-part series with TRON associate producer and co-visual effects supervisor Harrison Ellenshaw. We pick up with Harrison joining the TRON team as they figure out how to do the special effects, what it will cost, and how long it will take. Problems quickly arise, such as inked film cels stuck together and boxes of film being crushed! Harrison discusses his matte painting of the Encom office cubicle "popcorn" scene—the only matte painting in TRON. He also discusses the colors used in backlit scenes that give the electronic characters their glow, and the challenges in working with multiple colors and exposures. END OF LINE
Greetings and welcome to The I/O Tower: a podcast for all things TRON. I'm your host, David Fleming. This is Part 2 in my three-part series with TRON associate producer and co-visual effects supervisor Harrison Ellenshaw. We pick up with Harrison joining the TRON team as they figure out how to do the special effects, what it will cost, and how long it will take. Problems quickly arise, such as inked film cels stuck together and boxes of film being crushed! Harrison discusses his matte painting of the Encom office cubicle "popcorn" scene—the only matte painting in TRON. He also discusses the colors used in backlit scenes that give the electronic characters their glow, and the challenges in working with multiple colors and exposures. END OF LINE
Greetings and welcome to The I/O Tower: a podcast for all things TRON. I'm your host, David Fleming. This is Part 1 in my three-part series with TRON associate producer and co-visual effects supervisor Harrison Ellenshaw. Harrison tells us how he began at Disney as a matte painter, and how that work led him to Industrial Light and Magic to work on "Star Wars" and again later on "The Empire Strikes Back". Before "Empire", Harrison worked on Disney's "The Black Hole" alongside his father, famed matte painter and special effects creator Peter Ellenshaw—an experience Harrison describes as a true blessing. "The Black Hole" was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Visual Effects. After "The Empire Strikes Back", Harrison found himself out of work when a desperate call from Disney led to his next job—and a chance meeting with Steven Lisberger, who had just pitched TRON to Disney. END OF LINE
Greetings and welcome to The I/O Tower: a podcast for all things TRON. I'm your host, David Fleming. This is Part 1 in my three-part series with TRON associate producer and co-visual effects supervisor Harrison Ellenshaw. Harrison tells us how he began at Disney as a matte painter, and how that work led him to Industrial Light and Magic to work on "Star Wars" and again later on "The Empire Strikes Back". Before "Empire", Harrison worked on Disney's "The Black Hole" alongside his father, famed matte painter and special effects creator Peter Ellenshaw—an experience Harrison describes as a true blessing. "The Black Hole" was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Visual Effects. After "The Empire Strikes Back", Harrison found himself out of work when a desperate call from Disney led to his next job—and a chance meeting with Steven Lisberger, who had just pitched TRON to Disney. END OF LINE
On this exciting episode of StarPodLog, we consider the sci-fi contents of Starlog magazine from 1978 in issues 13 and 14.Read along with your personal issue from your collection or for free here:https://archive.org/details/starlog_magazine-013/mode/2up---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We will be attending Superman Celebration. Join us:https://www.supermancelebration.net/---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ICCCon was an incredible Star Wars convention that we attended recently. Make plans to attend next year with us!https://iccollectorsconvention.com/---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Subjects that we will be discussing on this episode:501st Legion member BJ Savage considers the article David Prowse: The Man Behind The Mask. He also describes what it is like to costume as Darth Vader!Check out the 501st Legion at:https://www.501st.com/---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Joey Pittman discusses Walt Disney's Space Shows of the Fifties.You can find him on the Disney Universe podcast at:https://linktr.ee/disneyuniversepodcast---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Listen how horror superfan Derek Martin had the opportunity to meet Forrest J. Ackerman at the Ackermansion!Feel free to join the Tennessee Horror, Suspense, Sci-fi & Fantasy Meetup group at:https://www.meetup.com/horrorfriends/---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Artist Kevin B. Cleveland discusses the ingenuity that painter Matthew Yuricich used in the movies.Discover Kevin's work at:https://www.artstation.com/kevinbcleveland---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Kevin Lentz describes the niche hobby of collecting Science Fiction records.Find out more at:https://m.facebook.com/groups/starwarsrecordsandtapes/?notif_t=group_r2j_approved¬if_id=1621505084498833&ref=m_notif---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Artist Jeremiah Pantoja admires the work of Star Wars matte painter P.S. Ellenshaw.Explore Jeremiah's creations at:https://m.facebook.com/ArtisticLifestyle1/---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------All this, plus Logan's Run, Project UFO, Capricorn One and more!---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Don't forget to join our Facebook group:https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=469912916856743&ref=content_filter---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Love Starlog magazine?Join the Facebook group:https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=303578380105395&ref=content_filter---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Topics:Star WarsLogan's RunDavid ProwseDisneyForrest J AckermanProject UFOCapricorn OneTags:Star WarsLogan's RunDavid ProwseDisneyForrest J AckermanProject UFOCapricorn One--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Music used with permission Checkpoint Charley.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Publication date-Stardate 2021.04.28Join our YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgE_kNBWqnvTPAQODKZA1UgFind us on FaceBookat https://www.facebook.com/groups/starpodlog/ and https://www.facebook.com/nayr.kavura.3--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Find us on Twitter and InstaGram@StarPodLog--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Find us on Reddit atu/StarPodTrek--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Listen to us on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts!If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file hereDownload (right click, save as)
Harrison began his career as a matte painter with Walt Disney Studios. One of the first films he worked on was The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) starring David Bowie. He famously went on to join Industrial Light and Magic to create and produce matte paintings and visual effects for Star Wars (1977) and The Empire Strikes Back (1980). He also worked subsequently as the Visual Effects Supervisor on Tron (1982) as well as later for Disney on Dick Tracy (1990). Harrison’s father also had a legendary career as a matte artist for Disney and the pair were nominated for an Academy Award for their work on The Black Hole (1979). His credits in visual effects span decades, including films such as Escape from L.A. (1996), Cabin Boy (1994), Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992), Ghost (1990), Superman IV (1987), Captain EO (1986), Pete’s Dragon (1977), and more.Check out That Pop Culture Show here on this channel every week, with new episodes debuting on Fridays. That Pop Culture Show is a weekly round table talk show with celebrity guests, collectors and experts talking about and celebrating pop culture.Join hosts Kody Frederick and Jason DeBord with guests from the world of pop culture, including film, television, rock 'n' roll, sports, contemporary and street art, comic books, geek culture and more. Each episode features a profile of the guest, a discussion of current pop culture topics, and a close look at an artifact of collectable the guest has brought in to share. This includes in-depth looks at prized pieces of memorabilia, works related to their careers, or any other interesting artifact that has meaning to them in their lives. Please like and subscribe to support our efforts to celebrate pop culture.
HARRISON ELLENSHAW Harrison is an amazing matte artist and is best known for his work on TRON (1982), Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987), Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), and Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back. Ellenshaw eventually became the head of Disney's effects studio, Buena Vista Visual Effect, and worked as its executive producer in Escape from L.A. (1996, John Carpenter) This is the 3rd of four special episodes highlighting panels from the Los Angeles Empire Con this past December 6th-8th.
HARRISON ELLENSHAW Harrison is an amazing matte artist and is best known for his work on TRON (1982), Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987), Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), and Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back. Ellenshaw eventually became the head of Disney’s effects studio, Buena Vista Visual Effect, and worked as its executive producer in Escape from L.A. (1996, John Carpenter) This is the 3rd of four special episodes highlighting panels from the Los Angeles Empire Con this past December 6th-8th.
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Harrison Ellenshaw painted some of the incredibly detailed background matte paintings for the first two Star Wars movies. Working side-by-side with Ralph McQuarrie on the sequel, Mr. Ellenshaw made the galaxy far, far away into something believable and beautiful. In addition to his work on the trilogy, Mr. Ellenshaw has had a varied visual effects career, including groundbreaking work on seminal classics like Tron, The Man Who Fell to Earth and Black Hole, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. We talk about it all, including (of course) Captain EO so definitely check it out! Be sure to visit his website HarrisonEllenshaw.com and check out his (purchasable) artwork on Ellenshaw.com For more behind-the-scenes stuff, as well as a link to some of our other in-depth interviews, check out: Website: www.TalkingBay94.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/TalkingBay94 Instagram: www.instagram.com/TalkingBay94
Greetings, Programs! In 1982, TRON was repeatedly featured in reports about cutting-edge computer graphics (and rightfully so), but truth-be-told, many journalists were crediting the computer with animation that was often accomplished by hand and through painstakingly tedious photographic processes. Go behind-the-scenes with SHAZ, SHUA, and JAMIE once more as they continue to DECODE the GRID of the original TRON movie as they delve into The Making of TRON. PLUS: The original TRON Soundtrack comes out on translucent blue vinyl and other news. Let us know what you love about TRON and want to hear on TRON: Decoding the Grid. And don’t forget to let Disney know how much you like TRON (in all its various presentations) and that you want more! TRON LIVES
The visual effects of Darby O'Gill: Team Mousetalgia explore the underrated special FX behind the 1959 Disney masterpiece Darby O'Gill and the Little People, including the matte paintings, forced perspective and nodal point camera used to create the groundbreaking effects. Also, Kristen gives a day to get a day and finds Walt's grave. Plus - listener emails, remembering Fess Parker, and more!