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There’s an interesting video up at Yahoo showing the creative process behind the Gore Verbinski directed RANGO, featuring the voices of Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Bill Nighy, Abigail Breslin, Alfred Molina, Harry Dean Stanton, Ray Winstone, and Timothy Olyphant. This behind the scenes featurette is short but sweet, and shows a very interesting side of the filmmaking process behind this project. Verbinski shot the actors in full character, walking around and talking to one another, then used that footage as a template for the animators. Depp even refers to it as “Emotion Capture” as an alternative to motion capture. If ya ask me, this is a pretty revolutionary way to shoot animated movies, and hopefully one that will catch on. I love the fun and collaborative aspect of it. It’s also about the only way to get talking animated animals to emulate the actual actor’s movements and posture, to any sort of successful degree. Check out the video below and tell us your thoughts in the comments. Are you excited about RANGO?
RANGO opens March 4, 2011
Source: SlashFilm
Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff. 
