Easter Eggs In Category 7
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Easter Eggs In Category 7
The visual-effects team behind CBS' upcoming SF disaster miniseries Category 7: The End of the World told SCI FI Wire that they managed to sneak their names and initials into several scenes. On a special weather plane, viewers will see "the letters on the plane, BAV. That's me," said Brian A. Vogt, the computer graphics lighting and texture guy in the CBS Digital department, which is handling nearly 400 effects shots in the four-hour miniseries.
Visual effects supervisor Craig Weiss added that sharp-eyed viewers will notice several names engraved on a plaque in front of the Eiffel Tower at the beginning of the film: the names of the digital team. "We sneak our imprint into just about everything we do here," Weiss said with a smile.
Weiss said the team also had to come up with scenes featuring a modified SR-71 military jet, which is no longer in use. Tom Skerritt plays a pilot who flies the jet into the eye of a deadly super storm. But because few SR-71s still exist, models were used for the filming and the digital drawing of the plane.
Category 7, the sequel to last year's hit Category 6, stars Randy Quaid, Gina Gershon, Shannen Doherty, James Brolin and Swoosie Kurtz. It premieres Nov. 6 and 13.
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/i...ory=0&id=32892
Easter Eggs In Category 7
The visual-effects team behind CBS' upcoming SF disaster miniseries Category 7: The End of the World told SCI FI Wire that they managed to sneak their names and initials into several scenes. On a special weather plane, viewers will see "the letters on the plane, BAV. That's me," said Brian A. Vogt, the computer graphics lighting and texture guy in the CBS Digital department, which is handling nearly 400 effects shots in the four-hour miniseries.
Visual effects supervisor Craig Weiss added that sharp-eyed viewers will notice several names engraved on a plaque in front of the Eiffel Tower at the beginning of the film: the names of the digital team. "We sneak our imprint into just about everything we do here," Weiss said with a smile.
Weiss said the team also had to come up with scenes featuring a modified SR-71 military jet, which is no longer in use. Tom Skerritt plays a pilot who flies the jet into the eye of a deadly super storm. But because few SR-71s still exist, models were used for the filming and the digital drawing of the plane.
Category 7, the sequel to last year's hit Category 6, stars Randy Quaid, Gina Gershon, Shannen Doherty, James Brolin and Swoosie Kurtz. It premieres Nov. 6 and 13.
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