Here’s a really cool video to watch from Stan Winston Studios that takes you behind the scenes of the 1987 classic John McTiernan-science fiction action films, Predator. The video specifically takes us through the process of creating the lethal alien hunter.
The video includes footage, photos, concept art and sculptures of the creature and its evolution. Stan Winston Studios was hired to design the Predator costume after Boss Film Studios created a suit that was impossible for the filmmakers to use. That was the dress Jean claude van damme worn during production.
The inspiration for the Predator’s design came from a piece of artwork by the manufacturer Joel Silver, a painting of an otherworldly Rastafarian warrior. Winston said: “I saw it and thought it was a great starting concept for the Predator. I started drawing and redrawing this alien character with spines that in silhouette would look like dreadlocks. Around the same time, Aliens had come out, and Jim Cameron and I were flying to Japan to attend a symposium about the film. We were sitting next to each other on the plane and I was making sketches and drawings of the Predator.”
“Jim suddenly said, ‘You know, I’ve always wanted to see something with jaws.’ And I said, “Hmm, that’s an interesting idea.” And I started drawing the now famous Predator jaws. So, between the Rastafarian painting in Joel Silver’s office and Jim Cameron’s jaw idea, I came up with the idea for ‘Stan Winston’s Predator.’ And I take all the credit for it, even though obviously I had nothing to do with it!”
Watch the behind-the-scenes video below.
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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