WILLIS H O’BRIEN AND RAY HARRYHAUSEN

Discover as much as you can about Willis H O’brien and Ray Harryhausen
in 10 minutes. Write your findings in the text box below
They were some of the 1st people to use cgi characters and live action Footage in
the same scene Willis Harold O'Brien was an American special effects artist and a
animator, he was responsible on bringing to life many famous stop motion films

Tutor Explanation
He uses cgi characters then after he has finished animating them he recorded the
live action and put them together

What were some of the animators’ key works?

King Kong

What do you think about the aesthetics of models. How would you describe how
they look. What do you think of them compared to modern day special effects?

MINIMUM 200 WORDS

The models they were using looks very realistic which helped the facet that they
were using live action as well as if they were using a awfully made paper stick
man it would look awful and untidy but with the models they made it look like they
were fighting something really as the models also had very good movement which

MODEL ANIMATION
allowed them to Do stuff like fightong climbing and more which at 1st sight it looks
like someone is performing in a costume

Can you think of any influences these animators have had on future filmmakers?

MODEL ANIMATION