TRON Legacy comes ever closer, but doesn’t seem to diminish the technological masterpiece that is the original. CGSociety acknowledges this with a great detailed writeup, containing lots of conceptual graphics from preproduction, covering how creation of the technology and the movie.
“I think the most difficult thing in doing Tron was to marry the computer simulation moments with the live-action photography, and have them feel like they were all in the same place,” stated computer effects supervisor Richard Taylor (Time After Time) who along with computer image choreographer Bill Kroyer (Technological Threat) had to deal with computer graphics companies unfamiliar with the world of moviemaking. “We went in not knowing anything about computer technology,” remarked Kroyer. “We only knew what we wanted to achieve on the film. In discussions with the development groups of each company, we were convinced that we could actually develop the technology as we went along and marry it with the creative needs, and end up with a film that would look good.”
via CGSociety – TRON.
