BLADE RUNNER and FIREFOX miniature effects

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Published 2020-05-14

Mark Stetson, Les Ekker, Pat McClung and Ron Gress talk about the miniature effects work in Blade Runner and Firefox. Extended segment from the Sense of Scale documentary. Photos: Mark Stetson, Virgil Mirano, Douglas Trumbull, EEG.

All Comments (21)

@Indigo_Gaming 3 years ago

I still believe the Blade Runner city flythrough shots are the most timeless practical effects ever put to film. Masterful!
@chiefscheider 3 years ago

I've read a lot about Harrison Ford being unhappy on the Blade Runner set, but he seems pretty relaxed here 2:26
@matsm0n0 3 years ago

Still looks better than 99% of the CGI we see today. Amazing work.
@darkknightwithanidea1845 3 years ago

Real craftsmen, real artistic approach. Brilliant. This is why BR looks & feels so magnificent.
@mgabbard 4 years ago

Yeah, I got my first model making job on Blade Runner... OMG
@Eralen00 1 year ago

Blade runner is my favorite movie of all time. Its incredible to see these models up close and in detail. Through the dark, rainy, steamy, polluted, neon soaked streets of LA 2019 they're somewhat hard to see properly (which is not a bad thing, its very atmospheric). Amazing work by everyone involved
@TheRubberStudiosASMR 10 months ago

Some of the city shots are phenomenal. It looks like they are real.
@bighands69 3 years ago

I think the effects on blade runner look more real than CGI. You get a real sense of presence with the physical effects that you do not get from CGI.
@ADAPTATION7 3 years ago

This is so fascinating to me. Models born out of creation and pure imagination.
@rexmundi3108 4 years ago

It's nice to hear these creative people talking a bit of shop, the work experience as opposed to the conceptual side. Gives a bit of perspective on their range of skills and professionalism.
@roblangada4516 2 years ago

2:51 Imagine your first modelmaking job is on a movie which is widely considered to have the best practical effects of any 80s film.
@danny-li6io 3 years ago

The main problem with CGI is that it looks like CGI. -Stan Winston Industrial Light & Magic
@decibelfilm 4 years ago

Some tremendous BTS photos of Bladerunner miniatures here that I, as a long-term fan, don't believe I've ever seen elsewhere.
@AsianFlew 3 years ago

These guys were my idols back in the day. The way CGI is overused in film these days is truly sad. CGI just doesn't have the same feel as physical models. Happy to see that some filmmakers realize this and have gone back to using physical models.
@luciusvorenus9445 2 years ago

The acid etching looks like it influenced the small brass details available for commercially produced model kits. These clips are fantastic! Thank you.
@kyleashley 3 years ago

our young new Previs team on LOTR got to work under Mark , just the nicest most patient and creative Man, and i got him to sign my Blade Runner poster of coarse! ..one tried not to geek out on a daily basis..one failed .. I bought a copy of this DVD when it came out..having worked through the last stages of this magical era into the CG take over..its a rare and honest historical work, thanks!
@ericl.winter3622 3 years ago

Absolutely amazing work done by everyone involved! Timeless.
@DouglassVisions 3 years ago

Here in my garage, i got my blade runner set here.
@johnwatson3948 3 years ago

This is really great. In 1986 I was part of a student awards group being given a tour of BOSS Films - the former EEG – by Richard Edlund. I was going crazy because no one was asking questions about this historic place.
@hellm8876 1 year ago

The effect that miniatures create is different and makes us feel its not cgi