GHOSTBUSTERS and 2010 miniature effects

Published 2020-09-05
GHOSTBUSTERS and 2010! Ron Gress, Pete Gerard, Pat Mcclung, Mark Stetson, and Leslie Ekker talk about the miniature effects done at Boss Film. Extended segment from Sense of Scale. Photos: Kento Gebo, Pat Mcclung, Diana Hamann, John Lambert, Marc Tyler, Mark Stetson, Pete Gerard, William Randall Cook, Bill Bryan, Virgil Mirano, Boss Films, Columbia Pictures

All Comments (21)
  • @msh6865
    I've always thought that final end scene in 2010 of the monolith in the primevil swamp was absolutely beautiful.
  • @LextheRobot
    Lots of great photos in this. Thanks for not forcing zooms or other movement into the pics, but just letting them speak for themselves.
  • @kentconklin7294
    These craftsmen and artists are the heroes of movie making , RESPECT !!!!!!
  • Always amazed how good the miniature work looks in Ghostbusters compared to other movies of the era. They just nailed the lighting and camera lenses. Looks so real.
  • @bananapilaf
    I really enjoy these short interviews, a perspective you don't normally get. I appreciate you sharing these extended segments. Cheers!
  • @Kurtiscott
    Incredible work on both shows. Especially considering that they were launching Boss with two these high profile shows in the pipeline. Aside from some wonky opticals on a couple of the terror dog shots in Ghostbusters, all of the effects for both 2010 and Ghostbusters still look beautiful to this day. Thank you so much for posting! Such a privilege to listen to all of these artists recollections of their nuts and bolts experiences of working on such iconic films.
  • @DianaHamann
    Thanks for this great documentary, Berton. You really captured the time & I enjoyed seeing the faces from the past!!
  • @sekirokai6953
    8:27 That depicts the suitmation from the makings of the Japanese Godzilla films. Godzilla suit actors, Nakajima-san and Tsutomu Kitagawa would be proud.
  • @llothar68
    In Ghostbusters they reused Blade Runner and Blade Runner reused this building from Escape to New York and that was shoot on a very low budget. Thats why movies didn't cost 200 million back than.
  • @sageparra4956
    These are great videos with some awesome stories! Love all the behind the scene stuff.
  • @jvcpaints
    These videos are great! Really inspirational for amateur modelers to up their game. Great stuff!
  • @ElRel
    This is a wonderful series
  • @pendaco
    That's awesome to realize those buildings were retrofitted Blade Runner buildings 😲
  • @Lumibear.
    13:20 - :40 so is that why we got so many exciting movies with complex plots that hold up decades later?
  • The small segment about Raise the Titanic is not correct. The films raising sequence that was filmed in the deep tank in Malta was 100% water. Salt was not used to simulate water scale. However, salt was added to the water when the Titanic model was filmed in the adjacent surface tank for a fly-past view of the raised ship. The salt was added to give more density to the otherwise plain water that was being pumped up out of the surface tank.
  • @davidmurphy8236
    At 5:30 we’re told Stay Puft stomps a Car, then another veers off and hits a Hydrant, well, I remember the Car hitting a fire Hydrant, and a Police Car was supposed to get stepped on, but, the Camera cuts before that happens....Anyone else wish they could’ve seen the table top Central Park miniature set?, cause I would’ve loved to have seen it!
  • @40HDR
    All the work that went into the Stay puft scene. When you watch the movie, none of what he talks about, ie. moving cars, pink cadi getting stepped on, make it into the movie. The fire plug just pops for no reason in the finished film. Go look for yourself.