Scott Farrar

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Scott Farrar is the Industrial Light & Magic Visual Effects Supervisor on Transformers, and its sequels, Revenge of the Fallen and Dark of the Moon. An Oscar-winning veteran of the visual effects industry, Farrar has served in a similar capacity on A.I. Artificial Intelligence, The Chronicles of Narnia and xXx: State of the Union, and has worked in other roles at ILM in franchises such as Star Wars, Star Trek, Back to the Future and Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park.

It's actually physical pieces moving. This all is very complex. This toy [the original Optimus Prime action figure] has 51 pieces. Our Optimus Prime in the movie has 10,108.{{#if:|{{{quote2}}}}}{{#if:Scott Farrar <ref>CanMag interviews Scott Farrar, where he tells us the G1 Optimus Prime toy only has 51 pieces, while ILM's CG model of Movie Optimus Prime has 10,108 pieces.</ref>|Scott Farrar <ref>CanMag interviews Scott Farrar, where he tells us the G1 Optimus Prime toy only has 51 pieces, while ILM's CG model of Movie Optimus Prime has 10,108 pieces.</ref>{{#if:|, {{{3}}}|}}|}}

This little guy has 51 pieces. Our Optimus Prime has 10,108.{{#if:|{{{quote2}}}}}{{#if:|{{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}|}}|}}

This all is very complex. This toy in front of you has 51 pieces. Our Optimus Prime in the movie has 10,108.{{#if:|{{{quote2}}}}}{{#if:Scott Farrar <ref>Dark Horizon's exclusive interview with Scott Farrar, where he tells us the G1 Optimus Prime toy only has 51 pieces, while ILM's CG model of Movie Optimus Prime has 10,108 pieces.</ref>|Scott Farrar <ref>Dark Horizon's exclusive interview with Scott Farrar, where he tells us the G1 Optimus Prime toy only has 51 pieces, while ILM's CG model of Movie Optimus Prime has 10,108 pieces.</ref>{{#if:|, {{{3}}}|}}|}}

How do you build these things on a set? This toy has 51 parts. Our Optimus has 10,108 parts.{{#if:|{{{quote2}}}}}{{#if:Scott Farrar <ref>Computer Graphics World's 'Heavy Metal' article on the visual effects of Transformers, where Scott Farrar comments on the fact that the G1 Optimus Prime toy only has 51 pieces, while ILM's CG model of Movie Optimus Prime has 10,108 pieces.</ref>|Scott Farrar <ref>Computer Graphics World's 'Heavy Metal' article on the visual effects of Transformers, where Scott Farrar comments on the fact that the G1 Optimus Prime toy only has 51 pieces, while ILM's CG model of Movie Optimus Prime has 10,108 pieces.</ref>{{#if:|, {{{3}}}|}}|}}

Why did you bring the toy?{{#if:|{{{quote2}}}}}{{#if:Interviewer|Interviewer{{#if:|, {{{3}}}|}}|}}

Just to show how many pieces are in this versus what's in the movie. Just the complexity.{{#if:|{{{quote2}}}}}{{#if:Scott Farrar <ref>Final comments in Dark Horizon's exclusive interview with Scott Farrar, where he tells us the G1 Optimus Prime toy only has 51 pieces, while ILM's CG model of Movie Optimus Prime has 10,108 pieces.</ref>|Scott Farrar <ref>Final comments in Dark Horizon's exclusive interview with Scott Farrar, where he tells us the G1 Optimus Prime toy only has 51 pieces, while ILM's CG model of Movie Optimus Prime has 10,108 pieces.</ref>{{#if:|, {{{3}}}|}}|}}

I've got a little Transformer that's on my desk. He has 51 pieces. Our Optimus in the movie has 10,108 parts that all have to be hand-made in the computer.{{#if:|{{{quote2}}}}}{{#if:Scott Farrar <ref>Scott Farrar, in the bonus features disk of the DVD release.</ref>|Scott Farrar <ref>Scott Farrar, in the bonus features disk of the DVD release.</ref>{{#if:|, {{{3}}}|}}|}}

Notes

• Just in case you have forgotten, Scott Farrar would like to remind you that the Generation 1 Optimus Prime toy only has 51 pieces, while in comparison ILM's CG model of Movie Optimus Prime has 10,108 pieces.
• Sadly, he did not mention that the toy only has 51 pieces while ILM's model has 10,108 at Siggraph 2009 when he was talking to a good few hundred people at once.

References

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External links

• Scott Farrar on the Internet Movie Database
• Scott Farrar Interview at www.sci-fi-online.com