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'''Scott Farrar''' is the [[Industrial Light & Magic]] Visual Effects Supervisor on [[Transformers (2007)|''Transformers'']], and will serve in the same capacity for the sequel. 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''. | '''Scott Farrar''' is the [[Industrial Light & Magic|Industrial Light & Magic]] Visual Effects Supervisor on [[Transformers (2007)|''Transformers'']], and will serve in the same capacity for the sequel. 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 Wars]]'', ''Star Trek'', ''Back to the Future'' and [[Steven Spielberg|Steven Spielberg]]'s ''Jurassic Park''. | ||
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</td><td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px 5px 10px;font-family: 'lucida console', arial, sans-serif;"> 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. | |||
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<td colspan="3" style="padding-top: 0"> <p style="font-size:smaller;line-height:1em;text-align: right"><cite style="font-style:normal;">—Scott Farrar <sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup></cite> | |||
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</td><td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px 5px 10px;font-family: 'lucida console', arial, sans-serif;"> This little guy has 51 pieces. Our Optimus Prime has 10,108. | |||
</td><td width="20" valign="bottom" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:right;padding:10px 10px 0px 10px;"> ” | |||
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<td colspan="3" style="padding-top: 0"> <p style="font-size:smaller;line-height:1em;text-align: right"><cite style="font-style:normal;">—Scott Farrar <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1" title="">[2]</a></sup></cite> | |||
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</td><td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px 5px 10px;font-family: 'lucida console', arial, sans-serif;"> This all is very complex. This toy in front of you has 51 pieces. Our Optimus Prime in the movie has 10,108. | |||
</td><td width="20" valign="bottom" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:right;padding:10px 10px 0px 10px;"> ” | |||
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<td colspan="3" style="padding-top: 0"> <p style="font-size:smaller;line-height:1em;text-align: right"><cite style="font-style:normal;">—Scott Farrar <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2" title="">[3]</a></sup></cite> | |||
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</td><td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px 5px 10px;font-family: 'lucida console', arial, sans-serif;"> How do you build these things on a set? This toy has 51 parts. Our Optimus has 10,108 parts. | |||
</td><td width="20" valign="bottom" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:right;padding:10px 10px 0px 10px;"> ” | |||
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<td colspan="3" style="padding-top: 0"> <p style="font-size:smaller;line-height:1em;text-align: right"><cite style="font-style:normal;">—Scott Farrar <sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3" title="">[4]</a></sup></cite> | |||
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</td><td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px 5px 10px;font-family: 'lucida console', arial, sans-serif;"> Why did you bring the toy? | |||
</td><td width="20" valign="bottom" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:right;padding:10px 10px 0px 10px;"> ” | |||
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<td colspan="3" style="padding-top: 0"> <p style="font-size:smaller;line-height:1em;text-align: right"><cite style="font-style:normal;">—Interviewer</cite> | |||
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</td><td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px 5px 10px;font-family: 'lucida console', arial, sans-serif;"> Just to show how many pieces are in this versus what's in the movie. Just the complexity. | |||
</td><td width="20" valign="bottom" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:right;padding:10px 10px 0px 10px;"> ” | |||
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<td colspan="3" style="padding-top: 0"> <p style="font-size:smaller;line-height:1em;text-align: right"><cite style="font-style:normal;">—Scott Farrar <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4" title="">[5]</a></sup></cite> | |||
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<td width="20" valign="top" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:left;padding:9px 10px 0 10px;"> “ | |||
</td><td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px 5px 10px;font-family: 'lucida console', arial, sans-serif;"> 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. | |||
</td><td width="20" valign="bottom" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:right;padding:10px 10px 0px 10px;"> ” | |||
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<td colspan="3" style="padding-top: 0"> <p style="font-size:smaller;line-height:1em;text-align: right"><cite style="font-style:normal;">—Scott Farrar <sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5" title="">[6]</a></sup></cite> | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
<ol class="references"><li id="cite_note-0">[#cite_ref-0" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://www.canmag.com/nw/8100-transformers-ilm-scott-farrar 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.] | |||
<li id="cite_note-1">[#cite_ref-1" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://www.ugo.com/ugo/html/article/?id=17907&sectionId=23 UGO.com 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.] | |||
<li id="cite_note-2">[#cite_ref-2" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://www.darkhorizons.com/news07/farrar.php 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.] | |||
<li id="cite_note-3">[#cite_ref-3" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://cgw.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&amp;amp;amp;mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=371827B02DD040BD997F56DA5D4AE927 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.] | |||
<li id="cite_note-4">[#cite_ref-4" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://www.darkhorizons.com/news07/farrar.php 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.] | |||
<li id="cite_note-5"><a href="#cite_ref-5" title="">↑</a> Scott Farrar, in the bonus features disk of the DVD release.</ol> | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0268141/maindetails Scott Farrar on the Internet Movie Database] | *[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0268141/maindetails Scott Farrar on the Internet Movie Database] | ||
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[[Category:Visual effects artists | [[Category:Dreamworks]] | ||
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Revision as of 07:35, 19 March 2009
Scott Farrar is the Industrial Light & Magic Visual Effects Supervisor on Transformers, and will serve in the same capacity for the sequel. 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.
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</td><td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px 5px 10px;font-family: 'lucida console', arial, sans-serif;"> 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.
</td><td width="20" valign="bottom" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:right;padding:10px 10px 0px 10px;"> ”
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<td colspan="3" style="padding-top: 0"> <p style="font-size:smaller;line-height:1em;text-align: right"><cite style="font-style:normal;">—Scott Farrar <sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup></cite>
</td></tr></table> <table align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tr> <td width="20" valign="top" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:left;padding:9px 10px 0 10px;"> “ </td><td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px 5px 10px;font-family: 'lucida console', arial, sans-serif;"> This little guy has 51 pieces. Our Optimus Prime has 10,108. </td><td width="20" valign="bottom" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:right;padding:10px 10px 0px 10px;"> ” </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="padding-top: 0"> <p style="font-size:smaller;line-height:1em;text-align: right"><cite style="font-style:normal;">—Scott Farrar <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1" title="">[2]</a></sup></cite>
</td></tr></table> <table align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tr> <td width="20" valign="top" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:left;padding:9px 10px 0 10px;"> “ </td><td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px 5px 10px;font-family: 'lucida console', arial, sans-serif;"> This all is very complex. This toy in front of you has 51 pieces. Our Optimus Prime in the movie has 10,108. </td><td width="20" valign="bottom" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:right;padding:10px 10px 0px 10px;"> ” </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="padding-top: 0"> <p style="font-size:smaller;line-height:1em;text-align: right"><cite style="font-style:normal;">—Scott Farrar <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2" title="">[3]</a></sup></cite>
</td></tr></table> <table align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tr> <td width="20" valign="top" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:left;padding:9px 10px 0 10px;"> “ </td><td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px 5px 10px;font-family: 'lucida console', arial, sans-serif;"> How do you build these things on a set? This toy has 51 parts. Our Optimus has 10,108 parts. </td><td width="20" valign="bottom" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:right;padding:10px 10px 0px 10px;"> ” </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="padding-top: 0"> <p style="font-size:smaller;line-height:1em;text-align: right"><cite style="font-style:normal;">—Scott Farrar <sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3" title="">[4]</a></sup></cite>
</td></tr></table> <table align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tr> <td width="20" valign="top" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:left;padding:9px 10px 0 10px;"> “ </td><td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px 5px 10px;font-family: 'lucida console', arial, sans-serif;"> Why did you bring the toy? </td><td width="20" valign="bottom" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:right;padding:10px 10px 0px 10px;"> ” </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="padding-top: 0"> <p style="font-size:smaller;line-height:1em;text-align: right"><cite style="font-style:normal;">—Interviewer</cite>
</td></tr></table> <table align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tr> <td width="20" valign="top" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:left;padding:9px 10px 0 10px;"> “ </td><td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px 5px 10px;font-family: 'lucida console', arial, sans-serif;"> Just to show how many pieces are in this versus what's in the movie. Just the complexity. </td><td width="20" valign="bottom" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:right;padding:10px 10px 0px 10px;"> ” </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="padding-top: 0"> <p style="font-size:smaller;line-height:1em;text-align: right"><cite style="font-style:normal;">—Scott Farrar <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4" title="">[5]</a></sup></cite>
</td></tr></table> <table align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tr> <td width="20" valign="top" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:left;padding:9px 10px 0 10px;"> “ </td><td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px 5px 10px;font-family: 'lucida console', arial, sans-serif;"> 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. </td><td width="20" valign="bottom" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:right;padding:10px 10px 0px 10px;"> ” </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="padding-top: 0"> <p style="font-size:smaller;line-height:1em;text-align: right"><cite style="font-style:normal;">—Scott Farrar <sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5" title="">[6]</a></sup></cite>
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Trivia
- 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.
References
<ol class="references"><li id="cite_note-0">[#cite_ref-0" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://www.canmag.com/nw/8100-transformers-ilm-scott-farrar 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.] <li id="cite_note-1">[#cite_ref-1" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://www.ugo.com/ugo/html/article/?id=17907§ionId=23 UGO.com 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.] <li id="cite_note-2">[#cite_ref-2" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://www.darkhorizons.com/news07/farrar.php 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.] <li id="cite_note-3">[#cite_ref-3" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://cgw.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&amp;amp;mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=371827B02DD040BD997F56DA5D4AE927 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.] <li id="cite_note-4">[#cite_ref-4" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://www.darkhorizons.com/news07/farrar.php 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.] <li id="cite_note-5"><a href="#cite_ref-5" title="">↑</a> Scott Farrar, in the bonus features disk of the DVD release.</ol>

