Interview and feature by Mark Jurinko.
I recently had the opportunity to interview Los Angeles-based practical FX and make-up artist Shaun Smith and Chinese production designer Daniel Fu Dong about the upcoming Hong Kong action/fantasy film The Monkey King 2, which is directed by Soi Cheang. The movie is filled with a plethora of elaborate makeup designs, and Famous Monsters wanted to speak with a few of the gentlemen responsible for bringing these characters to life.
Famous Monsters. Daniel, can you tell us about how you came to start working on this project?
Daniel Fu Dong. I also worked on The Monkey King 1 as production designer. Soi, the director, and myself have a mutual vision for the continuity of the project. We are also both willing to create another vision that is way more grounded compared to Mk 1. As you know, in Mk 1, there are a lot of flying immortals...
I recently had the opportunity to interview Los Angeles-based practical FX and make-up artist Shaun Smith and Chinese production designer Daniel Fu Dong about the upcoming Hong Kong action/fantasy film The Monkey King 2, which is directed by Soi Cheang. The movie is filled with a plethora of elaborate makeup designs, and Famous Monsters wanted to speak with a few of the gentlemen responsible for bringing these characters to life.
Famous Monsters. Daniel, can you tell us about how you came to start working on this project?
Daniel Fu Dong. I also worked on The Monkey King 1 as production designer. Soi, the director, and myself have a mutual vision for the continuity of the project. We are also both willing to create another vision that is way more grounded compared to Mk 1. As you know, in Mk 1, there are a lot of flying immortals...
- 11/19/2015
- by Holly Interlandi
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
To kick-off Daily Dead’s Stan Winston Week, I decided to start with Lake Placid, one of my favorite monster movies Stan worked on that I felt never got the attention it truly deserved. Sure, creating a crocodile might sound like an ordinary effects job on paper, but it’s the sheer magnitude of the monstrous croc that is something only legendary effects master Stan Winston could have tackled with such authenticity and dedication.
To honor Lake Placid and Stan’s contributions to the film and the industry as a whole, I recently spoke extensively with the film’s director Steve Miner about his friendship and professional relationship with Winston throughout his career. Miner, the man associated with several other classic genre films like Friday the 13th Parts 1 through 3, House, Warlock, and Halloween: H20 also discussed how Stan was solely responsible for getting Lake Placid financed after creating the monstrous animatronic crocodile.
To honor Lake Placid and Stan’s contributions to the film and the industry as a whole, I recently spoke extensively with the film’s director Steve Miner about his friendship and professional relationship with Winston throughout his career. Miner, the man associated with several other classic genre films like Friday the 13th Parts 1 through 3, House, Warlock, and Halloween: H20 also discussed how Stan was solely responsible for getting Lake Placid financed after creating the monstrous animatronic crocodile.
- 7/7/2014
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
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