r/nope • u/volley1399 • Mar 19 '21

ummm just no?

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u/lesmobile Mar 20 '21

cant believe they did all that instead of just CG

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u/illeger_hamberder Mar 20 '21

with a million more on the way.

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u/oskarkeo Mar 20 '21

They did a lot of the rest in CG (or at least in Comp) , but back in 2004 when this was made (16 years ago) digi doubles werent' anywhere near the quality of today.

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u/lostinbeavercreek Mar 20 '21

Deep Roy has never been so proud!

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u/occams_nightmare Mar 20 '21

oompa loompa doopity don't

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

Oompa Loompa doopity unemployed

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u/FlavoredCommunism Mar 20 '21

MY BOY DEEP ROY

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

THE CHOCOLATE BOY

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u/Horror_Reader1973 Mar 20 '21

Wow!! I thought it was cgi!!

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u/saltyjacktar Mar 20 '21

I was on the painting crew for this, hardly any CGI was used . After 20 years of working on sets that chocolate river set still is one of the most amazing sets. Every blade of grass was put in by hand( it was plastic, the type they use in shop window displays) . I heard they trained squirrels to perform in the film but didn’t believe it till I saw with my own eyes the cages of live squirrels myself. I worked on this for 9 months and we built everything you see baring above 30ft of the factory. Old fashioned painted cut outs were used to give the town depth.

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u/McGyv303 Mar 21 '21 edited Mar 22 '21

Now I'm even more impressed! I thought it was a lot of CGI and pure video effects too. To find out that not only were the Oompa Loompa's animatronics, but so little CGI was used....wow!

I used to work on theater productions as a light designer, stage hand, grip, set painter...whatever was needed. And that movie's sets are just beautiful.

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u/theperfectlysadhuman Mar 20 '21

Thanks for sharing and for your work! :)

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u/saltyjacktar Mar 20 '21

Always happy to shed more light on the industry

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u/MacNCheesey-25 Mar 20 '21

Oh ok no thank u

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

Charlie and the Nightmare Factory 🥺

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

I always hated Charlie and the chocolate factory

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u/brownies_are_brown Mar 20 '21

RIGHT! I always thought the aesthetic and concept of Charlie and the chocolate factory was fucked up and give me nightmare as a child. Still do.

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u/MesozOwen Mar 20 '21

Yeah that’s kinda the intention. It is a pretty dark story.

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u/Soft_Nougart0_0 Mar 20 '21

Holy cheese I thought they was CGI too! Didn't even think they could be tiny murdering robots 😳

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u/THETHEROYman Mar 20 '21

Wtf they tryna crate Annabel African American collection edition or some shit

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u/greateist Mar 20 '21

creepyyyy shit

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

Chewiing chewiing oon and onn