{"id":6800,"date":"2013-04-16T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T15:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=6800"},"modified":"2013-04-16T10:11:50","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T16:11:50","slug":"upcoming-age-of-dinosaurs-with-joseph-lawson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=6800","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming “Age of Dinosaurs” with Joseph J. Lawson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Using breakthrough flesh-regeneration technology, a biotech firm creates a set of living dinosaurs. But when the creatures escape their museum exhibit and terrorize Los Angeles, a former firefighter must rescue his teenage daughter from the chaos brought on by the Age of Dinosaurs.<\/p>\n

\u201cAge of Dinosaurs\u201d was written by Hank Woon Jr.\u00a0 This is Hank\u2019s third produced film of 2013.\u00a0 His other two screenplays were \u201c500 MPH Storm,\u201d and \u201cFrom the Sea\u201d.<\/p>\n

Directed by Joseph J.\u00a0Lawson, which is his third feature he directed for The Asylum. \u00a0As we know, Joe also is a Visual Effects Supervisor who worked on dozens of feature films.\u00a0\u00a0 How would it be for him to direct the visual effects team?\u00a0 Joe shares that experience, and the technical details of the film.<\/p>\n

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DIRECTING AND VFX<\/b> (by Joseph J. Lawson)<\/p>\n

Being the VFX Supervisor makes it easier in most ways \"DinoChow\"to achieve a directorial vision. I’m also hyper-organized as a director from the beginning with an eye toward post so if I do BOTH jobs well enough, the end product… I hope… is better for it. My biggest challenge is to not overburden the team with shots because I KNOW what is possible… so I’ll tend to take on a harder or larger load myself since I know just how hard our teams work already. I don’t get any special dispensation for the shows, even my own.<\/b><\/p>\n

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It’s absolutely a team effort in the VFX department because we had a LOT going on at the same time, it was a smaller team (and required more ringers) than usual. Ken Brilliant was the dino modeler and once again knocked it out of the park for creatures. Dan Peters in Iowa and Steve Clarke (with Paul Knott assisting) did animation duties with a little pitch in at the end from John Karner up in San Francisco. We also had Sasha Burrow and Aaron Witlin animating and doing VFX work here then Aine Graham and Derek Serra doing compositing duties. A special kudos out to our coordinator Sandell Stangl who not only was creating plates then sending finals to editorial for Dinos but also was doing the same for 100 Degrees Below Zero and SyFy’s Battledogs at the same time! He handles upwards of 500 shots in a month and still keeps his cool AND friendly demeanor. That’s a true pro.<\/b><\/p>\n

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