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From The Ashes - Reviving The Story, Alien Quadrilogy, 2003, 20th Century Fox

Joss Whedon screenwriter Fox wanted to revive the franchise knew wehdon's work, wrote a treatment, original script did not have Sigourney challenge was to find a way to bring her back, cloning make the chracter strange and edgy, weaver pushed him

David Gilder and Walter hill opposed alien 4, tried to stop it Will ruin the franchise

beyond bring ripley back there was no guideline

Weaver died to liberate the series from Ripley, does not want to become a figure of fun, wake up with nightmares all the time, possibility of a crossover wrong in the cloning becomes part alien/human, unease of how much she is of which, where her royalty lies, original spirit of it is 1and 2 seduced that winona signed on

Bill Badaloto heading towards Earth, urgency to the film that the other films did not do

French Twist - Direction and Design, Alien Quadrilogy, 2003, 20th Century Fox

Danny Boyle, Trainspotting, effects producers met with him and his producer, although opted not to do it
Jeanue paire junet, unique visual style -Conrad W. Hall visually effects cinematographer, thought who this guy was, strongest visualists, Bill Badaloto, unusual point of view, sees things visually very differently, quality of uniqueness
Junet, not a good idea to do sequels, thought the franchise is finished, why did they hire me?, writing amelie went to the studio to meet the executive producer, was busy did not want to make a hollywood movie.

Honored by it, weird ideas junet, big adventure, budget Whedon and junet figured out the climax, five different endings, took out expensive ednings brought his frnech crew

watched all the alien films, science fiction films, counted camera setups obtained production reports, 859-900 scott's setups, summer films have 1600
free in artistic diretion, keep in front of schedule, save money, accept ideas
Pitof effects supervisor

Daruis Khondji - cinematographer

Marc Caro - artwork suggested to Fox

conceptual design

june 96 adapted into proper costumes - Nigel phelps - lighting integrated into the set

Keep the Giger style

dark comedy

Fox Studios - starship troopers, titanic, lost world
Shot in LA as Weaver did not want to travel, felt the crew would be exhausted, hard on the crew, lousy experience, dangerous
Filming October to Febuary
difficulty securing a studio

Under the Skin - Casting and Characterization, Alien Quadrilogy, 2003, 20th Century Fox

Fox respects Jeanuts choice
Perlman walked on city of lost children
Junet wanted to be comfortable
Dominque in every jeanuts films

Unnatural mutation - Creature design, Alien Quadrilogy, 2003, 20th Century Fox

Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff - worked on Aliens, formed ADI then hired for Alien 3
ALien more cunning, vicious, pointed chin + dome,
swimming aliens design issue, paddle like blade on tail
based off script, angle, different, design features, talk to director after agreeing - sketches, paintings, sculputers
eggs and fachuggers, staples, FH - rubber stunt, mehcanical, operated by pupeeteers, hand puppets
Peiret thought eggs were mechnical, 25 points of movement as opposed to 4, pedals
introduce viper pit, where the aliens take people, tentacles tails, aliens, 25ft suit 25-30 pupeeteers
10 year old clone based of Weaver's early photos
newborn lean to human, concept of Weaver's face, didnt want to look like Sil from species, expresive eyes, sympathetic, peiret dissapointed about lack of expressions, nose for expression, complex animtronic, required 9 pupeeteers, it's a chracter, not just a killing machine - depth of chracter mix of human and alien DNA has human aspects, scaie with eyes, adament of gentialcs, unisex, studio uncormfatble, digital genetil removeable, even for a frnechman it's too much

Genetic Composition - Music , Alien Quadrilogy, 2003, 20th Century Fox

John Frizzel - composer
7 months
first theme - ripley in recovery room
orchestra, choir

48 tracks of synthesizer 2 weeks for underwater scene, asked to write another include romance eroticism main themes

rub rod, clustrly dissenal frightening sound
superball gong
challening areas underwater
first version 2 weeks, does not work for me, did not work for 2nd, mixture of first and third, a month for the final scene

In the Zone - The Basketball Scene, Alien Quadrilogy, 2003, 20th Century Fox

Show new power
weaver's idea, trained hard, average 1/6
jeanut, throw it out of the frame so someone can throw it on, running low on time
jeanut made a machine to get it in
CG ball, swish
Perlamn broke chracter when she got it in
Pitof offered to edit the ball inframe, although
practiced for ten days

Virtual Aliens - Computer Generated Imagery, Alien Quadrilogy, 2003, 20th Century Fox

220 page script
left of script had pictures, right had dialogue, descriptions, comic book
save money with Pitofs company
Blue Sky Studio LA, Joe's Apartment impressed VE supervisors cockroach animation, webcam to communicate
VI effects habndled other effects
30-40 shots of CGI alien
peiret thought he could show more alien as the suprise is over
cgi aliens when legs are shown

A Matter of Scale - Miniature Photography, Alien Quadrilogy, 2003, 20th Century Fox

all ships are minatures
CGI for ships wasn't good enough, advanced
original design of the Arigura looked like a cross, vertical, medical instrument, MRI, space station
2:35 ratio movie will be tiny, needs it to fit into the shot, horizontal shape, 3 days before ship approval recreate one, 20 different designs
build a stage for motion control minatures, lighting through black lights and silk, wanted no light source in space, reflects of the planet

Death From Below - Fox Studios Los Angeles 1996, Alien Quadrilogy, 2003, 20th Century Fox

Three weeks to film
Stage 16
Pete Romano - udnerwatcer cinemtogropher
Thought they might need to go to san diego, build a water stage for future movies, 100-150 ft, 12 ft deep
2 and a half weeks of training at the tank, practice swimming in pools in LA
Winona almost drowned when she was 12, hadnt been in the water since, suggested a double, couldnt because of her short hair, anxiety attack first day
Sigourney couldnt train as she was on broadway
Kim Flowers got stuck in the wire, Dominque and Leland's diver went to the toilet
Milk as the water was too transparent
ear infection