Was there a debate about CGI versus animatronics when it came to the design of Gustave?
We went down both roads, and CGI won out. It was far more flexible, and gave me a lot more latitude in editing to manipulate the crocodile, and make it scarier and more aggressive. Is the Croc a mechanical thing, a CGI creation, a man in a suit or a real animal? If it’s all of the above, which technique did you enjoy working with the most? It’s all CGI. We shot plates, sometimes a barrel in the water to cause water movement. Back in Los Angeles, I worked with Luma, who did all of our visual effects, to create the scariest croc I could imagine. Is it hard to direct from someone else’s screenplay? Have you ever considered writing? It’s actually quite fun to direct from somebody else’s screenplay. As soon as you read it, your imagination takes over, the visuals come to you, it formulates inside your mind, and it becomes your own. You are constantly re-writing the script during the process, so by the time you start filming, it pretty much becomes your own. Which deleted scene you felt sorr
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