GEORGE LUCAS - LUCAS FILMMAKERS WILL "PRE-VISUALIZE" MOVIES BEFORE MAKING THEM

LUCAS FILMMAKERS WILL "PRE-VISUALIZE" MOVIES BEFORE MAKING THEM

George Lucas has disclosed that his company is developing an advanced form of storyboarding that will allow filmmakers to create a virtual version of their planned movies on a computer before they actually begin shooting it. In an interview with today's (Monday) Chicago Tribune, Lucas said that the system will "pre-visualize" a film. "Everyone involved can know what the movie will look like before they shoot," he said." Lucas said that he is also developing an editing system that will at once be "more sophisticated and much more simple" and will "make editing available to more people." Asked whether he was "torn" between spending so much time on technology rather than storytelling, Lucas replied, ""No matter what you do as an artist, you bump against a technological ceiling. You're trying to solve problems with tools." Lucas was in Chicago to accept the Gene Siskel Film Center Visionary Award for Innovation in Filmmaking.

15/06/2009