How to imagine a new "alien" by breaking a stereotype

One of the characters with many opportunities to appear in science fiction movies etc. can be an alien which is an extraterrestrial life body. If you ask the general person "Please write the alien you imagine", most people I often imagine a humanoid alien, and I do not write living creatures of different forms. In a movie published by overseas media Vox on YouTube, about how to create a new kind of alien,Alien VS Predator"I am interviewing how to create a new alien to Mr. Charlie Henry who is in charge of VFX of many science fiction movies.

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The man who was asked "Please write what the alien looks like" ...


I start drawing my face as a matter of fact.


If I think that this man drew aliens that are completely unchanged from those who wore clothes ... ...


GrayThere are some women who murmured such as "Do you have a nose?"


WhileParameciumThere were also women who drew one unusual character based on.


There is no correct answer as nobody knows the true appearance. However, we are seeing alien appearance in books, movies, TV programs, etc.



In other words, when we think about the appearance of aliens, we tend to think of by-products of others' imagination.


This is the first movie to describe the life in spaceMoon World TourOne scene of.


The alien that comes out in this movie is almost the same as a human.


"Alien VS Predator" and "Alien: CovenantHenry of the VFX supervisor who is handling such as "It is necessary to consider the practicality for the performer also when making an alien", considering not only the character but also in terms of practicality There seems to be a lot of mountains, which seems to take quite some time.


"Of course, it will not be told if there are no heads and hands and feet, and the more intelligent the alien is, the closer it looks to human beings," Henry told jokes.


However, some people refute this way of thinking.SETIMr. Andrew Siemion said, "The human figure is a result of the long evolutionary history of billions of years in the global environment, so it is because of the alien's living stars to follow the evolutionary history that looks like the Earth It is nonsense. "


However, to imagine that extraterrestrial organisms are highly related to humans is an important theme in SF ... ...


It may lead to convincing power to "hostile interaction" and "to build a warm relationship."



Science fiction movies have dominated Hollywood's main genre for decades, but with the emergence of more sophisticated visual effects technology, it has become possible to experiment with new aliens.


Mr. Henry says, "Alien: The new alien" Neomorph "that appears in covenant inherits from the left two past alien motifs, so that it does not destroy the image of the old work ..."


"However,"All You Need Is Kill"Creatures called" Gitai "appear. Gitai's design was a very difficult task, as it had two policies of "ignoring the law so far" and "not being human".


It is quite difficult to imagine a new kind of alien from scratch, so it seems that when you create an idea you often get a hint from the natural world.


Mr. Henry said, "If it is Neomorph, it is a rare species of deep sea lifeMizukuri sharkAs a motif ... .... "



"I can tell that the shapes of the teeth on the left and the neomorph on the right are similar."


According to Henry "Guardians of Galaxy"of"GrootIt seems that the tree is made with a motif.


Groot is a friendliness feature, but not only the personality is designed ... ...


It seems that it is an important design point to see how it moves.


Mr. Henry finally stated, "These are just imaginary creatures and others may try to draw a picture, make a movie, use basic science and observational astronomy to determine another answer But I think that they are all one of the images of the aliens considered by the same human race. "