Press release says Season 1 is coming next year. They're in it for the long haul. This is just a sample so you know they can do it and get excited (its working).
The models were filmed against a blue screen in multiple passes, just like they did in Star Wars. In fact, ILM worked on the pilot! All of those passes are in film canisters in that warehouse in the teaser. They are scanning the film, lining them up, and laying them on top of each other digitally. Any primitive CG effects would have to be redone from scratch.bkev said:
OK, can someone please kindly detail to me how a composite shot works? They can't exactly just re-render these, can they? And what will they do with the computer effects? Were those rendered in 480p or put in the film? Just confused is all. Thanks to anybody who can help.