- We've got the legs on; we've got the main body.
We still have the...
These arms.
So we still have the forearms to put on.
- Yeah, could you hand me one of those?
- And then the great thing is,
one of the main things you want to do with a monster suit,
which I'm sure it's been explained,
is we know it's a person in there,
but anytime we can change the proportions of a person
with the monster so that we don't see
it's exactly just the same size as a man,
it helps sell the idea.
So, naturally of course, we have human-size arms inside,
but we've added these long arm extensions
and then added the claws on the end.
So his arms are actually quite a bit longer
than a human arm proportion would be,
and that alone goes really far
in changing the perception
of this being a man in a suit.
Here we go.
- [Man] None of the break boys are up here, right?
- Nothing to break.
We'll find out.
Normally, by the way, I would age the road down a bit more.
We're gonna add some aging eventually.
I think if we just have these guys walk around
for another five minutes, it'll get a lot of natural aging.
We'll have you guys wear like tires on your socks
and just kind of slide along.
So, this is one monster.
Wait 'till we get the second one in.
- [Bill] You're gonna have to back up.
- [Director] Oh yeah.
- [Bill] Okay, can I just get you to back up?
- Copy, I'm backing up. - Three steps.
Try three steps. (someone imitates a backup beep)
One...
Two, three.
Oh, that crunched things.
Poppin' loose left and right.
I'm gonna just--
- Also what's really important.
I'm guessing they've talked about this,
but in the past, these suits were much heavier
and as you progressively make these things,
you start finding lighter and lighter materials, yeah.
Because your upper's gonna be in this all day and...
always, and there's no way out.
- [Man] Okay.
- [Director] So, shall we turn him around?
- [Bill] That's good, that's where they belong.
All right, so...
Vince, turn to your right.
Take steps to your right.
- [Director] Steps were taken.
- While turning, clocking on the tail.
Okay. - Yes.
- All right, very good.
How's that, kids?
All right, what would we like to see?
- Can we go all the way around, and Bill,
back into there and come in?
- Okay, so Vince.
- Yep. - You're going to back
to your left.
The tail is going to precede you into that left turn.
So ready, actually, start by going straight back two steps.
- [Director] One, two.
- One more step.
And now.
Now, just take the tail around as he...
Now back around into that alcove.
Now, straight back for you.
Straight back, straight back.
And then turn a little more.
And sidestep to your right.
And now straight back.
Two, three,
four, five, one more.
Okay, is that far enough for you?
- That's good. - Or would you like him
to get totally hidden?
- Bill, is there any chance?
- [Bill] These are gonna have to hand some.
(voices speaking in background)
- You can be Ted for awhile?
Okay, all right.
- Okay, now I'm gonna take the weight on the arm
so that the fingers aren't on the--
- So Ted, why don't you step in?
- [Bill] On the ground.
- [Vince] Yeah.
- So, when all this happens,
and of course there'll be two cuts in the whole thing,
you're gonna be coming from around this corner.
- I can do that right now, I guess, 'cause--
- And you're gonna come in.
And you're being persecuted by these tanks.
They're backing away from you.
- [Ted] Okay.
- You're coming in here.
You're gonna sidestep here with our camera there.
- Okay.
- And you're seeing them.
You're looking at our power plant back there.
- Right. - That's where you want to go,
but the tanks keep harassing you,
so eventually you get to this stage
here in front of this building.
- Right.
- And you're back to them,
and you're really pissed off at 'em.
- Sure.
- And at that point you're distracted by the tanks.
Bill will come in.
He'll come around that corner.
He'll see the power plant.
He's coveting the power plant.
- Of course.
- It blocks the light out; you go like...
And then you'll turn.
You're gonna go and grab him
and drag him back into our scene here.
- I can do that.
- Yeah. (men chuckle)
- It's no problem.
I'm not wearing a suit.
It's gonna be no--
- Yeah, so it's gonna be easy to grip, yeah.
- All right, cool.
- So Bill.
- [Bill] Yes.
- I'm gonna have Ted come out, do a little action,
and then I'll call Bill, which of course will mean nothing.
- [Bill] Okay, that's fine.
- And then you'll walk out.
Who's in there?
- Vince. - Vince, hey.
- [Man] Hey, cap.
- So Vince'll come out.
- [Man] Bring the feet over.
- Vince's gonna come out.
He's gonna stop where the tape is.
- [Man] Nevermind.
- He's gonna see the power plant there.
He's gonna love the power plant,
and he's just gonna pay attention to it.
- [Man] Really wet or just sticky?
- And then I'll call Ted.
Ted's gonna run and get you, but when I call Ted,
he's not expecting that you're gonna turn and react to him.
So.
- Oh? - Yeah, so when I call Ted,
Vince, actually turn.
- [Bill] Whip around to your left.
- Whip around to your left.
- [Vince] Whip around to my left, all right.
- So, your action's gonna be step out.
- [Vince] Yep.
- Turn to the right to look at our power plant.
- [Vince] All right.
- Then I call Ted, you turn to the left to confront Ted.
- [Bill] Okay, right now Vince, your toes are parallel
with the front face of the buildings that are to your left.
- All right. - Get it?
So your toes are on the crosswalk.
- [Vince] All right.
- And so, you're gonna have to step forward
a couple of steps in order to start that turn.
- Okay. - Make sense?
- [Vince] Yeah.
- Okay, all right, I'm going to--
- [Vince] Need the head control?
- Yeah, why don't you keep the head control.
I'm going to pretend to be a string.
- Okay. (Bill chuckles)
Now, can we back up any more?
- Okay, take a couple more steps back.
Even more if possible.
- And if you drop the arms,
he'll probably stay hidden pretty good.
- Okay.
Oops.
When you say drop, down they go.
- [Director] Right, yeah, we can remove that.
Okay, so we're gonna try a little one here.
I'll call Ted.
Ted'll come out.
I'll say power plant.
You'll go to the power plant, and then I'll say tank,
and you'll turn back to the tank.
- [Bill] Actually, it's--
- [Director] Then I'll call Bill.
- [Bill] If you were to look through, can you see anything?
- [Director] Or Vince actually, Vince'll come out.
- [Vince] I can see you.
- [Director] And then I'll say, "Get 'em, Ted!"
And then you'll go to grab him, okay?
And we'll end with you grabbing him.
- [Bill] So you'll be looking at that first,
and then when you hear the Ted--
- So I don't take him all the way down to the ground?
- You're gonna drag him to the middle of the set.
- No problem. - Not to the ground.
- [Man] Can you start with it closed?
- Vince? - Yo.
- When, (chuckles) hello.
When you come out, I'll call Vince.
You'll walk out, look at the power plant
which is to your right.
- [Vince] Yeah.
- And then when I say, "Ted, get him."
- Yeah. - You're gonna turn.
He's gonna try to grab you.
At that point, I'm hoping, Bill,
that Vince is out far enough, so you're gonna...
What, about six feet?
- [Bill] Okay.
- [Vince] Okay, right about there?
- [Bill] Yeah.
- And turn to your left and be able to walk.
- [Bill] Yeah, six feet to the middle of that street.
- Two steps.
- [Bill] Can you see the middle of the street?
- [Vince] Yep.
- Into the set.
- [Bill] Can you see the white dot on the ground?
- [Vince] I can barely see it, yes.
- [Bill] Okay, so just past that.
- Yeah.
So when Ted grabs you, I want you two to go forward
about four steps into the middle of the city.
- [Vince] All right.
- All right?
- [Ted] And I'm moving backwards at that point.
- [Director] Huh?
- [Ted] I'm moving backwards, I've grabbed--
- [Director] And you're moving backwards, yeah.
- I'm pulling him, okay. - Yeah.
- Okay, so we'll let the hands down for the moment
so that they're hidden behind the building.
- [Director] I think we put it over here.
- I guess we will have to put a stick in it.
- [Director] Shall we try it?
Let's try it.
- Sure. - All right.
Vince, we're gonna try one.
- Gonna try one. - All right.
- [Director] Yeah, that's great.
Actually, you know what, I was wrong, Patrick, 'cause...
- Beg pardon?
- [Director] Ted comes in here.
- Okay, and then when you turn to him--
- [Director] Perfect.
Is it rolling?
- Yep. - Great.
- So the blue string actually does line up with--
- [Director] And we are rolling.
- With something useful, huh?
Excellent. - And action.
Ted, come in.
- Okay, here comes Ted.
- [Man] Snarl, garg.
- He's walking in.
- [Director] Power plant.
- [Bill] He turns.
- [Director] Towards the power plant.
Tanks. (Ted grunts)
You turn back to the tanks.
Vince comes in.
- Just walk out one step.
Another step, another step.
- [Man] No, the tank's over here.
- Oh, over here. - Another step.
- I was looking over there. - Another step.
- [Director] Look at the power plant, Vince.
- Now turn. - Stop.
Look at the power plant, Vince.
Power plant back the other way, there you go.
- Okay, yeah, that's right, keep turning this way.
- [Director] Keep on, Ted.
Ted, you notice you can't see the power plant any more,
the light?
You look.
And you go to get Vince.
Vince, turn.
Confront him.
- I just drag him back. - Drag him into the city.
- I'll drag you back. - Back in.
- I'm directing you. - Uh-huh.
- [Director] Beat him.
- [Ted] All right.
- [Director] (chuckling) Beat him strong.
You got a good chance in hell.
There you go. (chuckles)
And cut.
- Something like.
(men cheer and clap)
- Exactly. (men chuckle)
- [Director] His arm fell off, just a flesh wound.
(men chuckle)
- I was so intimidated.
- I got it, I got it.
- [Director] I'm actually thinking you in a loincloth
and a headband might be a good look.
- [Man] Could you move for a second?