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The official site updates with news that the Animatics department have begun working on the opening 5-10 minutes of the movie. Dan Gregoire, the Previsualization Effects Supervisor and his team of 11 computer artists have been hard at work before filming begins this summer in Sydney. Here are a few excerpts from the article:
Every Friday since late February, Gregoire has presented his team's latest work to George Lucas. "At this point in time the first level of a sequence is actually more of a litmus test," explains Gregoire. "It's getting it in front of George, so that he can see where we're going, and then having him react to that sequence one way or the other.
In this early stage of Episode III's development, Gregoire's team has been concentrating on the opening five to ten-minute sequence of the film. "As with any early development some of the main story elements are still in flux, so we've been concentrating primarily on getting the assets for the initial sequence built."
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