Video: Pre-Visualizing *Skyline'*s Alien Encounters

The Brothers Strause directed alien-invasion movie Skyline after learning the tools of the visual effects trade on pictures like Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem and Battle: Los Angeles. They’ve got the pre-viz methodology down pat.

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As seen in their “Spaceship Takes Jarrod and Elaine” clip embedded above, the filmmakers followed what has now become standard blockbuster practice to choreograph exactly how their Skyline action sequences would play out by creating low-resolution computer animations before filming began.

The clip is one of a bundle of featurettes included in the Skyline DVD ($30) and Blu-ray ($40) editions, which arrive Tuesday.

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