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#5 Marshaling The Robots
Approached the robot sequences as if they are animated scenes.
Completely storyboarded all robot scenes. Used animatics whenever a robot scene is involved.
There are many more robots which the audience didn’t see [from the trailers].
Full-on battle sequence set in Cybertron is included in the movie.
Wanted to make all robots look and feel real. Travis directly involved with the process.
#6 Remodeling Bumblebee
The Volkswagen Beetle has round shapes. It’s approachable and non-threatening.
In this movie, Bumblebee [the character] is a mech-out-of-water. He’s trying to figure out the ins and outs of the human life.
Bumblebee gets on well with Charlie’s dog Conan. He’s trying to figure out how to communicate with him.