Welcome to the Dune Special Edition Project

This is a project I have been slowly working on over the last few years with the goal of ultimately replacing many of the "outdated" special effects shots in David Lynch's 1984 version of Dune.
The project initially began as an endeavor to build a "proper" ornithopter - one with flapping wings, that neither the movie or the mini-series managed to achieve. However, with the advent of the "fan-edit" the scope of the project has expanded with the goal of updating the effects in all those places in the movie where I feel things could be significantly "improved."
Although I am currently working on this by Myself, it's a large undertaking and if there is anyone interested in helping this project along, feel free to contact Me - We might actually be able to get this project completed with a few more skilled and enthusiastic people!

Regards
Sasha Burrow

If you are curious about My professional work, I have been working as a VFX artist (Among other things) at The Asylum for the past 6 years, including visual effects on all 4 Sharknado films (Mainly stuff blowing up!).
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DUNE Special Edition: Showreel March 2010

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Whale Design Concept

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Since the whales featured in the factory previs are just stand-ins, I have been working on some concept art - Here's an example showing the whales in their natural environment on the planet of Lankiveil - not trying to go too bizarre as the audience has to be able to work out what it is in the few seconds its on screen. This one is sort of a killer whale/humpback/blue whale mash up.
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5 comments:

  1. DavidMay 8, 2010 at 4:52 PM

    You should really check out Wreckamovie for help on this project.

    http://www.wreckamovie.com/

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  2. SashaMay 10, 2010 at 11:07 AM

    Hi David,

    Had a look over at wreck a movie... still trying to work out if it would be of benefit or not as this sort of thing is not quite the type of production they are targeting there I think.

    Regards
    Sasha

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  3. UnknownMay 13, 2010 at 4:06 AM

    Sasha,

    Greetings. I can't believe how ambitious this project is, I'm very excited. At the core I've always felt Lynch's movie has some unbelievably strong casting and visual moments. Looking forward to each step of your work.

    Cheers
    Matt

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  4. UnknownMay 26, 2010 at 1:44 AM

    The land whales from the book cover of Micheal Moorcock's Ice Schooner. They have fur.
    http://img1.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n0/n3609.jpg

    Good Luck
    night_tea0

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  5. TinerfeFebruary 4, 2012 at 4:23 AM

    In books, Whales are fur. And are called Bjondax Whales.

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