Rob Legato: The Art of Creating Awe
From the Star Trek Franchise, to Titanic, Avatar, The Lion King, Apollo 13, Hugo, and The Jungle Book, Visual Effects Pioneer Rob Legato, has been making Awe in Movies and Television for over well over 30 years. In this engaging Ted Talk he shares some of his stories.
Rob Legato served for several years as visual effects supervisor for Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. I was always fascinated to see him work: I loved his genuine delight in finding ingenious, innovative ways of creating Star Trek's images of the fantastic..
Rob Legato creates movie effects so good they (sometimes) trump the real thing. In this warm and funny talk, he shares his vision for enhancing reality on-screen in movies like Apollo 13, Titanic and Hugo.
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