Makeup by Rick Baker in American Werewolf in London. |
In the glory days, back in the 70s and 80s, artists like Rick Baker (makeup artist for Star Wars, Planet of the Apes, and countless other classics) created full characters, who's actors portraying them would wear latex masks and prosthetics glued to their faces for hours; not to mention the amount of time it took to get everything applied.
Special effects makeup is used in film to add to the realism of the visual storytelling.
Watto, Anakin and Shmi Skywalker's slave owner on Tatooine in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. |
JarJar Binks in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. |
Greg Nicotero on the set of The Walking Dead. |
But even with The Walking Dead, there's still huge amounts of CGI. In episodes like the season 2 finale, massive herds of zombies are nearly impossible to create individually by hand. With CGI, they add several zombies that roam around in the show to fill up the shot, so that the end result is that Rick and the entire crew is absolutely surrounded by walkers.
Herd of zombies on The Walking Dead. |
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