Mark Rappaport (creature effects artist)

Mark Rappaport (creature effects artist)
Not to be confused with Mark Rappaport.

Mark Rappaport (born 1954) is an American special effects/makeup artist.

His main body of work is with special effects in a wide variety of films from science fiction to horror, to comedy and theater. Mark has created hyper-realistic animatronic animals including the horse used by Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai and memorable prosthetic makeup effects for 300 and I Am Legend. His company, Creature Effects, Inc.is at the leading edge of the Hollywood creature and makeup effects industry. Mr. Rappaport was born in Yokohama, Japan. At the age of three Mark’s family moved to the Napa Valley in northern California. Mark graduated high school in Napa and attended San Diego State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree. Upon graduation Mark returned to Northern California and worked in law enforcement before meeting and working with Bob Hartman, a San Francisco puppeteer and street performer. Mark’s work with Bob sparked an interest in creating effects for the entertainment industry and he pursued employment at Industrial Light and Magic. At ILM he worked on feature film projects, including Innerspace and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. From ILM Mark went to work with Chris Walas and created effects for films including The Fly II and Child's Play.

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The Last Samurai

The production of The Last Samurai required an animatronic horse capable of performing stunt sequences that would put a real horse and rider at risk of great injury. Rappaport was commissioned to build a horse that could seamlessly replace Tom Cruise' real horse for those scenes. Mark says "It's probably the most sophisticated horse or animatronic creature ever made for film. It cost $1.5 million to make. It gallops in place. It reared up. It fell over. And it looks completely real."[1]

Animatronic wolf puppet created by Creature Effects, Inc. for the feature film 300

300

Mark Rappaport (creature effects supervisor) and Shaun Smith (makeup effects supervisor) teamed up to create the world of effects for 300. This extensive body of work included prosthetic makeups, animatronic animals, props, weaponry and costume elements. In addition to the amazingly lifelike horse effects for this film, Rappaport created an animatronic wolf puppet for scenes where young Leonidas faces off with the predatory animal. "The filmmakers shot interactions of the practical puppet attacking young Leonidas in a narrow rock crevice. Veteran creature effects supervisor Mark Rappaport and his team mechanized the puppet with eye-blinks, head neck, brow, jaw and tongue movement, saliva tubes and glowing eyes."[2]

Full body, silicone appliance makeup created by Creature Effects, Inc. for the feature film I Am Legend

I Am Legend

For I Am Legend, starring Will Smith Mark Rappaport developed full body, silicone makeups for the primal, aggressive beings known as "Darkseekers". The translucent makeup creates the look of infection and spiked metabolism desired by director Francis Lawrence. The makeups were to be applied to very thin performers to create the look of zero body-fat and protruding veins. The makeups included rotting teeth dentures and full dilated pupil contact lenses. In addition to the creature makeups, Mark's studio created animatronic, likeness puppets of "Sam" the German Shepherd, a digital scan model for the infected dogs, scar and knife wound appliances for Will Smith and numerous other effects for the production.

True Grit/Cowboys and Aliens

After designing and producing a ride-able animatronic horse for The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Mark's Studio created a second ride-able horse for Bedtime Stories. The motion and animatronic features of the two horses were enhanced and refined for True Grit and further developed for Cowboys & Aliens. The animatronic horses are used where the action, if performed by real horses, might put the riders or horses at risk of harm or injury.

Filmography

See also

References

  1. ^ La Brea Living, Issue 10, October 2006, Creature Effects, Inc. Inside a Hollywood Special Effects Studio, Rick Eisenlord
  2. ^ ^Cinefex, Issue 109, April 2007, A Beautiful Death, Joe Fordham http://www.cinefex.com/
  1. Mark Rappaport at the Internet Movie Database
  2. http://www.narniafans.com/archives/tag/mark-rappaport
  3. http://www.inbaseline.com/person.aspx?person_id=854556
  4. http://www.losangelesopera.com/artist/rappaport.mark.aspx
  5. Animatronic reindeer replace living variety in Narnia film
  6. 300: The Set Visit!

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