To be totally honest, I don't really see the point of this article at all.
We all know that Microsoft do internships, we all know that they have a ton of money to throw at it, and we all know that they're damn hard to get into.
The original article really doesn't tell us a lot that we don't already know. It seems to be there to plug Microsoft and their internship program.
On the other hand, an interesting point is bought up about smaller companies not being able to afford internships in periods of economic downturn. Does this mean that Microsoft, who are still recruiting strongly as ever, have an even better chance of picking up the cream of the crop? Of course... It makes perfect business sense, doesn't it? What I'd like to hear about are other, smaller companies and their recruiting schemes.
The character of Gollum that we all saw on the big-screen could not have been accomplished without both Serkis and the VFX team at Weta. Gollum was not played/created/portrayed by Serkis alone, nor was he played/created/portrayed by the efforts of Weta. Only the combination of their efforts could lead to such a portrayal of the character. When the general public think of the portrayal, they think of the physical acting work done by Serkis, which to his credit, was very impressive. But they forget (or do not realise) the countless number of man hours put into the creation of the character digitally.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that the creation of Gollum as an on-screen character was a team effort and cannot be credited to one person alone.
And I guess it's easier for the general public to imagine Gollum as being "played" by one person. Most people have no idea about the work involved in digitising a character, and so find it easier to relate to the "character is played by one person" model.
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The original article really doesn't tell us a lot that we don't already know. It seems to be there to plug Microsoft and their internship program.
On the other hand, an interesting point is bought up about smaller companies not being able to afford internships in periods of economic downturn. Does this mean that Microsoft, who are still recruiting strongly as ever, have an even better chance of picking up the cream of the crop? Of course... It makes perfect business sense, doesn't it? What I'd like to hear about are other, smaller companies and their recruiting schemes.
The character of Gollum that we all saw on the big-screen could not have been accomplished without both Serkis and the VFX team at Weta. Gollum was not played/created/portrayed by Serkis alone, nor was he played/created/portrayed by the efforts of Weta. Only the combination of their efforts could lead to such a portrayal of the character. When the general public think of the portrayal, they think of the physical acting work done by Serkis, which to his credit, was very impressive. But they forget (or do not realise) the countless number of man hours put into the creation of the character digitally. I guess what I'm trying to say is that the creation of Gollum as an on-screen character was a team effort and cannot be credited to one person alone. And I guess it's easier for the general public to imagine Gollum as being "played" by one person. Most people have no idea about the work involved in digitising a character, and so find it easier to relate to the "character is played by one person" model.