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Jackie Earle Haley, who played Rorschach, couldn't shoot the film while blinded by a mask, so Wilkinson created a mask with large eyeholes so that Haley could see the set and animators could see how he was emoting in each scene. Embedded in the mask were 30 tracking dots 2 centimeters in diameter, which animators used to determine the orientation of Haley's head in the shot.

In addition, several "hero blot masks" with static patterns were generated, which were used for medium- to-long distance shots. When it came to creating the blots themselves, animators couldn't use real Rorschach blots because they're copyrighted. He commissioned Alex McDowell in the film's art department to come up with 15 fake Rorschach blots. The VFX supervisor and his team also created a reference book of Dave Gibbons's blot art from the graphic novel. When the dialogue in the script matched the dialogue in the graphic novel, DesJardin made sure Rorschach's mask matched the novel, too.

I remember that from when he's walking down the tunnel on the subway! Animators customized plug-ins in the 3D animation program Maya that allowed them to create the blots in 2D, then move the shapes around on a textured surface--in this case, the shape of Healy's face as denoted by the tracking markers embedded in the mask.

Each animation was handled on a sequence-by-sequence basis. The blots would move faster or slower based on what Rorschach was experiencing--when he was excited, for example, the blots would move quickly; when the vigilante was thoughtful, the blots would percolate.

For those scenes, Haley wore one of the static hero masks. The first shots of the blots came in May and the last shots were done in November Off all the Rorschach scenes, DesJardin is most happy about an emotional scene near the end of the film.

I think that came out really well. Type keyword s to search. He hates evil people, for instance, yet commits torture and murder and still sees himself as a good person. Although his costume and identity consist of trench coat, gloves, and a fedora as well, the thing that truly makes him Rorschach rather than Walter Kovacs is his mask. Putting them on, I abandoned my disguise and became myself, free from fear or weakness or lust.

My coat, my shoes, my spotless gloves. My face. Black and white. Changing shape… But not mixing. No gray. Very, very beautiful. Plot Summary. LitCharts Teacher Editions. Teach your students to analyze literature like LitCharts does. Detailed explanations, analysis, and citation info for every important quote on LitCharts. The original text plus a side-by-side modern translation of every Shakespeare play. Sign Up. Already have an account? Sign in. From the creators of SparkNotes, something better.

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