Stunning War Horse Special Effects Test

[Brendon Connelly]

I was blown away by this special effects test for Spielberg's War Horse. They needed something like a dozen horses to play Joey, the titular nag, but that doesn't mean the filmmakers didn't also employ some CG and, as you'll see in the video, other remarkable trickery.

Unfortunately, I can't embed the clip at the moment, though you can see it on the Facebook page of Chris Clarke, a technician who worked on the film. Check it out before reading on.

I was genuinely astonished by that clip, not least because the performance is incredible. I'm left wishing for another film in the vein of the Babe movies. Thanks very much to AICN for the heads up.

For other animatronic tests by Chris Clarke, you might want to check out his YouTube page. His skills made that bit more sense to me when I saw him practicing sleight of hand magic tricks.

[toodoor]

That is quite incredible.