{"id":43541,"date":"2022-08-12T19:42:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T19:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/how-the-prey-predator-creature-outfit-was-designed\/"},"modified":"2022-08-12T19:42:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T19:42:42","slug":"how-the-prey-predator-creature-outfit-was-designed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/how-the-prey-predator-creature-outfit-was-designed\/","title":{"rendered":"How the ‘Prey’ Predator Creature Outfit Was Designed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The team responsible for bringing the Predator to life in Hulu’s acclaimed prequel \u201cPrey\u201d was uniquely positioned for the project. StudioADI’s award-winning industry veteran Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr. have worked on many celebrated films, including the original \u201cPredator,\u201d and they are the co-creators of alien in director Dan Trachtenberg’s film. \u201cPrey\u201d has also achieved record-breaking debut viewership for the streamer, and inside that Predator suit is monster actor Dane DiLiegro.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrey’s\u201d iteration of the iconic creature, which is a combination of physical costuming and CGI, differs from previous incarnations. \u201cSome of our earliest conversations with Dan were about making this Predator super slim with some kind of weird camouflage and different from the reptilian thing we’ve seen before,\u201d Woodruff Jr. explained, adding that the different proportions hinted at the Predator’s stage of development.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tClose up of the Predator suit<\/span>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDavid Bukach<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThis one’s head wasn’t huge, the dreadlocks became thinner, and we were trying to mimic the feel of the warriors in their long hair,\u201d he continued. \u201cWhen we started working on the Predator’s instruments, we had some designs come through that looked a little more homemade. The idea was that the Predator also had primitive weapons that evolved.\u201d He added that the prequel \u201cwasn’t about weapons against weapons,\u201d but rather \u201cthis girl and this creature and how they all merge together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gillis said they started with approximately 20 different Predator concepts before Trachtenberg whittled it down to five. They honed it from there by what he called \u201cworking out the nuances.\u201d<\/p>\n

That set clear anchor points to create the character in around six weeks. Due to the pandemic, much of that process took place over Zoom, with occasional in-person fittings. \u201cWe threw a leotard on my son because he’s super skinny,\u201d Woodruff Jr. explained. \u201cIt had all this detailed Predator skin stuff printed on it, and right next to him was Dane wearing his mock-up pieces.\u201d That was when the duo and Trachtenberg realized the Predator was as much about Dane’s mentality and movement as it was design.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tDane DiLiegro as the Predator gets a touch-up while in his Predator suit.<\/span>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDavid Bukach<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cYou don’t just put the suit on and go to work,\u201d DiLiegro clarified. \u201cIt doesn’t work like that with a character as iconic as this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gillis revealed they created six Predator suits and four heads, all of which they used wisely. \u201cYou trash them as you go through production, not only due to human sweat but because some scenes are so physical. We would start with a suit, wear it down, and then move it to stunt suit status. You barely make it across the finish line with one presentable suit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Woodruff Jr. added, \u201cI think we saved one or two for when we need to see that detail up close. We’d be setting Dane up for a night shoot and had a pair of Predator feet. We were looking at them like, ‘Wow, these won’t work in daylight, but we can throw some color on him and patch things up, and they’ll work fine for nighttime.’\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tDane DiLiegro as the Predator.<\/span>
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