Multipass Prototype

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As Seen In:		The Fifth Element
Time Spent:		About five hours
Date Added:		Sept 2003

More prototype pics, this time painted

This is a prototype of a Multi-Pass I made a while back. I used a really great scan of the prop from a french book that was given to me by a friend named Tim Arp. The scan revealed some great details on the front of the pass, but left many details unknown. I've been researching this prop for a while now, and have nailed the graphics. However, a couple of the surface greeblies remained elusive until lately. I believe I now have the entire thing pretty well nailed down, including the correct item that was used for the yellow button, the rod down the left side and the LED on the face of it. Now if I could just get off my ass and finish it!!!! UPDATE: Here are some links to some pictures of the laser cut prototype. They came out PRETTY good, but not perfect. There are still some little kinks to work out. I'm no longer convinced that laser cut acrylic is the answer. The problem is in the circle shapes. it doesn't seem to get those just right. it's a little off. Picture 1 Picture 2 For reference, here is a complete list of times when the Multi-Pass prop appears in the movie... Korben Leaving his apt chapter 7, 21 seconds Munroe in the Re-Gen chamber ( Chapter 9 ) 27:40 seconds 29:16 29:20 29:28 29:46 29:53 Korben Meets Leeloo ( Chapter 11 ) 35:23 35:42 36:30 Airport with Cornelius ( Chapter 19 ) 1:07:57 - shows button lighting up 1:08:29 Also lit up 1:09:02 1:09:09 1:09:17 1:09:27 1:11:01 Update: At this time, the pass project is complete. I haven't built one for myself yet, but if you're interested in reading more on the history of the development of the piece, read this. If you're interested in building your own multipass, check out my tutorial.