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This article is dedicated to the '''Trivia in TRON''' and facts about the movie, its cast and crew, and just about every thing else involved with the movie.
 
This article is dedicated to the '''Trivia in TRON''' and facts about the movie, its cast and crew, and just about every thing else involved with the movie.
   
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====Tron====
 
====Tron====
[[Image:Overused tron shot.PNG|thumb|Repeated Tron close-up.]]
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[[Image:Overused_tron_shot.PNG|thumb|Repeated Tron close-up.]]
 
*There are three close-up shots of [[Tron]] that are exactly the same, with the exception of differences in the background and the fact that one of the shots is played in reverse. These shots appear chronologically in ''TRON'' at 1:04:06, 1:19:52, and 1:20:15.
 
*There are three close-up shots of [[Tron]] that are exactly the same, with the exception of differences in the background and the fact that one of the shots is played in reverse. These shots appear chronologically in ''TRON'' at 1:04:06, 1:19:52, and 1:20:15.
   
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[[Image:Yellowspinningguard.JPG|thumb|A guard with yellow circuitry. This image was from test animation shown to Disney executives to convince them that the backlight animation will work.]]
 
[[Image:Yellowspinningguard.JPG|thumb|A guard with yellow circuitry. This image was from test animation shown to Disney executives to convince them that the backlight animation will work.]]
 
[[Image:Spinningguard.JPG|thumb|The same guard as above but with regular red circuitry. This is from [[Tron (film)|Tron]].]]
 
[[Image:Spinningguard.JPG|thumb|The same guard as above but with regular red circuitry. This is from [[Tron (film)|Tron]].]]
The original plan was for the circuit lines of the "good" programs to glow yellow, while the "bad" programs would have blue circuits. During the production process, this was changed to good programs appearing as blue and evil ones appearing as red. Some of the original coloring remains in the finished film, mostly in tank programs ([[Clu]] has yellow lines on his light suit, and all of Sark's tank commanders are pale green). Flynn too takes on this greenish tint after he crashes the recognizer and gets knocked out; when he gets up, he returns to the normal blue.
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The original plan was to have the circuit lines of the "good" programs glow yellow, and the "bad" programs would have blue circuit lines. At one point this was changed to where good programs are blue, and evil ones are red. Some of the original coloring remains, mostly in tank programs (Clu has yellow lines on his uniform, and all of Sark's tank commanders are pale green). But Flynn takes on this greenish tint after he crashes the recognizer and gets knocked out, shortly after he gets up he returns to the normal blue.
 
When asked about the color change on [http://thesupernaughts.com/sci-fi/movies-and-stuff-tron-1982-steven-lisberger-interview/ the Movies and Stuff podcast] Steven Lisberger said: {{cquote|...we went back and forth on the color scheme several times. And again, it was very tough because we could not do sample artwork of the final look of the film...I think we felt that we weren't that interested in yellow. It was pretty much always blue versus red. And we felt that even though red was more emotional, the blue was easier to look at and easier to be with. So we decided to stay with blue characters.}}
 
 
Some traces of the original color scheme, along with other changes from early versions of the script, can be seen in [[TRON_(novelization)|the novelization]] by Brian Daley: for example, [[Ram|Ram's]] light cycle in the book is green, but in the movie it [[Rez|rezzes]] up as red.
 
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There was no explanation by the filmmakers about why there was a color change, but one explanation by the President of The Electronics Conservancy, Keith Feinstein, said that: {{cquote|It was the game makers that decided on who would be red and who would be blue because the movie crew was undecided and they had to finish the game.}}
 
===The Animation===
 
===The Animation===
   
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[[Image:Cartoonbg.png|left|thumb|Traditional animation appears for the background of some shots in the movie.]]
 
[[Image:Cartoonbg.png|left|thumb|Traditional animation appears for the background of some shots in the movie.]]
   
*Despite the use of CGI throughout the movie, there is some traditional animation in the movie, most noticeably the [[Gridbug]]s that briefly appear near the end of the movie. Other instances include the moving background when Flynn is flying the [[Flynn's Recognizer|recognizer]] and the parts of the destroyed bridge during the light cycle chase.
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*Despite the use of CGI through out the movie, there is some traditional animation in the movie, most noticeably the [[Gridbug]]s that briefly appear near the end of the movie. Other instances include the moving background when Flynn is flying the [[Flynn's Recognizer|recognizer]] and the parts of the destroyed bridge during the light cycle chase.
   
 
The reason why traditional animation was used instead of CGI for backgrounds was because the technology didn't exist yet to matte live-action footage onto CGI animation.
 
The reason why traditional animation was used instead of CGI for backgrounds was because the technology didn't exist yet to matte live-action footage onto CGI animation.
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