While backlighting (which also went by the names "underlighting" and "bipack glow") has a long tradition within 2D animation, the notion of applying the technique to live-action was wholly unique to Tron. Indeed, before he and his team migrated to California, Lisberger's studio created an early concept for a backlit character (named "Tron," for "electronic"). As Lisberger describes in Tron's making-of documentary: "Everybody was doing backlit animation in the '70s it was the disco look. And we thought: what if we had this character that was a neon line? And that was our Tron warrior." The resulting 30-second animation was used to promote both the studio and a series of rock radio stations. "People weren't doing backlit characters. They were using it as an effect to make things glow and pulse and logos. What we did was we tried to do a character that was backlit."
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