Editing E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (section)

===Pre-production===
[[File:Carlo Rambaldi al Giffoni Film Festival 2010 - cropped.jpg|thumb|180px|Italian special effects artist [[Carlo Rambaldi]] created E.T.'s design.]]

[[Carlo Rambaldi]], who designed the aliens for ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'', was hired to design the [[animatronics]] for ''E.T.'' Rambaldi's own painting ''Women of Delta'' led him to give the creature a unique, extendable neck.<ref name="20thAnniversaryDVD" /> Its face was inspired by those of [[Carl Sandburg]], [[Albert Einstein]] and [[Ernest Hemingway]].<ref name="DVD notes" /> Producer [[Kathleen Kennedy (producer)|Kathleen Kennedy]] visited the [[Jules C. Stein|Jules Stein Eye Institute]] to study real and glass eyes. She hired Institute staffers to create E.T.'s eyes, which she felt were particularly important in engaging the audience.<ref name="starry"/> Four heads were created for filming, one as the main animatronic and the others for facial expressions, as well as a costume.<ref name="DVD notes" /> A team of puppeteers controlled E.T.'s face with animatronics. Two [[dwarfism|little people]], [[Tamara De Treaux]] and [[Pat Bilon]],<ref name=brode/> as well as 12-year-old Matthew DeMeritt, who was born without legs,<ref name="Sammon 1983" /> took turns wearing the costume, depending on what scene was being filmed. DeMeritt actually walked on his hands and played all scenes where E.T. walked awkwardly or fell over. The head was placed above that of the actors, and the actors could see through slits in its chest.<ref name="20thAnniversaryDVD" /> Caprice Roth, a professional mime, filled [[Prosthesis|prosthetics]] to play E.T.'s hands.<ref name="starry"/> The puppet was created in three months at the cost of $1.5{{nbsp}}million.<ref name="Time 1982 Puppet" /> Spielberg declared that it was "something that only a mother could love".<ref name="20thAnniversaryDVD" />

[[Mars, Incorporated]] refused to allow [[M&M's]] to be used in the film, believing that E.T. would frighten children. [[The Hershey Company]] was asked if [[Reese's Pieces]] could be used, and it agreed. This [[product placement]] resulted in a large increase in Reese's Pieces sales.<ref name="Biema 1982 Candy" /> Science and technology educator [[Henry Feinberg]] created E.T.'s communicator device.<ref name="Worsley p179" /><ref name="QRZ Feinberg" />