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When a movie or TV show wants to film an action that it never could with a real animal, special effects artists have to come up with a convincing fake version.
Thanks to the special effects artists at MastersFX, “The Boys” season three created several infamous scenes involving octopi and hamsters. Many instances, like in “Nightmare Alley” (2021) and “The Love Guru” (2008), involve scenes that switch between a real animal and a fake version for moments that wouldn’t be safe for a real animal to do.
To make sure the switch is seamless, the artists need to focus on skin texture and blotchy skin tones while adding hair and feathers by hand. This all gets more complicated when the animals need to move on-screen. With creative thinking, an animatronic chicken can flap its wings while pieces of fishing line can stand in for CG tentacles.
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@hauntedsunsets Год назад

I'm so glad to see how there's a blend between real and computer-generated effects. CGI is incredibly useful for things that we can't reliably represent in real life but the real models like these make them feel that much realer

@alwayzsleepy8749 Год назад

There's so much hardwork behind a single shot.

@YEOsCanal Год назад

movie magic

@felixcat9318 Год назад

What a phenomenal industry to work in! The skills of these people are truly remarkable, real artistry.

@TimersAndMore Год назад

this looks so impressive how these craftsmen and craftswomen can make this realistic looking fake animals.

@mattmatt-mp7xe Год назад

..yeah??

@Dexx837 Год назад

If that octopus was in MCU, they'll just CGI it completely

@krungsoulpogger9875 Год назад

Yeah literally

@victoriawilliams2786 Год назад

That squishy octopus reminds me of those sticky things you could get from $.50 machines that would "walk down walls". 😂

@DanielleBaum Год назад

omg yessss!!!! i miss those

@nickonerd Год назад

@@DanielleBaum I see those old machines in some malls still.

@DIDYOUSEETHAT172 Год назад

What friggin show is this hamster from? A live action super rodent?

@Look_turtles Год назад

@@DIDYOUSEETHAT172 The Boys

@2degucitas Год назад

I bet they are made from the same materials

@animalrescueaj8334 Год назад

That's so cool!!!!! I'm so glad no animals were harmed especially that poor chicken puppet😥🐔

@benjidaniel5595 Год назад

Not gonna lie: that Timothy scene broke my heart

@MukulVyas5 Год назад

As a vegan I appreciate the amount of effort and skill put in by these artists and technicians that prevents actual animals from being hurt, killed and exploited. Thank you.

@Lvcius Год назад

Yeah because they’re gonna put a real octopus in an actors mouth, right? Makes total sense 😒

@MukulVyas5 Год назад

@@Lvcius It's not just about octopuses mate but other animals, their skin, fur and other body parts too. Those things need not be replaced by such props but they still ensure that no animal is hurt for those things as far as practicable which is why I appreciate their efforts. But still, method actors might even prefer to do it with real animals and may even ACTUALLY use a real octopus too so I appreciate that these artists bring such precision to their props that it eliminates the need to hurt animals. Chill brother. Understand the context. No need to be apprehensive about it.

@Packerm87 Год назад

Movie producers, to my knowledge, are never allowed to use real animal parts, not even claws, to film scenes. Everything must be made artificially. I’m not vegan but even I find that movie “boys” disturbing.

@drekelley2352 Год назад

I would be cheaper though

@mmps18 Год назад

As an animal lover, same!

@Rai_S82 Год назад

Poor Timothy! That scene was so sad 🐙😩

@2degucitas Год назад

That "puppet" elephant can be used in other movies, so it's a good investment.

@alexkingjervis Год назад

This is absolutely incredible, but you can massively tell the difference between CGI and SFX

@coolerthanafrieza4726 Год назад

Thank you… she really said no one can tell 😐

@magnuskallas Год назад

Definitely. I was about to make a joke about CGI seafood in Asian cinema, but let that be... Now, I still think animal actors mixed with practical effect shots is the best way to go. 4 come to mind that have stuck with me (mostly S. King adaptations): * more recently the zombie cat in "Pet Sematary" * the mouse in "Green Mile" * the rabid Saint Bernard in "Cujo" * the tiger in "Burning Bright" I know I know, once you learn about the sweet sauce the animals licked away after the shot it becomes funny, but still...

@alexkingjervis Год назад

@@coolerthanafrieza4726 you’re more than welcome 😘

@AttnDefDis_ Год назад

It's a real shame that they spend so much time on these detailed looking props only for them to get completely covered up by the seriously fake looking CGI.

@brandonwei2430 Год назад

is your name Dunning Kruger?

@fireaza Год назад

You seem like the sorta guy who thinks Fury Road used no CGI, and trumpets this "fact" in the comments section of as many movie-related videos he can find, hoping people will think he's a discerning film-buff.

@AttnDefDis_ Год назад

@@fireaza Haha, not a guy and never seen Fury Road. So, nope! I think CGI is great in things like backgrounds or fire, but animals and people usually look pretty awful. Unless, we're talking about Jurassic Park or something like that. Those effects are still mind blowing to me.

@doloreslehmann8628 Год назад

I thought exactly the same. Those props look amazing. But the CGI effects up close are really unconvincing. You can see that no octopus tentacles are touching the face. You can clearly see where the contours brake.

@jimr9499 Год назад

I just discovered these movie insider videos and I must say: so interesting!! I really enjoyed the one about how sounds for animation are made. These artists are so freaking talented! I wish I had even a fraction of their talent at anything at all lol.

@plushpg1380 Год назад

So dope,and more behind the scenes of the boys?! Yay :)

@pixie9499 Год назад

i literally clicked on this video bc i somehow recognized the octopus in the thumbnail as the octopus from the boys 💀😂

@Max_m Год назад

The Boys is such an awesome show

@pandementia4099 Год назад

Thank goodness they put skin dimples on the hamster we didn't see

@katherineshimkus9511 7 месяцев назад

‘The scene where Homelander forces The Deep to eat his friend Timothy.’

@plaguedocgames7364 Год назад

Love these looks at vfx

@maryrosekent8223 Год назад

It’s actually octopuses; octopus is based on Greek, not Latin.

@halstonwood7044 Год назад

I was checking to see if anyone was educated on this. Thank you 🙏🏽

@2degucitas Год назад

I thought it was "octopi" for plural

@CrowSkeleton Год назад

So you're saying 'octopodes'? :D

@ranimeRAT Год назад

You can use octopuses, octopodes and octopi

@autorepair2321 Год назад

The work these guys put in very nice...then actors get the highest awards...its crazy

@elainethomas9737 Год назад

Cool video...that little hamster is just adorable 😍

@worldofbarolad Год назад

Absolutely insane to see.

@fahhsirin Год назад

Ohhh this is hours of work. Kudos!

@metu5818 Год назад

So where did the PELTS come from? Lol I am First Nations, and years ago, we had a group of rich kids doing volunteer work in our neck of the woods, my aunt invited them to have Indian tacos and since we were already drying some deer meat. The kids were all really eager to try dry meat. They were largely vegetarian or strict vegans. But some, not all we’re willing to put aside their belief, understanding the meat they were eating was wild, and not raised in a cage. They were all for it, then I brought out a hind quarter that still had the lower leg attached with the hooves. Some were unable to stick around during the drying process because of that. Thing is nothing is supposed to be wasted, so we also utilize the hooves, and or dew claws. The idea of the feet being attached to the meat they were going to eat somehow disrupted their idea it being a fairytale I guess.

@eddiesanchez2293 Год назад

The boys Special Effects are 😮‍💨🔥

@abbyklein5752 Год назад

“wrap the tentacles around an actor’s arm” or .. you know ... their legs and waist

@cz941 Год назад

now I wonder if the guy in oldboy was eating a fake octopus, because it looked damn real

@officialdadbrand Год назад

Can you drop an egg on a concrete floor without cracking it? Yes, concrete floors are very hard to break.

@KatherineShimkus 5 дней назад

Justice for Timothy! He will be avenged!

@BornLoveandEnergy Год назад

This was an Amaze N video. I enjoyed this and will share. I enjoy creative people. Creators are Amaze N.

@KillerTacos54 Год назад

Another excellent video

@Skitigdread Год назад

"No real animals will be harmed in the making of your movie", just in preparation of your movie, cus pelt ;)

@Brianiiz Год назад

Always been interested in this kind of stuff, thanks for your content ✨

@freddyjosereginomontalvo4667 Год назад

Awesome, amazing and superior 🌍💯

@worldofbarolad Год назад

"Nobody can tell where the trick starts and ends."

@toygigante Год назад

That was very impressive 😮

@maryrosekent8223 Год назад

Too much vocal fry; bailed at 1:26

@PatRick-sm5fe Год назад

Omg this is my dream job 😍

@cookie5335 Год назад

Luv these vids

@alyssa01825 Год назад

i saw the octopus mold and immediately knew it was the boys

@cassidythompson5606 Год назад

Thank you for being an advocate for animals everywhere, helping share this vital (and fascinating!) information, Insider. Because it doesn’t matter how beautiful you are, if you are cruel to animals then you are ugly from the inside.

@wayne8797 Год назад

The frog terrifies me. The hamster 🐹 though, ❤️

@vitroz4585 Год назад

Stoping right before he is eating the octopus very good job editor u missed all the action

@silviamckeever961 Год назад

Freaking awesome

@blepsandbeans Год назад

That hampster was so perfect and chonk i lost my remaining brain cell.

@classwrapper6466 Год назад

Amazing

@danieldevito6380 Год назад

Wait a second. Those superhero hamster scenes were faked? And hear I thought you just had some well trained hamsters.

@aachucko Год назад

Now children this is how we put hair on fake animals.

@JeskidoYT Год назад

Drink every time they mentioned The Boys

@interwestingstuffinterwest6459 Год назад

I want that octopus so bad

@xin0 Год назад

1:05 Painstakingly done, and when you watch it live, it is only 2 secs shot. For what!? Then again, if they don't make it realistic, when someone pauses the live scene in that moment, they would spot the mistake or laziness 😑

@dlwhdtjr100 Год назад

The boys: We can't kill love octopus! Let's make fake octopus! Old boy: Hold my soju.

@CaesarSalid Год назад

cool vid but what microphone did you record with, sounds like 1930's tv lmao

@Leo-gi7bg Год назад

Octopuses

@ankewunder7092 Год назад

WAHNSINN... was die Leute da zaubern!

@joshuawesteros5345 8 месяцев назад

What about in movies when they skin an animal. Some scenes are perfectly realistic. In the man vs. he skins a rabbit. If they’re not actually using a real rabbit I’d love to see how they do it.

@adrenbro Год назад

Its funny how deep they try to make some things soo real while they could just use VFX 😂😂. About the hamster , i didnt even care or remember this scene until i see this vidéo now

@victors_art3002 Год назад

Lol funny how they were talking about that BJ octopus 🐙 from the boys! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@RokkitGrrl Год назад

The word "octopus" is actually derived from Greek, not Latin. So the correct way to pluralize octopus in Greek is "octopodes," and not "octopi." But since "octopus" was adopted into English, the actual correct pluralization for octopus in the English language is "octopuses."

@uncletrash8770 Год назад

NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRD

@RafaelMunizYT Год назад

so they didn't use a real octopussy? 😞

@woolypuffin392 Год назад

So they tried not to harm animals by building props, then covered them in REAL fur... Are you kidding?

@DavidKen878 Год назад

How is using real fur hurting animals? Also, who said that fur was even real?

@NetherFX Год назад

octopuses* not octupi

@robsalem685 Месяц назад

Can’t they use dead animals’ skin like ducks or something similar to taxidermy with electronics and silicone and other material to make them move?

@CardboardTulips Год назад

“No real animals will be harmed in the making of your movie.” 3:32 Just don’t think about the pelts, skin and feathers, I think they came from somewhere … or someone?

@KatieBadenhorst Год назад

Yep exactly what I was thinking.

@fireaza Год назад

Fake fur and feathers is a thing, you know.

@woolypuffin392 Год назад

Yes!

@woolypuffin392 Год назад

@@fireaza They said Pelt. Not fake fur or fake pelt...

@metu5818 Год назад

Lol I was thinking the same thing… I mean I am sure plenty of animals die naturally. But the industry has now shifted to animals pelts as opposed to exploiting an animal get hurt. It is more obvious watching old western movies.

@Spillage66 Год назад

"No animals were harmed in the making of these movies." (Apart from the ones who lost their skin, fur and feathers!)

@kibeschannel8590 Год назад

Wow

@premanandh7019 Год назад

I just bought a chicken head and body from the butcher shop for the movie I worked in. They we're eating it though.

@Swedifornian Год назад

It’s not octopi. It’s octopuses. For real. 😂 sorry just had to…

@joachimkarstens9769 Год назад

why are you always takin about "masters"? It´s mastersfx. which is quite a difference.

@kondwanibanda7819 Год назад

I don't know how to feel about this...

@carlj7466 Год назад

The "disturbing" scene looks incredibly fake to me lmao

@lindsey.13 Год назад

how would one go about making this a career?

@snitchwheezes Год назад

Doesn’t the chicken in Nightmare Alley get disturbingly eaten too? Why is this video about things that get disturbingly eaten?

@THE_RAT_MAN_OF_DOOM Год назад

Juice wrld 999 🖤🕊

@itzchriz7632 Год назад

Rip Timothy

@United_Wings Год назад

Damn

@the-secrettutorials Год назад

4:25 sorry what do we get???

@nickonerd Год назад

"nobody can tell when the trick starts or ends" uhhh, I disagree. CGI is easy to see, and it is obvious when the animal is fake. I am impressed still regardless.

@DIDYOUSEETHAT172 Год назад

Of course its "easy to see" its a flying rodent. Its amazing how many geniuses say that when they know it is CGI. Take those same super observant wanna be pantomath's, sit them down with CGI animals without informing them, they say oh look at the pretty animals, and at the end, once told it was CGI and not real they go " Of course I knew it all along!" As kids we called them know it all's, as adults the term is usually "Wind bag!" 😂😂

@fireaza Год назад

Sure, "easy to see". Except for all those times there's been CGI right in front of you, but you were completely clueless and assumed it was a practical effect. Because you are not the discerning film-buff, one who is above the riff-raff that are so easily fooled, that you think you are.

@Panda72021 9 месяцев назад

Ignore the negative bozos in the comments...they're just trolling because they're probably kids that found out that CGI is used way more than they realize; and got their little "cinema magic" bubbles burst. Seriously though, it's a pet peeve of mine how cheap a lot of CGI looks, even in today's world of technology (one of the main reasons I dislike all these Disney live-action reboots ). CGI animals in particular always have a 'soulless' look and feel about them, compared to the real deal. I agree, the amount of effort they take to try and make practical effects look real (before plastering over it with CGI) is pretty impressive.

@raisinmydog Год назад

It's funny that they didn't harm a hamster for the prop, but they took fur from another animal. The chicken too

@sokken_4464 Год назад

I was thinking about that irony too, but at least it's better to use parts of animals killed in more humane ways than torturing live animals to make these scenes

@woolypuffin392 Год назад

Thought that too.

@alayakow1037 Год назад

I mean the take hamster can be reused and reshot as many times as needed since it's made to be durable vs a taxidermy hamster

@gapjunction11 Год назад

0:22: What are the threads in the actor's face for?

@d-v1199 Год назад

Imitating the octopus grabbing the guy's face with their tentacles

@ksg9809 Год назад

7:49 8:00

@spookayitsme Год назад

The word is now octopuses, not octopi

@Yo_Moma619 Год назад

They killed a real snake in Friday the 13th

@metu5818 Год назад

So if no animals were hurt, where did the pelts come from?

@sammyjohn.production4783 Год назад

Oww

@helpmereach45ksubswithoutvideo Год назад

Congrats on being early and finding this comment 🎉

@sebastianandersson4126 Год назад

4,54 go for the eyes Boo

@yeonugs Год назад

See korean movie 'old boy'

@coolerthanafrieza4726 Год назад

The narrator really said “you cant tell where the effects begin and end” that is such bullshit…

@vivette8944 Год назад

Why don’t they just use real hamsters?

@iamalittler Год назад

Octopodes*

@willcarroll8438 Год назад

Octopuses*

@drahunter213 Год назад

Oh really that hamster was fake when it was going ballistic? I thought it was a real hamster doing that! Lol jkn but for real like she had to explain that was fake