How 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Visual Effects Were Made | Vanity Fair 

kinda scary how there’s only 80 shots without visual effects. hats off to this dude he basically had to create the outside world digitally also I can’t imagine how tiring it must be for tom to perform 90% of the scenes in front of a green screen

He could break down the whole movie in this style and I would watch it. Seeing how to movies get made and have a sneak peak at all the archive bts footage is such a treat. Got any take in the movie there is probably 10 different versions or angles of it we’ll never get to see.

I love that vfx artists are called "artists" and not technicians. They truly are artists. It's magnificent

i knew tom did a lot of his own stunts but holy crap he’s insane

Those scenes where you normally thought it was practical but it was actually VFX, those deserve a round of applause.

we seriously need more contents like this to appreciate the people who worked behind the scene...oh wow how one single frame has so many layers and details. Amazing, this movie is even greater than it already is.

I can listen to him breaking down the whole movie scene! this is beyond awesomeness.

I know CGI can turn people off sometimes, but it's still just as much of a daunting task as creating something practical, yes I do think filmakers should strive to be somewhere in the middle, but I say if they make it seamless then that something to praise.

Kelly Port being nominated for an Oscar for this movie really shows in this breakdown. Just the detail and depth of explanation of each shot is quite fascinating for the average movie watcher to see how VFX are actually done.

14:30 15:54 Shout out to practical for these insane stunts! Must have been fun to watch on set.

Hopefully this is just the part 1 because I wanna hear the whole story of the visual effects of the 3rd act!

"we weren't able to put the baby in the rotisserie rig." He is like, "we tried, but weren't able to use a toddler in car flipping stunt." Hollywood, don't ever change.

This not only helps you appreciate what goes into making these movies: it makes me appreciate Tom Holland's acting skills. He has to immerse himself in this world that doesn't exist yet in his eyes. His portrayal of Peter Parker/Spider-Man is absolutely incredible.

I’m working on VFX for a Spidey fan film right now, and videos like these are like film school. Really cool to see how this came together.

I would LOVE to see a VFX breakdown of the final fight scene that would be awesome!

I am an advocate for more practical effects and against overused cgi, but I will forever hold vfx artists in high regard for doing their best to recreate the world and make it look as seamless as they possibly can. When you consider the amount of time the team had, and how much they had to do, you can be more understanding of the final product. I do have issues with No Way Home's use of cgi where there really shouldn't need to be at first (I'm looking at you, Green Goblin) but I'm never going to blame the vfx team for this. It's mainly a decision made during production, especially since marvel movies seem to be increasing in number of projects coming out relatively close to each other, hence not enough time to clean up the vfx shots.

vfx artists are so undervalued, not just by people outside of the film/tv industry but the actual industry themselves seeing as how overworked and underpaid they are 🤷🏾‍♀️ they have to time crunch all the time and the result is people saying using cgi is lazy. i do agree that cgi can be overused, particularly because studios like to exploit cgi artists, but i would never attack the actual artists or the craft of cgi. i just hope that they have better working conditions in the future

This should be done for so many more movies. It is so interesting to see how things came to life. Loving it!

I would literally watch the whole thing if he discussed every big scene

I gotta say I specifically remember the car thrown into the water barrels and thinking how cool that looked that it had to be practical. Props to Port but there is still no beating those kind of shots

Geez Tom Holland really is Peter Parker & Spider-Man! 👏👏

Dang, seeing Tom Holland do all the movements and flips in real time. Much props, he is a literal Spider-man

I am so infatuated with Visual Effects... It's a good thing I chose it as a career path. I just love every bit of the creation process that goes behind it. Bravo to everyone who brought this masterpiece to life!

i wanna see him talk about the special effects in the dr strange vs spiderman fight :)

8:52. The de-aging technology is amazing 🔥🔥🔥

I would love to know more about that Green Goblin entrance, what they wanted to do and what they ended up going with, I was actually really excited to see a fight with the goblin early on especially with the old suit. Really awesome stuff and bravo to the visual effects team for bringing this stuff to life.

These VFX geniuses are the true heroes of the MCU who allow all these crazy worlds and characters to be bought to life

They did a really good job making this movie, full of talented people. I love it so much 😭

As an animation graduate, I live for these breakdowns

11:26 He sounded so disappointed when he said “we weren’t able to but the baby in the rotisserie rig.” 😂

This is trully phenomenal. Can't wait for the moment I'm gonna be able to afford at least 50% of this amount of experienced people to do VFX for my movies.

A huge downside for marvel is its so hard to shoot in NYC so that's why they are forced for use blue screen all the time... I remember at the end of FFH tom is with zendaya doing the final swing.. that was shot in NYC but it took so long to shoot because Papz and people kept walking in front of camera's.

As a VFX student, this helps a lot to understand the industry.

This Makes Me Think That Doctor Strange 2 Is Gonna Be Insane Visually

13:16 Tom Holland doing all those flips in the real world. That's amazing.

This guy and the whole team of effects, camera and editing are the real heroes to me, what a job, one that i kinda want to do but honestly sounds like people are complicating stuff more and more

He conveys everything so casually and eloquently that it was a really nice experience. I appreciate seeing how much he cares for even the smallest details. Hope they can get him on again for more breakdowns like this.

Considering the amount of shots they had to do, they did extremely well. The few mediocre shots that stood out were probably down to time constraints and the actual production not providing enough assets to the VFX studios.

The sad thing is that nobody knows who he is or the team. It's crazy that we know the side characters and they have millions of fans but nobody knows him or the team

this type of breakdown is you usually you hear in masterclass workshops for artist who are trying to learn and understand post-mortem about the film vfx.

13:13 Tom Holland really went full Spider-Man to do his own stunts while wearing motion capture.

Him knowing the shot number LOL - working in animation and some shots you just see SO often the entire thing is embedded in your head frame by frame. Felt that.

Tom is really talented wow

The fight of Tom Holland’s Spider-Man and doc ock is a epic battle sequence that is the best mix of practical and cgi effects. As awesome the iron spider looks in the film, it’s even so dope that Tom Holland really did the epic stunts in the sequence in motion capture and even have him have a mechanical tentacle battle with doc ock.

Was he off the day they worked on Andrew's landing after saving MJ?

I keep thinking “Marvel is Jsut flexing at this point- I’m so jealous” but I realize, it’s WAY easier to use building and animation skills to create a longer set extension, because of Covid, and I’m actually really happy they did this, they are masters and don’t have to worry too much, because a lot of times it’s not noticeable, but it’s really good

@11:30 "We weren't able to put the baby in the Rotisserie rig" - maybe the only time this sentence is okay.

One of the most informative and well-done "Making Of" I've seen so far.

I really wished they had more of goblin on the bridge scene

11:33 they had a choice to just not put the baby in there. But they did. Respect man

he explained everything so beautifully. i wish you put his name in the title. kelly port! a true genius in his craft.

the attention to detail is insane

Tom Holland coming up with the wrinkly suit idea is phenomenal!!

This video is just... AMAZING. I could watch him talking about the entire movie without getting bored

I love seeing how the effects were made and how the movie was made. This was a treat for sure, thanks for uploading this, and filming this during covid, man that's awesome.

This is amazing what they have to do in a big movie like this what they have to add to make a lot of it look real I love seeing behind the scenes of movies to see how they made it I have always been fascinated with all this.

Watching this just enhanced my viewing and appreciation of the movie a trillion times over. Well done all who worked on this movie and thank you! So much effort for our entertainment; thank you 👏

I agree that practical effects often look better than vfx, but most people dont recognize that vfx is almost always invisible. Vfx isnt just in the explosions and costumes, it's in the trees and sidewalks

This is really great, as someone who wants to go into this type of area for a living, it's amazing to get to see how it's done!

Kudos to you guys and your entire Special & Visual effects team it’s absolutely incredible the attention to detail you guys went to thank you!❤️

23:03 for everyone wanting to see the alternative scene where Tom Holland’s Spider-Man fights green goblin at the bridge.

Yes! Now do a breakdown of the whole film.

More VFX breakdowns like this PLEASE!

I love seeing stuff like this and what goes into the CGI. I figured the fight scenes would be a lot of CG but the stuff like environments looked so good that you didn’t realize it was CGI. I’d like another part to this showing off the CG that went into the Dr Strange fight and the final fight as well

Imagine a breakdown with the whole mirror sequence and the final battle, lit.

Kinda surprised that they didn't use the Volume for some of these shots. Disney owns it and I think it's at the same Atlanta Pinewood studios (or perhaps in the London studios) but it would have made certain shots easier for the crew and a faster post-production time

We need Part 2!!!

Wowza! Just gives you a sense of amazement at how far CGI has come. Especially the reflections in the windows....

His attention to detail is insane! Him pointing out the trash I didn’t even notice

This was so interesting to watch! Absolutely amazing!!

12:26 the epic mechanical tentacle sword fight of Iron spider and doc ock.

Reaaaally great video. Best VFX breakdown yet. So detailed and interesting. More please!

the bridge scene is right by my neighborhood so if they shot on location i wouldve been able to see it by looking out my window

I am always for practical vs digital. But this was awesome to watch. And I see many film fans say acting today is easier because so much of it is CGI. I disagree with that and say it's more difficult. The actor has to use their imagination and react to things that aren't even there. Or do silly things like talk to a tennis ball lol.

I LOVE the mini science lesson on lighting that went into this! Too awesome!

I love content like this. Great poetic and artistic film. Shoutouts to the whole team that worked on this Modern masterpiece

14:58 This is why Holland is the best Spider-man, and deservedly Peter #1

This video was very fun and interesting to watch, so cool to see how this amazing movie was made

Man i would watch a whole VFX breakdown of the whole movie

Bravo! Well done to all the people that worked on this film. I enjoyed the breakdown 🙂 really good stuff

they definitly were rushed cause a few of the scenes look like a 15yr old messing around with blender

I'll be honest i noticed a lot of the visual effects and although i wish there was more real shots, it was the only way we could get this movie during pandemic so I'm OK with it. but i just miss traditional film making where a lot more is shot for real and looks real.

Gosh it’s so satisfying and interesting to watch these break down videos

we definitely need more of this kind of content!

What I've learnt with Marvel is always have super unnecessary VFX shots for shots that you could make practically.

The visual effects were truly spectacular in this film! They really did an amazing job!

wow! when you mentioned titanic I remembered being OBSESSED with the VFX in that BTS too and it was so nostalgic love this!!!

That's incredible huge respect to these guys and also tom is an amazing actor not only he does his own stunts but acting in 90% blue screen is a challenge

How interesting it is to learn how my favorite movie was made! All the things we can do with technology these days...really love the creativity. It's totally impossible to believe that these scenes are all visual effects...

I actually would have loved to see the fight between Spidey and Goblin on the bridge. I also wish they kept Tobey vs Goblin.

I could watch this for hours, hope there is a part two

these editor needs an award for what they did

I wish they did stuff more practically. The Batman for instance felt super real because there wasn't a ton of CG in it

This is absolutely amazing.

Spider man has had the craziest week of his life lol.

I love the low key shade he throws at Tony Revolori at 1:25 for not being available on the day they shot the scene

If if you find anyone willing to break down the VFX of the entire movie please do, I love watching this

Oscar worth it for just visual effects, I knew about special effects but man ... They managed to build a whole new world and make it look so real. I can't say what's real and what's not. That's why cinema is an art. Big applause for all that 2d and 3d animators that worked so hard to make this masterpiece possible...

I would love a breakdown of the Dr Strange and Peter scene in the mirror universe. That would nice to hear :)

we need more of these!!!