HUGE respect for the team and their craftsmanship in creating seamless effects. Did a double take many times when I mistaked CG for practical. Cheers, b
Nyad at least filmed the actors in the tank to help blend the real water effects with the CG. This just went fully CG for Andrew's bits in the water and I could barely tell for most shots, incredible work.
This is interesting for sure but why though? I guess you were already in Italy and I guess a boat like this would exist. I mean - yeah cool what cgi can do now but whats next? Animating a door being opened?
I'm assuming it's all done to achieve optimal results given the production constraints? More control in the post production vs struggling with retakes with the blood spilling not correctly or things of that nature. But I do see your point, seems a little too much reliance on VFX. I'm not a filmmaker by any means, these are all just my assumptions.
The CGI certainly fooled me while watching the show, but the boat/murder scene in the Anthony Minghella movie is much more tense and effective, and all of it is real.
The work displayed in this reel specifically was done by Wētā FX, but throughout the series there are over 2,100 shots completed by Wētā FX, Assembly VFX, EDI, Powerhouse VFX, Crafty Apes, ReDefine, and an In-House team!
The same boat scene in "The talented Mr. Ripley"(2004) or "Purple Noon"(1960) had no VFX, but were not worse or even better ... I love the different approaches to Patricia Highsmiths book, but I fail to understand the value of having the last version in black and white. Some scenes look like art, some scenes like the good old french and italian movies, but all in all, it looks like a cold and artificial intimate theatre in a setting of a sweet, warm country full of people with emotions. I wish, one day the will publish a version with the blach-white filter removed. I know this is a debatable opinion, but that's the way I feel.
No vfx was applied when the big disguise act took place. How could that police officer not have seen through that I’m still asking myself, i mean he had the same face and the same voice! Come on.
I am quite disappointed to see basic scenes like a murder in a boat becomes CGI. I mean, movies from more than 100 years ago did it in real waters, why can’t we? Why all the extra money for BLOOD CGI instead of some makeup? It doesn’t make any sense and frankly feels excessive and poor taste. I still really like the show but now a little less
This has to be the most redundant over use of CGI I have ever seen. I totally respect CG but when it used just to make up for lazy film-making and adds NOTHING to the scene it deserves no plaudits of any kinds. Pushing a CG body into the water? What the hell? Surely the time, money, effort it would have been so much easier to just film a stuntman being pushed into the water. This isn't great film-making, it's not even interesting film-making, it is a slavish reliance on technology and shows how lacking in initiative and originality modern fim-makers are.
It is as very good move to make this visible again. After so many fake-making-of-clips from movies like Barbie where the impression is, that there is no CGI where there actually is, this is refreshing and honors the VFX artists like they deserve.
Exactly, studios need to share and be proud of the amazing artistry vfx artists do. I remember a lot of years ago on the DVD special features they used to do that. Not only breakdowns but interviewing the artists themselves working on their computer explaining the process
Agreed! It's also further testament that Nolan was simply wrong about the necessity of practical effects in order to achieve realism or a "believable" threat during the Trinity test. The technology is unquestionably good enough at this point for CGI to be seamlessly integrated into live action photography such that a fully computer generated nuclear explosion would have looked significantly better than that dinky little fireball we saw in Oppenheimer.
@@tylerjhunter Every second Fincher movie is a testament to Nolan being to narrow-oppinioned on that topic. On the other hand I still appreciate his dedication to practical effects.
@@JohannesMariaRunge the last three Fincher projects have been an embarrassment for cgi imo. Everything just looks fake, even when its real. The cgi camera shake in The Killer 🤢
All this scenes could have been shot better looking without any CG but using props, well studied shots, stunts and traditional VFX, for a fraction of the price.
You are correct… It is shit filmmaking. All these ocean shots don’t even look nearly as good as the original original jaws. Nothing like the real thing. This Director sucks anyway… The movie was beautiful to look at but pretty crappy.
The ocean shots don’t even look as good as the original Jaws!. All these crappy special effects look fake as shit… You couldn’t even shoot the boat out in the ocean or in a lake? So pathetic.
