Insane CGI / Visual effects showing

[spinnis]

and this is a few years old.

[G_Thang]

how come magua dont get his own NA cgi movie?

the real north american heros...indians.  

[stuntmovie]

Yea, the most interesting part of moving making is what James Cameron did in Avatar .... green screen, motion capture, and multi cameras, and much more that I'm not familiar with.

I've been on numerous green screen sets/sound stages and it's amazing what they can accomplish.

Avatar was simply all green boxes the day I saw it and Clint Eastwood's recent WWII movie was shot on a sound stage roughly the size of an indoor tennis court.

Now I hear that a director can photograph an actor from all sides with an advanced multi-camera system in an hour or less and then manipulate those images in a computer for any scene with a multiple number of other actors.

OH, YEA! THANKS for that interesting video, Swede.

Shoot them once and send them home and let the computer experts do the rest.

[240 is Back]

avatar... really worth seeing?

[stuntmovie]

240! Interesting you asked that question.

I was on the set and have some family members in that movie, so I've seen it about 6 times with various family members commenting on how some of the scenes were shot and how far out and advanced the process is.

The first few times I saw it in the Imax format and last night I saw it on a regular screen at The Palms here in Las Vegas and I have to admit that the Imax format was far superior than the regular format.

Everything on the Imax screen was more vivid and colorful to a great degree and so much more enjoyable.

I've always thought Imax only meant a bigger screen, but it's a hell of a lot more than that with superior sound, extremely clear and vivid colors, and the larger screen.

And all those attributes make Avatar a hell of a lot better to watch on an Imax screen.

If you are the least bit interested in the current movie making process, you definitely should see Avatar.

But it might be a good idea to see the video somewhere here on the internet that shows how Avatar was actually made before seeing the final product.

[stuntmovie]

Found it!

Go here to see the Avatar process,   http://filmonic.com/how-avatar-was-made-a-222-minute-behind-the-scenes-look;

Some on set photos courtesy of various web sites....

[stuntmovie]

What Pandora actually looked like .....

[stuntmovie]

MoCap actor's makeup ....

[#1 Klaus fan]

avatar... really worth seeing?

Nah, I don't think so. Jurassic Park looked at least as realistic as Avatar. 3D gave a good effect of flying in the air at the beginning but then you kinda forgot it.

[Tito24]

fucked up movie full of cliches and bs. its cheesy as hell.
dialogues etc.

[Emmortal]

Nah, I don't think so. Jurassic Park looked at least as realistic as Avatar. 3D gave a good effect of flying in the air at the beginning but then you kinda forgot it.

Oh god.  You do realize that most of the dino's were animtronics in that movie?  There wasn't a whole lot of CGI in it just a few shots.  I'm not saying the movie was great but to compare it to the effects of a movie that's almost 20 years old is retarded.

[spinnis]

Found it!

Go here to see the Avatar process,   http://filmonic.com/how-avatar-was-made-a-222-minute-behind-the-scenes-look;

Some on set photos courtesy of various web sites....

Amazing. Especially the real time cam

I actually enjoyed the movie. just keep your mind open

[#1 Klaus fan]

Oh god.  You do realize that most of the dino's were animtronics in that movie?  There wasn't a whole lot of CGI in it just a few shots.  I'm not saying the movie was great but to compare it to the effects of a movie that's almost 20 years old is retarded.

So what? If a film looks good, it looks good. I jugde it by that.

[Fatpanda]

and this is a few years old.

what movie is that - looks like one i'd enjoy.

[NarcissisticDeity]

and this is a few years old.

That was wild , I watched that series it was pretty cool.

[_bruce_]

Animatronics were way cooler.

[grab an umbrella]

what movie is that - looks like one i'd enjoy.

Its the john adams series hbo put out a little while ago.  Its seven full episodes and it is amazing.

[stuntmovie]

Planet of the Apes did some MoCap work this past weekend in San Francisco  using a cable car on wheels.

Motion capture is used quite extensively now in major motion  pictures and is an amazing process in which the actor's actions and facial expression are caught on film and then 'manipulated' in the computer to create whatever the script calls for.

There are hundreds of MoCap articles on the net if anyone is interested in the process.

Here are a couple of photos from last weekend's Ape shoot in San Francisco. Notice the ape's 'arm extensions' in the second shot.

[Emmortal]

So what? If a film looks good, it looks good. I jugde it by that.

You were comparing animatronics (practical dino robots) to CGI which is apples and oranges.  That was my point.

[Emmortal]

Animatronics were way cooler.

They are in some instances, however you can't get a full performance out of them due to the limitations in technology.  Stan Winston Studios is probably the most well known house that does a lot of animatronics, and they do an excellent job of it.  However, there are too many instances where it's not appropriate or practical to use them, especially when dealing with close up shots of characters showing emotion.

[stuntmovie]

To get back to Swede's video, that John Adams HBO series was a great TV show and made me a big Paul Giamatti fan.

I'm not a history buff, but I understand that it was pretty damn accurate.

Watch it if your want to improve your US history ed-u-ma-ka-tion.

I is much more smarter now.

Right now I'm hooked on Generation Kill ... my old outfit.

Where the hell did they shoot that one? And the Sgt Major appears to have been a real Sgt Major! Gonna check on that.

Semper Fi! Do or Die! Ahhh-OOO-Ga!

[stuntmovie]

UPDATE: Neal Jones (a great actor) played the part of the Sgt Major John Sixta in Generation Kill and never was in the Corps.

Great job, Neal!

I got a good laugh from that scene where the Sgt Major is chewing out a fellow Marine whose moustache was non-reg while the Corporal in the background is mimicking him with a Hitler salute while goose-stepping.

The miniseries was shot as seven one-hour instalments over a six-month shoot in the summer of 2007 in Namibia, Mozambique and South Africa. The majority of the characters were drawn from the Second Platoon of the First Reconnaissance Battalion's Bravo Company.

[#1 Klaus fan]

You were comparing animatronics (practical dino robots) to CGI which is apples and oranges.  That was my point.

No it's not. CGI should get no extra points for "trying". The fact that Jurassic Park still beats CGI with animatronics over 15 years later tells something.

[Papper]

I think Jurassic Park had a fair bit of CGI in it. At least where it was needed, like a true classy movie it doesn't overuse CGI to compensate for shit actors/story... the animatronics was mainly the close ups of dinosaur heads, newborns, dying triceratops etc.

There's awful CGI like Scorpion King in The Mummy 2 and most recently Medusa in Clash of the Titans and there is high class CGI that stands the test of time. Jurassic Park is mindblowingly good still, and it was done in 92/93.

[Fatpanda]

Its the john adams series hbo put out a little while ago.  Its seven full episodes and it is amazing.

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