cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/13485452
I linked to this in a previous post along with my hot take about general things (https://hachyderm.io/@maegul/112132220413742000)
But really, if you’re into films, into VFX/SFX/behind-the-scenes stuff, and find the state of VFX in the film industry interesting (I’m constantly amazed at the size of the VFX credits in films) …
… then this is really worth a watch.
I found part 3 particularly enjoyable as it looks at the history of using matte paintings for what CGI is often used now … and also looks at oppenheimer to, in the end, illustrate that the term “CGI” and the CGI v practical divide are not really useful.
I can’t believe Barbie edited all blue screens out of 45 minutes of behind the scenes!
I just finished all 3 parts, it really was like a documentary. Looking forward to part 4 when it drops!
Yep. That was the part the convinced me that something sinister is going on here. Cuz that was work. The BTS film had a VFX budget to hide the extent of the actual film’s VFX budget. For some parts, allowing the audience to just focus on the conversations between actors etc, that would make sense. But throughout the whole/majority-of thing?!!
As I said in my linked prior post … I think the whole “No CGI” or “practical effects hype” needs to look itself in the mirror as likely both uninformed and damaging to the people of a whole industry that makes our films look good in ways that we all deep down really appreciate. Yes CGI has looked crappy in the past. But so have many effects that were cutting edge for the time. Films are to be enjoyed as artistic and escapist phenomena, not to test our amateur VFX knowledge.