VFX Artists React to Bad & Great CGi 131

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I'm still not convinced that Kane Pixels isn't just filming these liminal, impossible, spaces for real. Those renders have gone well beyond any whiff of the uncanny valley. Superb.

Those mission impossible scenes are a perfect example of shooting on a real set and making it look fake in post. I hate that so much.

So cool that y'all looked at Poor Things. It's one of those films where the cinematography and surreal visual effects are central to the storytelling. Every different lens angle and use of color reflects the perspective and state of mind of the primary character in that moment. You get the fisheye lens when someone is extremely focused on something or experiencing a single emotion/impulse that's overpowering every other aspect of their mind (like when Bella is binging on pastries or Duncan locks Bella in the trunk). The wide angle lens seems to be a way of distinguishing exterior shots from interior shots, and a way of potraying Bella's sense of wonder for the outside world. The color is also really interesting (even though I'm colorblind 😅), as she develops from toddler-like to child-like the world goes from grayscale to colorful, the more she sees the more saturated it gets, until she starts to understand the darker aspects of the world and humanity, when the color loses its vividness and becomes more muted/dour.

Valley View Mall was a hang for me in the 80s. Nailed it beyond how it felt to y'all.

1981 Dragonslayer. The practical dragon in that movie is unreal. The Go Motion used is hardcore impressive, as well. Seriously one of the best dragons you will see up until VERY recent times in TV and movies.

Just a small correction about the Kane Pixels video. As incredibly impressive his work is, this project was actually team effort. Kane was involved in almost all of it, creating by himself big portions of the project, but I believe the mall was made by another 3D artist almost entirely, named Corrupt. Also, he had a team just for gathering reference photos for the mall and the giant. So, even though I believe Kane could have done this all by himself, it was a team effort.

I would really love a breakdown on "The Blob" from 1988. The phone booth scene is my favourite!

‘In The Mouth Of Madness’ had just some of the wildest latex creatures of the time. Just my vote.

Another thing you guys didn't mention on the horses in Ben-Hur, is that the four identical horses helps a lot in reference in both animation and the render it self, and also having more horses to look at, affects how well we percieve the animation amidst the chaos that is four running horses

Pumpkinhead. Great creature effects. Not much digital other than titling from what I remember. I worked on it during production. Stan Winston himself directed this. I was on the shoot every day of production. Wonderful experience!

When the camera spun and Joran was there it was the most effective jump scare I've experienced in a long time.

Have a look at David Cronenbergs, The Fly! The prosthetics are amazing and it crosses over slightly into digital in the ending sequence There's also a movie called Devils advocate with Al pacino, there's a whole face/person morph at the very end Edit: so weird, I added this comment when I started watching, and not 10 minutes in you've asked for this exact thing 😅

Remember when Markiplier came and did his internship with Corridor? Imagine if Kane Pixels came in and they all shared tips and tricks with each other. The collab project they could make together would be insane!

Yay Kane Pixels mention! When I first saw his new series, it blew me away how real the environment and presentation felt. Him and yall are my two kings of video editing inspiration.

11:20 😂😂😂 The Fallout Encalve sitting around coming up with names for their weird experimen

It's not their normal media, but I would be interested to see them break down CGI from something like Air Crash Investigation, especially comparing early episodes to more recent ones since there have been a couple recent ones that were remakes of early episodes from about 15 to 20 years earlier to compare the evolution of CGI on the same subject. (FYI: Just gonna post this until they do look at the suggested media, if at all.)

You should look at the chariot races in the first two versions of Ben-Hur, terrifying stuntwork in both as well as some very cute 20s and 50s SFX.

I was introduced to Kane Pixels via Wendigoon's stream channel Wendigang, and the comment "Mr. Oldest Hugs is gonna make you an Iceberg Man." will live in my head rent free forever. Followed closely by "He looks kind. Watch how kind he gets."