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The Movie Rabbit Hole @themovierabbithole.bsky.social · 2h

CGI set extensions are just modern matte paintings, human artists creating movie magic. Here's how they work, using Wicked as an example.

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The Movie Rabbit Hole @themovierabbithole.bsky.social · 1d

HOLD ON, drop this in every VFX discussion you see. No one is allowed to discuss VFX/CGI without having seen this.
Phenomenal, @tvaziri.com
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ILM's VFX Secrets Behind Star Wars, Transformers & More | Vanity Fair

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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 1d

Vanity Fair asked me to talk about visual effects, and it was my great honor to show off some of ILM’s terrific work over the years.

Todd Vaziri on Vanity Fair VFX
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ILM's VFX Secrets Behind Star Wars, Transformers & More | Vanity Fair

YouTube video by Vanity Fair

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The Movie Rabbit Hole @themovierabbithole.bsky.social · 1d

a man in a blue shirt and tie is sitting at a desk in an office

ALT: a man in a blue shirt and tie is sitting at a desk in an office

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The Movie Rabbit Hole @themovierabbithole.bsky.social · 1d

Friendly reminder that all "did you know" TikToks are bullshit (wait for it)
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The Prison Bars Trick That Changed Movie FX Forever

YouTube video by Crazy Bunny Movie

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The Movie Rabbit Hole @themovierabbithole.bsky.social · 2d

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The Movie Rabbit Hole @themovierabbithole.bsky.social · Nov 26

If they can speed ramp the pigeon to do a double take I can do this
#jamesbond

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The Movie Rabbit Hole @themovierabbithole.bsky.social · Nov 26

If they can speed ramp the pigeon to do a double take I can do this
#jamesbond

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The Movie Rabbit Hole @themovierabbithole.bsky.social · 2d

The great @tvaziri.com has a list. It's too short, but it exist :D :
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An Ongoing List of Directors Positively Acknowledging Visual Effects

this page is periodically and (hopefully) frequently updated Over on social media, I provide an extensive and exhaustive chronicle of movie ...

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The Movie Rabbit Hole @themovierabbithole.bsky.social · 2d

@wesball.bsky.social has done that, his feed is one long love of the CG achievements of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes:
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The Movie Rabbit Hole @themovierabbithole.bsky.social · 3d

When directors shoot "practical, in camera, for real", who do you think that sets them apart from and what do you think it means about the amount of CGI in the film?
#movies #filmmaking #visualeffects #nocgi

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The Movie Rabbit Hole @themovierabbithole.bsky.social · 6d

Everybody: FUCK YOU JK
Emma: K I know she's shit but we're friends
Everybody: Why are you friends with a shit person?
JK: FUCK YOU EMMA

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The Movie Rabbit Hole @themovierabbithole.bsky.social · 9d

THANK GOD she replied to Emma in the shittiest way possible, leaving out any grey area where anyone can kinda sorta still like some of her

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The Movie Rabbit Hole @themovierabbithole.bsky.social · 9d

Also every aspect of acting, directing, editing involves improvising "on the day" and there's nothing special about this, yet any minuscule "did you know THIS thing was improvised" makes the director/actor nothing short of divine in the public's eye, twice as much if it's a Nolan film

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The Movie Rabbit Hole @themovierabbithole.bsky.social · 12d

Accurate. Also headlines will amaze people with details down to "did you know when this actor lifted their eyebrows it was improvised and the other actors didn't know about it but the director liked it so much they kept it in the scene" and it's like.... oh you mean acting.

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The Movie Rabbit Hole @themovierabbithole.bsky.social · 13d

People seriously have to cut it with the "did you know this was improvised/accidental" gibberish.

"Director saw a shot he filmed with the purpose of putting it in his film and decided to put it in his film" is not the lightning in a bottle people make of it.

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