Benny WebbOct 29, 2023
Todd Vaziri

Absolutely incredible video about visual effects.

https://youtu.be/7ttG90raCNo?si=jKWBTWdguJEgRk6M

"NO CGI" is really just INVISIBLE CGI (1/4)

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Oct 29, 2023 at 8:45pmIvory for Mac
Show threadAndrew OrtweinOct 29, 2023

@tvaziri "Louis, blink twice if the studio's holding you hostage" 🤣

Thank you for sharing this. I'm already looking forward to the next ones!

Show threadBornachOct 30, 2023

@andrewortwein @tvaziri
YouTube recommendation algorithm is holding filmmakers hostage

[Corridor] implies digital compositing of multiple practically shot elements does not qualify as CGI
https://youtu.be/qV9FJU3mUEY

Impossible Magic Tricks (no CGi)

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Show threadMax SiegelOct 29, 2023
@tvaziri I can’t wait to watch it. Going off the title… I love visual effects like ones in Sicario, where a convoy of vehicles on a highway in an overhead shot are — it turns out! — CGI.
Show threadDerek MartinOct 29, 2023
@tvaziri @siracusa excited for parts 2-4!
Show threadAllan ChowOct 29, 2023
@tvaziri cc @JoshTsui
Show threadJosh Tsui 🍥Oct 30, 2023
@grumpasaurus @tvaziri that was fantastic
Show threadAndy SherwoodOct 29, 2023
@tvaziri Does it benefit a studio to devalue VFX like this? Does it mean they can demand to pay less for VFX work?
Show threadTodd VaziriOct 29, 2023
@xinmyname yes
Show threadBornachOct 30, 2023

@tvaziri @xinmyname
Digital effects studios go bankrupt and VFX artists regularly burnout after "pixel f*cking" a blockbuster movie
https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/hollywood-vfx-industry-breaking-point

Hope they all unionize
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/13/marvel-vfx-artists-unanimously-vote-to-unionize.html

How Hollywood is breaking the VFX industry

The explosion of streaming services and CGI-heavy blockbusters from the likes of Marvel and Disney is pushing the visual effects industry’s beleaguered artists to the brink

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Show threadJanne OjaniemiOct 30, 2023
@tvaziri @xinmyname would be fun when studios/directors tout how their movie is “all practical!” to have all VFX studios announce “ok, I guess you won’t be needing us then” and walk away. Devaluing the work is getting annoying.
Show threadBornachOct 30, 2023

@xinmyname @tvaziri
We've come full circle
In the 1980's studios were exaggerating how much CGI they had actually used

Captain Disillusion's VFX breakdown of "Flight of the Navigator" at 13:42 looks at how misleading narratives about movie making were used in promotion material
https://youtu.be/tyixMpuGEL8?t=13m42s

Flight of the Navigator | VFXcool

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Show threadLucas Janin 🇨🇦🇫🇷Oct 30, 2023
@tvaziri I worked on Blade Runner 2049, and I can confirm that the video is correct. The miniature of the junkyard was a “relatively” good references :-)
Show threadSelzeroOct 30, 2023

@tvaziri

This is brilliant.

Show threadJames M. WoodwardNov 13, 2023
@tvaziri #RocketJump did a (shorter) video on this topic forever ago that changed my view on CG;
https://youtu.be/bL6hp8BKB24
Why CG Sucks (Except It Doesn't)

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Show threadTodd VaziriNov 13, 2023
@jmw one of the classics