How A Low Budget Sci-Fi Movie Revolutionized Visual Effects

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Жыл бұрын

Ex Machina was a low budget sci-fi movie with ambitions that changed an industry. The visual storytelling within Ex Machina was unlike anything audiences had seen before, and that was due to a world class VFX team and a director willing to take a chance. The painstaking production of Ex Machina may have been low budget, but you can't see it in the final product.
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@solokom Жыл бұрын

The Beach, Annihilation, 28 Days Later, Sunshine, Ex Machina - I wasn`t aware that Garland created or was involved in creating so many stories I love. Wow.

@HexaSquirrel Жыл бұрын

@@ijmad Same composers too

@bb6640 Жыл бұрын

Came here to recommend Devs also. What Garland does for Robotics in Ex Machina, Devs does with Quantum reality.

@Hoodwatch Жыл бұрын

@@ijmad GAWD. Devs is the best show I’ve seen in a minute

@AlkisenSuper Жыл бұрын

Several of those are directed by Danny Boyle as well. They made for a terrific team together.

@rorylynch7775 Жыл бұрын

Dredd as well

@timskinnercanada Жыл бұрын

I thought Alicia Vikander’s distinctive voice - resonance and cadence - went a long way to humanizing Ava.

@Jonteponte71 Жыл бұрын

She has a very distinctive voice. A few years back, she narrated a documentary on Ingrid Bergman in her native language (Swedish) which I think fit perfectly as well.

@timskinnercanada Жыл бұрын

@@Jonteponte71 What a fantastic voice for narration!

@BobHHHranek Жыл бұрын

It's an excellent 9-minute summary of the technologies used, but the I think the real reason this movie 'works' is because the story line was always more important than the FX.

@divBy0 Ай бұрын

He doesn't mention technologies used. He talks about greenscreen not being used but greenscreen was never an option for these setups.

@lazrus01 Жыл бұрын

The best part about Ex Machina is watching it again and realizing she was manipulating Caleb the whole time.

@LautaroTessi Жыл бұрын

It sounds like a lot of real-life girls, sadly.

@starchain18 Жыл бұрын

@@LautaroTessi 🤓

@abbie_joan Жыл бұрын

@@LautaroTessiruh roh we gotta incel 🚨🚨

@kennethadler7380 Жыл бұрын

@@abbie_joanand we found a femcel

@Magdalena8008s Жыл бұрын

Alex Garland rules. This and Annihilation are perfect to me. And Devs is incredible.

@pinkcloudproductions828 Жыл бұрын

Devs is almost certainly his greatest work and it's a tragedy how few people have watched it. It's also probably Nick Offermans best performance, The Last Of Us included

@timskinnercanada Жыл бұрын

Oh, I loved DEVS. I didn’t know that was also Garland’s work.

@Baxtexx Жыл бұрын

Had no idea Devs was from the same guy. Though they just copied this movie 😂

@Kritacul Жыл бұрын

This movie is utterly terrifying. If you take it for what it really is. The fact that someone could get so involved and truly fall in love with a robot because the robot seems that real. It makes you wonder how far and when will AI eventually take us over.

@FallenStarFeatures Жыл бұрын

Calm down. It's CGI-driven SCIENCE FICTION.

@GonzoPandora69420 Жыл бұрын

It already has, we just haven't realized it yet.

@MrLeFilipfloppyvelarde Жыл бұрын

The important part is having a great idea and make sure that the idea has all the budget necessary for the execution and spotlight necessary to show off, and style with skilled hands would do miracles

@amirmoradi9595 Жыл бұрын

I had no idea Ex Machina and Annihiliation were made ny the same director and team, but both were amazing films

@Locadel2003 Жыл бұрын

Alicia Vikander was so excellent & creepy in this movie

@g_clayton Жыл бұрын

Ex Machina won the VFX Oscar over Mad Max: Fury Road, that says a lot I think

@samya1231 Жыл бұрын

Also Avengers 2 & Jurassic World

@RCC_1 Жыл бұрын

Star Wars VII should have easily won, no doubt. Besides, winning Oscars nowadays doesn't mean much. So biased and unprofessional.

@ilghiz Жыл бұрын

1. Oscar is overrated. Just like Ex Machina and Sunshine. 2. Mad Max is not on my favourites list, not a movie I'll waste my time re-watching but... It's orders of magnitude better than Ex Machina and Sunshine combined both in terms of storytelling and visual effects. The latter two movies are on my "I wish I didn't know they existed" list. Mad Max tells a good consistent story with astonishing live stunt work. Ex Machina and Sunshine are giant plotholes wrapped in commonplace CGI.

@Kritacul Жыл бұрын

That’s honestly not saying much. Computers hands-down are going to make things look spectacular. But when it comes to people like Christopher Nolan, George Miller, Stanley Kubrick and John Carpenter all are on the Mt. Rushmore of Practical effects and I will honestly watch any of their movies versus movies that are 90% CGI. Because I know that they put in the time the effort and the quality of what I am spending my money on to see those type of movies.

@RCC_1 Жыл бұрын

@@Kritacul Nolan has gone completely crazy. He uses practical effects as a gimmick because he knows his fans love saying "Oh no way, he didn't used CGI for this!".

@nitsan Жыл бұрын

That bear scene scared the hell out of me in Annihilation. 😬 I think it was that damn creepy voice they used.

@SimmoOfficial Жыл бұрын

Genuinely one of my all time favourite films! Insanely underrated

@jooei2810 Жыл бұрын

Sunshine is truly underrated movie.

@FabledGentleman Жыл бұрын

Underrated no, it was well rated. But it was surely underachieving.

@static-san Жыл бұрын

I think the term you wanted is "speculative fiction". The film 'Ex Machina' is speculative fiction. What we have called "science fiction" for so long came out of "speculative fiction" which asks questions for the audience to take away with them, and questions not necessarily answered by the work, either.

@amberjulia123 Жыл бұрын

This is in my Top 5 favorite movies of all time. I’ve seen it like 4 times and it never gets old. ❤

@classifiedtopsecret4664 Жыл бұрын

Ex Machina is superb. .Oscar Isaac is an outstanding actor. 👏

@ajbryan59 Жыл бұрын

Speaking as a person with a background in Computer Science, I think this is one of the very few that got artificial intelligence or more accurately artificial sentience right. I won't spoil the ending here for anyone who has not seen it, but that ending was spot on.

@FallenStarFeatures Жыл бұрын

This wasn't "artificial sentience", it was a highly skilled actor performing a convincing impersonation of an automaton, enhanced by brute-force CGI.

@ajbryan59 Жыл бұрын

@@FallenStarFeatures Yes I am aware that the movie was fiction. My point is that I believe it is one of the most accurate portrayals of artificial sentience, particularly in the way it ended.

@DiogoPace Жыл бұрын

Garland is an underrated sci-fi genius

@userbosco Жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks for making this. I hadn't been tracking the collaboration, but now they're on my radar!

@Troy-ol5fk 9 ай бұрын

I watched this film many times and it still gives me chills

@ThorbjrnPrytz Жыл бұрын

It works because there is a strong, good story in it. The CGI/VFX just underlines and help tell that story.

@sarasilva9599 Жыл бұрын

The work that you guys put into each video is fantastic. Another great video and, in turn, a great recommendation of a movie for me to watch :D

@jerryschramm4399 Жыл бұрын

After seeing "Ex Machina", which I think is a classic, I was really impressed with "Annihilation". Enough so that after seeing it the first time, I spent a few hours reading analyses and theories about the meaning of the movie. Then I went to see it again. And was still in awe. I still remember some critics saying that these two movies were simply too smart for a mass audience. But shouldn't a movie challenge your limits, make you think, and generate discussion? Not all of them, of course. We still need pure entertainment like the "Fast" series, I suppose. But Vin Diesel? Erm.

@fruehlingsobst8123 10 ай бұрын

The books were even better!

@ericwilliams9440 Ай бұрын

This is one of the most underrated & best SF movie...

@dmann1982 Жыл бұрын

Something else people kind of forget; Alex Garland also co-wrote Enslaved: Odyssey to the West.

@jolfer1334 Жыл бұрын

This movie was a pleasant surprise

@FabledGentleman Жыл бұрын

Actually, his directorial debut was Dredd. Karl Urban has confirmed that.

@TrevorCopter Жыл бұрын

Was just talking last night about Who Framed Roger Rabbit and how Roger pulling out a dusty chair and leaving fingerprints still gets me like “WTF!” 😂

@Deecember16 Жыл бұрын

1:11 “Domhnall” is Irish and pronounced “DOUGH-null” not “DUMB-nail”; actor Donal Logue’s parents were from Ireland and spelled it phonetically.

@Hollowdude15 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video man :]

@rogueprince1341 Жыл бұрын

Such an UNDERRATED movie!

@earheard Жыл бұрын

I think you mean overrated.

@rogueprince1341 Жыл бұрын

@HOMEN no I clearly meant UNDER hence why I wrote it that way.

@earheard Жыл бұрын

@@rogueprince1341 Oh? Shame

@blunderbass851 Жыл бұрын

What excellent timing!! I'm in a sci fi film class right now, and our film for next week is Ex Machina. Should I watch this before or after the movie?

@bornagainhxxligan Жыл бұрын

I'd say after. I like to immerse myself in the rawness of a film before I listen to critics. Especially for your impression in a class, you can compare and contrast your thoughts the first time, and after a second.

@Annatar_Lord_of_Gifts Жыл бұрын

I would watch the movie first! Then take a look at the video

@KCJaguar8-6 Жыл бұрын

Definitely after

@tormuse2916 Жыл бұрын

Arguably, you could do it either way, since there isn't anything *super* spoilery in this video, but I agree with what others have said that it's better to watch the review video after, so everything feels fresh while you're watching the movie.

@donovan802 Жыл бұрын

This video is enticing me to rewatch Ghost in the Shell, the original 1995 anime film. The live action one is something I avoided in fear of disappointment, and from what I've heard, it's decent. The visuals aren't necessarily the problem, they looked servicable enough; it was pretty faithful, but most people agree that they take scenes from the anime and manga without explaining why they happen. That's... kind of a big flaw that a film can have if context to a scene isn't there.

@motherplayer Жыл бұрын

Worse than that. It's more a watered down "Robocop" than it was the 1995 film (Which, yes, I know isn't completely faithful to the original manga and that it has some elements from Stand Alone Complex, but it's clearly cribbing more from the 95' film than anything.). Any of the intriguing ideas that come up in that film is pretty much done away with, and the one interesting idea the film had about the Major having once been a female asian runaway that was changed into a white woman more comes off as a meta joke to defend itself about the casting rather than anything it wants to actually talk about.

@frappalina Жыл бұрын

This was one of your best and most interesting video imho

@FantasticIrishFox Жыл бұрын

Domhnall is pronunced the same way as Donal.

@AllanGildea Жыл бұрын

Excellent, thank you.

@smpdevelopments Жыл бұрын

Just watched this yesterday for the 5th time, still one of my favourite movies

@ecmproductions11 Жыл бұрын

This is my favorite movie. It's so compelling.

@tylerhackner9731 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love it

@fireaza Жыл бұрын

Since they they cited the robots in Star Wars and Metropolis as the type of robots they don't want, it made sense to go with CGI. Being that the robots in the aforementioned movies were practical effects, using CGI would allow them to use a robot design that wouldn't be possible as a practical effect.

@fauxvier8519 Жыл бұрын

THIS MOVIE LOOKS INCREDIBLE

@HarvestStore Жыл бұрын

Great video.

@TeensierPython Жыл бұрын

Love Ex Machina. Also love 12 angry men.

@Annatar_Lord_of_Gifts Жыл бұрын

Such a good movie!

@JediKnight207 Жыл бұрын

Poe Dameron meets Hux.

@brandonyungen6207 Жыл бұрын

@nerdstalgic can you please make a Joe dirt episode?! It’s such an amazing classic and SO many people love it and it’s easily David spades best movie. I promise you it will get the views and if it doesn’t I solemnly swear here and now I will watch the video 10000000 times just to keep ur stats up just pleaseeeee do a joe dirt episode I’m begging!

@fergusclarken8437 Жыл бұрын

The most important movie of our time. Scary

@cerebrumexcrement Жыл бұрын

ok but i was more impressed at how well alicia made me believe she was a robot. her acting was amazing. 🙂

@hawkins55 Жыл бұрын

Resident Evil came out earlier the same year as 28 Days later. It is hard to say which one brought back the zombie genre. But when someone mentions zombie movies, Resident, not 28 Days would be the one that comes to mind first. Dredd was underrated. It should have been better known.

@anushgopalakrishnan Жыл бұрын

when I clicked on a video about ex machina I did not expect to suddenly and without warning have annihilation spoiled for me. A warning would have been nice

@alexeitubrett2839 Жыл бұрын

Wow dred is an unlocked memory 😂

@Sci-Fi_Freak_YT Жыл бұрын

This film was pretty damn good.

@GregTurismo Жыл бұрын

I love ex machina

@saratdas1988 Жыл бұрын

I love Ex Machina... Didn't know Alex Garland was involved in the other movies yo mentioned... sadly none of which I have seen. Now I will have to.

@jazwilly85 Жыл бұрын

(Doon-nal) Domhnall Gleeson at least that is how the actor pronounces it on Chris Hardwick's Nerdist podcast episode.

@dskit7339 Жыл бұрын

This film is neo noir. Closely resembling Double Indemnity.

@RCC_1 Жыл бұрын

I still don't see how this revolutionized visual effects. Something that had been used for years and years. CGI to subtly enhance reality was everywhere.

@LakynCarlton Жыл бұрын

Domhnall is pronounced Donal!

@kylewood2715 Жыл бұрын

I know this video is focused on the film’s vfx, but I just want to say that this film-I have only watched it once-genuinely disturbed me.

@rafresendenrafresenden.1644 Жыл бұрын

I think the movie is fun enough, but the super smart guy was not that smart. A final scene showing that all of it was his original plan would have done wonders for this movie.

@kinhamid9665 Жыл бұрын

I think his chronic drinking shows that maybe he's depressed, and might want to kill himself? Might be a stretch, but it could imply him wanting to be killed by his servant, thus making it part of a plan.

@zerekblackford6094 Жыл бұрын

You are so dumb you need the filmmaker to explain everything to you. Alex has some respect for his audience’s intelligence. Clearly he underestimated yours

@atuvera9021 Жыл бұрын

I think it actually depicts big CEOs very accurately: they have the brains but disregulated emotionality, vanity, pride and often fall for the need to be admired... Coff, coff Elon Musk coff, coff

@rafresendenrafresenden.1644 Жыл бұрын

@@atuvera9021 what!? that guy may a robot with a super advance AI, he should not be that dumb and Elon Musk, made billions he has the power and influence of a country, what power and influence do you have?

@atuvera9021 Жыл бұрын

@@rafresendenrafresenden.1644 Musk has influence, he has skills, he has money, but he lacks self awareness. Besides, we are talking about a fictional character based on archetypes of the mad scientist. I've said what i've said. Deal with it.

@Fred247 Жыл бұрын

Evil Poe, good Hux, fighting over robot Lara Croft

@douglasmullen7596 Жыл бұрын

I think there a tonal similarities between Ex Machina & The Man Who Fell to Earth.

@redracerb18 Жыл бұрын

Why not do something on the ascetic of the Kubrick movies

@MR-rd3ug 11 ай бұрын

Domhnall’s pronounced like Dough-Nil would phonetically be pronounced in English

@anturanggatantra2154 Жыл бұрын

Ssshhh,don't let Disney or Warner Bros that it IS possible to make a movie with a really good VFX! In low budget!!!

@sudd3660 Жыл бұрын

this is why we cant no do anything useful in the world, as the movie shows, we overcomplicate things and become destructive, and lost in thought can not decide on a good course of action.

@angeldquintas Жыл бұрын

I LITERALLY JUST WATCHED THIS LAST NIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME HOLY SHIT

@nothingspecial3131 Жыл бұрын

Because they will have their own original idea but marved doesn't want that they just want puppets.

@angeldquintas Жыл бұрын

@@nothingspecial3131 huh????

@solokom Жыл бұрын

I am sure Eva's design was influenced by the robots/AI in the music video for Björk's “All is Full of Love”

@dwainsimmons3447 Жыл бұрын

Can you do a video of doogal and see why the American dub is so hated by everyone.

@f_Harry Жыл бұрын

Why didn't marvel recruit these directors.

@LeonardoKlotz Жыл бұрын

Less is more

@sadetwizelve Жыл бұрын

Nah you’re confusing this with District 9

@dieuesttout7820 Жыл бұрын

Prem's

@LetThatStuffGo Жыл бұрын

So wish there was a MCU Hawkeye movie many years ago. A small low budget Hawkeye (and Ronin) movie would have been so great. That awesome Marvel character is so overlooked and unappreciated even in his own show.

@divBy0 Ай бұрын

3 minutes in and you keep mentioning greenscreens. Use of greenscreen in Vfx shots of this nature is and already was back then a no. Why would one use grrenscreen?

@s27448632 Жыл бұрын

Did you just call the character "sis"?

@xVancha Жыл бұрын

"cis programmer, Caleb". Cis is shorthand for cisgender, which means your gender matches your anatomy.

@derekbarcelo5479 Жыл бұрын

@@xVancha I don't think he's saying "cis", but rather "sys" as in system. Sys programmers and sys admins are common shorthands in the tech space.

@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman Жыл бұрын

Mhm

@I.____.....__...__ Жыл бұрын

5:42 Their rule was to not look at a single robot while designing her but happened to copy Hajime Sorayama's gynoids? 🤨

@NATOnova Жыл бұрын

interstellar

@Dan-tr5kw Жыл бұрын

That is not how you pronounce Domhnall 😂 it’s pronounced like dough-nul

@adaptivekalman Жыл бұрын

The movie had huge writing problems just that the plot could happen.

@zerekblackford6094 Жыл бұрын

Lol

@zerekblackford6094 Жыл бұрын

Name one

@rhobot75 Жыл бұрын

One, that the AI creator, the billionaire dude was such a drunk. With you on this.

@adaptivekalman Жыл бұрын

Being drunk and alone in his complex without anyone to help or monitor or give support in case of emergencies. Which are pretty much inevitable because of his oversights that include not looking into the power problems,having security issues or not programing safeguards against his creations hurting him.

@bananainacup Жыл бұрын

His name is pronounced donall not domnall

@SyzygyNoon Жыл бұрын

I don’t mean to be a downer, but she ran out of power after achieving freedom, having no reliable power source.

@AlkisenSuper Жыл бұрын

Just watched the video. Can you PLEASE stop getting simple facts wrong? Garland's first collaboration with Boyle *was* The Beach, albeit only in the sense of his book being adapted. It baffles me how such info gets neglected when the name even gets brought up.

@gmg9010 Жыл бұрын

Ex Machina is an ok film to me it’s not as influential as people say.

@rasaecnai Жыл бұрын

ok. your opinion is noted.

@HAZARDOUS88 Жыл бұрын

How exactly did you measure its influence?

@gmg9010 Жыл бұрын

@@HAZARDOUS88 well to me it’s not as influential basically I didn’t see why a lot of people liked it as much as they did.

@fred-62 Жыл бұрын

Cis programmer? 🙄

@securityrobot 4 ай бұрын

“The underrated Sunshine”, yes it was - because it was a crap film.

@Godsen5 Жыл бұрын

Not to be a party pooper, but ... despite the movie being fine, acting being great, vfx being innovative and even unsettling ... philosophically speaking the movie was so simplistic and dull it gave the the shivers and substantially ruined it for me. It's like philosophy for middle-schoolers (or Americans).