Inception VFX Breakdown - Dream World Cafe Scene

Inception VFX Breakdown - Dream World Cafe Scene | Recreating The Scene

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Today’s video is a filmmaking video essay on Christopher Nolan’s movie, Inception. Our film theory and scene analysis on the CGI in the cafe scene from Inception with act as a VFX breakdown and visual effects tutorial but also as an analysis of Christopher Nolan’s directing. By watching this video, you’ll learn helpful filmmaking tips.
Have you ever seen the Christopher Nolan movie, Inception? We have, and we wanted to find out how Christopher Nolan approached his VFX scenes in the film so that we could learn more about his filmmaking and directing as well as the visual effects in his films.
When you watch scenes like the Inception cafe scene, the first thing that jumps out at you in the VFX and CGI used to create a dream world. So we decided to take a crack at it ourselves and do a little VFX breakdown for our viewers as well as a general look at some filmmaking theory and planning to show just how much goes into the VFX process.
Don’t miss out on this filmmaking video essay on the VFX in Christopher Nolan’s movie, Inception. You’ll learn important lessons on how to plan a VFX and CGI scene as well as how Christopher Nolan directs a VFX scene like he did in Inception.
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@CreativeArtFilmss 4 жыл бұрын

Some people criticizing him about vfx . Look at him alone he is doing every thing. In minimum budget

@wootystyletv 4 жыл бұрын

Yep. Doubling or even tripling the people and budget on board with this would be insane. Good job man!

@konradplatt3833 4 жыл бұрын

I think he didnt mention how long he was working on it. Thats where the cost comes from. If he worked more than 5hours on it. The actual budget is nowhere near 350,-

@WEGYAN 4 жыл бұрын

That what i about to comments, really well done single-handedly....

@beegees21 4 жыл бұрын

What difference does it make? You either set your goal and go for it or - if you can't achieve it - you set out for something you can. You either deliver or you don't. In this case he didn't.

@amsunaakage 4 жыл бұрын

plus limited by the abilities of studiobinder

@abhisheksaraswat2202 4 жыл бұрын

at that budget and working alone this was insane. only an artist understands the value of work.

@sandeepmates 4 жыл бұрын

one video you made seems intersting

@subrajeetmaharana 4 жыл бұрын

I also found it a masterpiece. Hurray! I am an artist.

@abhisheksaraswat2202 4 жыл бұрын

@@sandeepmates I Make it's Music Btw thanks

@sandeepmates 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@sandeepmates 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks...you are right . I know the hard work 👏

@KyleCorwith 4 жыл бұрын

That medium close on her with the effects was spectacular.

@mikakettunen7939 4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking exactly same - beautiful look

@freshmediaconcept 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@imarealboy1767 4 жыл бұрын

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@mutee333 4 жыл бұрын

Ironically, the paper is what looks fake the most.

@BrandonPrive1432 4 жыл бұрын

not that car? lolol. the close up shot of her with the vfx behind and infront of her looked great though.

@mutee333 4 жыл бұрын

@@BrandonPrive1432 I thought the car would be awful, but in the shot, I can't see past the paper.

@496Tauras 4 жыл бұрын

because they are all straight

@ckymadam 4 жыл бұрын

integration... If a real thing happened in an environment where full of fake objects, the real thing would be the only thing looks fake.

@bankaa9293 4 жыл бұрын

no. Keith is what looks fake the most.

@EpicLightMedia 3 жыл бұрын

I kept thinking “this is going to look so bad, he has no idea what he’s doing” and then it looked INCREDIBLE!!!!! Imagine what he could have done with a real budget haha!

@balajignanaseharan5654 4 жыл бұрын

This channel is so underrated

@suicidalpickle 4 жыл бұрын

Who is underrating it? 🤔

@nomadicolours 4 жыл бұрын

@@suicidalpickle lol

@MuriloAlvesPereira 4 жыл бұрын

This Channel is amazing!

@floatingrabbit3556 4 жыл бұрын

Quality over quantity buddy.

@zZiL341yRj736 4 жыл бұрын

Over 300K is pretty good. Not underrated at all.

@Lensbreak 4 жыл бұрын

great CGI, i think your inception scene lacked mostly confincing Sound Effects, with that i would be closer to the real movie ;)

@sandeepamrutham 3 жыл бұрын

budget matters

@StudioBinder 4 жыл бұрын

Which scene from Inception would you like us to recreate next? 🎥🎬

@shantkiraz1838 4 жыл бұрын

The explosion scene from Children of Men could be cool!

@akshaysingh7807 4 жыл бұрын

Dunkirk if possible

@Friendly_Squirrel 4 жыл бұрын

The scene where Cobb and Ariadne are walking through the streets of London and then they walk onto a perpendicular wall. The story behind how they achieved that effect is quite interesting! And if there's time do Ariadne warping all the buildings with her mind; only if there's time of course. ;)

@roumyapratapsingh3514 4 жыл бұрын

The mirror and bridge scene...🤙🤙🤙

@mollywoodshots6503 3 жыл бұрын

The Hallway Dream Fight

@98JamesNixon 4 жыл бұрын

The only thing that didn’t sell the vfx for me was the lighting, just didn’t seem to blend in with the scene. Other then that it was very well done

@NimithChanceson 4 жыл бұрын

@MP4 Actually, both. But only for VFX layers

@johncuevas7084 3 жыл бұрын

I use Element3D too and as he was doing the scene, I was thinking he needs to take pictures to create an environment/global illumination map. Otherwise, very well done.

@stefanhagerman1284 4 жыл бұрын

how can anyone criticise this? A couple of hundreds of dollars compared to hundred of thousands of dollars in a real movie?

@MosesMatsepane 4 жыл бұрын

Impressive, this was great work. The Oscar winning KZfaq comment section VFX experts are judging you based on Hollywood level visuals, this is great work man. I can only imagine what you would be able to achieve with a longer timeline and bigger budget.

@ZedEdge 4 жыл бұрын

Not only was the actual scene well done, but the whole presentation was a production on it's own. Like, throwing the 3D objects into the courtyard as he was describing it. Thanks for making this!

@prateeksingh8815 4 жыл бұрын

One of the best channels on filmmaking!

@jake_runs_the_world 4 жыл бұрын

Prateek singh chup lodu

@begalooloo 4 жыл бұрын

please more VFX Breakdown .....just loving this episode....

@matheusdesouza7324 4 жыл бұрын

@mohanachar2811 4 жыл бұрын

A lot of effort has been put to making this video and I really admire it. Thanks, StudioBinder. You're the best!

@StudioBinder 4 жыл бұрын

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@Utsab_Giri 4 жыл бұрын

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@zoop2778 4 жыл бұрын

I now realise what a great director you have to be to match Nolan . and how good acting makes a difference

@winstonsmiththx1138 3 жыл бұрын

@Bobo Boyyet he still sucks

@kamel3d 4 жыл бұрын

That looks amazing

@alexbadeau5027 4 жыл бұрын

Great job ! Very effective in execution and concise in presentation. I wish more tutorials on this platform would be as professional as this one ! (Also, covering my favorite film doesn’t hurt either haha)

@user-sl309jd90 4 жыл бұрын

The quality of the video is so good that people forget that the whole video is just an advertisement xD

@salah-eddineelmoukhtari9488 4 жыл бұрын

I had very little expectation at the beginning, that's actually really good knowing it was done with after effects and such a small budget. Bravo!

@parkjh7198 4 жыл бұрын

*sees **5:38* *checks subscription button* Me : How come I have found this channel just now?!!!

@ust7243 4 жыл бұрын

park jh just found this channel. Was thinking the same thing

@aakashfiesta 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video! Recreating scenes series is the best. Make more videos like this.

@blackmax1337 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely stunning dude. After watching your tutorial I really feel the urge to do some insane low budget effects. Also I like the effort you obviously put into the tutorial itself. Looks really professional!

@trend_bot 4 жыл бұрын

The lengths they went to just to use their silly, unproductive busyware was the most amusing part of this video. Also this dude looks like a human after a thousand years of evolving to stoop over a computer screen in complete darkness! 10/10 would watch again.

@Its-aMe_Sylvester 4 жыл бұрын

Being a student of studying films and post production and simply LOVING this movie along with all the actors and Nolan! This is by far the simplest and most creative, minimum budgetted post production I've ever seen and learnt from! Kudos to you buddy! Keep helping us guys more! Truly appreciate it! And to the haters and criticizers... do keep hating and criticizing, just allows the hated to excell more :)

@ProlexMedia 4 жыл бұрын

One of the best movies with Dicaprio! It is insane how complicated each scene is with so many effects!

@charulathakanala4158 4 жыл бұрын

Hands down the BEST film making tutorial and insights channel on KZfaq. Great Job.

@SupervoidCinema 4 жыл бұрын

This video and every single thing about it is just pure brilliance!

@eshan309 4 жыл бұрын

Really nice job on costumes and makeup. The actors did a great job on re enacting!

@luqmansheikh8125 4 жыл бұрын

Inception was all time favorite movie and you make me proud how the way you recreate my friend thank you

@TejasAmbetkar 4 жыл бұрын

One of the best recreation tutorials out there.... Studio Binder should continue with such great tutorials! Thanks a ton to you!

@vishnuanumula 3 жыл бұрын

I used to think trying this kinda VFX, editing isn't for us and only for professionals, You changed my mind ! EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE WITH PASSION.

@sdprz7893 4 жыл бұрын

By the end of 2020, this channel will have 1 million subscribers. Mark my words

@jishnuvijay5597 3 жыл бұрын

Oops

@sdprz7893 3 жыл бұрын

@@jishnuvijay5597 In my defence, the pandemic happened and they're pretty close anyway, it'll almost certainly be reached by the end of 2021

@JVVillabroza 4 жыл бұрын

"How much do you need to recreate this scene?" Uhhh about *tree fiddy*

@not_herobrine3752 4 жыл бұрын

made me laugh ha ha

@TheDarioSmiles 4 жыл бұрын

Well it was about that time I realized this wasn’t a producer at all but a giant creature from the Paleolithic era

@elizabethrose1587 4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@drejey1931 3 жыл бұрын

Uncle Phil ain't no fool

@KnightMD 4 жыл бұрын

I love the edit of this video more than the actual video which was a mighty impressive recreation for that budget. Incredible work, and instantly subscribed.

@StudioBinder 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for subscribing! If you like our videos, you should also check out our blog, which has a lot of additional great content. www.studiobinder.com/blog/

@yogissjkaio 4 жыл бұрын

Amazingly handle the layout and set with fx very neatly done, Superb !

@marvelfoxmorty5057 4 жыл бұрын

Holy sh*t!!! With only $350, that's so clever & effective, I really love this episode... A very great & creative video, thanks Studiobinder

@mithunvasudevan7796 4 жыл бұрын

This scene was actually recreated in inception

@davidsrq 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing video as always, StudioBinder! Keep being great!

@BlackProductionFilms 3 жыл бұрын

Never thought a channel like this would ever exist on youtube, Awesome job!

@kevinhillary4057 4 жыл бұрын

This video just blew my mind, I never thought I could do Inception level effects in After Effects bwaha

@octap79 4 жыл бұрын

You got much information on how this is done inside After Effects? I don't think so. Prove me wrong

@DanielGreen0 4 жыл бұрын

@@octap79 I think he meant as far as AE capability of achieving it. Personally I think It's possible, AE is essentially a compositing software.

@octap79 4 жыл бұрын

@@DanielGreen0 You are right Daniel

@konradplatt3833 4 жыл бұрын

Effects are mostly just time invested. Thats where the budget comes from. Some scenes take weeks to make. And multiple people working on it.

@harsha345155 4 жыл бұрын

This is amazing!

@SiegeTales 4 жыл бұрын

Cool!

@nikilkumar1000 3 жыл бұрын

That was really amazing work. Did not expect that good of a result. Given the budget, and the number of people working on it. Good job.

@khwezipraschma4204 4 жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorite movies

@rayhr1 4 жыл бұрын

That was cool🔥🔥

@CarletonTorpin 3 жыл бұрын

This was so much fun! I love seeing how much a filmmaker can achieve with these tools.

@dishasave9539 4 жыл бұрын

This is so awesome! You did such a good job i mean that's a loooot of efforts

@medusaskull1604 4 жыл бұрын

That's impressive.

@vighneshpillai7996 4 жыл бұрын

Just marvellous guys👏👏👏👏

@mohammadasimsiddiqi4698 4 жыл бұрын

That is indeed great deal of effort put in to make this video. Hats off to you for doing it.

@davidwefers 4 жыл бұрын

Wow thats totally awsome guys ! I instantly subbed you after this ! Awsome work

@pratikgoud1 4 жыл бұрын

That was mind blowing ngl, excellent work

@Mundm28 4 жыл бұрын

only thing that bothers me is tha 3d part, i mean its nice to see it in after effects, but it doesnt outweigh the MUCH better results you would get with traditional 3d software (even free ones like blender) if you load in the sequence there and export the composit to your NLE. i mean there is no bounced lighting no hdr lightsource to integrate the models into the scene, it just looks strange. otherwise great video, and i guess it is a bit intimidating to get your hands on 3d software if you just want to make a short movie so it is kinda ok

@apexmedia2089 4 жыл бұрын

It's amazing to see the possibilities but you're right it kinda falls down for me with the 3d objects. They look like clipart drawings. With what you call a traditional 3d software, would you get better looking 3d objects? Or could you still use AE but just make it look realistic by spending more money on the 3D objects? That might be easier than learning real 3d software. Thanks. Good job on your videos, Studio Binder.

@Mundm28 4 жыл бұрын

@@apexmedia2089 with 3d software there is not necessarily a difference in the models, you can use the same ones they bought online(they were made wirh traditional 3d packages in the first place). what makes a difference is the way it is rendered. they mentioned it is all realtime, which means it is rendered like a Computer game with a process called rasterization which usually means you dont have indirect lighting and all calculations regarding material and lightinf are just approximated for the sake of speed. Most 3d softwares use monte carlo raytracers nowadays that simulate individual lightrays and stuff in a fashion that simulates how real light works, but takes minutes-hours to calculate each individual frame(if you get crazy with the complexity of your scene there is really no limit upwards), because each light ray is bounced of surfaces multiple times and creates new scattered lightrays etc. also 3d packages have a LOT more settings to finetune your virtual image(which of course makes them look cluttered and complicated). but i guess if they would add an option for non-realtime rendering into the addon perhaps by utilizing a standalone 3rd party raytracer behind the scenes you could enhance the results without complicating the process for the user too much.

@apexmedia2089 4 жыл бұрын

@@Mundm28 Thanks for your reply Martin. I love the storytelling possibilities of 3D. I'll look into what you described.

@Mundm28 4 жыл бұрын

@@apexmedia2089 you should look at Ian Huberts channel. Hes a guy wo does cg stuff for netflix movies, ed sheeran music videos and a lot of other things you may have seen here and there. He made a really impressive Webseries like back in 2012 with lots of cg and dystopian stuff that he makes follow ups now and then till today. Also his talk at Blendercon this year about how he uses a kinda "quick and dirty" way to do stuff with 3D, is hilarious and he does "lazy tutorials" that maybe are not for absolute beginners but when you grasped the basics of where wich button should be, they are much more entertaining than the usual boring 1h tutorial

@apexmedia2089 4 жыл бұрын

@@Mundm28 Hey Martin, thanks for the heads up on Ian Huberts. I will definitely check him out!

@aminjodeirie187 4 жыл бұрын

Some people think that production is not professional but they're wrong because with 350 $ budget that's a very satisfying work. 👏👏👏👏

@StudioBinder 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and appreciate your support! 😊✌🏻🎬

@user-jd4fg7dq7j 3 жыл бұрын

This is insane! Great work and it really kinda inspires you!

@revelationluke3097 4 жыл бұрын

Dude GOD bless you

@LegenDove 4 жыл бұрын

Biggest criticism is the budget thing. Didn’t factor in crew expenditure

@mayankkukreja9128 4 жыл бұрын

Such a brilliant video I have ever seen on youtube. Great work❤

@Guha10 Жыл бұрын

While watching the actual scene, i was never ever aware the complexity of the thought process that went into shooting A SINGLE SCENE?!!! Thanks to your video of recreating the same scene, it is mind blogging to the imagination of the folks who wear creative hats! Not just Nolan and his team, but you and your team too. Amazing stuff! Thanks a bunch!

@nikhilbhatti7927 4 жыл бұрын

hats off😍

@geniicube9585 4 жыл бұрын

Loving this channel. Have you watched HBO's "Catherine the great"? The color grade is so insanely vivid. They take teal and orange to a new cornea burning level but it gives the show a really cool look. Can you show us how to recreate it???? Keep up the awesome work

@ViDhiHDEntertainment 4 жыл бұрын

That's good work ! Many people might complain about the bad CG but its just something that can easily be fixed within a few more hours in lighting and texturing. Don't ignore the effect guys! He has still managed to breakdown the effect for us to try its in our hands to bring the best looking results !

@fotoHORYZONT 4 жыл бұрын

Great job man. Wonderful execution of the knowledge and passion. With far less budget. Thank You. Keep filmin'!

@Akhilartist 4 жыл бұрын

in that budget ? OKAY!

@LuminaryClaud 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a simple Malaysian, i see Proton Exora, i thumbs up....

@smaranalva 4 жыл бұрын

Can you give me a brief insight of how you recorded the audio for this?

@praveenpsg77 4 жыл бұрын

What the hell man. This makes me to think into another level in everything i do right now. When u love and focus on something in deep nothing is impossible and also love the process of pre-production i am stunned. Great job

@StudioBinder 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Don't let money be the issue that prevents you from creating your passion project. Be resourceful and creative! ❤️🔥🎬😊

@jkrollin9217 4 жыл бұрын

This is like Moneyball for Hollywood.

@nobody-u-know 4 жыл бұрын

hahahahaa!!!!!!!! I love that you realized how hard it really is. Pulling it off with element 3d and $350 wow...

@shubhamyadav007 4 жыл бұрын

That was seriously amazing freaking awesome great work

@ImaginationUpgraded Жыл бұрын

The scene of the debris flying around the woman was so clean!

@jitendraprabhu3313 4 жыл бұрын

I'm imagining what you can do with conventional movie budget.

@sotypme4813 4 жыл бұрын

You only get to appreciate actors after seeing some really terrible acting.

@AnanthChristyGeorge 4 жыл бұрын

The actors do make a lot of difference in making the scene real. Good replication though.

@MoAmmarHasan 4 жыл бұрын

We should only write those things over the internet that we can say face to face to a person.

@Plamen2007 4 жыл бұрын

The actors weren't that terrible. The pacing of the edit is what ruined their performance.

@logoslive 4 жыл бұрын

Comparing a couple $100 million film with a $350 afternoon shoot and editing. Ok.

@sotypme4813 4 жыл бұрын

@@logoslive You mean, if I throw a million bucks at the actors in this video they'd suddenly turn pros?

@stallonedev7056 4 жыл бұрын

You are just motivating... great work on what you did alone.

@patrickhagot 4 жыл бұрын

I LOVE the hard your doing on your videos

@whiteguyvember3110 4 жыл бұрын

Why does his face look like it's deepfaked on

@ISRAADVISUALS 4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂i never laughed soo hard bruh

@seya_2 4 жыл бұрын

It's face shaming if you think about it

@tszvj 4 жыл бұрын

@@seya_2 what if you don't think about it?

@FizzyMotors 4 жыл бұрын

Deepfake of Ken Jeon

@elricthethridelricthethird8964 4 жыл бұрын

White Guy Vember he’s cute though. Aha

@lauraamg3193 4 жыл бұрын

4:43 Holy sh*t. You even were able to contract Guy Pearce.

@StudioBinder 4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@PatrickLA 4 жыл бұрын

Very good work for such a small budget! Excellent tutorial. Great job on pre-production. Blocking was dead on. Keep up the good work 🎥

@hitenbhatt4107 4 жыл бұрын

Mind blown! Absolutely loved it!!!

@upeskino 4 жыл бұрын

Respect you for doing this, however, effects are little basic.

@jkwhippedlisa5122 4 жыл бұрын

Both the actors also performed well.

@juanselobo 4 жыл бұрын

Very good work!! thanks for sharing this project!

@vascoseesitall 4 жыл бұрын

Great Job everyone!!! Damn fine work, severely underrated channel! I literally live 5 minutes away from the restaurant where the scene from Inception was shot, really getting the vibe.

@StudioBinder 4 жыл бұрын

Hey there, thanks so much for the support! You are lucky to live in Paris, such a beautiful place to live! 👌🏻

@JoshuaMKerr 4 жыл бұрын

I didn't see the actors in your budget.

@mbsta14 4 жыл бұрын

They did it for free McDonalds

@joaosantos5503 4 жыл бұрын

@@mbsta14 bruh this made me spit my food

@seya_2 4 жыл бұрын

Christopher Nolan is like a God of movie Directors...

@gfxess 4 жыл бұрын

really appreciate you on this. good work

@iCamSkiEz 4 жыл бұрын

You guys are incredible. Love this VFX content keep it up!

@LucasElliot 4 жыл бұрын

When this guy talks it’s like his voice is out of sync with his mouth movement but IRL 😂

@anoopvarghese8545 4 жыл бұрын

The male actor is doing great

@amonnoble9580 4 жыл бұрын

losupotap sarcasm I see. 😂😂😂

@MisaSantaCecilia 4 жыл бұрын

That was awesome! Great job!

@iamsuperdogg 4 жыл бұрын

this is so awesome man! great job!

@_whittington 2 жыл бұрын

What an amazing shot. I’m very impressed that you were able to make the shot look this good while also staying on budget

@nonstopanimations101 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! Dude this is fantastic amazing job for such a low budget i love it!

@Yuka-qv1sn 4 жыл бұрын

Please please please more VFX Breakdown!! Love this video and channel!!❤️

@vernonfowler7880 2 жыл бұрын

Dude I can see the excitement on your face with video I loved the energy 💪🏿🤙🏿

@craveleaks8102 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent work, mate. Great one-man team. Hope your channel grows faster and many people work together with you.

@timepasslaunda5917 4 жыл бұрын

Loved how you explained

@learnandlovethephilippines 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for breaking it down. I got new insights on how to use VFX.

@RobbieBackpacking 4 жыл бұрын

This was a blast to watch. Thanks for the insights!