well if its team then its not realy long time building it. texturing it is little bit "harder" becouse of UVmaps and detailing. hard to tell how much manhours it takes. its realy about how many people worked on that.

One would think they would recycle these massive cityscapes for, like, video games and stuff, if it's been fully modeled already--but I wouldn't be surprised if some of the most beautiful, detailed models like this never see the light of day after they're made.

No.

They didnt film with it

Man, people on the internet read things so literally. They obviously didn't film the movie with a Nintendo. I know that. I was paraphrasing guys. -____-

Those aren't WiiU controllers. Those are Gamevice controllers for iPhone and iPad devices. Many people mistake them for 'Switch' controllers thought they have been out years ago.

The add-on controller bits are called a Gamevice. gamevice.com/

So now we know where Nintendo designers got this ideia... iPad + Gamevice = Nintendo Switch

Its not new , but not many use it. So yes its special

Yeah

Ryan Barr yeah, the Cave Troll scene was filmed in a similar manner

WiserInTime no, mix actual sets/costumes with cgi and it'll be a recipe for a visually good movie. Keyword visually

No, we can’t. Miniature practical models and special effects are far more believable than digital ones. My planned future film and tv productions will always use practical effects where possible and CGI only where absolutely necessary.

AJ King I don't think so. This technology kinda resembles moving a camera, wich, for a director, is way different than doing these things on a computer

I am a VFX artist, and I have directed. I also know that Gareth is a VFX artist himself, so there is no learning curve for him to just sit at the desk there and move the virtual camera where he liked, plus set key frames and adjust the motion curves for a smooth camera move. Trust me when I say this, that iPad and controller are a gimmick that brings next to nothing to the table for him specifically as a director. Perhaps for a director who has no VFX experience, this might be an advantage, but for him, it isn't worth the time to set up (let alone construct).

AJ King If it was better to just do it in front of a desk, why didn't Gareth just do it like that? I mean, he must have has his reasons to shoot pretty much all his CG-imagery like this

I'm guessing, oddly enough, that it may have something to do with unions. As a VFX artist, doing directing duties exclusively this time around, it is very likely that he wasn't allowed to do any of the vfx work directly. This setup skirts the unions because he is 'directing' still, but not 'doing' the animation of the virtual camera. The guys in the video say Gareth was able to give them a start and end frame, which is direction. If he did the desk version, setting keyframes, he'd technically be animating. But also, because if it's a new thing that gets handed to you when you walk into a room, you'd try it out simply out of respect for the person handing it to you. Whether it is more useful than what he's used to is debatable at best.

Most VFX heavy movies use tracked cameras to do this, seems like you don't know shit.

Ashley Turner lol they didn't detail the entire city, you only see like 20% of the city fully rendered

ok

Purefoldnz Star Wars isn't soulless

no but Rogue One was.

Purefoldnz It had more soul than Force Awakens

Purefoldnz It wasn't soulless at all

If it's not 1977's Star Wars, some people will just never be happy. NEWSFLASH: There can only be one original movie. Not two, three, let alone 12.

as long as CGI people can not confince the audience that they are real , you are wrong

TFA didnt have models for ships and such, though, the practical was more for, well, practical stuff. Aliens, explosions, that sorta thing, as it was in R1. I see no issue with the use of CG in R1. Besides, most of this stuff you couldn't even tell was CG, so what difference does it make?

Because it is 2017. And we have the technology.

@@MrFloyd-jf6fh CGI should only be used where absolutely necessary. If it can be done practically, it should be.