The History Of Special Effects

The History Of Special Effects - part 2

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13 жыл бұрын

A documentary revealing the growth of the special effects in motion pictures. From the very first use of photographic tricks and optical illusions, miniature models and matte paintings for such classical tales as "A Trip To The Moon" (1902) directed by Georges Melies and grounbreaking animated stop-motion puppets in "King Kong" (1933) created by legendary Willis O'Brien to the present days where modern filmmakers used practically the same improved techniques with some new elaborations as optical printer compositings and computer controlled model photography, steady cameras and complex animatronics. A interesting look behind Roger Corman's "Android" (1982) with its special make-up and animatronic effects that were designed by John Carl Buechler and also include commentary by the effects experts that were responsible for the visual effects for such films as "Blade Runner" (1982) and "The Right Stuff" (1983).

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@greendalek303 4 жыл бұрын

11:27 Thank you Syd Mead. Amazing talent and limitless imagination. You will be missed sir. RIP

@gmosphere 11 жыл бұрын

1:18 he is threading the projector, the brings back so many memories

@nigelcarren 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, this was amazing! Those flight/re-entry sequences especially. 🏆

@trevorbrown6654 Жыл бұрын

I had forgotten what a visually stunning film The Right Stuff is. A really good movie that looks great and is beautifully edited. Even in 2023 practical effects still rock. You only have to look at how CGI dates films, especially when it's not very well done yet Hollywood keeps sticking with it. Even a film like Apollo 13, which was fantastic for its time is starting to show its age with the CGI stuff but the practical effects still look excellent. Titanic is another film where the CGI is now more noticeable than 25 years ago yet I saw the restored version of Star Trek the motion picture last year and most of that still holds up despite being 43 years old now.

@amaxamon 11 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing this when it first aired!

@inactiveuser1981 11 жыл бұрын

Old school movies or movies with a healthy blend of practical effects and cgi, won't die out, not that soon anyway. These 'we only know cgi' films can entertain but never truly capture, the are mainly throw away entertainment. You need a truly masterful team to be able to create the same effect with cgi that you create with practical stuff, that will probably never happen!

@inactiveuser1981 11 жыл бұрын

The guys from Tom Woodruff and his folks are making a partially fan financed low budget all practical effects movie right now!;)

@skylx0812 4 жыл бұрын

I remember when Phil Tippett innovated blur effects for stop motion in ESB that was supposed to advance the medium. But even his best wasn't enough for the Jurassic Park raptors and then cgi came along. I think the more realism they gave creatures the more we expect them to have spontaneous random movement based on instinct. When their movement is too fantastical and controlled thats when you see the hand behind the software and the effect is ruined.

@atwaterpub 10 жыл бұрын

HA. Who would imagine that" futurist technology" would become "obsolete" so quickly. I love this old technology and these behind the scenes videos. Thanks.

@Davy.J.Y 11 жыл бұрын

this docu is dam amazing...

@roquefortfiles 11 жыл бұрын

Good. I miss the old days and some of the old ways. I could care less about much of the visual effects in films these days. They're all done on the same programs. They all look the same to me now. We've seen the space ship and flying cars and 10,000 man armies and "Jack in the beanstalk" stuff ad infinitum . None of wows me anymore because there is just a certain "Samenness" to it all. Shots are farmed out like burger orders.

@scottgamble7767 4 жыл бұрын

The old days might not be totally gone Roquefort. Full Moon Pictures is still moving forward to finish StopMotion Animator and VFX creator's David Allen's magnum opus *The Primevals*. Renued interest and some crowd funding helped them to raise the funds to finish the movie... shot on actual photochemical film, back in the early 90's. All the live action and 2/3s of the StopMotion effects were finished at the time... and then Dave died of cancer. I spoke with Chris Endicott, Dave's right had man and animator on the project earlier in July 2020 and he said that they are still diligently devoting the vast majority of their time to finishing the remainder of the uncompleted VFX shots. There are some Photoshop like matte paintings being done, but as you can see in the below YT clips, the StopMotion is still being created with traditional animation models... one frame at a time at 24 fps. "Exclusive: David Allen's THE PRIMEVALS Trailer" ☞ kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qLeDZLWWpqetnac.html "The Primevals: New Stop Motion Shot" ☞ kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jrCXjZSryJ2wl5s.html •

@roquefortfiles 4 жыл бұрын

Great to hear. I just feel old techniques can still work. Give me a physical model shot in real light anyday. I am way more Right Stuff .

@roquefortfiles 11 жыл бұрын

Hollywood has fallen in love with CGI. To the detriment of visual effects. Every film that comes out these days with a big CGI presence all look the same. I am tired of them. To you guys who work in this industry it is time you got off your work stations and back in to handling real miniatures in real environments. I believe it is coming. CGI is great for some things. But not everything. The work in the Right Stuff is some of the best use of minatures. Could NEVER be done on CGI.

@scottgamble7767 4 жыл бұрын

Oh... they could do it Roquerort... It just wouldn't look as good. I saw really good copy of *The Right Stuff* recently on a very nice, really big screen TV and it all still holds up. Today they would try to duplicate that look, but it always seems to "feel" wrong... or pedestrian... and not "special" like it used to be. Today, nobody cares much about the spectacular visions film can create with VFX, which is sad. There is so much of it that it's not special anymore and modern audiences aren't impressed with even the best VFX anymore either... since I'd say *The Matrix 2*, as they now know anything is possible with virtually no restrictions... as long as you throw enough people and money at it.

@scottgamble7767 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry I typoed your name wrong Roquefort... for some reason this Ap will no longer let me go back in and edit my comments.

@reckless20 3 жыл бұрын

Me watching part 1 be like: did they seriously hired some nerds to put up some plastic toys together for a full time job? Also me watching the 1st minute of part 2: I will be now shutting my dirty mouth up.

@stevemaness2015 9 жыл бұрын

acool brah

@Algeriawindows69 2 жыл бұрын

never disrespect practical effects

@trevorbrown6654 Жыл бұрын

I totally agree. Duncan Jones 2009 film 'Moon' used practical effects and miniatures with very few CGI shots and looks all the better for it. I think CGI should only ever be used to do something otherwise impossible or unsafe to do practically or to enhance or correct a practical effect.