VFX Artists React to Avatar 2 CGi (ft. Weta FX)

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Niko and Wren are joined by VFX Supervisor Eric Saindon of Weta FX to discuss the groundbreaking techniques and technology used to create Avatar: The Way of Water.
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CHAPTERS ►
00:00 We Got The Goods...
00:28 Native
01:32 Intro
03:15 The Hand Shot
04:08 VFX Breakdown
06:23 Teaser Trailer Hand Shot
08:18 Water Simulations
11:23 Realistic Hair
12:44 Performance Capture
16:45 Thank You Weta FX
17:10 Facial Capture
18:24 Mixing Live Action With CG
20:07 Live Depth Compositing
21:29 Handing Eye Lines
22:51 CorridorDigital.com
23:04 Post Production Challenges
24:53 Outro

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@eric.saindon Жыл бұрын

Thanks for having me guys. Great day hanging out with you and getting to embarrass myself 😊

@chasecmorgan Жыл бұрын

Lol you were great Eric. Thanks again for coming in and sharing your knowledge with us. It was an honor to have you on the show. Ep 2 coming in a few weeks.

@swierda8174 Жыл бұрын

This was great! The work you guys do amaze me everyday!

@zonesproductions Жыл бұрын

Incredible work. Your talents know no bounds 😄

@legofuryfilms2898 Жыл бұрын

I do like comments like these. Idk why… it’s weird

@CorridorCrew Жыл бұрын

Thanks a ton for joining us Eric! You gave us a really special episode here. -Niko

@SoCloseToToast Жыл бұрын

It just always blows my mind that they are able to get this big names in the industry that doesn't get enough love ! So cool to see the representation here!

@erenjaeger1738 Жыл бұрын

Vanoss >:)

@RENO_K Жыл бұрын

My theory is big wigs don't see the use of talking in big variety shows, they feel like they'd get a lot more out of talking with people that know what they mean so they don't have to dumb it down like crazy and they can talk to a curated audience that is legit interested in the subject, rather than talk to an audience that's just there for the sake of being there yk

@wichuu Жыл бұрын

Love u man

@tobiaswichert4843 Жыл бұрын

@@RENO_K And some guests stated that they actually do watch the series and that they either just enjoy it and that it did helped them understand some aspects of moviemaking better.

@RyTrapp0 Жыл бұрын

Craftsmen have always wanted to share their craft - but it often takes the right opportunity for it to happen. And Corridor are obviously proven in their knowledge & passion in this space, which doesn't hurt. And, frankly, KZfaq in general has afforded that. Being a gearhead too, that's another example of craftsmen benefiting from the opportunity afforded by YT, as we're finally getting hardcore, technical automotive content that pretty much NEVER saw the light of day on TV(automotive content on TV is about 95% or so awful). Occasionally you had exceptions, like Ian on 'Xtreme 4x4'(he made the show live up to the [cheesy] name), who got fired cuz he didn't want to do a bunch of bolt-on Jeep builds - he started his own production co and is now on YT too, 'Big Tire Garage'. Music too - Rick Beato's content is absolutely amazing for music nerds! Video game & software development content goes without saying. Dave's Garage - former Windows coder, known for, yes, the OG Windows Task Manager & porting 'Space Cadet' pinball to XP/NT(what a legend!), he has incredible stories as you'd expect; also has some autism content too. Nice to see this become normalized!

@Gekoloudios Жыл бұрын

When the cgi is so good that you need the guy who made it to tell you how it's done

@Ale-kc9pq Жыл бұрын

guess we also need an Alien to tell us what's going on these days

@slimerone Жыл бұрын

@@Ale-kc9pq think you mean we need a chemicals expert to tell us what the long term damage is from the east palestine chemical spill from that train derailment

@jaidyn.m Жыл бұрын

@@slimeronewhat does that have to do with literally anything lmao ppl will bring up any and everything

@jamespcnut Жыл бұрын

All credit to corridor but in the grand scheme of things they’re far from Hollywood level SFX so there’s quite a bit I think they’d struggle to figure out how it’s done especially on these billion dollar productions.

@Gekoloudios Жыл бұрын

@@jamespcnut yes that's kinda true

@swimteamizzle1114 Жыл бұрын

“Yeah, well we knew what the angle was” Cameron and Weta are operating on a completely different level compared to the competition

@travelsizedlions Жыл бұрын

It's an impressive trick for sure, but determining the camera angle with photogrammetry is hardly unique.

@travelsizedlions Жыл бұрын

It's the same trick you see street artists do all the time with perspective. They're just doing it on a person.

@muchanadziko6378 Жыл бұрын

How is knowing what angle the shot is going to be from revolutionary?

@jockturner1547 Жыл бұрын

…you generally know what the angle is going to be before filming. That his been the practice for like 80 years or more…

@dankun3122 Жыл бұрын

cant believe they just baked a 3d texture composition onto a human via makeup

@davadh Жыл бұрын

Now if only Eric can come back every 2 years to breakdown the next sequels too 😄

@SirioNovilunium Жыл бұрын

@Don't Read My Profile Picture Okay.

@kylewilliams6091 Жыл бұрын

2 years ?

@heynhamnham Жыл бұрын

He better come back!! I can just bet we'll have plenty mind-blowing shots like that that we'll desperately need explanations lol

@CvpArt Жыл бұрын

@@kylewilliams6091 the avatar sequels will come out every 2 years.

@kylewilliams6091 Жыл бұрын

@@CvpArt thank you

@yeeyee4723 Жыл бұрын

Breakdowns like these make me realise just how much they're pushing the envelope with these movies, a cable cam to get accurate eyelines?? Incorporating sub surface scattering into the makeup for a single shot??? Creating a system that can simulate water in one pass? It's like a group project where every single person is a genius and everyone is passionate about their part in it

@jon4715 Жыл бұрын

All for entertainment...can you imagine if all these geniuses were pursuing something more important?

@ghanshyamc463 Жыл бұрын

@@jon4715 it's not like these technologies can only be used for making movies. The research and work put into these technologies can also contribute to the particular field of science and help in other things too

@ROBOHOLIC1 Жыл бұрын

@@jon4715 the tech used in this can be applied somewhere else. Not entirely useless. As much as I dislike the entire premise of Avatar anyway.

@beardyjesus4591 Жыл бұрын

@@jon4715 As a guy close to science, I would say that you rarely know what new piece of information or technology is going to be used for. Very often people make fundumental researches just because it seems interesting or important and years after they find practical use. Even when you work to solve a determined problem, you get a lot of leftover knowledge, halfdeveloped ideas that may be suited for something else or key component for solving your problem can come from different source So there is no such thing as useless research, everything is important, no matter what you do

@jonathanalfaro5092 Жыл бұрын

@@ROBOHOLIC1 why do u hate the premise??

@elishatanya_ Жыл бұрын

Surely they should win ever VFX awards possible this year. This is the best and most realistic CG I’ve ever ever seen

@legral Жыл бұрын

They should just hand them next year's trophies as well.

@aguzman222 Жыл бұрын

Really- most of us know about CGI - took my parents (Dad/85 and Mom 79) - after the movie they kept asking me what island they went to shoot the movie - lol

@andynguyen3271 Жыл бұрын

@@aguzman222 There is a place called Three Brothers in the film inspired by the real "Three Sisters" in New Zealand. They filmed most of these in New Zealand, so you can come here and check them out. In the meantime, you can also explore all the LOTR locations like Mount Doom, Rohan (Mt Sunday), etc. You can even visit Weta FX workshop in Wellington. They are keeping all kinds of crafts they used for so many movies.

@elishatanya_ Жыл бұрын

@@aguzman222 sometimes CG in movies pulls you out and you know it’s just not real. But my brain was so convinced these were actually blue aliens OR people or a bunch of prosthetics. That’s how real it felt from the first min to the last 😂

@Rob1bis8228 Жыл бұрын

@@elishatanya_ 🧢🧢🧢

@pandatheoryy Жыл бұрын

No words can describe the amount of respect I have for everyone involved with this movie! it was truly a masterpiece from everyone involved

@drukcg Жыл бұрын

FR!

@lukecampbell1449 Жыл бұрын

It is incredible

@atiagooqkinguliaalu4027 Жыл бұрын

But they wasted soo much fresh water just to make a fictional movie. Wasted real fresh water🤷‍♂️ but hey fictional emotion manipulating movie is more important...

@Thanos9378 Жыл бұрын

@@atiagooqkinguliaalu4027 Why do you speak gibberish?

@_herb Жыл бұрын

@@atiagooqkinguliaalu4027 all water goes back to the cycle, you can't waste it

@KorbenDallasMyMan Жыл бұрын

This is huge. EXCLUSIVE Avatar 2 VFX footage. Congrats CC!

@ChristofferLund Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Best VFX reacts so far. So much good information.

@caguko Жыл бұрын

Maybe we'll get to have Jim sit in the couch one day.

@PaulMcElligott Жыл бұрын

I think Cameron must love that people are obsessing so much over the minute details of one shot. It kind of validates his all-or-nothing approach to filmmaking.

@Nimajneb42069 Жыл бұрын

He now has 3 of the top 5 highest grossing films of all time, which shows his approach works not just for film nerds but for the general audience too.

@CrabSully Жыл бұрын

Definitely - it's such a mundane shot, which makes the speculation even more fun. It also really highlights the level it got to

@muhamadsyahmi951 Жыл бұрын

You know goddamn much when Cameron make one of the best movies when the viewers have post movie depression because how immersed the movie is towards them

@marieeden8009 Жыл бұрын

Plus I’ve seen so many people highlighting all the small background details you could miss in compilations which is so amazing

@SHOKNI Жыл бұрын

Cameron doesn't have that mindset. He really doesn't give a shit about that people. He's head is in another world.

@zombiea1936 Жыл бұрын

The fact that actual vfx artist are shocked at everything they did for this movie just shows how much he did

@AstroSully Жыл бұрын

It’s what Avatar do best 🤷🏽‍♂️

@cvo2748 Жыл бұрын

It would be amazing to have a film of how they made the film. I'd love a documentary that covers such a ground breaking film for technology like this.

@isaacgruver7061 Жыл бұрын

I will 100% sit down and watch the 6 hour breakdown commentary on every single shot in this movie

@Sora6893 Жыл бұрын

The first movie have quite a good amount of extras telling how it was done and it's quite amazing! Ofc not fully cgi stuff, I wish, but still quite impressive. One of the few movies that have more explaining in that kind stuff than any other. I sometimes wish we could have more 3d stuff from everything. Even videogames, artbooks are mostly 2d stuff and I kind would appreciate more 3d stuff because... it's art too. Concept art is really important but the accurate representation with 3d is too!

@aguzman222 Жыл бұрын

I paid to see a split screen version of the movie with the CGI next to live performance

@loganastrup6870 Жыл бұрын

Well the home release is confirmed to have 3 hours of behind the scenes

@swuhzyy Жыл бұрын

Yessssss

@5MadMovieMakers Жыл бұрын

The live depth detection for accurate compositing is awesome

@activemotionpictures Жыл бұрын

mind "depth compositing" from underwater capture which is a challenge for "depth" and "light" itself from those little cameras.

@vkong6308 Жыл бұрын

How do you get depth detection?

@hirvale Жыл бұрын

@@vkong6308 My guess is that the two cameras underneath the main one work the same way as human eyes to ascertain the depth. the more similar the object they are capturing is in both cameras, the further that object must be.

@Cityz3nn Жыл бұрын

@@hirvale This + AI I think

@andim.8788 Жыл бұрын

so basically we can cgi people now how do we know that anything on tv is real now?

@ubernaffa Жыл бұрын

Wow, what an episode. It is, quite simply, the finest CG ever created.

@jiji7250 Жыл бұрын

people who deny that are just plain bullshitting because this episode proves them wrong

@Whiistledx Жыл бұрын

@@jiji7250 People deny it because they don't want to believe it. This is hands down one of the most detailed cgi movies ever created

@jiji7250 Жыл бұрын

@@Whiistledx also because the original to this movie is the highest grossing movie of all time and this one is also just as successful

@glennmorganfan9411 Жыл бұрын

The fear on Wren's face during the phone call was PRICELESS!!!

@Elayzee Жыл бұрын

It's unbelievable how detailed Avatar The Way Of Water is. I personally love the film, and am very happy to see this making big bucks in a time where pretty much only "superhero films" seem to make big money.

@creativespace8637 Жыл бұрын

Avatar 2 is gonna be one of those movies that still shocks with how good it looks every time you revisit it

@Javianimation Жыл бұрын

For now, we ll see un ten years

@laiguana25 Жыл бұрын

Just like avatar 1, it looks better than any of these fucking marvel movies 🤮🤮🤮🦅

@tarane409 Жыл бұрын

I saw it in 3d it was amazing

@raykuzplays9605 Жыл бұрын

I mean it's like 2 months old lol

@DivinePonies Жыл бұрын

@@Javianimation It pretty much nailed the photorealism and physics so not much they can do to improve on. LotR looks far worse (relatively speaking) and it's still holding up really well, and people often take it as an example when talking about effects that didn't age.

@DangeistYT Жыл бұрын

WETA is literally the best vfx studio working rn , their resume is impressive.

@shakira.rahman8786 Жыл бұрын

Impressive is an understatement. The guys were getting their minds blown and Eric was like "YEAH. CG. YEAH THAT TOO. WE DID THAT" Cool as a cucumber

@koldenen Жыл бұрын

I don't think they are the best. They are about on par with the Moving Picture Company.

@fink5546 Жыл бұрын

@@koldenen that’s a crazy take

@skycat04 Жыл бұрын

@@koldenen ILM is the best, WETA is a close second, MPC and DNEG are on third place, then Framestore and Digital Domain on fourth, then the rest...

@WeesloYT Жыл бұрын

Ahem...the Hobbit Trilogy would like a word

@AprilOceanBlue Жыл бұрын

You guys should bring in a makeup artist to talk about scenes like this! Clearly an under-celebrated field if no one realized they could do surface scattering like this.

@blindfire3167 11 ай бұрын

Pretty sure 90% of film/game making is underappreciated lol, just some are a little worse than others. It takes literal armies to create art like this in the amount of time they do, so you can't always spend all the time thanking/appreciating each position.... Still, bring in a makeup artist lmao, they have had some crazy skills since the earliest movies, and I'm sure even though a lot of things are CG now, things like Guardians of the Galaxy would look horrible without the crazy amounts of makeup.

@Psychopatz 4 ай бұрын

indeed, sadly people only care about the actors all the time and sometimes their director.

@SynchronizorVideos Ай бұрын

@@blindfire3167 Yeah. I'm still waiting for these guys to branch out and start examining the audio side of filmmaking. Scoring, on-set recording, ADR, foley, mixing, editing, etc. Sound is a massive part of the final product that no one ever seems to talk about. A good soundtrack will usually get appreciated, but could you imagine an Indiana Jones film without the stylized punch sound effects, for example?

@Relyx Жыл бұрын

Using a cable cam to have the actual actors performance playing at the right time and position is actually so simple it's genius. It sells the eyeline, and it's going to be way better for an actor to perform against than a tennis ball etc.

@jdslipknot Жыл бұрын

I like how the CG in this movie is light years ahead compared to any of the recent super hero movies

@larryfoulkeofficial8609 Жыл бұрын

This one actually took its time

@cdbtheclaw Жыл бұрын

Marvel/Disney is just dumping out their movies as quickly as possible, so the artists just don't have the time to worry about the details as much as they could on Avatar 1+2. Honestly it still is impressive what they can pump out in that time but everybody would benefit from them having more time. Well, except Disney since they would just release half as many movies in a given time and generate a lot less money.

@jlinus7251 Жыл бұрын

Marvel has the technology. They just don't give their artists enough time to actually do a good job, which is just sad.

@constantchange1145 Жыл бұрын

Too bad the writing didnt get the same treatment

@larryfoulkeofficial8609 Жыл бұрын

@@constantchange1145 fr

@VerryJerry90 Жыл бұрын

wren's mind being blow frame by frame lmao

@egedq Жыл бұрын

it does not seem sincere

@biosdilt1399 Жыл бұрын

@@egedq honestly I feel like VFX is that kind of field where the more you know, the more you are impressed by the top tier achievements. Here it's basically a confirmation that Weta is as good as he thought they were, which is basically god-tier level of VFX. I don't think he's overreacting

@TheHeadincharge Жыл бұрын

@@biosdilt1399Yeah, i think Wren overreacts sometimes for sure, but this really felt like he was genuinely shocked at some of the things they did that he just hadn’t even thought of as being possible.

@blockfifteen Жыл бұрын

@@egedq id completely disagree. If I was around industry experts like these id be freaking out 😅

@gideonfelt2819 Жыл бұрын

Literally

@rbragg Жыл бұрын

7:48 “you guys have done the same thing” is the most mind blowing part of these videos for me. We have a special guest that has spent their career making the most impressive CGI we have on screen. And they know about the past projects of Corridor Digital to the point that they can compare techniques and shots. Imagine telling the crew way back when that in 10 years time they’ll have industry comparing shots amongst other achievements.

@paladinduck7198 Жыл бұрын

That is absolutely INSANE! Wēta is now my dream studio. Full stop. This is insane.

@Zlist1994 Жыл бұрын

imagine if they made live action anime adaptions. or maybe they already are working on some that will come out in future. I think they would make it look better than all the previous ones made by netflix,

@ShaktiChaturvedi Жыл бұрын

@@Zlist1994 Dude imagine a live action Berserk or a Blame ! Btw they did do the VFX for Alita Battle Angel.

@jchart Жыл бұрын

I love how this channel has slowly built up getting all these big names in the field/industry to just talk about their art. It's always a treat, even if I don't always understand every word.

@heynhamnham Жыл бұрын

I can actually hear the gears of my brain falling apart and steam coming out of my ears from watching this, this is absolutely crazy i can never be surprised enough with how much work they put into these movies

@LightBrand Жыл бұрын

No it completely makes sense as these movies costs millions to make. Yeah you're hiring bazillion people feeding them travelling to all these places build all these sets and then these special effects.

@theisaacpigg27_32 Жыл бұрын

@@LightBrand Something being expensive doesn't negate the work and effort put into something

@randomly_random_0 Жыл бұрын

And that's why this movie deserves the box office success. It now surpassed Titanic to become the 3rd highest grossing film globally at $2.2 billion

@LightBrand Жыл бұрын

@@theisaacpigg27_32 Well James Cameron isn't likely to tolerate you phoning it in when he spent big bucks hiring you. And its not like his films are expensive because he's taking in all the dough for himself seeing he gave up his salary when Titanic went over budget. So yeah being expensive doesn't mean it'll be good because people suck, but when you can see what you paid for it just feels good.

@gtv2024 Жыл бұрын

This movie deserves a Best Visual Effects in Oscar!

@sujith7368 Жыл бұрын

AI can never replace these kind of passion and dedication

@manuelquiero Жыл бұрын

Some people just overreacting about AI like it's the start of doomsday

@hangemhigh113 Жыл бұрын

They used AI for the simulations.

@aedaldaniel Жыл бұрын

He literally said he used Deep Learnng and that's a kind of AI. You need AI and it will replace eventually.

@AstroSully Жыл бұрын

AI should be there to help achieve the vision. Not control it entirely.

@daftfunk Жыл бұрын

@@aedaldaniel cope and seethe

@thecasualfly Жыл бұрын

BIG UPS to Corridor for getting the heavy hitters on their couch to talk about topics everyone has been chomping at the bit to finally get answers on! EPIC!

@CrabSully Жыл бұрын

I love how genuinely mindblowing this stuff is. The reaction to Spider being half CGI in that one shot was hilarious. It truly is an impressive feat.

@Zaxael Жыл бұрын

Duuude it shocked me too lol watching that scene I was sure that the surrounding was CGI and the rock probably compositing CGI/real footage but seriously I didn't expect arm and legs were CGI

@RedCaio Жыл бұрын

*impressive feet

@joeddiejoe77 Жыл бұрын

When i watched it, I'm completely drawn into it. Even my snacks and drink are almost untouched. No other movie did the same to me. That's how beautiful it is.

@ShotgunSandwichENT Жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@AstroSully Жыл бұрын

Most beautiful film I have ever seen

@heni63 4 ай бұрын

Same. I was kind of in awe all movie long

@BulletWilliam Жыл бұрын

WETA is seriously op. Between this CGI and all the practical props they make is just insane. I love seeing how they do things it's fascinating! It's inspiring to be honest.

@anna_in_aotearoa3166 Жыл бұрын

SO proud that a tiny country like Aotearoa NZ has produced such a cutting-edge company both in terms of art & tech! Definitely punching above one's weight on the world film stage...

@thehunterscode9136 Жыл бұрын

your insight in to CGI and VFX is extremely eye opening to the hidden side of movie making

@dharmajanitor Жыл бұрын

This video literally made my jaw drop on multiple occasions. What an achievement. I want to watch the movie again right now!

@wtfsalt Жыл бұрын

The amount of knowledge dropped in this episode is second to none. absolutely incredible to hear more about the processes of this film. my jaw dropped several times...

@ISAFMobius18 Жыл бұрын

i always imagine how people would react if you showed them a high budget CG movie like this to a crowd 100 years ago

@Kobrakai21 Жыл бұрын

This was incredible. One of the best "VFX Artists React" you've ever done. Cheers

@Ebosan87 Жыл бұрын

I've loved a lot of them but I have to agree, this might possibly be the best one to date, up there with the Tim Miller ones and a bunch of other fantastic episodes.

@leandroa2210 Жыл бұрын

Yup, no doubt this episode is up there on the VFX Artists React Hall Of Fame.

@karltee7862 Жыл бұрын

WETA is insane. They have to get an oscar for visual effects. The breakdowns for some shots are unbelievable that some things were actually replaced as a digi double.

@inkblotCrisis Жыл бұрын

The amount of understanding physics wise for these shots is amazing. Even with computers helping it is STILL absolutely mindblowing.

@HeidiBird 11 ай бұрын

This is mind-blowing. As a lay person I understand barely half of what they are talking about, but I get enough to be thoroughly impressed.

@itsSmiv Жыл бұрын

Absolutely insane that they painted in the subsurface scattering onto the arms.

@3lit3halo Жыл бұрын

It doesn't often happen that my jaw dropped for a KZfaq video, but here we are. Weta did an amazing job on this movie.

@beluc6818 Жыл бұрын

Now I need to watch this movie ten times more just to appreciate every single detail EVEN MORE

@mattsmitt00 Жыл бұрын

As cool as it is getting a glimpse into all this amazing tech, in a weird way it feels a bit defeating... as a techy person that immediately thinks about all the ways I would love to work with stuff like these VFX systems, this stuff has just gotten SO complex, SO specialized, and SO knowledge intense to even touch I feel like even if I set my life to working with it I would never be able to catch up. Like what would even be the point of getting into VFX at this point when this studio has proprietary software tools with unimaginable levels of money and time put into making them. I should probably just sit back and enjoy their movies and be thankful the software exists at all lol

@ngman002 11 ай бұрын

I believe in you bro

@Tony-qe3fl Жыл бұрын

That Jon bit was priceless 😂

@bryanwoods3373 Жыл бұрын

If that wasn't planned, I don't know how it could have been better timed or executed.

@AlexAnteroLammikko Жыл бұрын

@@bryanwoods3373 It was obviously planned, there was a cut there.

@charlesfuzak Жыл бұрын

@@bryanwoods3373 Of course it was a bit. How would he know they were mistakenly calling it motion capture while filming a video? It's not like it's a livestream and he was tuned in.

@markjamesmurphy Жыл бұрын

@@charlesfuzak Maybe he's actually omniscient, or partially omniscient, like a kind of demi-god or something. Normally I would scoff at such an idea, but looking at what they're pulling off here, I'm finding myself needing to alter my entire understanding of the Universe lol

@11kele Жыл бұрын

99.9% of people even don't remember that scene. CC: let's create a huge debate and two episodes about this. The great example of impetuous passion, professionalism and dedication.

@luxasiata Жыл бұрын

@Tech stats don't lie

@Juice-chan Жыл бұрын

@Tech you wanting a movie to fail badly doesn't mean it failed. Sorry to break that down to you but facts > feelings. Now hush go to bed kid.

@gro967 Жыл бұрын

@Tech It grossed 2,4 billion dollars, in what universe is that flopping xD

@HomoErected Жыл бұрын

@Tech flopped? Did the definition of flopped change in the last 100 years?

@Zlist1994 Жыл бұрын

@@gro967 lol some people just reiterate the negative things they hear about something without even checking if its correct. They want this movie to flop so bad but it's not. It just made film history and will be remembered for longer than they'll probably be alive for.

@TherealSam561 Жыл бұрын

I'm a HUGE fan of Avatar, James Cameron's movie, Weta's work and your show so thank you so much for that episode, it was epic!

@watermelonhelmet6854 Жыл бұрын

As a lifelong model and miniature painter, I really enjoyed the look on Wren's face at the concept of painting in sub surface scattering. For the first time ever watching this channel I got to be the one who could just nod and say "obviously". Painting display miniatures is all about making plastic look like skin or cloth or reflective metal or a hundred different materials, and because light just doesn't behave the same way with a plastic miniature as a full sized person, you have to fake environmental lighting or object source lighting and bounce lights with paint.

@anna_in_aotearoa3166 Жыл бұрын

That was a real revelation! Would love to see those concepts explored more - the VFX & stunt reacts series are awesome, but there's so much more unexplored potential in terms of makeup & hair, sound design etc - do hope CC expand their breakdowns to those fields too some day.

@Varekai0723 Жыл бұрын

This was really cool of WETA to participate in this. The CGI was absolutely incredible in this movie.

@halfbee7886 Жыл бұрын

If this movie doesn’t win the best vfx in Oscar, there is really something wrong. True, Wren.

@montazownianr1 Жыл бұрын

Yeah... but I don't know why they show Top Gun 🤣 there is 1% CGI in Maverick

@LeathalIntents 11 ай бұрын

The fact that this visual masterpiece is all due to Weta, who is also responsible for the CG in the hobbit, specifically The desolation of smaug, and theres that awful shot of legolas chasing after bolg across the bridge to laketown. I ripped on Weta for a long while, but now knowing this is what theyre capable of, im beginning to think it wasnt them that made the decision to release TH:DOS in the quality it was.

@rpe7418 Жыл бұрын

Wow, not only did you deliver what everyone seriously wanted: an in-depth avatar 2 breakdown, but you guys really went above and beyond with one of Weta's head honchos on the couch. Outstanding. This movie could take up ten episodes. Absolutely stunning cgi. Y'all dropped secrets that floored me. The skycam, for instance 🤯

@drcheddargoat9817 Жыл бұрын

Eric is an awesome dude, would love to see him on the show again, so glad they finally got the breakdown on THE shot!!!

@foerbb Жыл бұрын

Okay...this gotta be the best 'VFX Artists React' you've ever done. This episode was soo good!

@sophiagonzalez7944 Жыл бұрын

agreed! this one was my favorite yet!

@i-deni-i5138 Жыл бұрын

Wren was hilarious in this episode, lol. I got chills by both him and Niko reacting to the explanations, especially that Spiders legs were from his waist down completely CG. Insane stuff and Weta outdid themselves again!

@ABonYT Жыл бұрын

After all the insane high level techniques Eric had fairly nonchalantly talked about I was just about composed, and then he revealed the accurately dimensionally translated cablecam monitor which just floored me. The amount of brainpower, effort, and planning that has gone into this movie (and upcoming movies) is even more immense than people like myself realise it's actually mind-blowing.

@BlackBoxProd96 Жыл бұрын

As a filmmaker, I’m SO thankful for this show ❤

@CleversonNascimento Жыл бұрын

You say you're just a small KZfaq channel, but you guys are so past that. You've been gaining the attention and the respect of the industry and I couldn't be more proud of you guys. It's not about the views. It's not about the money. It's about the passion for the craft, and you guys have that to spare! Congratulations for getting where you are and thanks for the great content you've been giving us. Cheers!

@rubenjoe7488 Жыл бұрын

The visual effects are insane in this movie, I can't wait for the next movie

@DrDiscourse Жыл бұрын

I've been following you guys since the early days and I am so proud of how respected you have become in the movie industry. You deserve it all!

@marcussmith9807 Жыл бұрын

This has got to be one of the best breakdown episodes you’ve done!

@abhinav_bammidi Жыл бұрын

The fact about the make-up is absolutely mind-blowing (all the adjectives combined) sub-surface scattered look with make-up, wha-?!?! I can't take this anymore. This is too much for me. And yeah, I was wrong. I talked about this shot in the last video, and I'm actually glad I'm wrong. Completely blew my mind. GG Weta. GG Corridor. (I had to watch the movie, thrice in order to clear my doubts about that 'particular' shot) 😁😁😁

@BeroOgden Жыл бұрын

Weta are seriously magical wizards at this point; and I love seeing the Corridor crew talking to folks like them.

@sebastianurquidi6558 Жыл бұрын

That was such an awesome episode and it’s amazing that Weta and Eric shared so much and showed the breakdowns.

@chasethis9804 Жыл бұрын

You should absolutely review the movie Rubber, where a psychic tire kills people. No idea how they did the effects.

@irecordwithaphone1856 Жыл бұрын

I second this that movie is so bizzare but also so interesting visually. I think they were actually moving the tire with a rope or something like almost puppeteering it, but I have a feeling they did something else too

@johnnydsnarkangel Жыл бұрын

Holy shit, how have I never thought of this? Rubber is the perfect level of batshit for a fun reaction

@muscle__rr Жыл бұрын

OK just saw the trailer ( 2010 ?) .. from the camera angles , maybe it's 90% practical .. I mean you can understand that sometimes it's a reversed shot of the tire falling, sometimes the tire is in motion , sometimes it is on ramp , in close-up shots the tire is being held on the other side etc.. Have to see the full movie coz the concept is very interesting

@happzy Жыл бұрын

Seriously, if these guys wont win an oscar for VFX I don't think I will watch the ceremony ever again.

@dracoreiner4790 Жыл бұрын

They surely gonna win Without a doubt Even avatar should be only in the nominees

@fred6907 Жыл бұрын

That award show lost all it's appeal ages ago. Now it's just political correctness with all the gender and race quotas going on. Atleast in terms of actor performance. Still somewhat relevant in terms of CGI and music score.

@ponczi Жыл бұрын

The truth is that in the nominations for effects there is Avatar and BLM and LGBT. The question is whether the hard work put into the form of the film or the pressure of ideology will win.

@happzy Жыл бұрын

@@fred6907 Oh please, this is only true if you view a world through a YT thumbnails. Extremism on both left and right is marginal. We live in a world where "shocking" sells so that's what we're seeing in social media and TV but that's not the reflection of the real world.

@MrFrenchgangsta Жыл бұрын

@@ponczi looks like you’re a few screws short of a lightbulb eh? The other nominees are « All Quiet on the Western Front », « The Batman », « Black Panther 2 » and « Top Gun Maverick ». And even if it were BLM and LGBT like you said you’re basically claiming that seeing POC and queer characters on screen triggers you which is a testimony to the smooth brain that you have

@RyanRaake Жыл бұрын

IM SO GLAD THEY WON THE OSCAR!!! But why’d they cut him off like that 😭💀

@user-pl6ei8xj4t Жыл бұрын

Absolute genius technique they are using, truly a amazing production company

@Lhaffinatu Жыл бұрын

The real magic in all of this is that everything looks so good that most audiences won't worry about anything other than just the story and characters. All the technology used in service of the story is just a powerful tool in the kit of the story tellers and enables future films that would have been otherwise impossible.

@siddhanthdas8622 Жыл бұрын

This video was extremely satisfied as almost all my questions were answered properly, thank you everyone guys :)

@HamzaMussy Жыл бұрын

Tbh, this is way over my head. The work put into this movie and everything is just mind blowing

@SixgunJones Жыл бұрын

We just finally saw this flick over the weekend and holy hell was it incredible looking. We wanted to wait until we could see it in 3D IMAX to give it the best view possible, and it was absolutely worth it. So glad to see the guys interview the brilliant mind behind this amazing movie.

@michaelc5373 Жыл бұрын

This movie was absolutely magical. All their efforts payed off imo

@MHassan1986 Жыл бұрын

I miss the days when this kind of footage was on the bonus dvds. Thank You CD for showing us these truly mind blowing work VFX people do.

@Rocky28447 Жыл бұрын

OSCAR WINNER ON VFX ARTISTS REACT

@heartshinemusic Жыл бұрын

This is so amazing to watch. Thank you guys! I'm loving these behind the scenes / effects stuff. I hope the Avatar 2 blu-ray release will be stuffed with this kind of content!

@vyzetta Жыл бұрын

Probably my favorite episode yet! So insightful!

@Ba4rden Жыл бұрын

Weta's techniques are such wizardry 😵‍💫 Kudos to them for sharing the breakdowns!

@TheLoserface45 Жыл бұрын

This show has SOOOO much credibility not just bc of the knowledge of Niko, Wren and the other hosts at Corridor but they get people who create the industry standard constantly! And in this vid specifically, Eric throws away the line “you guys do this too”. This means that the leaders in VFX are watching Corridor videos too and can speak that casually about Corridor’s work.

@scottshaffer7612 Жыл бұрын

That was Amazing! Thank you Weta for this special treat. Congrats to the gang for having such a master explain his craft.

@Schizm1 Жыл бұрын

A little shoutout for an AMAZING makup artist who painted arms WITH subsurface scattering oO. I love when CG and practical effects are used together like that

@ceno10101 Жыл бұрын

Props to the channel becoming big enough, that big studio VFX crew will sit down to show us all behind the scenes on amazing movie shots! Also, Wren freaking out makes this video 10/10.

@wy4553 Жыл бұрын

I'm really loving the celebration of VFX artists (and really any discipline that were often overlooked/underappreciated). Your average viewer wouldn't have thought twice about the hand-in-water shot but this really shone a spotlight on the amount of work and skill that went into something that only lasts for a few seconds on screen.

@bkizzle401 Жыл бұрын

Weta first astonished me when I saw the Lord of the Rings in theaters way back when.... and so glad to see they keep astonishing people to this day.

@GrimViridian 11 ай бұрын

It STILL blows my mind how well lotr holds up in that regard, the Balrog looks so good even compared to most things now

@Chymai Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Weta studios for taking the time to explain in more detail how much work was put into this movie. You can never truly appreciate something until you understand it. And I don’t nearly understand as much as I should, but I do understand more just how amazingly impressive this movie is!

@strider381901 Жыл бұрын

Maybe you guys should do a VFX artists react to special effects make up? :O

@namyio0278 Жыл бұрын

🤣 yeah

@fenixa2z936 Жыл бұрын

Everything is just so seamless in this movie. 💙 Thank you to all the VFX artists and James Cameron for his insane attention to detail. Now to part 3, with an insane amount of fire and lava. 😃

@AstroSully Жыл бұрын

You know the VFX and CGI are on another level when they’re just speechless. Beautiful film and the work that goes behind all of this is absolutely inspiring.

@inventor4279 Жыл бұрын

I love what this series has become, i wish we had more channels like this for other arts

@mickbanner Жыл бұрын

These are another level good. The most immersive CGI on this scale. well done

@manaze85 Жыл бұрын

I normally hate it when hosts are overly gushy with guests, but the stuff he was talking about was so mind-blowingly creative and innovative how could they not

@lifeisgood_4u Жыл бұрын

This was the most incredibly insightful breakdown that I have ever seen, heard or read. Crazy to imagine that we are just watching this thinking, wow they made that water look real, oh well better get some more popcorn, only to hear how much thought and work, engineering, programming, no doubt sleepless nights, went into this just trying to make a few seconds of film look so real that the audience will just ignore it as such. So much respect for you guys. Thank you for sharing this information with us. My mind is absolutely blown… can’t wait for more interviews like this.

@akivaharker7865 Жыл бұрын

Holy crap this was the best episode you guys have put out!

@sonnyrikhi Жыл бұрын

You guys showed the true power of corridor digital . To get one of best VFX supes and ask him reveal some exclusive BTS which we couldn't get otherwise

@chaos_of_ares2937 Жыл бұрын

Technology and human creativity never ceases to amaze me, beautiful work. Much love chaotic homies at Corridor Crew, keep up the great work!

@vladiesc Жыл бұрын

My mind actually hurts from thinking how they achieved this level of CGI. Amazing stuff!

@quantuminfinity4260 Жыл бұрын

These behind the scenes, make me appreciate how amazing the effects are even more!

@barrygormley Жыл бұрын

This is bloody fantastic. Wish it was the entire movie for about 10 hours breakdown.

@FabianPlum Жыл бұрын

Wow, this was one of my all time favourite episodes. SO much technical detail. Really makes me wanting to go into film and visual effects

@00Mindi00 Жыл бұрын

I'm not even exaggerating - I've seen A2 twice and its the first film I've seen with CGI THAT LOOKS REAL. can you imagine a proper showreel for this film. It'd need to go for an hour.

@anna_in_aotearoa3166 Жыл бұрын

Really appreciate the attention that's put into making physics look real in most Avatar scenes - something that really lets CGI content down in a lot of other franchises. I do feel like the series' storytelling sadly isn't up to the incredible standard of the onscreen visuals, so the films make a big splash on release but don't end up as beloved and rewatched long-term as they could be...? (Doesn't stop them making boatloads of cash, of course!)