The “No CGI” dynamic around films is odd and reveals, IMO, that mainstream anti-tech sentiment in capitalism only flies as a consumer’s affectation.

I didn’t know about this apart from the usual under-appreciation and under-paying of VFX staff.

But then the “No CGI is just invisible CGI” series (https://www.youtube.com/@TheMovieRabbitHole/videos) and this clip about the Barbie behind the scenes *hiding the bluescreen by filling it in* (https://youtu.be/fPNpFqXraKE?si=yYu569bY8d41DZ2f&t=509) … reveals a profession is being smothered.

@moviesandtv

  • maegul@hachyderm.ioOP
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    8 months ago

    @nickwitha_k balancing things for sure, that’s just craft. But where you lose me is that talking about how CGI is done, how good examples of it are done, and why … is just not mainstream.

    Crashing a plane into a building? … everyone wants to talk about it. But no one ATM seems to want to know about all the awesome shit CGI is doing. Bad examples sure, they exist for all aspects of film. Instead people are lying about how much CGI they’re using, when getting it right could be celebrated.

    • MBM@lemmings.world
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      8 months ago

      I think Avatar is getting praise at least, but yeah people really downplay the craftsmanship that goes into good CGI

    • maegul@hachyderm.ioOP
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      8 months ago

      @nickwitha_k

      And yet when chatGPT and Dall-e come out everyone drops their shit ready to presume the great all-knowing AI godhead has arrived. Why? Well it suits them as consumers, and that was my point.

      I don’t know modern music well enough but it’d be interesting to compare to the weird state music technology has gotten to with synthesisers and digital tooling having completely matured now to the point where a laptop can replace a studio. Anyone advertise “no digital” like Jack White did?