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[–] MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 14 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

There's a great channel with a series "No CGI is really just Invisable CGI" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB6ZABC2cArGjau4AyBMqVg Talks about how movies are trying to advertise with no CGI, but still use it everywhere.

That and Corridor Crew going behind the scenes showing how much work the artist out into the movies, just for the directors to talk about how everything was in frame and that.

Hell, Godzilla (2014) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) had a similar amount of CGI shots, it was just hidden so well.

[–] Liketearsinrain@lemmy.ml 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Of course Godzilla had CGI, you know it's not a real animal right

[–] hkspowers@lemmy.today 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Read that sentence again, you missed the point being made.

[–] Liketearsinrain@lemmy.ml 4 points 19 hours ago

I was making a joke 😅

[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 19 hours ago

They never said "No CGI", they said there "No green screen"

[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 8 points 20 hours ago

Amaze Amaze Amaze

[–] TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id 59 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Broken@lemmy.ml 8 points 20 hours ago

Technically having more than one green screen shot would make "not a single green screen shot" true as well.

[–] Kraiden@piefed.social 53 points 1 day ago (3 children)

My guess is those new massive screens that they use instead

LED volumes

[–] triptrapper@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

I was wondering about this exact thing. I know Greig Fraser used them extensively in the Dune movies and The Batman.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 2 points 20 hours ago

Also known as "virtual set"

[–] cyrano@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago

Thx for sharing

[–] JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social 6 points 20 hours ago

The book has been sitting on my shelf for a few years. I've finally started to read it and in 2 days I'm already 120ish pages in. I can't wait for the movie now.

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Who gives a shit? Green screen films look absolutely fine.

[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.wtf 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Some do, some look fucking awful. I notice it most when the lighting on the actor doesn't match the environment they're supposed to be in. Other times the CGI background is too in focus so they can show off their work but it makes the scene look flat.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 4 points 19 hours ago

Surely you don’t mean the latest Captain America film that looked like a Command & Conquer cutscene throughout?!

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s the hype machine. I think I must be the only person on earth who was underwhelmed by this book. Artemis was a lot more fun.

[–] snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah it was fun but the ending was just eh. Artemis was better.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 19 hours ago

We found them, ladies and gentlemen, the two people who liked Artemis more than Hail Mary.

They'll never be able to hurt people again with their reviews.

[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Really excited for this movie

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

bought a ticket for the preview on the 14th.

Excite. excite. excite

[–] Thorry@feddit.org 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Gargantuanthud@lemmy.ca 5 points 21 hours ago

Fist my bump!

[–] cubism_pitta@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Same. I have everyone in my circle gassed up to see this one.

I am not much of a movie person but the book is probably one of my favorite things I have read in the last few years.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Same. I told my sci-fi interested 13 y.o. that he's coming with me when I go to see it, and I recommended that he didn't watch any trailers due to spoilers. If the movie is anything like the book, we'll both love it.

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 day ago

It will probably be the only film for whch I will go to the cinema this year.

[–] KaChilde@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

Can’t wait for this film to wind up nominated for Best Visual Effects after everyone in the film goes on and on about how the use of CGI or greenscreen makes a film feel fake and THEIR film feels real because they built their own set. As if other films have never used a physical set in conjunction with greenscreen and visual effects to make successful films.

There is no doubt a team of very talented visual effects artists on this film who are being underpaid and overworked. Why are these filmmakers then stigmatising the work they depend on to make their generic popcorn flick?

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Taking the Nolan method and making a practical spacecraft and a mission to space

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 1 day ago

The hard part was discovering an alien species that looked like rocky

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 2 points 19 hours ago

Cue “behind the scenes” documentary showing all the amazing green screen shots the effects team pulled together, including ones you assumed were just in a room on Earth, as rooms on Earth are pretty easy.

[–] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah it's Ryan Gosling, I was thinking "That can't be Seth Green?"

[–] Soulg@ani.social 3 points 21 hours ago

After reading your comment it really does look like him yeah

[–] SteposVenzny@beehaw.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Having recently read the book, I don’t really see how there could be.

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago

Maybe the very end of the book, but otherwise yeah.