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smaug the stupendous
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Apr 18 2014, 3:35am
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New Virtual Cinematography video!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85LO9tH2Khc
Shows how they did all the fully CGI shots in the film. 1/4 of the shots were fully CGI! I think thats a bit too much but check the video out!
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SafeUnderHill
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Apr 18 2014, 9:04am
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Just to point out, it is not a quarter of the film that is CGI just one quarter of hand shots. There will be a lot of completely CGI shots which are very short which is why there are a lot of them.
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Arannir
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Apr 18 2014, 9:23am
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Though it is as pointed out above the other way round.
Imho it is not too much as the look of the movie is amazing and the CGI much better than in any comparable film-
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tsmith675
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Apr 18 2014, 1:17pm
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I honestly don't see why people hate CGI so much.
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Practical effects aren't better than CG effects. Just like CG effects aren't better than practical effects. CGI is at the point now where it looks like practical effects (mostly). There are obviously some instances of poor CGI use. But ten again, I can see in many films poor set work where I can tell they are obviously on a set. So I don't get why people dislike it so much.
I know people will say they don't like the unnecessary use of CGI, but why not? Why does it matter? Not all CGI looks good, just like all practical effects look good. I was actually surprised at how much was actually CGI. Most of the shots I couldn't even tell. But people seem to get pissed when they hear "A quarter of the shots are CGI" even when they couldn't tell a lot of the shots were CGI in the first place. It makes my brain hurt.
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BlackFox
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Apr 18 2014, 1:25pm
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I personally have a serious case of CGI-detecting-blindness
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They have me fooled 99% of the time.
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Imladris18
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Apr 18 2014, 1:26pm
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Because there's this stigma that CGI is the cheap and easy way to do things.
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Which couldn't be father from the truth. Also, heavy CGI implies more action, which, for whatever reason, movies with lots of action are also critically "bad" movies.
A very, very, very realistic CGI shot will still get criticized simply because some people can notice that it's not real, regardless of the actual quality of the CGI.
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dormouse
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Apr 18 2014, 1:40pm
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And I can't see what the fuss is about
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Darkstone
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Apr 18 2014, 2:05pm
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Sometimes what I'd swear is cgi is real, and other times what I'd swear is real turns out to be cgi, so I don't worry about it. (Like those ruins the Fellowship pass by in FOTR had me wondering where in NZ would there be such a beautiful old cathedral.)
Anyway, I grew up on creature features with rubber suited monsters and wire propelled spaceships, so I learned long ago to suspend belief. You gotta meet the filmmakers halfway if you really want to enjoy a film.
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Thranderz
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Apr 18 2014, 2:13pm
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If you're immersed in their world then CGI should just aid in the immersion, you shouldn't be trying to point it out. What you said about meeting them half way hits the nail on the head for me!
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Darkstone
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Apr 18 2014, 2:26pm
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If you do things the expensive and hard way you end up with studio breaking mega-flops like Heaven's Gate (1980), Waterworld (1995), and Sahara (2006).
Really, it is the producer's job to make a movie as easily and cheaply as possible. He'll get fired otherwise, and rightly so.
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Imladris18
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Apr 18 2014, 2:40pm
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But I think the perception is that it's cheap/lazy.
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glor
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Apr 18 2014, 4:29pm
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or the notion that computer generated equals no human creative hands or minds involved and, no skill. There is a prejudice against any creative medium that involves the use of computer technology as if, the process involved in such works is done by the microchips not, the human operator and therefore has less value than traditional methods of artistic expression.
I also think there is a certain amount of politics with a small p. CGI, like electronic music challenges those whose livelihoods are dependent on more traditional mediums of creativity, there are directors and actors who claim not to like CGI and refuse to work with it yet, it is more likely the case that they cannot work with it. CGI movies for instance have garnered a reputation for bad acting, many actors from traditional film and Tv backgrounds struggle with their performances in the CGI medium, yet actors from a theatrical background have a stronger tendency to produce high quality performances in CGI films. This is probably because theatre actors have the skill set and experience to work with imaginary rather than real backgrounds, and props, for instance, standing alone on a setless stage giving a battle speech in Shakespeare and having the chops to convince an audience that a battle is taking place, in a film, it's similar and has to be created later in post-production by the CGI team. From an acting POV, CGI and theatre involve similar skill sets and experience.
Tv and film actors, especially many of Hollywoods movie stars are severly lacking in theatre experience and instead have a style of acting that involves reacting and interacting with 'real' objects and people on set, putting such an actor on a full blown green set is like a fish out fo water, as Lucas proved in the Star wars prequels where, some of the finest movie actors of that generation gave some of the most wooden performances of their careers.
An interesting observation; bad movies made largely using traditional techniques, have the blame laid at the director, the scriptwriter or the cast depending on why said film is considered rotten, the reason for a films failure is often analysed and broken down into it's component parts. However, if that film is CGI based that analysis is usually omitted and instead what is left is often nothing more than a critique that amounts to, this film is bad because it is CGI. The fact that a CGI film can be bad for the same reasons a traditional film is considered a turkey, is rarely explored
I think from the industry and critics there is an element of badmouthing CGI not because it is less creative but because it is threatening, this combined with misconceptions about computers and creativity and the critical responses that focus on CGI as the reason for turkeys has created a highly negative discourse around CGI.
Having said that, the wind is beginning to blow in a different direction, films like Life of Pi and Gravity have sought to challenge the discourse around CGI and the audience perception of what a CGI film is as far as genre and subject matter are concerned, that is grown up Oscar bait movies as opposed to blockbusters and superhero films. I think this is because the studios and those with a bit of smarts in Hollywood realise that with the changing film market films need to be made cheaper in order to make profits and sustain the industry if it is to survive, CGI is a way to do that because it can be cheaper than using real sets and locations but in order to do this they have to elevate CGI films in the minds of audiences, the promotion around Gravity is a good example of seeking to challenge the preconceptions around CGi with it's heavy emphasis on the acting and it's subsequent campaign for acting Oscar glory in the shape of Sandra Bullock.
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SafeUnderHill
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Apr 18 2014, 5:31pm
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I've been meaning to let out my feelings about digital work in film, seeing how it gets so much bad press, and in just the first paragraph you seem to have explained the situation perfectly. I look forward to reading the whole thing.
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Apr 18 2014, 7:42pm
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with Eowyn standing on the front steps with the wall of mountains off to her side? That looked so CGI to me. Could have knocked me down with a feather when I realised the mountains were real.
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Starling
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Apr 18 2014, 8:57pm
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But I went there a few years ago,
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and discovered the mountains were just painted on a few sheets of cardboard. So disappointing. 
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Starling
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Apr 18 2014, 9:11pm
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And painted entirely by hand.
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DanielLB
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Apr 18 2014, 9:13pm
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Soggy mountains must be a nightmare to mop up after rain. /
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BlackFox
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Apr 18 2014, 9:25pm
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I don't like where this is going... //
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"Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake." - Henry David Thoreau
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DanielLB
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Apr 18 2014, 9:27pm
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The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Soggy Mountain. /
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Two threads in one day. Love it.
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BlackFox
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Apr 18 2014, 9:33pm
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Soggyback Mountain! 
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