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Started by Viking, August 31, 2011, 05:07:38 PM

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Viking

August 31, 2011, 05:07:38 PM
soo.. a time traveller from 1970 comes to the present and sees CGI and quality green screen SFX, will he be tricked. The Star Wars opening scene (with models) works really really well and is believable. The lasers aren't very, but somehow the space ship scenes sort of set the standard for reality.

Blue/Green-screen usually gets itself given away by the different lighting on the background and the foreground objects. CGI usually gets itself given away by the artifact nature of computer generated pixellation. 

Would a teenage George Lucas be blown away by Sucker-Punch, The Hobbit, Harry Potter or Captain America? Would he even notice what we would consider obvious givaways for green screen or cgi sfx?
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Martinus

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August 31, 2011, 05:09:04 PM
No.

Admiral Yi

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August 31, 2011, 05:10:32 PM
Yes.  I wasn't aware that everything in The Gladiator was CGI until I read it somewhere.

Eddie Teach

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August 31, 2011, 05:16:58 PM
I doubt most moviegoers know what "obvious giveaways" you're talking about(I know I don't). Only ways I can tell something is CGI is if it doesn't look true to life or if it's simply physically impossible.
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August 31, 2011, 05:29:42 PM
You can tell when some stuff looks just too perfect.  You can also tell when the foreground is in color, and the background in the car's rear window is black and white.

dps

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August 31, 2011, 05:33:03 PM
Quote from: Viking on August 31, 2011, 05:07:38 PM

Would a teenage George Lucas be blown away by Sucker-Punch, The Hobbit, Harry Potter or Captain America? Would he even notice what we would consider obvious givaways for green screen or cgi sfx?

Don't know, but fat, middle-aged George Lucas doesn't notice lame dialogue and acting when he writes and directs it.

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August 31, 2011, 06:10:58 PM
Speaking of lame George Lucas, supposedly in the upcoming Blu-Ray version, Vader says nooooooooooooooo! when the Emperor zaps Luke in Return of the Jedi.
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August 31, 2011, 06:55:47 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 31, 2011, 06:10:58 PM
Speaking of lame George Lucas, supposedly in the upcoming Blu-Ray version, Vader says nooooooooooooooo! when the Emperor zaps Luke in Return of the Jedi.

Saw that on the QuarterToThree forums.  :lol: :lol:
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