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Not going to lie I barely paid any attention to the ad and that’s something I wouldn’t have done if Jordan was doing the ad. Not only is she better on the eye but she brings a bit of energy to her sponsored ads that even if you aren’t interested in the product you are still engaged.
TV Series Fringe you guys should do a reaction to shots in Fringe like the pilot episode with the translucent man and the episode with the bank robbers who walk through solid matter
It's been so cool seeing them get more and more heavyweights on the couch to react. It still blows my mind I've been watching this series for so many years and it just gets better.
They don't research anymore when they don't have an expert tho. They kinda just throw the same random guesses at the wall. Kinda leads to 3 men glazing or making fun of a random movie as opposed to adding insight like how they would have done the shit themselves.
I got the impression that he wasn't entirely pleased with it from when it was made, but there wasn't enough time/money/computer power to get the shot to look the way he wanted.
So you're looking for aviation miniature scenes? I give you Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. There is a shot of Sulu flying a UH-1 series "Huey" helicopter across San Francisco Bay, but the studio could not get the proper permits to fly an actual helicopter. So what they did was fly a model Huey in such a way that it appeared to be several hundred feet off the ground, as well as several hundred feet away. BONUS: Check the insert shot of Sulu flipping random switches. The wiper starts moving, and at the bottom of the frame, you can see the finger of a member of the film crew manually moving the wiper! By the way, a similar technique was used in the opening sequence of The Towering Inferno (1974), albeit with a mix of real and miniature footage, as well as an attempted rooftop rescue scene.
"What can go wrong here is that I've never thought of it before so therefore it can't work" I think that is the realest statement that has ever been said on this channel.
maaan, bringing Jon Favreau would be the Jackie Chan level of guest, and bringing the guy that MADE the technique used in Avatar was also absurdly cool
@@kennybosefuslol are you kidding me? That guy made Iron Man 1 and 2 as well as Lion King (Bad reception but AMAZING vfx), The Mandalorian, Orville and other high class vfx heavy shows. There is so much knowledge that this guy has, plus he can explain well. Why don't you like him/why do you think he would be a garbage guest? This seems illogical. (Greetings to my fellow trekkies lol)
@@kennybosefus wth hahahahahahaha I think you are at the wrong comment section, why would the guy who made marvel universe be a thing, the guy who also made one of the best star wars content out there, why would he be a bad guest?
@@derAtze Triggered you people with five words. I do not like the guy. You are giving him credit for the work of THOUSANDS of people. You are insulting every artist, musician, writer, and actor that has worked on the projects he is associated with. So I'll reiterate... No thanks.
Series idea: Camera men react! Give some love to the guys doing the camera work and most probably get some cool stories and inside info on the camera shots!
4:00 "I can do it in unreal now" because of COURSE he's kept up on the latest technology his entire life. Why wouldn't he be able to? IDK why this never occurred to me before.
The tech that they made Lion King and Jungle Book remakes were the catalyst for building the fabled Volume LED Stage... Which was powered by Unreal 4 and used on Mandalorian by... Favreau. In short. He didn't keep up with the tech... He pushed it to get to where it is. :P Though virtual cameras to previs cgi characters was experimented with much earlier with by Peter Jackson for the Cave Troll sequence in Lord of the Rings. And using giant screens to light sets and talent and give final backgrounds can be seen earlier as well in Tom Cruise's Oblivion. Even returning to Cameron, he famously used hand held cameras and cranes on rear screen shots in ways I haven't seen since or before until the Volume.
@@jmalmsten the volume was derived from Lucas Arts. Lucas built a small one for Phantom Menace as a test idea but shelved it. When Favreau visited for his CLone Wars voice role not only did he revive the dark saber but saw the test rig in a back garage and immediately realized its potential.
It's great to see because there are so many people that refuse to keep up with the times. They do the "back in MY day we did it THIS way and that's how I'm gonna do it!". And that's not always a bad idea (new isn't always better) but just refusing to keep up with tech at all is a crazy thing to do
Obligatory talking about the seaplane escape scene from The Phantom, 1996. There's some great moments with it and I think the effects, trickery holds up to this day. There's a few moments I think I see cuts, when they transition to from different shots, different effects. Would love to see you guys react to it.
Speaking of aviation, have y'all reviewed The Rocketeer? It was the first live action superhero film to truly be executed exactly as seen in the comics it was based on as opposed to Tim Burton's live action depiction of Batman in his own stylized version.
Oh! This is part 2 from last month! I had to go look at the vid from last month to confirm you're wearing the same clothes. :) Anyhoo, I goddamn LOVE Robert Legato's work. No wonder he has a pile of dem statues. So many good stories and insights that I hope he agrees to come back. Great job, guys.
You guys have got to do a review of Rhaenyra getting off of her dragon in House of the Dragon S2E1, I literally had to pause the episode and rewind because the CGI was so goofy for such a major budget production!!
i was watching it at 2x speed and it definitely looked unnatural. it looked a little better at normal speed - but still not very convincing. nonetheless, i don't think it's because of bad technique or low skill but just not enough time / too much workload
For plane sequences, check out the 1960s Battle of Britain movie. Lots of miniatures and practical aircraft. One scene in particular you see the wire antenna for the radio controlled German bomber as it crashes, so they went back and filmed the control cables inside the plane being cut by bullets to "explain" the error in filming.
I watched that close to when it came out, it was long ago enough that I don't remember the details other than being completely sucked into the moment during that sequence, it still sticks with me
Alright, I've got timestamps for Die Hard 2. 1:18:15 for the janky vfx airplane ejection, and 1:50:10 for the start of the airplane explosion. There is a good fight scene leading up to the airplane explosion starting at 1:46:52. Hope this helps. Been on a Die Hard kick recently, and you showed the scene from 3 Body Problem that I (and probably a lot of other people) pitched. Love you guys! Thank you.
Rob is one of my favorite guests on the whole of this show. I love how casually he's always just like "yeah i invented something that would change VFX forever cuz I was bored"
I love the people you have on because they are all so insanely modist because they are all behind the camera and just love the work they do. They never come on the show with something to sell they come because they love the art
It's people like this that I love. A baby boomer, but never let changing technology affect his love of film making, and it seems to only have made it stronger. He never saw digital as a bad thing. Instead of retiring because technology "surpassed" him, no, he uses it as the tool it should be, and invents all these cool hybrid digital/OG filming methods. Bravo. This is a perfect lesson on embracing change no matter what generation you are.
One of my favorite surprises watching one of Favreau's movies was Cowboys & Aliens on bluray with the commentary track. He was just so soft-spoken and genuine about working with everyone. He knew everyone's name and gave so much credit and enjoyed making the movie that I appreciated the movie more.
As someone who identifies as someone who has read this comment and also seen VFX in movies I can also say this comment is great and this video is great.
If you want a great " mistake turned gag" that I did. I was filming a student event at a college campus. The students were racing on office chairs. Well one team got a bit out of control and I had to step back to stay out of the action. The shot ended up with a camera shake right as the chair left shot. So I got sound effects for a tire screech and a door hit and turned it into a "car hits camera pole" gag.
In my experience camera department personnel are very grounded. They like capturing everything real and in camera. Talking to them about VFX is often a challenging endeavor. But it's good when you find someone who is willing to adjust their view when presented with some reassurance. Loved hearing that story about the Cinematographer and the propellers.
There are some serious flying stunts in George Roy Hill’s ”The Great Waldo Pepper” (1975). Robert Redford doing work without security harnesses or chutes.
Guys., Have you checked out the visual effects in the old Telugu movie 'Mayabazar' (1957)? It's a classic Indian film that used some pioneering techniques for its time. Despite being made over six decades ago, the creativity and ingenuity behind its special effects are truly impressive. It would be great to see you react to how they achieved those effects with the limited technology available back then. It’s a fascinating example of early VFX work that holds a special place in Indian cinema history!
14:00 : "Grab a camera and go outside and shoot it". Great underestimated suggestion. I am a mediocre photographer and I attempted filmaking, and I learned my limitations. But I can't stand people that judge and do without knowing the basics... I always said to whoever asked me for a short video claiming it was expensive or had weird opinions on how a scene did not work, "grab the phone e show to me what you want". And then they realise the effort, technicality and experience needed for just the basic stuff...
The Hudner ditching scene in the movie "Devotion" (2022) is a amazing scene that looks like a long one shot but it can't be. A breakdown would be great.
i'd love to see jon favreau on the show, i keep finding more and more amazing projects that i had no idea he worked on. everything he has a hand in turns to gold.
A lot of old WWII movies have some cool practical effects shots including some pretty solid air combat. My favorite air combat film pre-1990 is probably Tora! Tora! Tora! Or The Battle of Britain.
The movie Stealth from 2005 does a great job with its aircraft CGI even if it isn't perfectly photo-real sometimes. It also definitely seems like it used a good number of model shots as well.
Please talk about The Italian Job (2001)'s helicopter sequences. Its mostly practical, but with some really smart VFX in there as well. The VFX breakdowns for some of the explosions and stuff in that movie are also impressive, especially for the budget they did that movie on!
Aviation miniature scenes galore in The Gods Must Be Crazy 2, whose characters fly around in a plane that was too small to exist functionally in real life. Also great movie.
This was one of my favourites so far! I love the technical stuff behind those movies and it was very impressive to see, what he achieved! Must be really cool to work in virtual environments like you do in real life, would love to do that :D
For good airplane sequences, I recommend checking out Tora! Tora! Tora! All real stunts that includes landing a real plane on one wheel and a runaway prop plane that nearly killed a bunch of extras. Fantastic practical effects.
For the aerial scene maybe take a look at Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. The VFX are very stylized and kind of don't hold up but also they're very unique and fun.
@3:48 I recently watched the 1960s movie Catch-22, and it had World War II bombers flying in formation really close to camera. They were smoky and looked stinky, might have been war salvage. That movie starred Alan Arkin when he’s really young, good watch for more than just the cool aviation.
I think it would be really entertaining to see you guys react to and break down Thunderbirds. Starting with the puppets of the 60s, onto the CG of the 2004 movie, then the blend of both in the reboot series.
If you want to review the BEST plane crash scene of ALL TIME -- Fearless (1993) has the most impactful, emotional, and well shot plane crash scene ever filmed in my opinion. The post-crash scene (at the beginning of the film) is also probably the most realistic set of that kind of tragedy I've ever seen. It uses a variety of practical and CG effects, in addition to putting the actors on rigs to move them around like would be the case in a crash.
Have you guys ever reacted/watched the 80's gem of a movie that is Batteries Not Included! The miniature and puppet work are adorable... but the movie itself seems to be lost to the sands of time for most people, but I remember it very fondly!
When you have someone super talented and experienced on the couch and they say something like "this shot sucked" for their own film (around 4:06), then it would be cool to take a pause and get them to break down what's bad about the shot and what they would do to fix it. Not sure if that's something you include in the longer edits on the site, but would love to see stuff like that on UA-cam as well.
I loved to see the practical effects from The Aviator- it would have been great to have a deeper description of how they did that cockpit & undersized engines perspective effect.
06:55 Everytime I think of researching family I think of the movie Hitch and how he figures out that his love interest had an immigrant that was a butcher.
i know this is primarily a vfx channel but since it got stunts and cartoon reacts, maybe we could do other areas such as compositors react, prop artists react (which would include minatures), 3D modellers react, and maybe having community segments/people on the show beyond the big blockbusters
You guys need to react to and dissect the opening sequence of Katherine Bigelow's "Strange Days" (1995) I still cannot fathom how they filmed such an intricate POV sequence, with stunts and VFX, all while shooting through someone's "eyes" with a 35mm film camera!!
Y'all should talk about The Fall (2006). It supposedly has no "special effects", so it would be great to see you reacting to some of the incredible shots in the movie, and thinking about how you would have approached it differently.
In the new movie "IF" there is an imagination scene where the main character imagines a bunch of different things that Ryan Reynolds character goes through. Definitely a very cool well made scene worth checking out.
Hey C-Crew I hope this works this time, I was having issues with it yesterday when trying to post it. In regards to your aviation video recommendations. I HIGHLY recommend checking out the 1969 movie 'The Battle of Britain' by MGM Studios. It's truly incredible with how much real aircraft they used for the film. Something close to 20-30 aircraft were either restored, collected from museums or straight up borrowed by The Spanish Airforce to use. There's even a complete making of documentary on youtube. There is minimal cg effects, since its...well...1969 XD There's the use of large RC aircraft, goofy fx, cut shots for explosions and some amazing acting work in the fight scenes and incredible music. Well worth checking out!
I know you like to analyse fire in movies, and I'd love to see your thoughts of the fire in the movie "Damsel". Especially around the 40 minute mark when the princess first meets the dragon
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Not going to lie I barely paid any attention to the ad and that’s something I wouldn’t have done if Jordan was doing the ad. Not only is she better on the eye but she brings a bit of energy to her sponsored ads that even if you aren’t interested in the product you are still engaged.
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@@Turdstool78 I can't believe you took the time to write such a comment
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TV Series Fringe
you guys should do a reaction to shots in Fringe like the pilot episode with the translucent man and the episode with the bank robbers who walk through solid matter
It's crazy how regularly you guys have Academy Award winning filmmakers on the couch, this series has come so far
This guy is one of the best if not the best in his field and a true innovator/pioneer.
so casually too lol
It's been so cool seeing them get more and more heavyweights on the couch to react. It still blows my mind I've been watching this series for so many years and it just gets better.
They don't research anymore when they don't have an expert tho. They kinda just throw the same random guesses at the wall. Kinda leads to 3 men glazing or making fun of a random movie as opposed to adding insight like how they would have done the shit themselves.
i'm sure being localised in LA doesn't hurt.
13:04 The visual explanation for when he says "it's the balls enough to do something they've never done before" with the arrows sent me😂
Just so we're clear on what we mean by that
Bit juvenile, that
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*looking at an old shot of his that hasn't aged that well*
nonchalantly: "yeah this sucks, I could do it better in unreal now"
I love this man
That statement really shows that he's passionate and an artist at heart
I got the impression that he wasn't entirely pleased with it from when it was made, but there wasn't enough time/money/computer power to get the shot to look the way he wanted.
So you're looking for aviation miniature scenes? I give you Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. There is a shot of Sulu flying a UH-1 series "Huey" helicopter across San Francisco Bay, but the studio could not get the proper permits to fly an actual helicopter. So what they did was fly a model Huey in such a way that it appeared to be several hundred feet off the ground, as well as several hundred feet away. BONUS: Check the insert shot of Sulu flipping random switches. The wiper starts moving, and at the bottom of the frame, you can see the finger of a member of the film crew manually moving the wiper!
By the way, a similar technique was used in the opening sequence of The Towering Inferno (1974), albeit with a mix of real and miniature footage, as well as an attempted rooftop rescue scene.
"What can go wrong here is that I've never thought of it before so therefore it can't work"
I think that is the realest statement that has ever been said on this channel.
I could listen to Robert talk about his movies for hours. It’s amazing to hear how they do their art
maaan, bringing Jon Favreau would be the Jackie Chan level of guest, and bringing the guy that MADE the technique used in Avatar was also absurdly cool
No thanks. Garbage guest request.
@@kennybosefuslol are you kidding me? That guy made Iron Man 1 and 2 as well as Lion King (Bad reception but AMAZING vfx), The Mandalorian, Orville and other high class vfx heavy shows. There is so much knowledge that this guy has, plus he can explain well.
Why don't you like him/why do you think he would be a garbage guest? This seems illogical. (Greetings to my fellow trekkies lol)
@@kennybosefus wth hahahahahahaha I think you are at the wrong comment section, why would the guy who made marvel universe be a thing, the guy who also made one of the best star wars content out there, why would he be a bad guest?
@kennybosefus hater detected 🙄
@@derAtze Triggered you people with five words. I do not like the guy. You are giving him credit for the work of THOUSANDS of people. You are insulting every artist, musician, writer, and actor that has worked on the projects he is associated with.
So I'll reiterate... No thanks.
Series idea: Camera men react! Give some love to the guys doing the camera work and most probably get some cool stories and inside info on the camera shots!
As a former camera op, I agree!
Doesn't even have to be a massive series, just a few episodes here and there. I would love to watch that.
Would love to see Hoyte van hoytema on the couch.
It’d be interesting to see you guys do a “Lion King” (2019) vs “The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe” (2005) lion effects.
Lion effects is a great shout. Check out Megan Fox's Rogue for the other end of things!
4:00 "I can do it in unreal now" because of COURSE he's kept up on the latest technology his entire life. Why wouldn't he be able to? IDK why this never occurred to me before.
He's a craftsman at the top of his game, he will know all the tricks, his passion drives him.
The tech that they made Lion King and Jungle Book remakes were the catalyst for building the fabled Volume LED Stage... Which was powered by Unreal 4 and used on Mandalorian by... Favreau.
In short. He didn't keep up with the tech... He pushed it to get to where it is. :P
Though virtual cameras to previs cgi characters was experimented with much earlier with by Peter Jackson for the Cave Troll sequence in Lord of the Rings. And using giant screens to light sets and talent and give final backgrounds can be seen earlier as well in Tom Cruise's Oblivion.
Even returning to Cameron, he famously used hand held cameras and cranes on rear screen shots in ways I haven't seen since or before until the Volume.
@@jmalmsten the volume was derived from Lucas Arts. Lucas built a small one for Phantom Menace as a test idea but shelved it. When Favreau visited for his CLone Wars voice role not only did he revive the dark saber but saw the test rig in a back garage and immediately realized its potential.
It's great to see because there are so many people that refuse to keep up with the times. They do the "back in MY day we did it THIS way and that's how I'm gonna do it!". And that's not always a bad idea (new isn't always better) but just refusing to keep up with tech at all is a crazy thing to do
Using puppets to help the young actor better engage with the story and characters is such a good idea and so unexpectably adorable
Obligatory talking about the seaplane escape scene from The Phantom, 1996.
There's some great moments with it and I think the effects, trickery holds up to this day.
There's a few moments I think I see cuts, when they transition to from different shots, different effects. Would love to see you guys react to it.
Speaking of aviation, have y'all reviewed The Rocketeer? It was the first live action superhero film to truly be executed exactly as seen in the comics it was based on as opposed to Tim Burton's live action depiction of Batman in his own stylized version.
For plane films, it has to be Wings (1927)
Yes when you realize the limitations of the 1920s it’s actually insane to think about what they pulled off. Hence it won the Oscar.
I was just about to comment this! They absolutely need to look at Wings
Also THE BLUE MAX. INSANE what the ly pulled off back then.
Also Hell's Angels (1930), would have been an interesting comparison to "The Aviator" since that movie is part of the story.
Yes! I’ve been waiting to see some clips from The Aviator; one of my favorite movies that used special effects to elaborate the story, not rely on it.
Iron eagle was my childhood favorite airplane movie 😂❤ 4:32
Most of the movie was meh, but the Cessna Aerobat vs dirt bike race was amazing.
That shot with the small aero-engines is so clever and effective.
Oh! This is part 2 from last month! I had to go look at the vid from last month to confirm you're wearing the same clothes. :) Anyhoo, I goddamn LOVE Robert Legato's work. No wonder he has a pile of dem statues. So many good stories and insights that I hope he agrees to come back. Great job, guys.
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You guys have got to do a review of Rhaenyra getting off of her dragon in House of the Dragon S2E1, I literally had to pause the episode and rewind because the CGI was so goofy for such a major budget production!!
I noticed that on first watch as well, it's not awful but it's just 'off' enough that you can notice it easily the first time
i was watching it at 2x speed and it definitely looked unnatural. it looked a little better at normal speed - but still not very convincing. nonetheless, i don't think it's because of bad technique or low skill but just not enough time / too much workload
@@360.Tapestryyeah I think its more of a time/budget thing where it was on the lower tier of fx shots to be done over the majority of ‘money shots’
There's a gold mine of content in video game cinematics
A bridge to far, the plane even with them dropping with the parachutes is so good
Animatronic episode please, rise of Skywalker has a full animatronic Maz Kanata, but nobody noticed (or cared) because it was assumed it was CGI
a bunch of people noticed immediately, she barely moves lol
Even though the Last Jedi was not the best, I did loved those crystal foxes shown
For plane sequences, check out the 1960s Battle of Britain movie. Lots of miniatures and practical aircraft. One scene in particular you see the wire antenna for the radio controlled German bomber as it crashes, so they went back and filmed the control cables inside the plane being cut by bullets to "explain" the error in filming.
Speaking of plane shots, I’d love to see you guys break down the plane crash from “The Grey” with Liam Neeson!
I watched that close to when it came out, it was long ago enough that I don't remember the details other than being completely sucked into the moment during that sequence, it still sticks with me
Alright, I've got timestamps for Die Hard 2. 1:18:15 for the janky vfx airplane ejection, and 1:50:10 for the start of the airplane explosion. There is a good fight scene leading up to the airplane explosion starting at 1:46:52. Hope this helps. Been on a Die Hard kick recently, and you showed the scene from 3 Body Problem that I (and probably a lot of other people) pitched. Love you guys! Thank you.
Rob is one of my favorite guests on the whole of this show. I love how casually he's always just like "yeah i invented something that would change VFX forever cuz I was bored"
I love the people you have on because they are all so insanely modist because they are all behind the camera and just love the work they do. They never come on the show with something to sell they come because they love the art
Thank you guys for dropping betterhelp i haven't seen you sponser them lately
Check out the airplane scenes from Dr. Strange Love.
It's people like this that I love. A baby boomer, but never let changing technology affect his love of film making, and it seems to only have made it stronger. He never saw digital as a bad thing. Instead of retiring because technology "surpassed" him, no, he uses it as the tool it should be, and invents all these cool hybrid digital/OG filming methods. Bravo. This is a perfect lesson on embracing change no matter what generation you are.
“as above so below” has some unique vfx!
Whoever edited the gag at 13:02 needs a raise. That gave me a genuine chuckle 😏
One of my favorite surprises watching one of Favreau's movies was Cowboys & Aliens on bluray with the commentary track. He was just so soft-spoken and genuine about working with everyone. He knew everyone's name and gave so much credit and enjoyed making the movie that I appreciated the movie more.
Wow.. I love how you guys get more and more of these geniuses on the couch!
As someone who identifies as someone who has seen VFX in movies, I have to say that this is great.
As someone who identifies as someone who has read this comment and also seen VFX in movies I can also say this comment is great and this video is great.
I like motion pictures...
If you want a great " mistake turned gag" that I did. I was filming a student event at a college campus. The students were racing on office chairs. Well one team got a bit out of control and I had to step back to stay out of the action. The shot ended up with a camera shake right as the chair left shot. So I got sound effects for a tire screech and a door hit and turned it into a "car hits camera pole" gag.
Ya'll need to start putting the filmography of guests like this up on the screen so viewers know just how insane some of these resumes are
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In my experience camera department personnel are very grounded. They like capturing everything real and in camera. Talking to them about VFX is often a challenging endeavor. But it's good when you find someone who is willing to adjust their view when presented with some reassurance. Loved hearing that story about the Cinematographer and the propellers.
The Great Waldo Pepper has some amazing aerial photography and stunts. great film.
Have you guys ever seen Spielberg's "Always"? Great firefighting plane work. A quasi-remake of one of his favorite films, "A Guy Named Joe".
It’s pretty unfortunate that these episodes feel like they’ve been getting shorter and shorter in favour of selling your website
There are some serious flying stunts in George Roy Hill’s ”The Great Waldo Pepper” (1975). Robert Redford doing work without security harnesses or chutes.
What a lovely man and so kind to be at the top of his game and take the time to share what he's learned over the years
The Aviator is by far one of the most well shot/edited movies ever, absolutely amazing
Guys., Have you checked out the visual effects in the old Telugu movie 'Mayabazar' (1957)?
It's a classic Indian film that used some pioneering techniques for its time. Despite being made over six decades ago, the creativity and ingenuity behind its special effects are truly impressive. It would be great to see you react to how they achieved those effects with the limited technology available back then. It’s a fascinating example of early VFX work that holds a special place in Indian cinema history!
Legato is so humble about what he does, where hes from and so on.
14:00 : "Grab a camera and go outside and shoot it".
Great underestimated suggestion.
I am a mediocre photographer and I attempted filmaking, and I learned my limitations. But I can't stand people that judge and do without knowing the basics... I always said to whoever asked me for a short video claiming it was expensive or had weird opinions on how a scene did not work, "grab the phone e show to me what you want". And then they realise the effort, technicality and experience needed for just the basic stuff...
The guy is a genius of visual effects, bring him back.
The Hudner ditching scene in the movie "Devotion" (2022) is a amazing scene that looks like a long one shot but it can't be. A breakdown would be great.
The opening plane scene in Overlord was so good!
i'd love to see jon favreau on the show, i keep finding more and more amazing projects that i had no idea he worked on. everything he has a hand in turns to gold.
If you're doing a segment on planes in movies, you absolutely GOTTA do the intro to Dark Knight Rises. That was such an exhilirating scene to watch
There's a great parachute from a plane scene in Overlord (2018). There's also some great set work and oners.
The Final Countdown has some amazing aircraft work. The Flight of the Intruder, as well.
The plane crash sequence from Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent is great.
Great airplane (and rocket) sequences in The Right Stuff (1983). Very well done for the time period.
A lot of old WWII movies have some cool practical effects shots including some pretty solid air combat. My favorite air combat film pre-1990 is probably Tora! Tora! Tora! Or The Battle of Britain.
The effects used for the aliens in Attack The Block would be interesting to dissect. Simple low-budget solution but looks great and thematic.
Dennis Muren. Richard Edlund. John Dykstra. Doug Trumbull. These are the last few legends of VFX you need to bring to the show.
The long ad in the middle always kills it
I have fond memories of watching The Thief of Baghdad (1940), there should be some interesting old school effects to look at.
Flyboys and Redtails are two of my favorite aviation movies
The movie Stealth from 2005 does a great job with its aircraft CGI even if it isn't perfectly photo-real sometimes. It also definitely seems like it used a good number of model shots as well.
Robert is one of my favorite guests!
Please talk about The Italian Job (2001)'s helicopter sequences. Its mostly practical, but with some really smart VFX in there as well. The VFX breakdowns for some of the explosions and stuff in that movie are also impressive, especially for the budget they did that movie on!
Aviation miniature scenes galore in The Gods Must Be Crazy 2, whose characters fly around in a plane that was too small to exist functionally in real life. Also great movie.
"Masters of the Air" is amazing. I believe is produced by Tom Hanks and Steeven Spilberg
Absolute legend! So cool seeing him on the couch and listening to him. Another great episode guys!
Love seeing your UA-cam to private website video durations become shorter. GREAT JOB!
This was one of my favourites so far! I love the technical stuff behind those movies and it was very impressive to see, what he achieved! Must be really cool to work in virtual environments like you do in real life, would love to do that :D
For good airplane sequences, I recommend checking out Tora! Tora! Tora! All real stunts that includes landing a real plane on one wheel and a runaway prop plane that nearly killed a bunch of extras. Fantastic practical effects.
For the aerial scene maybe take a look at Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. The VFX are very stylized and kind of don't hold up but also they're very unique and fun.
5:48 honestly it’s even better. He gave James Cameron the ABILITY to make avatar.
This was so freaking rad guys, I could have watched like 3 more hours of it.
For more aviation stuff let's see some Masters of the Air!
@3:48 I recently watched the 1960s movie Catch-22, and it had World War II bombers flying in formation really close to camera. They were smoky and looked stinky, might have been war salvage. That movie starred Alan Arkin when he’s really young, good watch for more than just the cool aviation.
I think it would be really entertaining to see you guys react to and break down Thunderbirds. Starting with the puppets of the 60s, onto the CG of the 2004 movie, then the blend of both in the reboot series.
If you want to review the BEST plane crash scene of ALL TIME -- Fearless (1993) has the most impactful, emotional, and well shot plane crash scene ever filmed in my opinion. The post-crash scene (at the beginning of the film) is also probably the most realistic set of that kind of tragedy I've ever seen. It uses a variety of practical and CG effects, in addition to putting the actors on rigs to move them around like would be the case in a crash.
Have you guys ever reacted/watched the 80's gem of a movie that is Batteries Not Included! The miniature and puppet work are adorable... but the movie itself seems to be lost to the sands of time for most people, but I remember it very fondly!
When you have someone super talented and experienced on the couch and they say something like "this shot sucked" for their own film (around 4:06), then it would be cool to take a pause and get them to break down what's bad about the shot and what they would do to fix it. Not sure if that's something you include in the longer edits on the site, but would love to see stuff like that on UA-cam as well.
Crazy stunt on Kiss The Girls starring Morgan Freeman, around 47:50 minutes in the jump from the waterfall is a near death experience!
I loved to see the practical effects from The Aviator- it would have been great to have a deeper description of how they did that cockpit & undersized engines perspective effect.
06:55 Everytime I think of researching family I think of the movie Hitch and how he figures out that his love interest had an immigrant that was a butcher.
i know this is primarily a vfx channel but since it got stunts and cartoon reacts, maybe we could do other areas such as compositors react, prop artists react (which would include minatures), 3D modellers react, and maybe having community segments/people on the show beyond the big blockbusters
Schwartzenoodle Arnoldo in "End of Days"!!! Check out the sexy demon towards the end!!!
Rob is awesome. My favorite work of his is Interview with the Vampire. Lots of great visual and subtle special effects in that film.
Favorite scene with an airplane: the movie “Airplane” has a scene that crashes a plane through the glass front of an airport.
You guys need to react to and dissect the opening sequence of Katherine Bigelow's "Strange Days" (1995) I still cannot fathom how they filmed such an intricate POV sequence, with stunts and VFX, all while shooting through someone's "eyes" with a 35mm film camera!!
Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade has an airplane scene in it worth checking out. The Mummy is another one.
The movie 'Flight' had the best feeling that you where inside the plane :)
Y'all should talk about The Fall (2006). It supposedly has no "special effects", so it would be great to see you reacting to some of the incredible shots in the movie, and thinking about how you would have approached it differently.
These interviews are so amazing. Just letting them talk is the best.
In the new movie "IF" there is an imagination scene where the main character imagines a bunch of different things that Ryan Reynolds character goes through.
Definitely a very cool well made scene worth checking out.
I could love to hear from an animator how they’ve made realistic animals look good!!
Hey C-Crew
I hope this works this time, I was having issues with it yesterday when trying to post it.
In regards to your aviation video recommendations.
I HIGHLY recommend checking out the 1969 movie 'The Battle of Britain' by MGM Studios.
It's truly incredible with how much real aircraft they used for the film. Something close to 20-30 aircraft were either restored, collected from museums or straight up borrowed by The Spanish Airforce to use. There's even a complete making of documentary on youtube.
There is minimal cg effects, since its...well...1969 XD
There's the use of large RC aircraft, goofy fx, cut shots for explosions and some amazing acting work in the fight scenes and incredible music. Well worth checking out!
I know you like to analyse fire in movies, and I'd love to see your thoughts of the fire in the movie "Damsel". Especially around the 40 minute mark when the princess first meets the dragon
I only give reccomendations when Wren asks. You should watch the first big battle in Masters of the Air with Babyface.