Comments on: Pandora http://dedwarmo.com/2009/12/31/pandora/ Pronounced dead-warm-oh Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:29:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: bobmo http://dedwarmo.com/2009/12/31/pandora/comment-page-1/#comment-16841 bobmo Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:00:22 +0000 http://dedwarmo.com/?p=1665#comment-16841 You're right, there is already a lot of CG that we know about that we don't know about. Wait a minute. How can we.... Oh, never mind ;-) You’re right, there is already a lot of CG that we know about that we don’t know about. Wait a minute. How can we…. Oh, never mind ;-)

]]> By: dedwarmo http://dedwarmo.com/2009/12/31/pandora/comment-page-1/#comment-16799 dedwarmo Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:29:34 +0000 http://dedwarmo.com/?p=1665#comment-16799 I guess that would be a good way to put it: knowing it wasn't real made it more real. I do not share Ram Gopal Varma's sentiments when he said, “James Cameron is God. In fact, he’s gone a step ahead of God by building a world that even God couldn’t imagine." There are already shots in movies that contain CG elements that we are unaware of. Shots that we completely believe are real. For instance in the movie Casino they added lights and neon to the fronts of buildings. They often use CG "stunt men" in action films for shots that would be too dangerous otherwise. The virtual stunt men are created complete with simulated clothing and hair that flaps in the wind. In Avatar they take everything we know about CG and apply it to dozens of actors on the screen at once. We see close up shots showing detailed texture and movement of the eyes, lips and tongue and it's all believable. I guess that would be a good way to put it: knowing it wasn’t real made it more real. I do not share Ram Gopal Varma’s sentiments when he said, “James Cameron is God. In fact, he’s gone a step ahead of God by building a world that even God couldn’t imagine.”

There are already shots in movies that contain CG elements that we are unaware of. Shots that we completely believe are real. For instance in the movie Casino they added lights and neon to the fronts of buildings. They often use CG “stunt men” in action films for shots that would be too dangerous otherwise. The virtual stunt men are created complete with simulated clothing and hair that flaps in the wind.

In Avatar they take everything we know about CG and apply it to dozens of actors on the screen at once. We see close up shots showing detailed texture and movement of the eyes, lips and tongue and it’s all believable.

]]> By: bobmo http://dedwarmo.com/2009/12/31/pandora/comment-page-1/#comment-16787 bobmo Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:41:31 +0000 http://dedwarmo.com/?p=1665#comment-16787 Hey Dedwarmo, did you have the same reaction to Avatar as the Bollywood reviewers? I'm thinking specifically about the reality of the all-CGI world and how knowing it wasn't real seemed to actually increase the realism. I find the whole artificial reality concept very fascinating (And I'm confident that some day, it will be utterly impossible to tell live action from CGI. We're pretty close now, actually.) Hey Dedwarmo, did you have the same reaction to Avatar as the Bollywood reviewers? I’m thinking specifically about the reality of the all-CGI world and how knowing it wasn’t real seemed to actually increase the realism. I find the whole artificial reality concept very fascinating (And I’m confident that some day, it will be utterly impossible to tell live action from CGI. We’re pretty close now, actually.)

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