some greenscreen magic revealed

Digital set extensions always amaze me. They don't suffer from the same problems as CGI since most of elements are real. This is the way computer enhancement is supposed to work, completely seamlessly.
 
Yup. Talked to Dan Curry - the VFX sup on Chuck - and he told me to watch a particular episode for something familiar. Turns out he used some photos we took of a railway station in Strausbourg, France a couple of years ago when we were in Europe to attend a conference as a BG plate for a shot.

Gene
 
I really love the technology when used subtly and for enhancements. I would not have ever guessed some of those shots were green screened and that is the way it should be :thumbsup
 
What I find amazing is that it's become cheap enough to do that for most everything. A bunch those shots I couldn't figure out why they'd need to greenscreen when the real place would have been (technically at least) simpler. I guess there's something to be said about not having to pack up and move a production for location shoots.
 
What I find amazing is that it's become cheap enough to do that for most everything. A bunch those shots I couldn't figure out why they'd need to greenscreen when the real place would have been (technically at least) simpler. I guess there's something to be said about not having to pack up and move a production for location shoots.


Most of the reason is out of necessity. You can haul a crew to a location as has been done since film first began. But, you have zero control of the weather much less noise. When green screen is done right, you wont notice it. In a studio or a confined area, you have some control as well as continuity.
 
How do they take care of reflection? In the shot that is between 18-20 sec there is reflection of the background in the glass to the left. The reflection shows the screened background when the scene is displayed but reflects. the blue screen when the blue screen is showing.
 
How do they take care of reflection? In the shot that is between 18-20 sec there is reflection of the background in the glass to the left. The reflection shows the screened background when the scene is displayed but reflects. the blue screen when the blue screen is showing.

The reflected blue screen works the same as normal. In this case the background image was flipped, distorted to appear as a reflection, and matted into the blue glass.
 
Digital set extensions always amaze me. They don't suffer from the same problems as CGI since most of elements are real. This is the way computer enhancement is supposed to work, completely seamlessly.

CGI can be subtle and seamless it's just Hollywood has an insane need to go overboard with it almost like they're deliberately showing off how much CGI they can cram into a movie and they make it the main focus of the scene, and as a consequence most is done badly, some of those GS shots aren't all that well done and are fairly obvious but because they're not the main focus of the scene you'd not notice unless you're looking.
 
I can't believe how good special effects are on weekly shows now.
When I was young that would have been good for a big budget movie.

Wolf
 
I'm at home, so I can't view that You Tube video, so forgive me if I'm just repeating what was mentioned. I do believe Uncle George did say that someday ALL movies will be "special effects" movies. Apparently TV shows as well?

Someday, as it turns out, is not so far away. Zach Braff's indie pic "Garden State" had some CG effects shots for cryin' out loud! So did that serial killer biopic "Zodiac" (post 9/11, there was no way they could get an overhead shot of the Golden Gate Bridge, so...). Simply, CG is becoming a cheaper and more practical tool than ever, and we'll see it used more and more, even if we don't actually "see" it.
 
Hmmm...
It's cool and all, but I'm slightly suspicious that the video is a joke and the greenscreen has in fact been ADDED to some of the shots for the purposes of the gag... Maybe?

If not, it's all the more awesome :)
 
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