I did the shot in AI around the 10:55 mark. When we removed the blue screen material on his head, we had to fill in the missing background from a clean plate. I decided that no matter how well we lined up the plate, it was going to be impossible to not see the split around the head - so I just split in the whole right side of frame from the clean plate and put the split off the center of the frame. (The girl running up to the camera at around 11:20 was also the first time I ever saw a match move get a standing ovation in dailies.). I was also in charge of the CG Teddy and the renders for him took over 24 hours a frame. When I was told I had to come up with a faster way to render him, I setup an all texture version of him that rendered in 3 minutes. I did a test for VFX supes Dennis Muren and Scorr Farrar that had side by side renders of the real fur and the fake one and they couldn't tell them apart. From that moment on, we never rendered the full fur Teddy ever again.
Excellent work man , teddy was a character you genuinely gave a fk about because you totally bought him as real without questioning , So many incredible shots in that film
The 'puppet' from Mama is a Spanish actor called Javier Botet who suffers from Marfan syndrome. Marfans affects the connectivity tissue inside the body including the joints and he is able to bend his arms and legs in uncomfortable looking positions. The wires are used to help him keep those positions for extended periods of time while filming in unnatural positions. He is also 6'7" which also adds to the spindly, freakish look the film makers are trying to achieve. Love your channel!
My wife has ehlers danlos syndrome that's similar, but her hands and mouth are smallish instead. Her skin looks like porcelain from the odd collagen formation.
A.I. was my first real project at ILM. All of the scanning and X-ray stuff at the flesh fair was just a 2d paint reveal to one of my paintings. Mostly we worked on the underwater New York and Coney Island stuff. It was a super fun project.
Gosh, the Flesh Fair and underwater Manhattan is so memorable. I first watched the movie as a kid and it's been imprinted in my brain ever since. What kind of work did you do for the New York and Coney Island scenes? I'd love to learn more. This is one of my favorite movies ever!
@@wy4553 mostly concept art and paintings for the designs and look of what you see in those sequences. For instance I designed the wheeling lions and the building they were on.
The "water hair for ghosts" was also famously used in the recent Pirates of the Caribbean movie. The villain Salazar died by drowning, so his ghost is always seen with the "water hair" effects.
Salazar's hair looks really good too. It moves how you'd expect it too underwater, curling around as it gets pulled, drifting when he is still like there are invisible currents. Either they wrote some plugin to do that or have extremely patient junior animators.
I LOVE the old effects that were before CGI and modern editing technology. When it doesn’t really work, it’s still charming. When it does work it’s magic.
Those _Night House_ shots are the absolute best kind of horror in my opinion. You know something scary is being set up, but you have to look for it, you're FORCED to look for it, and then it jumpscares you right as you spot it.
'Orphée' was directed by Jean Cocteau, who had a penchant for clever in-camera effects, you should also check out his version of Beauty and the Beast, 'La Belle et la Bête' (1946).
Holy crap, Casshern! What a blast from the past, I never thought it would come up on this show. One of the first true live action anime I ever watched and it's such a trip... A looong, strange trip. With really cool music actually.
The Haunting of Hill House (2018) Episode 6 Two Storms would be a cool VFX feature. The episode is 55 Minutes long with only 5ish cuts. The longest episode is 15 minutes long and seamlessly transitions between different time and locations from the series while props and statues move in the background and actors seemingly teleport and change ages. It uses some really clever staging, set design, and practical effects but often goes unnoticed because the plot, character arcs, and dialog all converge rightfully distracting from the cinematography and direction of the episode. It would make a really cool breakdown for VFX React but I would recommend watching the episode and the series in it's entirety just because it's a great show! Awesome episode as always CC!
Mama's hair reminds me of what they did with captain Salazar in the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean. Even out of water, his hair flows like he's submerged.
Crazy I wanted to suggest Orpheus for weeks because of his incredible scene at the end when it seems like gravity is shifting and now you're doing it. Awesome
I just rewatched Master and Commander and you guys should definitely take a look at it. It's one of those movies that does a great job of using CGI to enhance practical effects and the battle sequences are just incredible
Dude, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is a masterpiece. From its music, sets, acting, visuals, writing, and direction from Peter Weir, not many films come close to it. If it didn't have to compete with Return of the King, it would've swept the Oscars. It's one of those films studios would be too scared to make today.
If you want an oldie French-Italian film with a lot of cool visual and practical effects, look up "1001 Nights" (1990) featuring a young Catherine Zeta Jones, playing Scheherazade. It has everything, from early green screen for the magic carpet shots, to oversized props for when the genie comes out of the lamp, practical twister effect for when he gets in the lamp, and even early 3D objects when he travels to our time with the Utah teapot!
Now that you've done Cocteau's Orpheus, you should look at the effects in Cocteau's Blood of a Poet from 1930; it has non-stop effects shots that are extremely cool for the era. Also, Segundo de Chomón silent films are a lot of fun and full of effects. He was kind of the Spanish equivalent of Georges Méliès.
Actually the love to the movies like Casshern (specifically), Sky Captain, 300, and Sin City is what somehow brought me to Corridor like a hundred years back, when they were giving advices on the basic filmmaking.
Yes! I can't really watch this movie again. It hits way too hard. I lost a close family member around the same time. The movie itself is great though. Fantastical but has a very human message.
OMG yes because of this movie I am still having existential crisis! And the ending where -SPOILERS- thousands of years have passed and the kid revives her mother just for a day just to die together, that's trauma material for me as a kid lol.
I know, I was super surprised to see it on here! The 90’s OVA is one of the first anime I ever saw, back when the old SciFi channel first started airing anime on Saturday mornings. It’s on RUclips if anybody wants to watch it.
I think you guys might've covered it before, but the 1930's live action Alice in Wonderland movie has some interesting (and creepy) effects and make up for the time. There's even a "going thru the mirror" scene too that's pretty effective
An amazingly effective and simple old effect is from the first episode of The Outer Limits called the Galaxy Being. The way they pulled off the alien creature is brilliant.
The point Your head The point is that it's live action, regardless of the source, when adapted to live action it is rare to still be anime-like rather than becoming much more grounded for practicality reasons
Not sure if you’ve already checked the french movie ‘la haine’ but there’s a mirror scene that is just mind blowing, all practical but with actors mimicking the movements in perfect synchronicity
_The Night House_ is Dali-esque horror. Once you get it you start to look for it. And when you see it, then the jumpscare comes. Usually not a big fan of jumpscares but this is really creative and interesting.
The VFX in Night House also work thematically because she's haunted by 'nothing' - by a being that only exists in the void, so it's only manifested in negative space.
I'm so happy you guy did Orphée! I'd love to see also la Belle et la Bête! Another Cocteau from 1946 with a lot of special effects (moving statues, magic mirror, transformation of the beast at the end, etc.)
The scene with the acid falling on the robots face in AI will always live rent free in my mind, that brief moment spun child me out completely with both how good ALL of it looked, and how it was PG-13 😂
Because of school I one again watched czech film called happy end and I think it’s super neat because the whole film is filmed backwards and it’s full length film from 60’! And also I would love to see some great Czech cinematography in general because there is so many great practical effect in them!
Not 1950’s, but I love the Wuxia Hong Kong films from the 90’s. and the practical effects they’ve done that are specific to those movies. Would love a whole episode dedicated to it. 💪💪💪
I'm so glad Spielberg made "A.I." *then* instead of now as the practical robots and effects in the film just give it more weight and reality than if they'd used mid-period CGI or now.
There's a moment in the Marx Brothers' movie called Duck Soup where Harpo is showing Groucho his tattoos, towards the end of a gag, he has a dog house tattoo on his chest and a dog comes out of it and barks when Groucho meows at it. I'd be curious if there was anything worth noting with the special effects in that scene. It's very quick, but it is an effective shot.
OH MY GOD finally you guys reacted to AI Artificial Intelligence. I've been requesting this movie for years. It really deserves its own episode. You guys didn't even mention the use of real-time rendered footage during filming!
I am SHOOK yall covered Casshern. It was one of my first foreign films after renting it from my local Blockbuster. That taught me to love subbed movies and got me into anime in general
Those effects from A.I. were insane for the time. And I always thought, they did this first in Terminator 3, where you can look through half of Arnold's body. It looks gorgeous. T3 wasn't the greatest movie of all time, but after 5 and 6, you start to appreciate that one more.
A.I. has always unsettled me in a very specific way, and also emotionally wrecked me every time. I really feel like it doesn't get the credit and love in general it deserves.
Thank you for the deep dive. Back in the day shooting on super-8 or 16mm, you would film your "Backward" scene upside-down, then physically turn the film over & flip it. Worked great for super-8, but once you bumped up to 16mm the emulsion being on the other side of the negative meant a small focus change - oh the good old days!
I wonder if Javier Botet ("Mama" actor, as well as a bunch of other (horror) creatures) would be an interesting guest to have on the couch. I'm sure he has interesting stories to tell on how he's using his disorder/body for roles like this as well as his regular acting career. His English seems to be good.
The human puppet from Mama is Javier Botet, an actor and director from Spain. Because of his special body type and articulations made a career portraying lots of cinema monsters (Rec, Mama, Crimson Peak, Alien Covenant and many many more). You should do an special episode about body acting with him if he goes to LA for some filming, he's a lovely funny guy and a true cinema geek.
If you are already reacting to movies from the fifties, please, please make a Video about *_Forbidden Planet!_* The film came out in 1954 and shows effects that are unmatched until Kubrick's 2001 and Star Wars another ten years later! In particular the attack of the invisible Krell Beast that gets illuminated by a force field is in itself an amazing effect. The FX-department of the movie couldn't create the effect they wanted and hired animators from Disney who painted the effect of the Krell Beast frame by frame directly on the negative!
the twighlight zone. episode one. not only is it filmed on the future back to the future set (thats a mouthful) but it hs this amazing shot of a guy running into a mirror that you have to see. its not like they could actually have him run into and smash a mirror, but it looks so real you would think it was. its also does a thing where the actor runs towards tthe mirror face on but no camera is visible. it blew my mind when i saw it
AI has been and remains one of my all time favourite movies, not just for the amazing VFX but just the magical sci-fi storytelling. In the spirit of Doctor Who's 60th I can recommend a couple of great classic episodes for clever VFX: "The Runaway Bride" the Tardis Taxi chase scene where Donna jumps from a moving taxi into the tardis, and "The Snowmen" where The Doctor and Clara enter the tardis sat on top of the clouds. 👌
Casshern is an anime from the 70s, I think? Shortly after watching the movie, my brother in law got Tatsunoko vs Capcom in which Casshern is one of the playable characters and that's how I got to know the original version of the character.
Casshern being all green screen reminded me: Have they ever looked at Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow? That was all blue screen, and... certainly has a look.
I can't believe they didn't talk about how Mama was inspired from a Japanese short film. The shot where Mama charges the girls really fast is taken directly from the original short, like they recreated it completely unaltered. It would have been even better to look at the VFX from that version because not only is it their original idea but the execution is also so good that they brought it into this big production with all this extra story and puppets and shit and literally couldn't change or add anything to that shot to make it any better. You guys should check it out.
Casshern! I really looked forward to that movie for like... 2 years from when I saw the trailer where he chopped a robot in half until I could actually get hold of it. Some cool stuff in there, definitely inspired a lot of stuff after it.
His version of Beauty and the Beast (also starring Jean Marais) is a longtime favorite of mine. Somehow his Beast managed to look better in the mid-40s than a lot of modern versions.
@@lisah-p8474 I *_love_* his _La Belle et la Bête;_ in my distant youth our local PBS station occasionally aired it uncut in original French with subtitles. (It spoiled me for other versions, particularly the Disney "versions"...)
The 1951 movie "Le passe muraille" is a french film about a man who discovers he can pass through walls. Classic french black and white movie, quite surprising special effects for the time, i always wondered how they pulled this out. With actor Bourvil, There are few clips on RUclips if you search for the name.
There’s so much in AI that could be covered! So many techniques got their first showcases in the film, and yet it’s one of those movies that has kind of been forgotten. I remember seeing it at the cinema and there was only really one shot I can remember that called attention to itself as an FX shot. Other than that, the illusion was pretty immaculate!
For those who are interested, Casshern started as an anime in 1973 with the full name: Neo-Human Casshern. It was created by Tatsuo Yoshida, the founder of Tatsunoko Productions. There was also an OVA series in the 90’s, then the live action movie, and a reboot in 2008. I know about him thanks to his appearance in the fighting game “Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars” on the Wii.
You guys should do the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode ‘Trials & Tribbleations’ from 1996. They seamlessly inserted the DS9 actors into scenes from the original series
I remember being absolutely blown away by that. Just the combing through old footage to find shots they could use, then color correcting and upscaling them to look good, getting the modern footage to match color and tone... there was a lot of work that went into those shots. Recreating the old sets for the shots that were new.
@@mycroft16 remastering the shots they chose from the original negatives convinced them that doing this for the entire series a decade later, was worth it.
DUUUDDEE I remember AI from when I was a kid and it scared me cause the ending when they leave him in the woods with his bear I thought my parents would do that to me but I could never remember the name of the movie and it felt like a fever dream so THANK YOU
The "CHARGE " Blender short would be awesome for the VFX series. As well as *Aslan from the Chronicles of Narnia!* where you could do a comparison to the "live action" Lion King. Also at the end of second Chronicles of Narnia movie there's a big water creature, so it might be cool to see what you think about that. The *last agni kai fight from ATLA* would be perfect for for the Animators React. It's so stunning! And for stuntmen react It would be cool to see you react to the duel from "Potop", it's really good sword fight
I can not believe you did Casshern! I loved the OVA Casshan that this is based from and was completely blown away to see it getting a live action treatment. I remember rewatching that trailer so many times because it went so hard and wanting too to make movies like that with my buddies. unfortunately movie making with my friends was not my destiny as it was yours. My film dreams fizzled. Thank you for reminding me of better, more innocent times.
Have you guys looked at Reboot? It's animated but I think it's interesting how the style improved from the first episode to the last. Back when CGI was still being figured out.
Seeing you guys watch Casshern just blew my mind! not the best movie but that scene is amazing, Worth mentioning the movie was shot at a non typical frame rate. All the TV's I tried it on in the UK had distortion when movement happened on screen. It was frustrating!
You should check out some of the special effects from VIY. It’s a Russian horror movie from 1967. Also, there is a German film called Vampyr from 1932 and the stuff they do with the shadows is kind of mind blowing for the time.
Lady in the Lake (1946) is entirely in first person perspective, with a LOT of camera tricks playing around with that. Including scenes with mirrors and driving cars and all sorts. Would be cool to see your takes on how some of it was done.
You should reach out to James Rolfe from Cinemassacre (the AVGN guy). I be her would have some good examples of old movies with amazing effects. And that would make for a crazy awesome colab.
Love seeing your reviews of the older practical and optical effects. You should take a look at the leaping effect from Quantum Leap (the original series from the '89-'93). The effect has so many layers to it that would be fun to dissect. Particularly the leap effect from seasons 2 and 3 (season 1 had a much more basic version of the effect, and after some budget cuts seasons 4 and 5's effect were done on interlaced video instead of film and omit some of the steps of the effect). One of the leap layers, called the "star gate effect" (the stars and rays shooting from the center outward) is also used on the 80's HBO intro, and you can see how they created it by watching the "HBO Intro - Behind the Scenes" video at the 5:30 min mark. (That intro may make a good react segment in itself.)
Oh that mama film is the one I saw with my first girlfriend. I don't like horror. It was an awful experience. This comment is for engagement, but not mine
A cool old trick is the transformation scenes in the 1931 Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. The trick used there is pretty inventive, I let you find out how they did it.
That Orpheus clip was awesome. That's some amazing inventiveness. I'm super impressed they included the reflective double for the guy on the left since all that would be seen was his left shoulder briefly. AI was insanely good looking at the time. A visual treat that had some pretty wild vfx. I love horror films, they almost always have some really inventive or cool vfx in them to achieve something unnatural. Plus they've gotta be a lot of fun to work on.
As you liked Cocteau’s L’Orphée, seek out his earlier La Belle et le Bete, especially the scene when Belle’s father enters the castle. Amazing sfx for the time.
Just wanna say that I love the monster silhouette in Mama. It's not the scariest movie I've watched, but the still shots of the scenes are chef's kiss. 👏
Really been wanting you to research the CGI effect in the original Andromeda Strain from 1971. They faked a 3D projection of the facility, and it's fantastic, especially considering it was done practically as that level of CGI didn't yet exist. Please check this one out!!!
I feel like the moments from The Night House that take place just after the clips you've shown and just as, if not more, impressive. That's a movie with so many moments that stuck with me. You guys should also look at the van scene from the new Hellraiser from the same writers and director, such a cool moment
I'm going to keep recommending Jamiroqui's 1996 music video for Virtual Insanity. Although mostly practical, there is some early CGI cleanup to help hide the artifacts that would give away the practical effects.
Intolerance (1916) at about 1:35:58 in the version I found on RUclips, there's a sword fight where a guy gets his head cut off. But they swing a sword before and fall backwards after. There's lots of action in the background, too.
I’d love to see you guys react to The Creator (besides that one controversial shot in the trailer). It’s such a good example of economic filmmaking and getting the most out of a vfx budget.
Can't recommend 'Monsters' enough. Not without flaws, but quite enjoyable. Also, the making of bonus material is a pure joy to watch! Mr. Edwards experimenting in his bathtub, explaining the importance of getting some real shit elements into the comp and after a while concluding "yeah, that didn't work out... have to make something up on my own" had me laughing out loud! Seems like a genuinely awesome guy, C.Crew, how about trying to invite him?
I'd rather wait until we've all had a chance to see it. There are a number of episodes I can't watch because they've reacted to stuff which is too new.
You should have a look at the force field and monster effects in Forbidden Planet. The fidelity of the monsters of the Id are incredible! One of my favorite movies of all time!
I did the shot in AI around the 10:55 mark. When we removed the blue screen material on his head, we had to fill in the missing background from a clean plate. I decided that no matter how well we lined up the plate, it was going to be impossible to not see the split around the head - so I just split in the whole right side of frame from the clean plate and put the split off the center of the frame. (The girl running up to the camera at around 11:20 was also the first time I ever saw a match move get a standing ovation in dailies.). I was also in charge of the CG Teddy and the renders for him took over 24 hours a frame. When I was told I had to come up with a faster way to render him, I setup an all texture version of him that rendered in 3 minutes. I did a test for VFX supes Dennis Muren and Scorr Farrar that had side by side renders of the real fur and the fake one and they couldn't tell them apart. From that moment on, we never rendered the full fur Teddy ever again.
Excellent work man , teddy was a character you genuinely gave a fk about because you totally bought him as real without questioning , So many incredible shots in that film
Thank you very much for your work on this film! Absolutely phenomenal job
Awesome shit dude
How did you keep the texture from looking flat? Did you use hair textures on planes all over his body?
Yo get on the couch!
The 'puppet' from Mama is a Spanish actor called Javier Botet who suffers from Marfan syndrome. Marfans affects the connectivity tissue inside the body including the joints and he is able to bend his arms and legs in uncomfortable looking positions. The wires are used to help him keep those positions for extended periods of time while filming in unnatural positions. He is also 6'7" which also adds to the spindly, freakish look the film makers are trying to achieve. Love your channel!
He was the one who played Slender Man in the 2018 film of the same name, based on the creepypasta character.
his appearance in 2007's REC still freaks me out, he's so great
@@yellohammer8571he's got a great physique for Slenderman. Unfortunate that the movie itself isn't that great
I thought with Marfan you weren’t supposed to do all the bending even though your body can cause it still damages it
My wife has ehlers danlos syndrome that's similar, but her hands and mouth are smallish instead. Her skin looks like porcelain from the odd collagen formation.
A.I. was my first real project at ILM. All of the scanning and X-ray stuff at the flesh fair was just a 2d paint reveal to one of my paintings. Mostly we worked on the underwater New York and Coney Island stuff. It was a super fun project.
AWESOME! DO YOU STILL WORK IN THE INDUSTRY?????
That's sick! You did great work! Thank you!
@@themartian4323 yes, mostly Star Wars stuff now for Lucasfilm.
Gosh, the Flesh Fair and underwater Manhattan is so memorable. I first watched the movie as a kid and it's been imprinted in my brain ever since. What kind of work did you do for the New York and Coney Island scenes? I'd love to learn more. This is one of my favorite movies ever!
@@wy4553 mostly concept art and paintings for the designs and look of what you see in those sequences. For instance I designed the wheeling lions and the building they were on.
The "water hair for ghosts" was also famously used in the recent Pirates of the Caribbean movie. The villain Salazar died by drowning, so his ghost is always seen with the "water hair" effects.
Salazar's hair looks really good too. It moves how you'd expect it too underwater, curling around as it gets pulled, drifting when he is still like there are invisible currents. Either they wrote some plugin to do that or have extremely patient junior animators.
The effect was also used in a 2007 movie called Stardust.
@@gabor6259 That movie doesn't get the play it deserves. I love that movie.
Poltergeist. Filmed a puppet in a water tank.
I LOVE the old effects that were before CGI and modern editing technology. When it doesn’t really work, it’s still charming. When it does work it’s magic.
Nice comment
@@mintywz LOL. 😂
Those _Night House_ shots are the absolute best kind of horror in my opinion. You know something scary is being set up, but you have to look for it, you're FORCED to look for it, and then it jumpscares you right as you spot it.
'Orphée' was directed by Jean Cocteau, who had a penchant for clever in-camera effects, you should also check out his version of Beauty and the Beast, 'La Belle et la Bête' (1946).
Holy crap, Casshern! What a blast from the past, I never thought it would come up on this show. One of the first true live action anime I ever watched and it's such a trip... A looong, strange trip. With really cool music actually.
The Haunting of Hill House (2018) Episode 6 Two Storms would be a cool VFX feature. The episode is 55 Minutes long with only 5ish cuts. The longest episode is 15 minutes long and seamlessly transitions between different time and locations from the series while props and statues move in the background and actors seemingly teleport and change ages. It uses some really clever staging, set design, and practical effects but often goes unnoticed because the plot, character arcs, and dialog all converge rightfully distracting from the cinematography and direction of the episode. It would make a really cool breakdown for VFX React but I would recommend watching the episode and the series in it's entirety just because it's a great show! Awesome episode as always CC!
Absurdly beyond overdue they haven’t covered this!
Huge thanks for the Orpheus clips. That was some absolutely delightful movie magic right there ❤
Mama's hair reminds me of what they did with captain Salazar in the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean. Even out of water, his hair flows like he's submerged.
Been seeing SO many of these shorts recently lol😅
Now imagine if they pulled off that same trick with King Triton from the 2023 remake of The Little Mermaid--
Crazy I wanted to suggest Orpheus for weeks because of his incredible scene at the end when it seems like gravity is shifting and now you're doing it. Awesome
Did that movie inspire the matrix
@@djsmileyoflasvegas I don't know, but it sure could have.
@@Hagakure1988 i hear morpheus and the mirror he goes thru..lol
I just rewatched Master and Commander and you guys should definitely take a look at it. It's one of those movies that does a great job of using CGI to enhance practical effects and the battle sequences are just incredible
Dude, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is a masterpiece. From its music, sets, acting, visuals, writing, and direction from Peter Weir, not many films come close to it. If it didn't have to compete with Return of the King, it would've swept the Oscars. It's one of those films studios would be too scared to make today.
I will always remember going with my best mate and her dad to see that as a kid, thinking we were watching Pirates of the Carribbean XDXD
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Commenting to boost. Master and commander is one of the best movies of the 2000-2010’s
Yes, Master and Commander please
I love, love, love it when you guys look at old films’ VFX. The inventiveness pre-computers always blows my mind.
F. W. Murnau's Faust from 1926 is filled with what was at the time, the most cutting edge special effects. A lot of shots to talk about in that one
Yeah, a lot of amazing shots there, like when the plague enters the town!
If you want an oldie French-Italian film with a lot of cool visual and practical effects, look up "1001 Nights" (1990) featuring a young Catherine Zeta Jones, playing Scheherazade. It has everything, from early green screen for the magic carpet shots, to oversized props for when the genie comes out of the lamp, practical twister effect for when he gets in the lamp, and even early 3D objects when he travels to our time with the Utah teapot!
So glad you did Orpheus! Cocteau was an incredible filmmaker, can't recommend his work highly enough
Now that you've done Cocteau's Orpheus, you should look at the effects in Cocteau's Blood of a Poet from 1930; it has non-stop effects shots that are extremely cool for the era. Also, Segundo de Chomón silent films are a lot of fun and full of effects. He was kind of the Spanish equivalent of Georges Méliès.
Actually the love to the movies like Casshern (specifically), Sky Captain, 300, and Sin City is what somehow brought me to Corridor like a hundred years back, when they were giving advices on the basic filmmaking.
Having a blast with these visuals! Who knew Stan Winston's puppetry work was so vast and influential? And the mirror trick in Orpheus was pure magic.
This is the only series ever on tv or RUclips I’m always patiently waiting for and excited when a new ep comes out
I saw AI when I was really young and had my first existential crisis when it comes to parents and death. But the VFX were amazing.
Yeah, it stayed with me too.
Same, every time I watched it as a kid, I felt a very weird sensation
Me too. I had a like a creepy unsettling feeling even watching the clips in this video.
Yes! I can't really watch this movie again. It hits way too hard. I lost a close family member around the same time. The movie itself is great though. Fantastical but has a very human message.
OMG yes because of this movie I am still having existential crisis! And the ending where -SPOILERS- thousands of years have passed and the kid revives her mother just for a day just to die together, that's trauma material for me as a kid lol.
8:08 I can't believe they rescued this masterpiece. I saw it many years ago when I was a teenager and it marked me for life.
I know, I was super surprised to see it on here! The 90’s OVA is one of the first anime I ever saw, back when the old SciFi channel first started airing anime on Saturday mornings. It’s on RUclips if anybody wants to watch it.
I’m so happy to see that these old movies get some love from you guys for their innovative techniques.
I think you guys might've covered it before, but the 1930's live action Alice in Wonderland movie has some interesting (and creepy) effects and make up for the time. There's even a "going thru the mirror" scene too that's pretty effective
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An amazingly effective and simple old effect is from the first episode of The Outer Limits called the Galaxy Being. The way they pulled off the alien creature is brilliant.
Love watching these series. The comments of Casshern being “cartoon like” or “anime like” make me giggle since it was an anime. Keep up the great work
The point
Your head
The point is that it's live action, regardless of the source, when adapted to live action it is rare to still be anime-like rather than becoming much more grounded for practicality reasons
Not sure if you’ve already checked the french movie ‘la haine’ but there’s a mirror scene that is just mind blowing, all practical but with actors mimicking the movements in perfect synchronicity
_The Night House_ is Dali-esque horror. Once you get it you start to look for it. And when you see it, then the jumpscare comes. Usually not a big fan of jumpscares but this is really creative and interesting.
I just finished watching “AI” like 10 minutes ago and this video pops up. Daaaaaamn
The VFX in Night House also work thematically because she's haunted by 'nothing' - by a being that only exists in the void, so it's only manifested in negative space.
I'm so happy you guy did Orphée! I'd love to see also la Belle et la Bête! Another Cocteau from 1946 with a lot of special effects (moving statues, magic mirror, transformation of the beast at the end, etc.)
You know what’s kind of crazy?
Not only do I look forward to watch VFX artist react every Saturday, I actually enjoy the sponsor segments
Jordan just always hiting the dopest fits
The scene with the acid falling on the robots face in AI will always live rent free in my mind, that brief moment spun child me out completely with both how good ALL of it looked, and how it was PG-13 😂
Because of school I one again watched czech film called happy end and I think it’s super neat because the whole film is filmed backwards and it’s full length film from 60’! And also I would love to see some great Czech cinematography in general because there is so many great practical effect in them!
Not 1950’s, but I love the Wuxia Hong Kong films from the 90’s. and the practical effects they’ve done that are specific to those movies. Would love a whole episode dedicated to it. 💪💪💪
I watched metropolis recently. It's so old it's a silent film, but some of the effects were quite good and the matte painting work came out well
I love that movie. I used to leave it on when doing my homework in art school.
I'm so glad Spielberg made "A.I." *then* instead of now as the practical robots and effects in the film just give it more weight and reality than if they'd used mid-period CGI or now.
There's a moment in the Marx Brothers' movie called Duck Soup where Harpo is showing Groucho his tattoos, towards the end of a gag, he has a dog house tattoo on his chest and a dog comes out of it and barks when Groucho meows at it. I'd be curious if there was anything worth noting with the special effects in that scene. It's very quick, but it is an effective shot.
OH MY GOD finally you guys reacted to AI Artificial Intelligence. I've been requesting this movie for years. It really deserves its own episode. You guys didn't even mention the use of real-time rendered footage during filming!
I am SHOOK yall covered Casshern. It was one of my first foreign films after renting it from my local Blockbuster. That taught me to love subbed movies and got me into anime in general
Those effects from A.I. were insane for the time. And I always thought, they did this first in Terminator 3, where you can look through half of Arnold's body. It looks gorgeous. T3 wasn't the greatest movie of all time, but after 5 and 6, you start to appreciate that one more.
Thank you SO much for looking at Casshern. This one was VERY special to me when I first came to Japan.
A.I. has always unsettled me in a very specific way, and also emotionally wrecked me every time. I really feel like it doesn't get the credit and love in general it deserves.
Thank you for the deep dive. Back in the day shooting on super-8 or 16mm, you would film your "Backward" scene upside-down, then physically turn the film over & flip it. Worked great for super-8, but once you bumped up to 16mm the emulsion being on the other side of the negative meant a small focus change - oh the good old days!
I don't watch scary stuff very often, so 1:23 literally made the hair on my head stand up.
What I like about this video is that you guys aren't just knocking on osmeone else's work. Great video.
I think both Mama and AI deserve a video for their own
Yeah, even watching AI recently, I was blown away by how well those effects hold up
I wonder if Javier Botet ("Mama" actor, as well as a bunch of other (horror) creatures) would be an interesting guest to have on the couch. I'm sure he has interesting stories to tell on how he's using his disorder/body for roles like this as well as his regular acting career. His English seems to be good.
@@AssortedBits get Javier and Doug Jones and make it an hour long video, i'd pay for that shi
The human puppet from Mama is Javier Botet, an actor and director from Spain. Because of his special body type and articulations made a career portraying lots of cinema monsters (Rec, Mama, Crimson Peak, Alien Covenant and many many more). You should do an special episode about body acting with him if he goes to LA for some filming, he's a lovely funny guy and a true cinema geek.
Botet has Marfan’s Syndrome.
If you are already reacting to movies from the fifties, please, please make a Video about *_Forbidden Planet!_* The film came out in 1954 and shows effects that are unmatched until Kubrick's 2001 and Star Wars another ten years later! In particular the attack of the invisible Krell Beast that gets illuminated by a force field is in itself an amazing effect. The FX-department of the movie couldn't create the effect they wanted and hired animators from Disney who painted the effect of the Krell Beast frame by frame directly on the negative!
the twighlight zone. episode one. not only is it filmed on the future back to the future set (thats a mouthful) but it hs this amazing shot of a guy running into a mirror that you have to see. its not like they could actually have him run into and smash a mirror, but it looks so real you would think it was. its also does a thing where the actor runs towards tthe mirror face on but no camera is visible. it blew my mind when i saw it
AI has been and remains one of my all time favourite movies, not just for the amazing VFX but just the magical sci-fi storytelling.
In the spirit of Doctor Who's 60th I can recommend a couple of great classic episodes for clever VFX: "The Runaway Bride" the Tardis Taxi chase scene where Donna jumps from a moving taxi into the tardis, and "The Snowmen" where The Doctor and Clara enter the tardis sat on top of the clouds. 👌
Casshern is an anime from the 70s, I think? Shortly after watching the movie, my brother in law got Tatsunoko vs Capcom in which Casshern is one of the playable characters and that's how I got to know the original version of the character.
I wonder how often those types of illusions happen, (even accidentally,) in ghost hunting videos.
Casshern being all green screen reminded me: Have they ever looked at Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow? That was all blue screen, and... certainly has a look.
I can't believe they didn't talk about how Mama was inspired from a Japanese short film. The shot where Mama charges the girls really fast is taken directly from the original short, like they recreated it completely unaltered.
It would have been even better to look at the VFX from that version because not only is it their original idea but the execution is also so good that they brought it into this big production with all this extra story and puppets and shit and literally couldn't change or add anything to that shot to make it any better. You guys should check it out.
What's the title?
Well? What's the name of the short film?
Casshern! I really looked forward to that movie for like... 2 years from when I saw the trailer where he chopped a robot in half until I could actually get hold of it. Some cool stuff in there, definitely inspired a lot of stuff after it.
I loved Jean Cocteau's use of practical special effects in his films.
agreed
His version of Beauty and the Beast (also starring Jean Marais) is a longtime favorite of mine. Somehow his Beast managed to look better in the mid-40s than a lot of modern versions.
@@lisah-p8474 I *_love_* his _La Belle et la Bête;_ in my distant youth our local PBS station occasionally aired it uncut in original French with subtitles.
(It spoiled me for other versions, particularly the Disney "versions"...)
The 1951 movie "Le passe muraille" is a french film about a man who discovers he can pass through walls.
Classic french black and white movie, quite surprising special effects for the time, i always wondered how they pulled this out. With actor Bourvil, There are few clips on RUclips if you search for the name.
There’s so much in AI that could be covered! So many techniques got their first showcases in the film, and yet it’s one of those movies that has kind of been forgotten. I remember seeing it at the cinema and there was only really one shot I can remember that called attention to itself as an FX shot. Other than that, the illusion was pretty immaculate!
For those who are interested, Casshern started as an anime in 1973 with the full name: Neo-Human Casshern. It was created by Tatsuo Yoshida, the founder of Tatsunoko Productions. There was also an OVA series in the 90’s, then the live action movie, and a reboot in 2008.
I know about him thanks to his appearance in the fighting game “Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars” on the Wii.
You guys should do the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode ‘Trials & Tribbleations’ from 1996. They seamlessly inserted the DS9 actors into scenes from the original series
I remember being absolutely blown away by that. Just the combing through old footage to find shots they could use, then color correcting and upscaling them to look good, getting the modern footage to match color and tone... there was a lot of work that went into those shots. Recreating the old sets for the shots that were new.
@@mycroft16 remastering the shots they chose from the original negatives convinced them that doing this for the entire series a decade later, was worth it.
DUUUDDEE I remember AI from when I was a kid and it scared me cause the ending when they leave him in the woods with his bear I thought my parents would do that to me but I could never remember the name of the movie and it felt like a fever dream so THANK YOU
The "CHARGE " Blender short would be awesome for the VFX series. As well as *Aslan from the Chronicles of Narnia!* where you could do a comparison to the "live action" Lion King. Also at the end of second Chronicles of Narnia movie there's a big water creature, so it might be cool to see what you think about that.
The *last agni kai fight from ATLA* would be perfect for for the Animators React. It's so stunning!
And for stuntmen react It would be cool to see you react to the duel from "Potop", it's really good sword fight
I can not believe you did Casshern! I loved the OVA Casshan that this is based from and was completely blown away to see it getting a live action treatment. I remember rewatching that trailer so many times because it went so hard and wanting too to make movies like that with my buddies. unfortunately movie making with my friends was not my destiny as it was yours. My film dreams fizzled. Thank you for reminding me of better, more innocent times.
Have you guys looked at Reboot? It's animated but I think it's interesting how the style improved from the first episode to the last. Back when CGI was still being figured out.
Love that you guys finally reacted to Casshern. Very fun movie that just goes for it.
Literally the best show in vfx
what are the others of your top 3?
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2. Corey in the House
3. Live footage from your Ring doorbell
Seeing you guys watch Casshern just blew my mind! not the best movie but that scene is amazing, Worth mentioning the movie was shot at a non typical frame rate. All the TV's I tried it on in the UK had distortion when movement happened on screen. It was frustrating!
the original Casshern was an incredible anime in the '70
Video Game: Castlevania Lords Of Shadows 2 cinematic trailer.
TV Show: Doctor Who Season 12, Revolution Of The Daleks, timestamp 59:15 - 1:01:23.
You should check out some of the special effects from VIY. It’s a Russian horror movie from 1967. Also, there is a German film called Vampyr from 1932 and the stuff they do with the shadows is kind of mind blowing for the time.
Lady in the Lake (1946) is entirely in first person perspective, with a LOT of camera tricks playing around with that. Including scenes with mirrors and driving cars and all sorts. Would be cool to see your takes on how some of it was done.
Also wish they would finally cover last night in Soho because they did a lot of practical & impressive work!
You should reach out to James Rolfe from Cinemassacre (the AVGN guy). I be her would have some good examples of old movies with amazing effects. And that would make for a crazy awesome colab.
what a great feeling to wake up, and see a new VFX Artists react video from you guys. Keep this brilliant work UP!
You should also review the effects from Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast! Really neat effects in that one, too!
Love seeing your reviews of the older practical and optical effects. You should take a look at the leaping effect from Quantum Leap (the original series from the '89-'93). The effect has so many layers to it that would be fun to dissect. Particularly the leap effect from seasons 2 and 3 (season 1 had a much more basic version of the effect, and after some budget cuts seasons 4 and 5's effect were done on interlaced video instead of film and omit some of the steps of the effect). One of the leap layers, called the "star gate effect" (the stars and rays shooting from the center outward) is also used on the 80's HBO intro, and you can see how they created it by watching the "HBO Intro - Behind the Scenes" video at the 5:30 min mark. (That intro may make a good react segment in itself.)
Oh that mama film is the one I saw with my first girlfriend. I don't like horror. It was an awful experience. This comment is for engagement, but not mine
Horror movies are pretty much a no for date night. Unless the couple is really interested in horror.
nah that is a movie not a film
@@jsh2246in a different accent, like mine, it's a film
It was such an unsettling movie
I'm sorry dude that's rough. Very unsettling movie and I like horror
A cool old trick is the transformation scenes in the 1931 Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. The trick used there is pretty inventive, I let you find out how they did it.
Niko got a fire hairdo 🔥🔥🔥🔥
One thing to bear in mind with old camera tricks, is that the only way for the audience to analyse them was to go back and watch the film again.
PS: Mama came out in 2013, not this year ;)
That Orpheus clip was awesome. That's some amazing inventiveness. I'm super impressed they included the reflective double for the guy on the left since all that would be seen was his left shoulder briefly.
AI was insanely good looking at the time. A visual treat that had some pretty wild vfx.
I love horror films, they almost always have some really inventive or cool vfx in them to achieve something unnatural. Plus they've gotta be a lot of fun to work on.
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It's nice to see that Jordan got her new Adderall script filled...
As you liked Cocteau’s L’Orphée, seek out his earlier La Belle et le Bete, especially the scene when Belle’s father enters the castle. Amazing sfx for the time.
Mama is a perfect example of destroying creepy practical effects by taking a nice fat steamer on them with CG.
I saw The Night House and imeddiatelly came to me that the effects were veeeery well done and clever. Nice!
Jordan definitely been trained in the art of advertising sponsors by Jake
Just wanna say that I love the monster silhouette in Mama. It's not the scariest movie I've watched, but the still shots of the scenes are chef's kiss. 👏
Really been wanting you to research the CGI effect in the original Andromeda Strain from 1971. They faked a 3D projection of the facility, and it's fantastic, especially considering it was done practically as that level of CGI didn't yet exist. Please check this one out!!!
Most likely it was faked using model. First CGI shot in movie came few years later in Westworld.
I'm so glad you covered night house. Watched it last month and immediately thought of this show.
the practical "puppet" from _mama_ looked way better than the cgi. i wish they would've used that, instead
I feel like the moments from The Night House that take place just after the clips you've shown and just as, if not more, impressive. That's a movie with so many moments that stuck with me. You guys should also look at the van scene from the new Hellraiser from the same writers and director, such a cool moment
Do one on The Creator , it's amazing how much they achieved with such a believable VFX with a small budget
I'm going to keep recommending Jamiroqui's 1996 music video for Virtual Insanity. Although mostly practical, there is some early CGI cleanup to help hide the artifacts that would give away the practical effects.
Damn I'm earlier than the bots!
that's a rare accomplishment
Intolerance (1916) at about 1:35:58 in the version I found on RUclips, there's a sword fight where a guy gets his head cut off. But they swing a sword before and fall backwards after. There's lots of action in the background, too.
I’d love to see you guys react to The Creator (besides that one controversial shot in the trailer). It’s such a good example of economic filmmaking and getting the most out of a vfx budget.
Can't recommend 'Monsters' enough. Not without flaws, but quite enjoyable. Also, the making of bonus material is a pure joy to watch! Mr. Edwards experimenting in his bathtub, explaining the importance of getting some real shit elements into the comp and after a while concluding "yeah, that didn't work out... have to make something up on my own" had me laughing out loud! Seems like a genuinely awesome guy, C.Crew, how about trying to invite him?
I'd rather wait until we've all had a chance to see it. There are a number of episodes I can't watch because they've reacted to stuff which is too new.
You should have a look at the force field and monster effects in Forbidden Planet. The fidelity of the monsters of the Id are incredible! One of my favorite movies of all time!