Aren’t you the guy who gets in Reddit fights and/or bashes people in your discord if they have ANY critique about your totally banal, shallow, and pastiche grading course?
@@HeyQuinton Oh, he has a Discord now? That's funny cause a couple years ago when I recommended and offered to set him up a Discord server he said he was going to keep using FB. But yeah, though his course taught me some basics, he's basically made YT videos lately that contradict or show that he didn't know the technicalities of grading when he made the course... I'm glad I didn't pay the current price for it though. I bought into it when it was still $400.
As a Blender user myself, I'm constantly impressed with the work you are able to do with practical effects on a small budget and I can't wait to see more! Regarding the focal length, there's a small software called fSpy which lets you draw a rectangle on a plane in an image to calculate stuff like FOV, camera position, rotation, and also focal length. This is usually used for into Blender and on images with clear lines (e.g. tile floors), but it might be helpful in the future as a way to approximate which lens might work
I feel like fSpy wouldn't work that well here because the shot doesn't really have any clear lines to determine the vanishing point, but it's a fantastic tool and could definitely make some of these things way easier!
You absolutely crushed it my dude, the final result is amazing! There are definitely fun and approachable VFX solutions to some of the issues you ran into here, so def feel free to hit me up if you ever have any questions on a shot in the future! Would love to see the power of VFX and your practical mastery combined- all the best :)
Speaking as someone who spent nearly a decade recreating shots from Blade Runner, I have to say that the results you've achieved here are absolutely fantastic! I can't wait to see how you recreate the rest of your shots.
Fantastic video as usual! I got really into movie making this year when i found this and the channel is definitely my favourite channel that talks about it
Love this channel and all the work and creativity that goes into making these incredible videos. One small tip on getting stuff like that cocoa powder to “flatten” in your miniature landscape is rather than trying to push it around with a dowel, vibrate the surface mechanically to get it to settle. You can also use a rocket blower to move puffs around during art direction. With small particulates, pushing and pulling directly produces a lot of unintended results. Can’t wait to see what you tackle next
Incredible work once again William! With every recreation I am shocked at how close you get to the original. You truly are the king of recreating shots haha!
Love your videos and how you use solutions from older videos, like the smoke fan. Really shows your growth as a film maker. Ps: the metronome was genius.
As an aspiring film director, you driven me to my core. I will start these small projects as a start. Thank you so much, man. Your video was impeccable 👌 ❤
Really good work. I would suggest toning down the ‘peril’ element. It seems forced. Every other line is ‘this could go wrong at any moment’ and ‘we had no way of knowing’ etc. i think most of us would just prefer a bit more technical commentary. Looks great though
I wholeheartedly agree, although I do understand why he does it... when adapting for his shortform content he needs that sensasionalism to hit the algorithm for the most part unfortunately. Which is truely a shame given that it feels tacky and cheap when this segement introduces itself in the main videos, when the content itself is anything but! These guys have such great work and astutely describe their thought process behind the projects they carry out, I just wish there was an easier way to approach the shortform algorithms without damaging the longform. 😔
That was amazing man! The only thing I would add to make it 100000000% more perfect is a power window in resolve horizontally at the bottom of the frame to introduce a tiny bit of shadow area, as the camera is dollying in, to expose the three-dimensionality of the micro mounds of the sandy ground.
0:07 and you know what else is massive? Loved the video William, blade runner 2049 is probably my favourite movie if we’re talking about cinematography and you nailed the shot You truly are one of the best RUclipsrs out there
i so love miniatures, and puppets (Ladislas Starevich's renard the fox movie is one of my favs) and stuff like that. it's understandable why modern filmmakers use cgi but i hope theres a grand resurgence of practical effects.
The result was so impressive. Just goes to show that with a solid vision, in this case courtesy of the work of Denis Villeneuve and Roger Deakins, it's totally possible to get stunning scenes on a very low budget. Just takes planning! A lot of movies (for a long time) have just thrown millions of dollars at a shot instead of planning, and gotten slop in return.
There are some really incredible shots from Nosferatu. I hope to see you do one of them when it gets a digitalized release, I think you would absolutely nail it.
In a world where most of this could be rendered using ai with just a prompt, it's amazing to see filmmakers like you guys go so far for one single shot. Truly inspirational and I hope you guys make it big!
Loool no way I was binging your videos and you post another today! You’re gonna do so well! Your videos have got me looking into my own cinematography ❤
I love the video. Mad cool to see a different approach to a shot like this and I think the look is overall very special. I would argue that you might want to consider proportionally scaling your lens focal length as well as your aperture. I say this because both the distortion and depth of field can be influenced by the scale. You would want to remove distortion from both plates and then apply a final lens distortion of your real world scale plate over top of the comp'd shot as well. Mad entertaining video, dropped a like ofc
@caleldonini It's subtle but it's definitely there. Just one of those small things that our brain picks up on unconsciously, when it's missing the shot will produce a different response in people, even if they can't put their finger on why.
If you look at the source, you'll see Gosling stays the same size relative to the frame. So the obvious solution would be to have the actor walk on a treadmill and leave the camera static. Also I'm not sure what your shadow solution was but again if you look at the source you'll see that he doesn't really cast a visible shadow, so it would have looked better with a less is more. Cool result though :)
oh wow cool! you wanna help me make a movie with quite literally a low budget? im thinking of doing the editing, the writing the filming, the costume design, the acting the everything... and ive done the costume design, the the writing and so forth now i just need a good group of people to help me think-
Favourite channel on RUclips hands down. Incredible what you get accomplished in your garage half the time. Really no one has an excuse for not getting things done. Question though, if you wanted consistent speed on the dolly zoom, can't you get motorized ones for as cheap as $150? Im saying this half way through the video so you can tell me to take a hike lolll
Yes and no! Someone totally could make a $150 motorized slider work. However, my full camera rig is heavy, and I've found that cheaper sliders don't work as well for me. In particular, the bigger cinema lenses play a role in that. But it probably could be done with a really compact camera system!
@ That makes total sense! Didn’t think of this and had the very same issue with one even more expensive than those. Aaaand this is why I shouldn’t have asked hahaha Appreciate you responding man!
Looks awesome man! My buddy and I actually won Best Miniature in the annual ShotDeck recreations contest this year and we did Luvs Office! Cant wait to see how you pull it off! I’m sure you’ll blow us out of the water haha 😆
you forgot one little thing about the little reflective area in the original one , they have a little bit some areas with higher iOR and thats give it more variation , butt your is amazing , i would recomand to make the first shot with arnold render , its waaaay cheaper and more advaanced with a lot of ability
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You are a mad man, my dude. Another masterpiece! Can’t wait to see part two.
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Aren’t you the guy who gets in Reddit fights and/or bashes people in your discord if they have ANY critique about your totally banal, shallow, and pastiche grading course?
@@HeyQuinton Oh, he has a Discord now? That's funny cause a couple years ago when I recommended and offered to set him up a Discord server he said he was going to keep using FB. But yeah, though his course taught me some basics, he's basically made YT videos lately that contradict or show that he didn't know the technicalities of grading when he made the course... I'm glad I didn't pay the current price for it though. I bought into it when it was still $400.
I'm always in awe that videos like this are free. These are just so stunning to watch.
As a Blender user myself, I'm constantly impressed with the work you are able to do with practical effects on a small budget and I can't wait to see more!
Regarding the focal length, there's a small software called fSpy which lets you draw a rectangle on a plane in an image to calculate stuff like FOV, camera position, rotation, and also focal length. This is usually used for into Blender and on images with clear lines (e.g. tile floors), but it might be helpful in the future as a way to approximate which lens might work
I feel like fSpy wouldn't work that well here because the shot doesn't really have any clear lines to determine the vanishing point, but it's a fantastic tool and could definitely make some of these things way easier!
@@AXLplosion yeah it'd definitely be almost impossible to get anything useable from this shot, which is why I said it might be useful for the future
That tool sounds spectacular! I really need to learn some basics in Blender!
9:39 great attention to detail by having the bg music match up to the metronome you used.
That was soo satisfying indeed
Your editing is absolut perfection!
The mastery of what you do is so amazing. I am so proud of you!
You absolutely crushed it my dude, the final result is amazing! There are definitely fun and approachable VFX solutions to some of the issues you ran into here, so def feel free to hit me up if you ever have any questions on a shot in the future! Would love to see the power of VFX and your practical mastery combined- all the best :)
Holy shit, it's Jordan No.2.
Wait... are we about to see William Baker x Corridor collab 👀
Thank you so much! I definitely want to learn more VFX and could for sure use some guidance! I have a video that might be perfect coming up!
Speaking as someone who spent nearly a decade recreating shots from Blade Runner, I have to say that the results you've achieved here are absolutely fantastic! I can't wait to see how you recreate the rest of your shots.
Beyond inspiring, thank you for making filmmaking so comprehensive
Easily one of the best channels on RUclips. Every one of these videos is fantastic
Your channel is awesome! I just binge-watched all your videos and really enjoyed them. Keep up the great work!
Incredible video! Super inspiring
Wow! This is fascinating and you are a master in your craft. I love this kind of art so thank you for carrying us behind the scenes.
one of my favorite youtubers
Fantastic video as usual! I got really into movie making this year when i found this and the channel is definitely my favourite channel that talks about it
I'm so glad these videos could help you on your filmmaking journey! Filmmaking is so much fun!
Love this channel and all the work and creativity that goes into making these incredible videos. One small tip on getting stuff like that cocoa powder to “flatten” in your miniature landscape is rather than trying to push it around with a dowel, vibrate the surface mechanically to get it to settle. You can also use a rocket blower to move puffs around during art direction. With small particulates, pushing and pulling directly produces a lot of unintended results.
Can’t wait to see what you tackle next
That is a brilliant idea! It took us so long with the dowel😅 Vibrations will for sure be the approach in the future!
Dude you are insanely talented. Your recreations of all these shots are INSANE. Great work.
Incredible work once again William! With every recreation I am shocked at how close you get to the original. You truly are the king of recreating shots haha!
Still loving these videos, it shows if you really want to make great compositions for backyard films you don't need expensive gear.
Every time I come back to watch some of William's recreation, I always leave in awe. Great work, man.
This is not a normal channel,
This is a free Film Making University with actual Value. Love it
Love your videos and how you use solutions from older videos, like the smoke fan. Really shows your growth as a film maker. Ps: the metronome was genius.
your work is always hella inspiring. awesome stuff
This is actually ridiculous!! You are amazing and deserve much more views because of all this hard work. Well done and keep it up. I'm loving it!
yours has to be one of my most favorite youtube channels on the platform
As an aspiring film director, you driven me to my core. I will start these small projects as a start. Thank you so much, man. Your video was impeccable 👌 ❤
Dude, this was sick! Great work. Absolutely love these videos. Keep'em coming!
The quality of these videos is insane!! Honestly some of the coolest videos on the internet :D
you are truly an inspiration.... so many ideas flowing from seeing your work with miniatures
The effort your team put in really paid off. The shot looks stunning
Really good work. I would suggest toning down the ‘peril’ element. It seems forced. Every other line is ‘this could go wrong at any moment’ and ‘we had no way of knowing’ etc. i think most of us would just prefer a bit more technical commentary. Looks great though
Yes! Exactly
I wholeheartedly agree, although I do understand why he does it... when adapting for his shortform content he needs that sensasionalism to hit the algorithm for the most part unfortunately.
Which is truely a shame given that it feels tacky and cheap when this segement introduces itself in the main videos, when the content itself is anything but! These guys have such great work and astutely describe their thought process behind the projects they carry out, I just wish there was an easier way to approach the shortform algorithms without damaging the longform. 😔
My feelings as well! Fantastic content but that’s my only complaint.
Very inspiring, thank you for making it available for everyone 🙏
You truly nailed it with the tools you had!
That was amazing man! The only thing I would add to make it 100000000% more perfect is a power window in resolve horizontally at the bottom of the frame to introduce a tiny bit of shadow area, as the camera is dollying in, to expose the three-dimensionality of the micro mounds of the sandy ground.
0:07 and you know what else is massive?
Loved the video William, blade runner 2049 is probably my favourite movie if we’re talking about cinematography and you nailed the shot
You truly are one of the best RUclipsrs out there
LooOOOOOOOW Taper Fade
@@Cazox1you wanna know what’s crazy. The low taper fade meme dude. Is still MASSIVE. Like I’m seeing new ones everyday
Thought he was clipdarming and realized this isn’t tiktok😭
i so love miniatures, and puppets (Ladislas Starevich's renard the fox movie is one of my favs) and stuff like that. it's understandable why modern filmmakers use cgi but i hope theres a grand resurgence of practical effects.
Fearless and bold.. keep winning bro...#Properreigns
The result was so impressive. Just goes to show that with a solid vision, in this case courtesy of the work of Denis Villeneuve and Roger Deakins, it's totally possible to get stunning scenes on a very low budget. Just takes planning! A lot of movies (for a long time) have just thrown millions of dollars at a shot instead of planning, and gotten slop in return.
This is wildly great! It looks amazing, exactly like the movie. Well done!!
Nice job! 👍 I always love these, that's why I keep the notifications on.
This is INCREDIBLE!!!!
There are some really incredible shots from Nosferatu. I hope to see you do one of them when it gets a digitalized release, I think you would absolutely nail it.
Metronome idea was GENIUS
miniatures ! hourray ! 😍 I loved the final shot and the making. thanks a lot !
Bladerunner 2049 is one of the most artistically beautiful cinema made in human history.
Thank you for showing the final shot for longer! Looking good.
This is amazing actually - it worked.
Seeing a Denis Villeneuve trend happening here on this channel and I am for it.
this is absolutely incredible, you guys never fail to impress!!
I love this. Cool to see your process. It would be cool to see how you are working your camera settings too. Do they change much during the process?
In a world where most of this could be rendered using ai with just a prompt, it's amazing to see filmmakers like you guys go so far for one single shot. Truly inspirational and I hope you guys make it big!
This was insane ! Great work!
no one but you know how good this result is. Amazing
THE King of recreating shots
Loool no way I was binging your videos and you post another today! You’re gonna do so well! Your videos have got me looking into my own cinematography ❤
8:45 you rather approch a cocoa powder company for sponsorship insted of skilshare 😂😂
I love the video. Mad cool to see a different approach to a shot like this and I think the look is overall very special. I would argue that you might want to consider proportionally scaling your lens focal length as well as your aperture. I say this because both the distortion and depth of field can be influenced by the scale. You would want to remove distortion from both plates and then apply a final lens distortion of your real world scale plate over top of the comp'd shot as well. Mad entertaining video, dropped a like ofc
Thanks for the idea! I'll keep that in mind for the next two!
You could have avoided the dolly in by zooming digitally in post… but I respect the effort. This is crazy
He addressed this in the video. Zooming and dollying are not the same, you do not get a parallax effect when zooming.
@@aldolega right- but there is so little happening in the background that the parallax effect is hardly visible 😕
@caleldonini It's subtle but it's definitely there. Just one of those small things that our brain picks up on unconsciously, when it's missing the shot will produce a different response in people, even if they can't put their finger on why.
I am so stunned by every video of yours. That is impressing
That’s amazing!!!! Dude I love watching your videos! They are very inspirational and crazy to see the final result!!
Man you are motivation dude! Keep going you're building something real 🔥
Great work, stunning result, congrat's !
Very inspiring to see things like this are achievable without the big bucks. I ought to give stuff like this a shot some time!
If you look at the source, you'll see Gosling stays the same size relative to the frame. So the obvious solution would be to have the actor walk on a treadmill and leave the camera static. Also I'm not sure what your shadow solution was but again if you look at the source you'll see that he doesn't really cast a visible shadow, so it would have looked better with a less is more.
Cool result though :)
I couldn't even tell the reveal was yours, this is so AMAZINGLY done even words can't describe it omg
what an absolute gem before Christmas
Amazing work bro well done 👏
Looks great William, well done.
I love how well this guy is able to recreate a shot, very mesmerising 😮
Amazed after watching this. Truly commendable.
Waiting for the other two.
Good lord lol you keep executing these and they look so good in the end. Bravo!
Top tier content here. Greta job breh. Idea for future video: The breakup scene from Cameron's Titanic
Wow! So amazing. Impressed beyond belief. Well done Will and team
thiss man is crazyyy, i always waiting ur new video every day
Dude I don’t know how you do it man! Love your videos keep it up!
the card trick was incredible
That was crazy well done!
My Brother it's reallly outstanding!!! I'm so exited for next one.
it wouldve been so cool to see a 30+ minute video with all the shots but im looking forward to the next teo
Bro what! It's so good! That's wild.
this is a masterpiece
Everyone else: Use a motorized slider for consistent dolly speed
William: Hold my metronome
It looks great!!
Amazing work as always, you’ve inspired me to start making content of my own
oh wow cool! you wanna help me make a movie with quite literally a low budget? im thinking of doing the editing, the writing the filming, the costume design, the acting the everything... and ive done the costume design, the the writing and so forth now i just need a good group of people to help me think-
Stunning as usual!
Huge huge respect my man❤️
The result is soo good, awesome!
Great recreation! La la land also have beautiful scenes
Good idea! I should look into that!
Favourite channel on RUclips hands down. Incredible what you get accomplished in your garage half the time. Really no one has an excuse for not getting things done. Question though, if you wanted consistent speed on the dolly zoom, can't you get motorized ones for as cheap as $150? Im saying this half way through the video so you can tell me to take a hike lolll
Yes and no! Someone totally could make a $150 motorized slider work. However, my full camera rig is heavy, and I've found that cheaper sliders don't work as well for me. In particular, the bigger cinema lenses play a role in that. But it probably could be done with a really compact camera system!
@ That makes total sense! Didn’t think of this and had the very same issue with one even more expensive than those. Aaaand this is why I shouldn’t have asked hahaha Appreciate you responding man!
dude is so talented
So good my man, masterpiece once again!
Nice work kid, you're going places.
Looks awesome man! My buddy and I actually won Best Miniature in the annual ShotDeck recreations contest this year and we did Luvs Office! Cant wait to see how you pull it off! I’m sure you’ll blow us out of the water haha 😆
you forgot one little thing about the little reflective area in the original one , they have a little bit some areas with higher iOR and thats give it more variation , butt your is amazing , i would recomand to make the first shot with arnold render , its waaaay cheaper and more advaanced with a lot of ability
Amazing work, wish we ould see more of the compositiong instead of jumping from shooting to finished shot.
i love how many times this guy used the word massive
you know what else is massive?
this is Flipping INSANE MAN
recently found your channel, really loving it!
You could use a slider and a weight attached to camera holder and use gravity to get consistent speed on not motorized slider! 🙌
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