How Did They Get the CGI in the 1993 Jurassic Park to Look So Good?
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Regardless of your feelings about the overall quality of the film itself, you have to admit that for a movie released in 1993, Jurassic Park contains some mighty fine lookin’ dinosaurs. In fact, the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park look so good that many film critics and fans contend that the film’s CGI effects still hold up today nearly three decades later, with some even going so far as to say they look better than some scenes in more recent Jurassic Park films. The funny thing about that, however, is that while Jurassic Park is often singled out for its groundbreaking CGI, there are actually very few moments in the film that were realised using such newfangled technology. You see...
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Love this channel!
it's ok ur hot too. 😉
How about HOST IN ABSENTIA ??
Who created the script? He really knows a lot in these things. I was impressed.
Missing Simon, but you're doing great Davan! Any idea when we can expect the next episode of the Brainfood show?
I was on that team. It wasn't a shot of a walking T-Rex that swayed Spielberg, but the running cycle of a velociraptor. Spielberg was actually shooting Schindler's List in Poland and we were broadcasting the dinosaur CGI to him in real-time in a pioneering, totally custom and home-made version of video-conferencing. The animation was done in Softimage and the surfaces were done in a combination of Alias and Renderman.
This should be pinned. 👏👏👏👏
I suppose my memory failed me, in the behind the scenes on the DVD I always thought it was a skeleton version of a T-Rex, and then later a fleshed out version that finally swayed Spielberg. I'm in no position to argue with you, but now I want to go and re-watch the behind the scenes documentary. Though they could have gotten it wrong. Obviously they did. Unless I'm just remembering wrong. Which is very likely lol. Pretty cool to see someone who was on the JP team commenting on here.
At first I was confused because I thought Spielberg made Schindler's List after Jurassic Park. But I checked and it turned out the editing and postprod of JP did overlap with the shooting of Schindler's List.
Pretty incredible that such different genres could be made back to back by the same person, with both being outstanding achievements in cinema.
It's been 3 months and this comment still isn't pinned
Great job, by the way. Still one of the best
The upgraded CGI on "Simon" in this video is FLAWLESS!!!
The hair on top of his head is the most realistic EVER!!!
But still a high forehead!
_Simon lost the precious (Dollar Shave Club razor) and is somewhere, choking the shixnit out of Deagol._
Voice needs a little bit more work. He sounds American here. 🤔
The beard isn't quite right. Hard to put my finger on it.
I feel like the best use of CGI should be to enhance and complement practical effects wherever possible. Build everything you can and then use CG to fill in the gaps.
This.
Zman Jace I bet most directors feel that way, but that means building a digital and real model then spending more time to make sure they match in movement etc. then you have the time to do both. I bet while most would like to go this route, without a Spielberg sized budget they can’t afford to.
Gotta admit, the T-rex props are some of the best Hollywood craftsmanship of all time.
That’s pretty much what they did in Jurassic Park. 27 years later and no one has truly learnt this lesson.
The men in suits say full CGI is fine and the audiences still pay the ticket.
Well that was a whole hell of a lot more interesting than I anticipated
Daddy L P agreed. I thought I’ve read and watched just about everything about this topic, but this had some nice new nuggets of information. The comparison to Transformers was great. And glad they didn’t once mention the whole “they had to dry the T-Rex between scenes” thing that everyone and their grandma knows about by now.
Lol. It sucked me in rather quickly.
@@OneShotProduktions did you know they had to raise the ceiling of the shop to accomodate the range of motion and height of that pneumatic driven t rex?
It's almost like Spielberg knows what he is doing...
He also made Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, War of the Worlds and Minority Report just over a decade later. No one is perfect.
@@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou Minority Report was brilliant.
George V. Cohea that just shows what happens when talent gets old. All those films are spectacles of light and sound, but something about him changed in that time. Overall he is probably a better and happier person and his art suffered for it. Se la vi
Ala playing God?
@@maksphoto78 the jaw dropping set piece of War of the worlds was also astounding.
Even if you don't care about the characters
Thanks to Jurassic Park, I replaced all my door levers with round door knobs to raptorproof my home
Shame that it makes it more vulnerable to Covid 19. You can open a handle with an elbow or easily use any improvised object. Whereas a knob you have to grasp with your hand, to turn. Meaning you would need to constantly disinfect your hands or use gloves (unless you lived alone and never had any visitors). Or not bother and thereby increase the risk of transmission.
@@Temp0raryName It’s nice of you to worry about other people’s health, and you do have a point, but this whole Covid thing is a lie. Covid is just another pea in the pot. There are deadlier things out there. But anyway, I hope those round door knobs will never be useful, because that would mean the rest of us are screwed. 🦖
@@dune_strider3055 I have cared for dozens of people who were dying from Covid 19, so have rather a different perspective than you. Try doing the same before dismissing it in such a cavalier fashion.
@@Temp0raryNameI’m not saying it’s not a terrible thing. I’m saying it’s over exaggerated. I agree that there should be protective measures in place, but closing business, and not allowing people to go where they want and having people wear masks in public is not very helpful.
@@dune_strider3055 Countries have tried protective measures which did not include the ones you listed and they were ineffective. So it is pointless suggesting that, just to salve consciences, when it does nothing. If you find wearing a mask too inconvenient to your lifestyle, just be honest and say you are happy to let all the vulnerable people in society die instead.
I would still argue that the texture and lighting of the T-Rex in that final scene is still utterly mind blowing. It doesn't have any of the smooth shininess, or flat lighting that continued to plagued CGI the 20+ years after that movie. Pause the vid on some of those moments and marvel at the actual wrinkles and ridges of the T-Rexs skin being picked out by dynamic light and shadows. Rendering that shit must have taken months back then! And the people who make that virtual model were utter geniuses.
I think they also used a good colour pallet. The browns look very effective. Very muddy and organic looking. It blends into the natural background very well.
Given that there are so few minutes of CGI in the movie, I think that helps a lot. I would assume that meant they could devote a lot more time to make each model and scene the very best it could be
Legit the shading department was lit
The part about there not being much dinosaur screen time reminds me of another Spielberg movie: Jaws. Barely any of the shark on camera.
Much like Alien. That thing didn't get much screen time either.
I think that was more due to the shark constantly malfunctioning , though.
What you don't see scares you the most.
@@maksphoto78 yep. Fear of the unknown.
@@SunnyGirlFlorida yup, Bruce the robot shark had problems. Named after his lawyer.
I would absolutely watch simon sit there quietly, gesturing his eyebrows occasionally.
probably already a video on business blaze
They should have him do that, with someone else lip-syncing.
They should make a deepfake version of it, just for .. you know ... science and stuff
@@JohnDlugosz _Yeah in the voice of Gollum,_
_"We swears on the Precious!!"._
Did you watch every second of the April Fools video of Simon's chair sitting quietly for its entirety?
Daven looks a lot more natural in his delivery on camera than he did a few years ago. Is that due to practical effects or cgi?
He looks a lot better. Lost weight and got contacts.
Replaced with an upgraded model, similar to recently when we upgraded to the Whistler 3000 which comes with a personality chip standard.
@@TodayIFoundOut Enjoy watching Hiskey too. But please repair the Simon Whistler 3000's vocabulator. I think I still have a few spare HK vocabulators from my old KOTOR account. Simon never even saw Star Wars, imagine the chaos.
@@TodayIFoundOut Either way, looking good and I like the background. Keep it up!
@@TodayIFoundOut I knew something was different. Did the upgrade come with a zebra mask?
When this was made we had just gotten our first fax machine in our office. It took so long for faxes to go thru that we had one person wholly assigned to the task. You'd put your sheets you wanted faxed in a basket with instructions and you'd usually get them back the next day. Smoking was still allowed inside and the entire building (huge) was a constant cloud of smoke and stink from ashtrays. And the insulation was asbestos- seriously. It was a tier 3 automotive supplier in the Detroit area. Engineering plans were still done on PAPER!! By hand! It feels like it was 3 million years ago.
Don’t you mean sixtyfive million years? 😉
@@Dinoslay maybe 265 million!🤣
8:40 those kids aren’t acting they were actually terrified, one of the operators of the T. rex got a littler closer than intended.
True, due to the rain the head of the T-Rex was way to heavy,
and even the safety glass broke.
Therefor the kids where not acting.
@@kevinvoogt Yeah, this is one reason why the studio has to pay a stage guardian. This guardian is paid by the studio but works for a third party and has veto power when it come to the kids welfare. Although this can also be a legal guardian or parent.
Yeah, don't want another Twilight Zone incident....
@@RimWulf now that i did not know, but sounds indeed safe.
Thx, learning something new every day.
@@JohnClark-tt2bl explain? what happend?
referencing to the movies or the series?
At the right angle, Davin looks like Elijah Wood.
from the another angle, he looks like Simon.
But much, much taller. ;-)
Or Voldemort
As long as you use quick cuts and the right lighting
@@TodayIFoundOutThe CGI effect.
Being a VFX artist myself I can say that the CGI used in that film still is of a higher quality then a lot of stuff churned out nowadays, certainly with the technology used back then.
You should have Simon just move his mouth like he is reading while you provide the voice-over. That would be funny to me.
Dustin Hull You really need to get out more!
I'd watch that
From stories I've heard, it also seems like the digital effects department was given a lot of time to get things right -- if the CG elements are interacting with the real environment, that means they had to be working on those shots from early in production/pre-production. Whereas nowadays every effects house is swamped with work that has to be done in two weeks to make it in time for the release date, so there's no time to do it carefully and well. And then we get Judi Dench as a cat with human hands.
A good channel to follow about VFX is Corridor Crew. They say exactly this. That most VFX studios have the capability to produce amazing effects but are in a serious crunch for time, especially when they script and scenes are changes and they have to go back and rush in changes.
I want puppet Simon. Where he lip-syncs to Daven's voice. That would be hilarious
Stan Winston was an animatronic guru. I was a supplier to Stan Winston Studio during this time. I remember they had Alien and Predator statues in the lobby and they were frightening! T-Rex started out as a sub scale clay model, then full size. The skin was molded out of silicone rubber with in-mold coloration that gave it a life-like appearance.
I didn't know Elijah Wood hosts this show sometimes.
_If he looks like Frodo, then Simon looks like Gollum, whom lost his Precious, Dollar Shave Club razor and is somewhere choking the shiznit out of Deagol._
Omg this is great lmao!!!
The things you can accomplish when everyone is at the top of their game and willing to actually work together, who would've thought 😅
I'm always pleasantly surprised how well that movie holds up.
You still have a few more hair follicles to lose before you can become Simon.
Mean as it might seem, the truth is that I think this video's host is far easier to listen to and doesn't constantly crack grating jokes. MUCH better. THANK YOU!
Agree totally!
I was amazed by that movie. I always said the dinosaurs couldn't have looked more real if one had actually come back to life and walked right up to you. That film blew my mind!
I think the animation is one of the main reasons the CGI looked so good decades later, mostly because everything was animated as if it were a stop motion animation. There’s an interview with Tippett where he says the stop motion animators would animate with the dino controller, and the computer dudes would think there was something wrong with the data, but when rendered out it would look perfect. There’s an exaggeration to the animation that just tricks out brains better than it was more ‘accurate’.
Also, it always needs to be said: the jeep is also CGI in that scene.
Apparently, in the final fight between T-Rex and raptors, there is a single frame where the raptor in the T-Rex's mouth disappears as party of a glitch in the CGI. But, because it's literally a single frame, no one notices it. It's night impossible to notice unless you slow down the scene.
27 years later, and I still maintain this is one of the greatest movies ever made.
Hi Daven! I love seeing you on screen. I hope that you are taking good care of yourself 💜🌷💕
Probably still the best movie experience i ever had in the theater and it was only $5. I ended up watching it 4 times ( was in the 3rd grade ). You would just be demented to do that these days, not only because it's expensive, but mostly because the movies suck!
As a teen I'd pay for one movie abd then just hangout in the back and watch another movie for free
I saw it for my 12th birthday, and was blown away. Still one of the most memorable birthdays I ever had.
It wasn’t just subtle tricks. The CGI dinosaurs at the end in particular were just.... really well done for the time. The CGI team put in a hell of a lot of work. Even in full lighting, the CGI is still pretty good, even when you are looking straight at them.
In the raptor vs t-rex scene, the audience had also been already primed to think of the effects as incredibly realistic, so the short time that scene lasted wasn't enough for people to be like "wait a minute, this is different!"
That was probably my favorite scene as a kid to be honest! The only time I truly hated it was in the SEGA Jurassic Park game when I couldn't figure out how the hell to kill the raptors! 😂😂😂
I thought it, anyway. Always my least favorite scene.
@@pyr3x849 The way you collapse the skeleton on the raptors was actually supposed to be the original ending of the movie.
In a nutshell, Simon isn't really needed unless you want a pleasant British voice.
In a subsequent question, where did in a nutshell come from?
And how is nut shell specific to one family of nut?
First by Pliny the Elder, 77 AD as a literal expression (He thought someone wrote a copy of the Iliad small enough to fit inside a nutshell), and made metaphorical by Shakespeare in Hamlet. "I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams."
Overuse of CGI usually means that the rest of the film is lacking in some point.
NUMBER 1! YAY DAVIN!! What a treat! I love your voice and canter, this is a lovely change. I super hope Simon is better very soon. You both are loved!
I think you've played down how ground breaking the CGI was on this film. It doesn't matter how much there was or what other effects were used to aid the CGI, it still holds up because it was brilliant on its own. Let alone anything else.
Really a very interesting video! I feel like the subtlety of making the dinosaurs more felt than seen is what makes the original Jurassic Park more frightening than its sequels. In some ways it feels more like a horror film, kinda like the original Alien does, like horror with a sci fi angle.
I’ll be honest, until this video, I never really realized that any CGI was used in the Jeep attack. I’ve seen it dozens of time and always thought it was a practical effect using the full sized puppet.
A lot of people think that actually....that's all the proof you need about how realistic the CGI looks
Well the jeep was CGI when it gets stepped on and bitten
As much as I like Simon, I do also like me some Daven which is why I like The Brainfood Show so much.
I'm totally blown away by the practical effects at 11:54 when the raptor gets thrown to the skeleton. That thing doesn't only look real, it FEELS real!
Dude, you look cool af!
Fella went from looking like Linkara to a Eminem/Elijah Wood hybrid. Savage!
I would enjoy a video of Simon silently looking at the camera trying to get his information across in gestures lol
What did they do with the T-Rex model after the film? I mean I imagine it’s what they used at universal but is it still around?
I want to buy it lol
Bruce Wayne bought it. Reportedly he's keeping in somewhere in his mansion now, although exactly where remains a mystery as visitors haven't reported seeing the thing. Maybe there is some truth to rumors that the Manor has a secret underground storehouse.
Look up the images of the animatronic Hoggle from the movie Labyrinth, as he looks today! The materials they make such props out of aren't meant to last for several decades; they prioritize looking good at the time of filming and coming in within budget. Sadly, the practical effects stuff is probably showing its age by now.
The animatronics in the movie are not used in the theme park ride. The outer skins are not designed to last: the material will degrade and breakdown over time.
jonathan keay so what you’re saying is somewhere there’s this animatronic T Rex out there rotting away like some prehistoric terminator, waiting for motion to go past is ocular sensor?
Oh, and if Spielberg learned anything from Jaws. They had an animatronic shark that was broken 80% of the time. It was so frustrating that they began filming around it and filming it less and less. In the end the actual shark wasn't really on film for hardly very many minutes of the film, and it worked wonders. It added to the suspense and fear.
CGI?
Spielberg: Keep it to a minimum.
Lucas: More. I want MORE!!!
In Simon's absence, do you get his groupies?
Im starting to think danny escaped from the radiator and simon is currently tracking him down.
They also used a really good script and actors to make you think you saw stuff you didn't really. They kept your eyes and attention on the people running away in terror so that you didn't even stop to think about what they were running from. The scene with the kids in the kitchen is a very good example of this. Watching the movie I didn't even see the stage hand's hand on the door to push it open for the creature. My focus was on the head of the beast and then the kids with too little time to look around the scene.
the scene when the tyrannosaurus animatronic jaws crashed down into the car was not actually in the script but they just went with it when they saw how terrified the kids were
Oh I thought the thing said “I hate Simon” I’m just sitting here like, “... wait what?”
Simon who monopolized a handful of the largest educational channels just by having a deep voice and being bald: **laughs in script slapping**
@@Ferroes Also glasses. 'Cause that means he's smart.
I kid, I kid: I really enjoy Simon's persona. He's a good communicator.
@@Ferroes Don't forget the accent
ngl i would love a vid with Simon awkwardly staring not saying anything but the video and info imgs and edits. are read by draven.
that would be good
please do it
Jurassic Park was the last film I saw at the drive-in when I was a kid. I didn't get to go to a drive-in again till I was in my 30s.
I'm reminded a bit of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, that film also had the team go out of their way to have the animated characters "interact" with the non-animated set as much as possible.
Daven I think you should actually host some videos even when Simon is not sick as even though your voice might not be Simon-level your enthusiasm for the topic really shines through
I remember Davin being on the show a few times for years but I just noticed today that he has a very nice face, especially a great jaw and chin.
Wow, Daven, you did awesome!! 👍 Great video! Hope Simon feels better soon. Love your content!!
The suspense was a trick of the era. Jaws was the same way, where music built to the rare climax of a sighting of the famous shark animatronic.
Sort of like a lot of "CGI" elements in Tron were manual animation...
templarw20 indeed. they deserved a technical Oscar for that movie 10 times over… For those who have never seen the documentary on how it was made, the photographic process to make some of the scenes by itself is amazing.
Answer: By filming at night and using lots of shadows.
these masterpieces of movies age so well that you can watch them today and barely notice they were made so long ago
Totally phenomenally awesome vid! Thanks for making it 👍
No spoiler alert? I haven't seen Jurassic Park yet.
Lmao!
Than what are you doing here? Go watch it!
@@jacobstutzman7591 lol that was a joke. I may be an out-of-touch loser but not to that degree.
Joke aside, spoiler alert; there's a park. :P
In a nut shell, they didn't rely on CGI. That makes a huge difference. Also, time is what usually seperates good and bad CGI. With so few CGI shots they had the time to make them good.
The film's aspect ratio helped hugely too. The later films with very wide ratios make everything less awe inspiring somehow.
There's a YT Video about this somewhere
Hey Daven! Good to have you back!
Is Simon sick?! Does he have the 'rona?!
I bet he lost his voice from narrating his 30-some channels.
@@Noone-jn3jp infested from what??? Lol it could've been there 62 min business blaze on ten items nobody needs the other day. Fantastic video ☺️
I don't know if this is the problem but he mentioned in a video several days ago that he had a mouth ulcer, a canker sore, depending on where that is in the mouth, and how many of them he has, it can be absolutely debilitating.
They can be caused by all sorts of things but I find that I get them the most when I'm stressed out. We are all certainly going through stressful times.
Camera Shy Coco Now I'm picturing Simon as one of the extremely happy, playful young dogs I treat who pick up papilloma viruses from sharing toys at dog parks, with little warty bumps in their mouths!
@@CritterKeeper01 Nope, it's not the same. It's not caused by a virus, it could be I suppose, but generally it's not. Sometimes it's from acidic food. Sometimes it's from friction in your mouth. I often get them on my cheeks where my teeth hit. I have super sharp teeth. Apparently. Also some whitening toothpastes make my mouth react in this way. Most often I get them from stress. It's an autoimmune thing, it's not viral, you can't catch it, it is not contagious.
It's not the same as a fever blister, which would be on the outside of the mouth. Fever blisters are from a virus, herpes simplex, which if I recall correctly is associated with chickenpox.
Ulcers in the mouth are just spots that are super raw. They generally are flat or concave slightly and they are white or very light pink.
And they hurt. A lot. And even the smallest amount of friction, which is constant when you're talking or eating, will send you through the roof.
I am personally not up on the papilloma virus. I do know that it is quite contagious. I don't know what to tell you about the dogs, that can't be pleasant.
I have a Question: Why does the Movie „TITANIC“ from James Cameron look like it was filmed/made today? (I Watched the Original Version of the Movie)
Titanic is garbage.
Noel Black because they built a life size replica, IIRC.
Anthony Browning i know, but some effects
Edit: i mean CGI
I gouged my own eyes out about 20 minutes in....good thing I already know how the story ends!
It was a miniature model, but still very large.
It is much easier to make machines and vehicles than creatures.
Wow. Thank you. I didn't realise why so many films that used cgi after Jurassic park looked so much less real. Now I know.
Haven’t seen you hosting in a while. Great job!
I vote for Daven to do more videos even when Simon gets his voice back.
No. 😂
His skin is so white. Does Simon ever let him out of the basement?
Hazard of living so close to Canada. ;-) And also working like every day all day. :-) -Daven
@@TodayIFoundOut Sorry, had to :D Up here, it is our winter camouflage in the snow.
Adam Jones, Guitarist of Tool, was a member of the Art department on Jurassic Park, along with some other hit movies in that time period including Terminator 2 which was mentioned in this video. Adam is super talented.
I watched Jurassic Park again this year and I can genuinely say that the CGI never distracted me from the story. It's insane that it's over 30 years old and still holds up today.
Simon without a voice?
Oh well, his hair already left his head and is now residing on his face,
Next he will have some hair on his chest.... oh wait...
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@@SW-zu7ve whriters freedom 😉
But thx.
@@kevinvoogt I was joking your joke
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Just joking your jokers joke, must be that smoke I just toked.
Bang on Daven. Another fact was Speilberg had his kids watch the scenes when done. If they say "It's only a model" the scene was re done or fixed.
False
Daven, I don't think you seemed awkward in front of the camera. Nice job.
Hi Daven! What a lovely surprise to see You :)
Hi, I'm early. Who are you?
grootdapup Hi Early, I’m Late
Noel Black are you going to keep it?
He’s an alternate host, doesn’t show up too often nowadays tho
He normally writes the scripts and Simon reads them, but with Simon unable to speak he's gotta read it himself...
Excellent video. It should also be added that sound effects played a major part in making the movie so convincing.
Thus why I prefer citing Jurassic Park as having "amazing effects" that are better than some films today, rather than "amazing cgi".
Also, all I could think with the frozen raptor (which I had never noticed before): "Pay no attention to the dino behind the curtain!"
I’d love to see more Davin. =] He read all that wonderfully.
Ahhh, the lost arts of effects...
... and also story telling. You wouldn't be as impressed were it not for the actors convincing you of stuff.
You should co host with simon again. You seem way more confident in speaking than you used to.
Remember, this was only 8 years after Young Sherlock Holmes (also Amblin Entertainment) with its stained-glass knight character. That was also an ingenious use of bleeding-edge CGI.
I'm sure those knights were easy on the polygons.
I mean he did a very good job filling in for simon but with simon in the thumbnail it just all seems so fake :(
It says Host: Simon Whistler
One job. You had one job.
I cannot count how many times I have seen Jurassic Park. I even went to Jurassic Park world at Universal Orlando a few years ago.
The idea of using physical objects to show weight with the CGI animations reminds me of Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Seeing how those animated characters could truly interact with the real world (like using real drinking glasses & coffee mugs, Roger breaking through a window, Baby Herman walking between a woman's legs while her dress hikes up, etc) made these animated characters feel like real things, not just drawings added after everything was shot
Daven is the kinda guy who is married to Simon's girlfriend.
Been quite awhile that you have hosted one of these, you have improved greatly as a presenter.
You should get credit for hosting! It still lists Simon as the host for this! Also, I think you should join in more often :)
Given the fact that Simon hosts a bazillion channels, I am surprised that his voice lasted as long as it did.
That was one of your greatest videos yet. Did not expect that
Thought I could hang with the parents watching it in theatres. Made it to the scene where the T-rex eats the lawyer before I ran the He'll out of there and joined my sister's down the hall watching Dennis the Menace.
CGI is CGI. At it's heart it hasn't changed much in the whole 30 years since Terminator 2 days. What's changed is the hardware to get it done. In 1992-1993 it probably took a whole building of server racks a month of running 24/7 just for a 1-minute scene, in addition to graphic artists doing their thing beforehand. Now a single 6-foot rack can do the same thing. Places like ILM still have a whole room of racks, but they are typically doing several movie projects at once.
Get well soon Simon!!! And thank you for ding such a good job making sure we still got our daily dose of info!
I'm really glad to see your more comfortable on cam! Great job man!
It makes me think of The Two Towers, when Gollum spins around and the cloak gets whirled around on the ground, from Andy Serkis’s foot actually spinning it when he whipped about. It really helps sell the reality of the presence of the CGI character.
Excellent video. Thanks!
Dude you are awesome and we miss you!