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<blockquote data-quote="Imaculata" data-source="post: 7942165" data-attributes="member: 6801286"><p>You can tell that the CGI shots for both Jurassic Park and T2 were carefully planned out to make them look as convincing as possible. There's been a lot of movies since where the director didn't really plan anything out. Chronicles of Narnia is a great example of a movie where they just lazily shot an empty field of grass, and told the artists to just fill it with CGI creatures. Oh, and throw some random mermaids in the foreground of this shot while you're at it.</p><p></p><p>Both Spielberg and Cameron were very careful how long they showed a CGI shot, and how close they could put the camera to it. Marvel is aware of that too, which is why they had a different model of Thanos for his closeups. But many movies don't care about any of that.</p><p></p><p>One of my favorite scenes that involves a great mix of CGI and practical effects, is this scene from The Lost World.</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]iUYr6e58pps[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>Notice how much effort was put into this scene. They have a moving camera to help sell the integration of the CGI into the shot, which was difficult to do at the time. They shift focus multiple times, and physical objects react to the actions of the raptors. And they also make sure the timing and the eyelines of the actors match with where the raptors are at the time, during a longtake! The camera follows the action of both the actors and the raptors, as if they are both present in the scene. This had to be carefully choreographed, because some of the shots are so long and every interaction that the raptors have with the environment has to be timed at just the right moment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Imaculata, post: 7942165, member: 6801286"] You can tell that the CGI shots for both Jurassic Park and T2 were carefully planned out to make them look as convincing as possible. There's been a lot of movies since where the director didn't really plan anything out. Chronicles of Narnia is a great example of a movie where they just lazily shot an empty field of grass, and told the artists to just fill it with CGI creatures. Oh, and throw some random mermaids in the foreground of this shot while you're at it. Both Spielberg and Cameron were very careful how long they showed a CGI shot, and how close they could put the camera to it. Marvel is aware of that too, which is why they had a different model of Thanos for his closeups. But many movies don't care about any of that. One of my favorite scenes that involves a great mix of CGI and practical effects, is this scene from The Lost World. [MEDIA=youtube]iUYr6e58pps[/MEDIA] Notice how much effort was put into this scene. They have a moving camera to help sell the integration of the CGI into the shot, which was difficult to do at the time. They shift focus multiple times, and physical objects react to the actions of the raptors. And they also make sure the timing and the eyelines of the actors match with where the raptors are at the time, during a longtake! The camera follows the action of both the actors and the raptors, as if they are both present in the scene. This had to be carefully choreographed, because some of the shots are so long and every interaction that the raptors have with the environment has to be timed at just the right moment. [/QUOTE]
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