VFX Expert Breaks Down The History of Shrinking People in Movies
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Date: 2022-07-06
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Comments and reviews: 10
Chucho
I think we were all expecting Honey I Shrunk the Kids. HOWEVER, this wasn't a list of -best movies w shrinking people- or something, this was a timeline of how vfx techniques used for shrinking have changed/evolved throughout the years, and unfortunately, the ones used on HISTK were already mentioned in previous entries (oversized sets, matting, etc) so mentioning it would've been repetitive and unnecessary. :/ It doesn't mean the movie is not notable, it just didn't fit in this particular video.
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I think we were all expecting Honey I Shrunk the Kids. HOWEVER, this wasn't a list of -best movies w shrinking people- or something, this was a timeline of how vfx techniques used for shrinking have changed/evolved throughout the years, and unfortunately, the ones used on HISTK were already mentioned in previous entries (oversized sets, matting, etc) so mentioning it would've been repetitive and unnecessary. :/ It doesn't mean the movie is not notable, it just didn't fit in this particular video.
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Tobi
Good overview of the stuff I try to forget when I'm watching. He doesn't convey the shock and awe felt by audiences over the technology thru the sixties, when -I Dream of Jeannie- and -Land of the Giants- got us used to seeing the effect.
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Good overview of the stuff I try to forget when I'm watching. He doesn't convey the shock and awe felt by audiences over the technology thru the sixties, when -I Dream of Jeannie- and -Land of the Giants- got us used to seeing the effect.
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Peanut
What amazes me about these older movies is how realistic results the old techniques yield compared to modern computer compositing. I saw Downsizing and it still looked ever so slightly less 'real' than a lot of these older movies.
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What amazes me about these older movies is how realistic results the old techniques yield compared to modern computer compositing. I saw Downsizing and it still looked ever so slightly less 'real' than a lot of these older movies.
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Aartwood
I can't believe they rotoscoped downsizing! That's an insane amount of dedication to the craft right there!
Can't wait to see the film too, especially as Indian in the cupboard was the first film I ever watch in a cinema! :D
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I can't believe they rotoscoped downsizing! That's an insane amount of dedication to the craft right there!
Can't wait to see the film too, especially as Indian in the cupboard was the first film I ever watch in a cinema! :D
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iLikeTheUDK
Could people in the comments please stop bringing up HISTK? There were tons of other movies that involved people being shrinker, but neither Honey nor them brought anything new to the table in terms of technicality.
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Could people in the comments please stop bringing up HISTK? There were tons of other movies that involved people being shrinker, but neither Honey nor them brought anything new to the table in terms of technicality.
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RyFi
Downsizing was one of my favorite movies of 2017, but I have to say the rotoscoping was very noticeable and distracting in the scenes where it was used. Luckily most of the movie didn't need to use that effect.
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Downsizing was one of my favorite movies of 2017, but I have to say the rotoscoping was very noticeable and distracting in the scenes where it was used. Luckily most of the movie didn't need to use that effect.
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JJ
boiz them video was about techniques. not about top 10 smoll boios in movies.
it actually took me quite some time to write like a small american though.
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boiz them video was about techniques. not about top 10 smoll boios in movies.
it actually took me quite some time to write like a small american though.
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GameChanger72
S o Y o u ' r e
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S o Y o u ' r e
T e l l i n g M e
S m a l l P e o p l e
D o n ' t
A c t u a l l y E x i s t?
-My life is a lie. -
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Galaxis
Oh yeah, the size of the lighting. Can you imagine how different the light in a room might look if you had six feet across light bulbs?
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Oh yeah, the size of the lighting. Can you imagine how different the light in a room might look if you had six feet across light bulbs?
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Bill
The effects weren't great, but the 1968 to 1970 series Land of the Giants did much to keep interest in smallness as a theme going.
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The effects weren't great, but the 1968 to 1970 series Land of the Giants did much to keep interest in smallness as a theme going.
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