VFX Artists React to HARRY POTTER Bad & Great CGi

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[@CorridorCrew]

Thanks for watching er'body! If you want to watch this entire show from the beginning you can do that here ► kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWW6o36bpMqNns0

[@fahqkitty]

Where is the part two?? I love your content and can’t believe I haven’t seen this one yet lol. I desperately want more!

[@sakuruanim3294]

er'body 🤣

[@KevinMichael]

People fail to mention about how there is absolutely no music behind the entire fight scene in the ministry between DD and voldemort. Really added to the suspense of the scene and immerses the viewer even further into that world to the point where It almost seemed real in a sense.

[@AsanpiCh]

Yeah I always thought that scene was pure genius. They really banked on the visuals and it seemed incredibly risky.

[@7kingly241]

Exactly!!

[@geniusonyeo]

EXACTLY! OMG just reading your comments made me having goosebump all over my body. Truly brilliant scene.

[@patrickconners]

Sound effects were too good

[@highdefinition450]

Rrally wished they had done it like in the books tho :/

[@galacticshield1939]

React to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, when Harry and Dumbledore visits Horace Slughorn and when they clean up the house.

[@pance_9912]

@Mot Kaou YES PLEASE

[@eerikav2167]

Yes !!

[@timbelin1875]

The half blood prince: when slughorn and dumbledore rebuild the inside of the damaged house in the beginning

[@manchild3437]

THIS

[@tapanjoshi7710]

THIS PLEASE

[@technicolourmyles]

YES

[@ivy0912]

Absolutely

[@ashhh2023]

YES! That is literally my favorite scene out of any movie I have ever watched!

[@eholland824]

The Goblet of Fire: when the Hungarian horntail chases Harry around Hogwarts in the Triwizard Tournament!

[@Music_Engineering]

Yes please talk about this one! :)

[@ZaberZlayer7]

Especially when the Horntail tore away some of the tower’s shingles. It was incredible to see, and it still is.

[@karolinaknyziak7902]

One of the most realistic looking dragons

[@Clane_K]

Movie: Chamber of Secrets Scene: The Basilisk coming out of the water at the end inside the Chamber

[@alluminox2473]

That scene had good cgi for the time they made the movie but that scene today doesn’t look too polished

[@sillivika1745]

Movie: Deathly hallows part 1 Scene: Nagini transforming back to a snake from a woman.

[@riyasudeen3476]

Tamil ah

[@Texicus_Reddicus]

shots of the real woman with snake sounds. and then a cg snake with cloth sim for the cloak thing. her face could be realy good makeup or just a tracked cg face

[@bjst9250]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gni9imCrj61go9E..

[@TheQismaster]

In Harry Potter are a lot of transforming scenes like McGonnigal into a Cat, Sirius into a Dog,Lupin into the Werwolf etc. I need more of this than just 2 parts!

[@SuperWiiBros08]

So looking forward to whatever the heck you'll review next, I freaking loved the Harry Potter films

[@ONityantTiwari]

Mee too

[@piyushganti3709]

Who didn't love this series. It was epic

[@noeonoohno4219]

terf

[@jeant6502]

@@noeonoohno4219 You can like a concent without supporting its creator. hell, there are many gay people listening to Frank Sinatra's songs despite many knows that he's homophobic.

[@gizmonala9087]

Nghe Phúc hát mà nước mắt rơi mãi ....quá nhiều cảm xúc ùa về, quá nhiều kỉ niệm. Cảm ơn Đức Phúc thật nhiều, giọng hát anh ấm tựa nắng mùa Thu vậy.

[@DavidVanmeterDutch]

And all I ever think about is the engineers that wrote and developed the actual code for all of this computer tech. Mind boggling.

[@chasexdillon]

I think it'd be fun to see a comparison between OG Blade Runner VFX & 2049

[@afrobrur2065]

I don't know if it is more appropiate for Animators or VFX artists react, but you should watch scenes from a Norwegian film called "Flåklypa". It uses dolls, i think, and it was a major success in Norway.

[@Nathgamer]

Please react to the vampire coming out of a Backpack scene in 'What We Do In The Shadows' that scene blew me mind.

[@shutupdoug4976]

The brick wall fades in with the light dimming on the platform shot. I caught a frame of it having too much opacity at full speed - watch it at one quarter and you can see it plain as day. The wipe just increases the lighting. Looks really weird once you see it.

[@andrewcotgreave5345]

Have you ever considered looking at som really old school VFX? Any of the George Pal produced films would be good (War of the Worlds, When Worlds Collide, the Time Machine) or Forbidden Planet which was incredibly influential. Ray Harryhausen is probably worth a reacts all by himself. I would definitely be interested in comments about the old school techniques used vs how a contemporary CG approach would tackle the same challenges.

[@mistyminnie5922]

I hope they didn't forget wanting to do a part 2 of Harry Potter VFX because a lot of us would like to see it !

[@Xandliear]

Couldn't agree more!

[@hejalll]

Looks like they definitely forgot. Sadge.

[@JMartini810]

They definitely forgot wtf. .

[@hmak8605]

This!!!! I keep searching for it!!

[@luukoll4686]

Still no ep 2 :(

[@rubenderub]

When Harry changes into Goyle in Chamber of Secrets. During the transition his face becomes all bubbly. Still holds up pretty well!

[@Bjjbhcoa86]

I love that transition. It sells it really well. The changing back into themselves in the Slytherin common room is not bad either but the bathroom one is superior imo.

[@peterstangl8295]

Facial transformation/morphing effects are probably the hardest to pull off, but when they work, they're the best!

[@Sol_Badguy_GG]

It wasn't VFX. It was actual real magic used on the set of the film. Don't look it up just trust me.

[@deep27220]

Harry Potter was literally magic when we first saw the movie. I guess even corridor crew would agree as they would have been a child then

[@caffeineaddict1602]

Harry potter rated R. Yeahhhh!!!

[@stephenlilly5995]

The scene where the guy turns from a chair back to a normal person. Everything about that has crazy stuff going on

[@jumpy2048]

General kenobi you are a bold one

[@Legalize_Nuclear_Bombs_]

@Ba Paoi stfu

[@masterimbecile]

That would be Horace Slughorn

[@jzaruen3099]

Yeah, and how they managed to make the wrecked house look okay again. There's the little detail with Harry stepping on a piece of the chandelier that was so cute.

[@ikeeichenberg9068]

"What if someone made it more brutal?" Draco bleeding out on the floor in Half-Blood Prince: 👁👄👁

[@natesmodelsdoodles5403]

Bathilda Bagshot. Need I say more?

[@tazaycharla3426]

He had like huge gashes on his body in the book

[@leeks1408]

They missed an opportunity to blow up Seamus Finnegan multiple times in Sorcerer’s Stone

[@auron1987]

"This entire scene is practical." Of course it is. That's just how life is in the UK.

[@trickyagent127]

The outside of hogwarts castle is just Glasgow University, I know because my sister went there

[@brandonwei7897]

PRACTICALly perfect in every way

[@cxls]

The UK is definitely the best when it comes to Practical effects and camera work, it's quite common that big Hollywood movies will come to the UK to use our methods and equipment.

[@H0n3yMonstah]

@@trickyagent127 actually no Hogwarts footage was filmed at Glasgow university.

[@cwflad]

@@trickyagent127 False

[@CAPEDCRUSADER3900]

should've had the people who did Voldemort's nose do Henry Cavill's Mustache in Josstice League.

[@Exoclypse]

Would not have helped. They had a lot of time and preparation for Voldemort, including several scans as mentioned. For Superman those scenes were reshoots, meaning 0 prep for VFX and short on time before release so they had to rush it. This was not the fault of VFX artists but of poor planning.

[@sssharefff]

@@Exoclypse yeah they shoot most of the scene in justice league when cavill was growing his stache for Mission impossible if I'm not wrong. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[@Exoclypse]

@@sssharefff In fact Cavill had already started shooting for Mission Impossible. He had to go back and forth between England and America to shoot the scenes.

[@bossman4799]

How about looking at the dementors. Especially the shot as they approach Hogwarts in Prisoner of Azkaban and the flowers frost over.

[@jamesramplin8124]

This! All the freezing stuff is great cinematically but that shot especially shows the crystal formation and everything

[@bjst9250]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gni9imCrj61go9E..

[@willg9840]

8:03 Clint’s face when they’re explaining how lighting works with a hat on 😂😂

[@Call555JackChop]

Deathly Hallows Part 2 when they start drowning in the multiplying cups

[@isaackim7675]

I loved the close up on the Elder Wand when it starts to crack

[@jamesramplin8124]

I imagine the only cgi bit is when the cups start mulyiplying at the start, the sound design really makes that scene. And then later on they're probably just pouring in more identical cups from off camera and cutting if they really want a massive pile (they probably just added some bug boxes underneath so they didn't need as many cups) I know nothing about behind the scenes though. They also had a glow on some of the cups when they multiply if I remember correctly. I reckon it's just good cgi 3d models and they just make copied come out of the other objects and then run a physics sim

[@tigransafaryan6619]

@@isaackim7675 nothing special there.

[@sebastianolsson9063]

@@jamesramplin8124 I highly doubt it's practical considering how much work it'd be to create a ridiculous amount of accurate prop cups.

[@isaackim7675]

@@tigransafaryan6619 Imperio. Zip it.

[@orinblank2056]

That Dumbledore and Voldemort battle is especially cool because it really shows the capabilities of master wizards. There's not really any other part of the series where you can really see people pushing the magic to its limits like that. There are a lot of spells, but they're mainly done by the main characters, who are all younger and still learning, whereas Dumbledore and Voldemort are actual masters. I wish we could have seen more crazy magic like that in the rest of the series

[@generouslyfat]

ye

[@dowfreak7]

I feel like JK didn't think up enough surrounding the magic system to really make that work. We have no real indicator for what the magic comes from, what fuels it, what you can and can't do exactly without a wand, how impactful your own vs another's wand really is, how you can improvise or create spells etc. I love the books to death, re-read them all the time, but the real focus of the story was always more a magical new world to explore and a mystery to solve. It was never truly about the magic, except for very few storybeats almost at the very end. Stuff like learning nonverbals, self-made spells, detecting magic just by touch, casting without a wand all only really came around in the 6th book onwards. What Voldy and Dumby are doing in this fight is barely based on any spells we know. We got some base spells like aguamenti, serpensortia, protego, incendio etc., but they're all blasted to an absolute extreme. The only other power-scaling example we have are patronus charms, which can be weak mist, substantial bursts, creatures and creatures that talk. The rest of the spells all only slightly grow in power and most of them are just "dude gets knocked back more", almost regardless what the base spell even is. Impedimenta and expelliarmus just work like knockbacks, strong reducto is basically just confringo and so on. I feel like if there had been slightly more books, with a bit more focus on the magic itself in the later school years, a more robust system to base them on and a better villain structure we'd get those high impact magic battles. But as it was, we only really got this one fight, a hint at the Grindelwald spectacle and lots of "Harry uses expelliarmus". The golden flames his wand reflexively spit out were interesting, but then only turned into a minor plot point to shoehorn in the hallows. Man, I wish JK had actually put in some more effort and brushed up on her writing throughout the books. We could have whole generations of Harry Potter/Hogwarts chronicles telling stories in that world and instead she just took all the money she could and tried everything to get more, while never improving.

[@jamiestewart48]

@@dowfreak7 I wish we got more of the book's battles inside the ministry. Big floating brains, Dumbledore animating the sculptures of the fountain and them jumping in front of spells to protect Harry, etc.

[@nasiryousufi781]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2: the Gemino Curse (everything they touch multiplies)

[@1138Caboose]

Deathly hallows: when they’re inside Bellatrix’s vault and everything starts replicating...so complicated because the actors seem to have to keep jumping and touching physical objects that weren’t there but keep being replicated and exponentially increasing!! HOW!? HOW CORRIDOR!

[@emmett7320]

this one please!

[@KNullHypothesis]

There were practical solutions for harry, he had to climb on something to get to the goblet. Everything else was simulated/animated around the actors. Most of the objects ended up being in the foreground for less masking work. The actors had to pretend like there were objects flying around them. Very difficult but not impossible!

[@KruzeTV]

They did have to climb a little bit, apparently they had to make 210,000 cups and the rest was vfx

[@thakalithaarumaaru9848]

@@KruzeTV that was 210000 coins not the cups

[@borjanavarrofernandez9747]

Harry Potter requests: - The Basilik - The polyjuice potion in chamber of secrets - Lupin turns into a werewolf - Harry and Buckbeak - The dementor train scene in prisioner of azkaban - The "Dumbledore has style" scene - Dumbledore horrocrux's cave scene - All the Gringotts scenes of deathly hallows part 2 - The battle of Hogwarts - Harry vs Voldemort (final fight)

[@bernardobento5943]

damn! you got all of those right! I hope they can review all of the above!

[@jasonverveda5613]

Dang this is pretty much my exact list

[@ahpp96]

I would like to know the crews thoughts on the 3d effects of Voldemorts death and the way he flakes away. It was the first time, and only time, since Avatar that I was impressed by 3D in a movie.

[@jameswalker1559]

Add in the fiend fire scene in deathly hallows part 2 and we got an episode!

[@TeylaDex]

perfect list

[@vatoloco1528]

"Wait, but which house am I in? " "You're in my house now. " That was hilarious!

[@maikf8264]

Please look at the dementors, especially when they are introduced in the third movie on the train. The flying car in the second movie. The door to the room of requirement in the fifth movie.

[@chillu420]

We simply want 8 parts dedicated to every single movie

[@IchigoKurosaki_]

Agreed

[@EatCarbs]

Agree too

[@the_gr8_brandino]

That would work

[@jch010]

yep

[@brunosl80]

Noice

[@blairthomasedu]

Still waiting on that second episode

[@alvybar2990]

Seriously though

[@pearceWhitakerUnderground]

amen

[@DarkVVitcher]

Also another good scene is when Harry goes against the Hungarian Horntail dragon in the Goblet of Fire.

[@sambowdenuk]

And compare that one to the scene in number 7 part 2 (film 8) where they escape on the back of another dragon! It'd be good to see the contrasting dragon scenes, and the advances.

[@DarkVVitcher]

@@sambowdenuk Yeah that was a fantastic scene!!

[@AlejandroSifuentes]

You are in my house now lol 😂

[@everythinginablinknhk4437]

Lol 🤣🤣

[@FandomEnforcer]

That has to be a shirt or a decal for Corridor! It was brilliant!

[@integral]

We've known all along that Nico is the sensei and the rest are mere talented students of the dark CGI arts.

[@sharwandsouza1747]

You're in my yard now💀

[@alejandrovalenzuela7994]

There is a shirt roght there

[@mychalleverage6748]

Goblet of Fire: Sirius’s face in the fireplace VS Order of the Phoenix: Sirius’s face in the fireplace

[@jch010]

this one is great, always though the goblet of fire one was the coolest.

[@plontoon642]

The ultimate “you vs the guy she tells you not to worry about”

[@Lunrbatzz]

I was genuinely disappointed by the Order of the Phoenix one tbh it just kinda looked lazy

[@CrazyDiamondAJ]

lol I forgot about that

[@GreenPantsAllDay]

Also, Prisoner of Azkaban Dementors vs Order of the Phoenix Dementors

[@khushmeeet]

When is the next part of this series coming out?

[@brainstormpictures8343]

It'd be really cool if you guys analyzed the "Lupin changing into a Werewolf" scene.

[@AH-hp5jz]

Maaaan, I wanted to say that

[@tnt-jr8tg]

Please do a break down on how they did professor lupin’s transformation into a wearwolf

[@volcryndarkstar]

Omg yess

[@Empty12345]

And also Wormtail transformation?

[@tnt-jr8tg]

@@Empty12345 yeah!

[@Blueissuperior]

The Pollyjuice potion scene when everyone turns into Harry

[@vipset87]

that's easy

[@Bjjbhcoa86]

"We're identical!"

[@TinyGiraffes]

They just filmed him over and over, it looks impressive but it's a pretty easy affect. AJR just did the same thing in their new video.

[@jesselunn5657]

@@TinyGiraffes it was great cuz he had to try and act like everyone there, pretty funny scene

[@lordkrauser]

I'd say that was more impressive with Radcliffe's acting since he had to emulate all of those characters' personality quirks and speech patterns.

[@kandy5129]

amazing how this is popular again due to Hogwarts Legacy

[@BryanSeeker]

Please do the port key scene with awkward air running Robert Pattinson

[@hanleal2001]

God PLEASE

[@alexandergray5134]

ITS BRYAN SEEKER, HELLO!

[@LemThurdy420]

@Ba Doai No one knows wtf is going on in your vid but good try!

[@spencerhoadley5723]

This

[@bryans6539]

Oh my god I hated that so much. They ruined the 4th movie.

[@hridayshah2486]

Prisoner of Azkaban: Time travel scene, when everything around harry and hermione rewinds while they look around

[@Texicus_Reddicus]

i'm not sure how they got it to match up at the start. but the shake is clearly digital. so one shot is done moving forward, the other moving backward and then the forward on is reversed and shake is added to both + that motion blur effect to the reversed one. they would have to comp them infront maybe by hand or with a blue screen. I'm not certain though.

[@pwl2992]

+1

[@worstenbroodje6832]

My favorite movie of the series, partly because of that shot

[@SchrodingersDinger]

Here's the scene: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5iUcmqcd56hqM0 But yeah Harry Potter deserves a few more parts

[@travellerinthedark]

That scene always bothered me, because in the story Harry wakes up to discover that Sirius needs help, but when you go back the last two hours, you see him fully conscious in the hospital wing.

[@anthonycarey6387]

Compare the two scenes from Goblet of fire and Order of the phoenix where Sirius Black is talking through the fireplace.

[@Coolgamer54321]

I wouldn’t say I’m dissapointed but the Order of the Phoenix should’ve kept the same effect

[@jazzycat8917]

@@Coolgamer54321 the effect in Order of the Phoenix is closer to whats described in the book. That being said they should have just committed to one effect, changing it was weird.

[@BryanSeeker]

YES!

[@sarahbearbabygirl]

yeah this was a bad change because the world has to be at least somewhat consistent. like, compare the dementors in Azkaban with the later movies - the CGI later is obviously better, and they changed a few of the elements so they were more smokey and ghost-like, but overall the design and look is pretty similar. you can show an advancement in technology that is acceptable and recognized by viewers without completely changing it and throwing everyone off.

[@lvs8768]

You guys never did part 2? I'd love it if you guys could react to more Harry Potter vfx!

[@Cyranek]

I need access to the harry potter goop sim cache

[@Ermor666]

I'm curious to ask why, but also scared.

[@hipsterpantsgladstone9767]

Someone give this man the launch codes

[@hirvale]

Ah yes, I too want to simulate hot viscous liquids shooting out of sticks for... reasons.

[@samueljfw]

@@hirvale I bet there's money in that tho lmao

[@anuragneelam8527]

@@hirvale 😉

[@harveyatkins5169]

Remus turning into a werewolf and Dudley getting his happiness sucked away from him

[@ianC15]

Hagrid. Just Hagrid in every movie with every character interactions

[@buffnipz]

I'd love to see a reaction to the scene where Hagrid makes the bricks shift and move to reveal Diagon Alley in the first movie

[@mattbogo_]

@@buffnipz they do

[@AdrianChazz]

I'm pretty sure that's a suit...

[@myerspostrandy2473]

@@AdrianChazz they had two actors portray hagrid, one for height and the actual actor

[@elijahvincent985]

The literal definition of a Gentle Giant. So wholesome!

[@Kurotekken]

Clint's sombrero face is such a mood.

[@DoubleAMoviez]

Apparently after the first two movies they replaced the practical hanging candles with CGI ones because it became a fire hazard lol

[@zombiesyndrome9811]

Same with the Food in the Hall. In the first Movie the Food were all real, and after that they used plastic fake food because most of the real food went bad.😅

[@realepicaaron3326]

i read that it was getting in all of the food :p it was probably both lmaoo edit: the *wax* got in the food.

[@AProudDad]

Will you ever do a sound designer reacts? As one myself I would be tickled pink. But maybe it's too niche.

[@TheEarthyn]

I would dig this, when you hear good sounds it is just such a good feeling, the wand effect sounds are so good, transformers always has good sounds

[@merpleberg]

@@TheEarthyn Avatar: The Last Airbender show has some really amazing sound design especially the fire bending during sozins comet

[@Nastybeastdude2070]

YESS

[@mynameisafcc1233]

I already have a scene to react. Star Wars seismic charge 😍

[@angrypotato_fz]

Awesome idea!

[@Hank280]

“This is a children’s movie franchise, they can’t be brutal” Dementors literally absorbing children’s souls from there face.

[@eefneleman9564]

Yeah, and these movies became much nastier near the end of the series.

[@Isnogood12]

And Harry hitting his puberty rubss off a white wisp from his wand, which only later on becomes a manly stag when he becomes more confident? nvm me.

[@JDayMain]

That's not graphic though, it's just conceptually brutal

[@ninja0329]

I mean originally the books and movies were for kids but as the sequels went on and more mature so did the audience. Kinda like Toy Story the sequels were made with the intention that the audience is growing along with the series.

[@tharetsku]

Good comment, just one problem. Their not there.

[@paulfear7860]

One of my favorite things about this channel is how they give credit where it's due. "None of this would have looked as good if half of it wasn't practical". They know the limits of their own craft.

[@Lsd1021]

Can't believe they didn't talk about the Knight Bus and when it thins out

[@iwueseessaygyado1406]

IKR?!!

[@ivy0912]

Oh yessssss that totally deserves to be reviewed!!!

[@KNullHypothesis]

Tbh, it's one of the easiest effects to achieve from HP. You have a 3D modelling of the bus or you green screen it in when it's an exterior shot. Then you apply stretch to it and squash the geometry. For the inside shots, it's even easier. You just squash the footage horizontally. For the slow down of time, you adjust the footage/CG to about 10% time scale and re adjust it to normal when it goes back. When the bus moves quickly, you adjust it to 200-500%. Some of the spells are more difficult like the streams for dumbledore and voldemort, you gotta add all kinds of particle sims around them, then obviously you have the goop sim in the middle. The water ball is also superb, like they said. Only a software like Houdini is capable of something like that even in today's age

[@TypetwoAbsolute]

Practical: "I never thought I'd create an effect side-by-side with a CGI" CGI: "How about side-by-side with a friend?" Practical: "Aye, I could do that."

[@friedpotato6037]

*ok understandable have a great day*

[@prich0382]

That is overall the best way to do it, 100% CGI or 100% practical is hard or difficult or not good enough sometimes, but use both in a smart way and it's fantastic

[@allisonl.6984]

The scene in movie 6 where Dumbledore rearranges a ransacked room when he takes Harry to visit Professor Slughorn!

[@gabrielgingras814]

Already done.

[@BurningRabbit666]

Was thinking about that one!

[@vehzee]

@@gabrielgingras814 link?

[@gabrielgingras814]

@@vehzee I'm sure I've seen them react to it, but it's not in any thumbnail so... Fuck!

[@traxstaromega3467]

The magic style changes A LOT as the films continue. Which magic aesthetic is your favorite? And THE CAR!! THE SPIDERS! Or maybe babymort? There's so much to talk about

[@Obliviousness]

React to the scene where Harry and Voldemort are "merging" together during flight in The Deathly Hallows Part 2. Their faces blend together in an interesting way.

[@gusenkadiev4482]

Bad CGi bits in Sorcerer's Stone: * Neville falling of a broom * First Hagrid appearance scene has poor CGi Hagrid standing in a background

[@charleslavoie7622]

As well as Harry's CG model when he's riding the troll ! It does the job, but the effect doesn't hold up very well X)

[@Zw285]

That's pretty good for a 20-year-old movie.

[@sakarisippola5746]

and the troll

[@samos4924]

@@Zw285 No it looked bad then too.

[@brucie66]

Not CGI, was a body double with an animatronic head

[@ethantorres6113]

The scene where Harry breaks his arm, then gets a portion that removes his arm bones

[@eefneleman9564]

That was a bad spell. The potion was to restore the bone.

[@mickeysimon3789]

That was prostetic arm I guess

[@amberkiely8521]

The limits of CGI at this time of movie making made the movies hold up SO much better over time because of the practical effects. When I rewatch fantastic beats in comparison to the OG HP films, the excessive CGI hurts, it takes you right out of the magical atmosphere they try to create.

[@jakeelfner]

The battle of Hogwarts moment where a death eater flies in through a window and then gets heckin reversed back out of the window

[@Jacob-kx1ix]

Str8 up yeeted

[@CastroStudios1]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6epgWlteq6MrNE

[@brah098]

Please make this happen

[@ImS0urDiese1]

You gotta talk about the house extending in the order too. When the whole apartment building extends out sideways

[@glynrh8892]

Oh man yeah that’s so cool

[@masterimbecile]

You beat me to it!

[@James-zo1uy]

Better title: See how VFX muggles are getting tricked into believing that the wizardly world doesn't exist.

[@bennyboiart7781]

Plot twist; they are wizards who have been hired to trick *us* muggles into believing magic doesn't exist.

[@lebazardichiko9069]

@@bennyboiart7781 Who says I'm a muggle or that the first person is ;)

[@bennyboiart7781]

@@lebazardichiko9069 *main HP theme plays

[@themiraculous0447]

Ralph Fienes just killed it as voldemort. The way he was able to make the character so expressive WITHOUT eyebrows is insane. Being able convey those emotions without them is insanely difficult but he absolutely nailed it.

[@matteoonate7887]

He's like a minion

[@evanhart3508]

Prisoner of Azkaban: Werewolf/Rat transformations!

[@ramonbetzler7786]

Also the Dementors and the Hippogriff

[@Rukashi80]

It is all VFX

[@Hamphield]

In movie 7.1, the seven Harrys scene When everyone transforms into Harry

[@FinalGrade]

You just flooded a bunch of old memories back into my head. I remembered an fxguide article I read on that a long time ago. Here it is www.fxguide.com/fxfeatured/harry_potter_and_the_deathly_hallows/

[@ctakitimu]

Oh yeah I remember! And Hermione's 'Harry' gets self conscious being topless! Funny af

[@AFake_Human]

@@ctakitimu that is Fleur isn't it? Thought she said "Bill look away" or something like that.

[@bugzwoody4043]

@@AFake_Human Yeah it's Fleur

[@sadmanadib8536]

I'm once again asking for the seven Harry's with the polyjuice scene in deathly hallows part 1.

[@GulMuhammad-lg6gv]

Oh. My. God. After all these years, I literally just found out what Diagon Alley is. Diagon Alley. Diagonally. Diagon Alley. Diagonally. Why did I just find out about this now

[@morenofranco712]

Me: *peacefully watching a film at the cinema* Wren, whispering at my back: "so, how do you think they did that shot?"

[@zanderbastedo8914]

"This is a children's movie franchise" Me at 30: It's for YOUNG ADULTS!

[@grumpyoldguy4817]

Me at 45. It's a good movie franchise.

[@hugolouessard3914]

The first two are clearly oriented towards children. But the rest, though it was made for teenagers mostly (I grew with them like som many have) holds very well for adults

[@steeljawX]

Me going back and re-reading the descriptions of the 3 forbidden curses: "Yep, truly fitting for children. . . . "

[@georgespittle9773]

I’m pretty sure JK Rowling designed it to be for a growing audience, hence the increasing dark themes as it goes along

[@glassworld9279]

@@georgespittle9773 yes she did. I remember her saying something about Enid Blyton's stories that the kids never really grew.

[@PaollaLollaa]

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince: The scene when Dumbledore makes a circle of fire to save Harry in the cave

[@roisinnigcrainn7722]

Yes the inferi were amazing too!

[@KaladinVegapunk]

I mean a lot of credit goes to Cuaron for establishing a consistent theme and style with azkaban from there on out haha But yeah, the fire against the inferi was awesome The fight with Voldemort in the ministry from Order was great too. ( I am kinda dissapointed with their R rated version not using any of the good stuff haha and only sticking with philosopher & chamber)

[@kingofravens6335]

The skeletons in the water

[@LuisSierra42]

Always

[@crappymcdick]

@@KaladinVegapunk What does Cuaron have to do with anything in the comment you responded to. And no a lot of the credit doesn’t go to him.

[@b1nz]

14:10 LOOK HOW GOOD THAT IS DUUDE!!! You know it's almost as if they are professionals....

[@christie_brown]

Ok but like …. This was 2007!!! That effect is up there with Davey jones in terms of 2000s vfx

[@nathanielzarny1176]

The scene where harry meats slughirn for the first time, him turning from a armchair to a man, and where the house is restored! That scene really makes you feel like it's magic

[@44BlueFoxes]

Merlin's beardddd

[@HerTresTails]

Yes, absolutely, that's a great idea!

[@RubenVatle]

When his teacher turns into a warewolf in the 3rd movie

[@itsjustkaela]

one of the other coolest scenes ever. everyone bashes on Remus' design but i am absolutely fascinated by it

[@motionblurofhappy7804]

One of my favorite scenes. So seem less and the set is amazing. The vibes even without the rest are obvious. And like Ruben said people shit on his design but I prefer that hyper mythical almost human not quick wolf thing. It’s a horror skinny huge disgusting thing rather than twilight where they’re huge wolves. Remus is one of the more fantasy ware wolves I’ve seen but I’m not a fanatic so maybe I just like Harry Potter. Either way it’s shot week with snape protecting them because even he didn’t expect it and Sirius attacking as his dog brings so much to it.

[@PapaBear_Gaming]

Gonna be honest, I've never been a fan of the scrawny "werewolf" as imagined by someone who has never in their life imagined a werewolf or seen literally any art for it, scrawny, lanky, weak looking, weird howl... like legit not a single cool, crinos, wolf, or even half wolf half human portions to it aside from being bipedal to... some degree

[@PapaBear_Gaming]

Although as far as bad cgi effects go it is top tier in how much they could discuss the scene and the mistakes made therein

[@glassworld9279]

@@itsjustkaela because it does not follow the books.

[@warlockred9668]

Request for VFX react: When harry and other contestants meet the dragons in GOBLET OF FIRE

[@ellen9219]

One of my favorite stories is that the actor who played Dumbledore commented on how well trained the bird who played Fawkes the phoenix was. The twist? Fawkes was just an incredible animatronic. Also the basilisk is all practical, as well as the spiders. That movie's effects are amazing.

[@PalkaTV]

React to Harry's hand when it becomes boneless.

[@leeks1408]

100% practical arm

[@EpicNerdsWithCameras]

"You're in my house now." There's that casually aggressive Niko energy we all love to see.

[@BradyWalsh666]

i came looking for this comment lol

[@StrayBee]

Transformation from mad eye to Barty Crouch Jr. is one of the best transformation scenes

[@masterimbecile]

All the polyjuice scenes are dope.

[@jayrose2933]

Hoping for a part two, even though it’s been literal years 🤞

[@RedQuill567]

The scene when the whomping Willow attacks the flying car.

[@ekofever827]

Oh shit that’ll be a good one

[@RikFTK]

That scene is actually mostly practical!

[@GarrettWatts]

Yes! Finally! So excited to watch this! 😭

[@emmette359]

*I was just thinking "Garret would love this video!" and here you are!*

[@anareyes5707]

Hi garret!

[@thebluePumpking]

Awesome to see you here :) Hope you're doing well!

[@animuchan6136]

go away verified person

[@blew1t]

@@animuchan6136 no

[@grgfrmnva3153]

Wren and Niko using Clint to show lighting with hats: explaining lighting Clint: 👁👄👁

[@NoArmsSally]

you’re in my house now

[@the_gr8_brandino]

I think Clint is an android, and they just turned him off for the demonstration

[@grgfrmnva3153]

@@NoArmsSally what

[@Rekallism]

"Patio Room?" Here in England we pedantically call it a 'Conservatoire' Or 'conservatory'.... if you can afford one.

[@Numberplay]

the scene where Hermione and Harry travel back in time in the 3rd movie is really great. oh there's a very cool camera shot in the same sequence.

[@fuadiftekher1307]

This is one of Alfonso Cauron visual trickery to feel like you're not in same world after more it progress

[@poopoo8315]

I'm just gonna type this to boost it

[@calebblevins6415]

The scene where Harry and Valdermort are clashing and their faces start to fuse together during flight.

[@gabiluch87]

That is so fucking awesome, I was gonna suggest just that

[@jkili4070]

Dumbledore’s “firestorm” scene. I’m wondering how much CG they used vs Pyrotechnics.

[@glost12311goduer]

Oh I love that scene, it's possibly the most powerful use of cg throughout the entire series.

[@thecompanioncube4211]

Love that scene. I was so fucking PUMPED for Dumbledore after that

[@Luka1180]

The train they used for the Hogwarts Express was not ALL that hard for them to do, because it actually exist in real life. All they did to it was put the Hogwarts sign on it :) And yes, it really does go from King Cross to the highlands of Scotland. It's a famous and very beloved tour.

[@artvh8722]

In Half-Blood Prince, when Dumbledore and Harry are in the cave together and Dumbledore creates this epic firestorm. I'd love to see a breakdown of that shot.

[@PhilTheViolinist]

Yes! So epic

[@MKashaff]

Prisoner of Azkaban was a Masterpiece in every field whether it's music or story or VFX. I mean it was a once in a lifetime movie.

[@vividandlucid]

Somehow it sold the least well, such a pity

[@bjst9250]

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[@Zeta4]

I haven’t seen it in a while but I remember it being the most boring one

[@AnInsaneOstrich]

My favourite movie in the franchise hands down. It is such a good movie, along with the VFX camera magic and the Time-Turner scenes are just done beautifully. That boggart closet was not the first or last time the camera went through glass, but it was definitely the most complex.

[@HVYLUX]

That scene with Harry’s aunt is unbelievable! Could not believe that was practical!! Keep up the content fellas!

[@MrPhilfun]

09:09 well, were waiting ;)

[@sam8404]

6:58 "Those candles are practical. I read about it in Hogwarts, A History." - Niko

[@jackerylel]

Deathly Hallows part 2 when harry and Voldemort are flying together at the very end. There's a moment when their faces merge and it literally looks like something Peter would make

[@KeWDu]

I second this one!

[@Hraesvelgr44]

Can you do Neville Longbottoms's freak broom accident in Harry potter and the Sorcerer's stone the first time he rides a broomstick - the cg Neville is hilarious or when any of the characters are cg

[@firestar4430]

Baha, I just noticed this the other day - the CG neville is SO BAD!

[@leeks1408]

It’s pretty much at the same level as the CG Doubles in the Quidditch match scene

[@rootieboy]

@@firestar4430 Gumby Neville

[@jimWare66]

And the scenes with the pixies

[@bloodrunsclear]

6:12 I never noticed they actually have people crossing over the skyway into Gringotts! It's a nice subtle way to sell the miniature as the size of everything else

[@Chapter616]

The Chamber of Secrets: When the phoenix heals Harry with its tears. That is one good looking bird!

[@pajamaman2989]

I'm pretty certain Fawkes is always practical in that movie unless he's flying.

[@Ninjamanhammer]

I think Fawkes is an animatronic. It was so well done the actor who played Dumbledore thought it was a real bird.

[@kislayparashar]

yeah, pretty sure fawkes is practically done

[@Chapter616]

@@Ninjamanhammer Makes a lot of sense

[@Wolfeur]

Harry morphing into Goyle in Chamber of Secrets Scabbers becoming Peter Pettigrew in Prisoner of Azkaban Dobby Death Eaters moving as smoke, Aurors moving as white smoke **Lupin transforming into a wolf** this one is _amazing_

[@DiscoveringMusic]

Niko: "Was the lens distortion" The other two: " Aaaaaah"

[@owenriddle]

You got me

[@nib1448]

How

[@zegagenesis778]

I want to see a comparison of the same vfx over the years ie. Small people (hook, Gulliver's Travels, night at the museum ect) Magic (Magic sword, ben hur, lord of the rings, Harry Potter, ect), transformations (the wolfman, willow, van Helsing, ect) I think that would be amazing.