I got roped in to help flag a TIE fighter shot for Jedi one night. Yes, those tracks at ILM were really long. (Two or three of us would put flags in or out of the light as instructed by the person doing the shooting. The idea was to make it look like the ship was passing through shadows.)
@EpicLightMedia2 жыл бұрын
So cool! I’ll rewatch Jedi and look for when the ships go in and out of the light. Never thought of that before.
@BuckJolicoeur4 жыл бұрын
Because of the sound cues: The First pass toward the camera looks great. The second one away from the camera is too slow.
@Jan_Strzelecki4 жыл бұрын
Also, the first pass is too long. You should cut to the second one as soon as model passed the camera.
@rapidreaders77414 жыл бұрын
I personally thought the second pass felt more dynamic, with the tie fighter going in a curve instead of a straight line. However, It should've been sped up slightly more to match the speed of the first pass.
@the_mad_ratter4 жыл бұрын
Rapper Riders - I thought it looked really good to be fair, the one thing that let down the second shot for me was the shadow of the wing not moving on the body as it turned. Otherwise all good :D
@alexhetherington80284 жыл бұрын
@@Jan_Strzelecki I fully agree.Also second pass is too long because it takes ages for the ship to even appear onscreen.
@gabequezada20664 жыл бұрын
agree
@svenbontinck88754 жыл бұрын
OMG! This was so nostalgic for me to watch this video. When I was about 18 years old, I started studying my first year of photography in high school. As my subject for my examin at the end of that year I had the luck that I was allowed to do special effects. My subject was one of the fighters from the first Star Wars movie that I had seen, now 33y ago. I exactely made the stars the same way as you did, but since computers were non existent, I had to use multiple exposures onto the same 35mm film, carefully masking every background and foreground element each time I exposed the same negative on 35mm. This was so time consuming that ik took me 3 full weeks to create 7 images, but it was worth all the effort. My teachers were very enthousiastic and said that I was the first as far as they remember that anyone at the academy had done such technical advanced work. I am still proud of wat I did more than 3 decades ago without computers. It was also soooo much fun to do and seeing this video now, it makes me willing to start doing this again like that, but now with all the modern technology that I have available. Thank you very much for reminding me of what a great time that was. Greetings from Belgium. Sven
@CryptoKang4 жыл бұрын
I have no idea how you can even do that without a computer, mirin hard friend
@juancorona49964 жыл бұрын
Sven Bontinck can we see your film please:?
@svenbontinck88754 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the replies! I should have mentioned that I used this technique for making still images, not moving cinema film. I wrote that I was studying photography in my post. But even if it were single pictures, the technique was comparable by making masks in front of my camera (Pentax LX with a 15mm wide angle lens) and carefully placing the scale model into the frame, so that stars and other objects like planets (made from semi transparent colored gummy balls) would not be visible thru the scale model when I exposed the same frame multiple times. My Pentax could wind the shutter without transporting the film, this way allowing that one image could be exposes infinite times if that should be needed, five to seven times in my case. Unfortunately I dont have these images anymore since I took them almost 33y ago. Greetings, Sven
@CryptoKang4 жыл бұрын
@@svenbontinck8875 Thank you for the story, awesome nonetheless.
@svenbontinck88754 жыл бұрын
Crypto Kang , you are very welcome. To explain a little bit more what technique I used, the following details. There were objects like the gummy balls that looked like planets in the distance. I made these balls a little rough with sanding paper to create land-like structures and left the rest glossy to give the illusion of water surface. There were gas clouds made of slightly blurred and under exposed cotton wool props, I used a fiberglass bol light that I moved with a very long exposure time to create the illusion of a soft transparent sphere of gas around some planets, I used ping pong balls and painted them with moon-like-structures and of corse there was the Star Wars fighter. The fighter was lit with a very hard light and most of the room reflections were absorbed with dark velours to darken the shadow parts. All objects had to be matched in size and needed the correct lightning so I had to match the brightness and the angles of every light to give the impression of light coming from one bright star. I made drawings on scale in a 24 by 36 aspect ratio so I could keep track of every object in the frame. After that I made masks for every object so when I had done one exposure of that object, I could prevent light re-entering my camera in that same area. Most images needed between 5 to 7 exposures to be completed. I used an aperture between f11 and f16 for enough depth of field, but also just enough blur to blend the multiple exposures. After that I had to develop the black and white negatives, and with the help of some dodging and burning in the darkroom I balanced every part. As I wrote, it took me 3 weeks to complete 7 images, but it was so much fun to do. I hope this helped you understanding what could be done with some creativity back in the days without computers. Greetings and have a good night, Sven
@rjkmusicmedia4 жыл бұрын
"This wide-angle lens will make it look bigger and more impressive"- A porn director is born.
@Bramswarr4 жыл бұрын
"12 millimeters is actually pretty dang wide" I don't think so
@thefuza1504 жыл бұрын
@@crestraizn hahha that's what she said
@yashkale16894 жыл бұрын
It got 6 ft long
@benren08254 жыл бұрын
6:08
@benren08254 жыл бұрын
Oops I didn’t realize someone already said that sorry
@TheSupaCoopaGaming4 жыл бұрын
This was like the Episode of Parks and Rec where Ben makes the stopmotion film.
@EpicLightMedia4 жыл бұрын
Every day of my life... in a good way haha
@BRGriffin4 жыл бұрын
Did you pause it? 😂
@MrRaboyto4 жыл бұрын
"Would a depressed person make this??"
@chadkndr4 жыл бұрын
♪ Stand in the place where you- ♪
@lennon47104 жыл бұрын
"3 Seconds...t-that's it?"
@jo_kil97534 жыл бұрын
1:39 If I cant do this in 2019, Mimmic something they did in 1977, who am I? NASA: am I a joke to you
@PrototypeFilms14 жыл бұрын
Xd
@SidStrife4 жыл бұрын
And the truth shall set you free!
@CubicApocalypse1284 жыл бұрын
@@SidStrife If all NASA did in 1969 was fucking around with models in a studio, why wouldn't they have done it again?
@samueldantas27024 жыл бұрын
@@CubicApocalypse128 you just destroyed flat earthers
@wavytown4 жыл бұрын
5:47 is where the star warsclip starts but the whole video worth the watch
@thebacons59434 жыл бұрын
They honestly should try this for one of the spinoff films. People would forgive a lot just to see the original style
@TheFYI14 жыл бұрын
The Mandalorian series does this.
@SayAhh4 жыл бұрын
But then they'll just make a Special Edition afterwards...
@samwillett69504 жыл бұрын
Rogue one also did similar. They used GCI models but they made those models in miniature scale so they'd look like the original film more closely
@legorocketraccoon82974 жыл бұрын
@@samwillett6950 I didn't know that but it explains why the Star Destroyers looked so much like the originals.
@lilkris30084 жыл бұрын
James Hill when? The led set is amazing and the lim guys are at the top of their game to this day but all the ship shots were Cg elements unless I missed one... other than landed ships it was all cgi
@spo5egy5 жыл бұрын
Amazing work! I'm going to try this with my wife's slippers and a potato.
@OngehoordMusic4 жыл бұрын
Did you try it yet? And if yes, can you upload it to youtube?
@Kaotix_music4 жыл бұрын
why, just why when I think ive read it all on the internet must I be proven wrong!?
@badideabearcub27474 жыл бұрын
It’s a trap!
@MrRaboyto4 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: in Empire Strike Back they actually used potatoes for some of the distant asteroids
@moontrooper25874 жыл бұрын
Origami Mambo Project - There’s a Hardware Wars reference in Episode VIII.
@brucewilliamsstudio49324 жыл бұрын
What you did wrong: Dude, this was epic! Nothing wrong from my perspective, although the speed seemed a little off, but hey, you did this and I'm just being an armchair critic. Excellent job!
@DuhAverageJoe4 жыл бұрын
**Darth Vader voice** “Most impressive!”
@apryason4 жыл бұрын
The "used spaceship" look started with 2001: A Space Odyssey from 1968. And Kubrick didn't use blue (or green) screen. Instead, he made workprints of the shots he needed to composite with a superimposed grid. Then these workprints were put in enlargers, like in a darkroom, and projected onto an easel with the same grid, which artists lined up, and painstakingly painted mattes on animation cells for each frame. These were then photographed on matte stock. This was also the first SciFi film to use motion control cameras, not Star Wars. Look up Douglas Trumbull (2001) and John Dykstra (Star Wars). The book on how they made 2001 is thicker than the Arthur C. Clark novel of the movie.
@agfagaevart4 жыл бұрын
Kubrick never did any of the actual FX work. That was down to Trumbull and Con Pederson, and their team of young students. Like George Lucas, Kubrick wanted to hire the best technicians around. John Dykstra has always made a point of saying that the techniques he used already existed, but they were never used together in the movie industry. He couldn't understand why this was the case. Here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoKto2V8q7afp7s you can see where he got the idea to link up a computer with a camera for Star Wars' visual effects. Trumbull and his team moved their models toward their cameras, using a mechanism with gears and chains. But because of the shots that Star Wars required, Dyskstra & Co. needed a system that allowed the spaceships to appear to bank and spin off or towards camera. So they decided it was best to move the camera around the models. Many many people were involved in achieving this, including Don Trumbull, father of Douglas. An interesting read here: www.popcultmag.com/posts/qa-john-dykstra-special-effects-pioneer-made-us-believe-star-wars/
@les47674 жыл бұрын
I beg to differ. The spacecraft seen in "2001: A Space Odyssey" were pristine, white and quite clean. I defy you to find a dirty part of any ship interior in that film. No, my friend. "Star Wars" pioneered the "dirty lived in" look for modern science fiction..."Alien" perfected it.
@bzqp24 жыл бұрын
In comparison to Star Wars - the Space Odyssey still looks PERFECT.
@les47674 жыл бұрын
@@bzqp2 Agreed. The most realistic effects ever done with old school effects techniques. "Blade Runner" runs a close 2nd.
@normanroscher75454 жыл бұрын
They did use blue screen effects in 2001: A Space Odyssey! E.g. for the windows of the space ship.
@GeniusExplains4 жыл бұрын
The first time you showed the final result, I though you were fooling us by showing an actual clip from the movie. So, you did a very good job
@marcg2104 жыл бұрын
I noticed the missing top of his model right away, but I was also looking for it. lol
@yoshinoyajones89244 жыл бұрын
I saw Star Wars in 1977, and subsequently at the very least 600 + or - 100 times since then. I just saw 3 more seconds that makes my heart warm. keep up the good fight!! And, if u ever need an actor for an old big guy. Im here.
@wesleycurryii33414 жыл бұрын
NAILED it. And I have watched Star Wars at least 200 times since I was 17 years old the year it came out. WOW.
@mdmjeremiah4 жыл бұрын
I honestly thought you just inserted a quick shot from Episode IV and tried to pass it off as yours. The. you went on to explain the shot more and I realized you weren't joking but that it was your actual 3 seconds of footage. Impressive. Most Impressive.
@homeschoolsquad74314 жыл бұрын
This was so much fun to watch. Makes me want to find a group to make short films like that.
@zzanatos20014 жыл бұрын
I teach video production and game design at the high school level, and I feel lucky if I can get three or four students to participate in my after-school video club where we do things exactly like this. I even have a green screen studio space, a news desk, and drones. It's unbelievable how today's young people take so many things for granted.
@duquaenlightened45754 жыл бұрын
You said, tell you what you could have done? That was freaking awesome for just playing around and seeing what you could do. All the big studio camera shake or engine lights and dramatic sounds help enhance the illusion. But. Dude, I think you did geek fans proud!
@troublewithweebles4 жыл бұрын
The people involved with the production of the original Star Wars were still artists in their prime, painters, model builders fabricators and designers. I support all of your efforts, and am proud of what you are able to do!! But - no, not just anyone should be able to do what they did here in 2020.
@Standbackforscience4 жыл бұрын
I'm a die-hard fan of original Star Wars fan AND practical effects, and this made the grade for me. Excellent work.
@Tokiofritz4 жыл бұрын
The lighting is the real success. Absolutely nailed the ILM look. Loved the cardboard star field, too.
@andrewharris63474 жыл бұрын
Right now ... this is my favourite KZbin channel ... I change my favourite KZbin channels often but Epic Light Media rocks (said in a high pitched voice) they always have.
@MathieuStern5 жыл бұрын
i wanted to do this experiment on my channel, but your video is so fantastic i think i will just forget about it
@EpicLightMedia5 жыл бұрын
You SHOULD do it on your channel because I literally have like 2 subscribers so no one will ever see this video....
@imthirun4 жыл бұрын
@@EpicLightMedia This comment aged like milk
@EpicLightMedia4 жыл бұрын
Haha
@onemorechris4 жыл бұрын
DO IT ANYWAY! but pick a different scene.
@onemorechris4 жыл бұрын
just in case you missed my first message...do it anyway!
@PeteSherriff4 жыл бұрын
What a great video 🙂
@Kemotherapy3604 жыл бұрын
I don't understand why filmmaker don't use this method for space ship effects anymore. This 3 second video with a toy looks better than any CGI I've ever seen. Well done sir!
@goosesmileyface4 жыл бұрын
Seeing your positive attitude, good quality camera and microphone, most importantly your content makes it feel like you should be the type of KZbin with at least 500k subs, I’m new to this channel, so I hope you get more subscribers
@EpicLightMedia4 жыл бұрын
How kind! Thanks!
@andreschavez59724 жыл бұрын
That's incredible! It's like A New Hope in full HD!
@toad65654 жыл бұрын
A New Hope was already shot in HD. It was shot on 35mm film, which is the equivalent of digital 8K.
@atticus-rex4 жыл бұрын
Excellent work. Thanks for doing this & sharing your techniques. I've been working on a fan film out of total and complete admiration and respect for what Lucasfilm did. I've been making films since I was a kid and it all stems back to watching & rewatching all of the behind-the-scenes. I think I'm getting more pleasure from emulating these early techniques more than any other part of the film.
@trevorthomas41724 жыл бұрын
That was awesome. That was more Star Wars than any new Star Wars hopes to be. Congrats!!!
@supafun334 жыл бұрын
First shot looked perfect! The digital zoom at the end of the second shot threw it off a bit. It was really cool, felt like old school Star Wars. Nice work!
@agepbiz4 жыл бұрын
This was very interesting. Great video!
@tomking82863 жыл бұрын
Amazingly accurate reconstruction! Looks %100 legit. A small improvement would be to connect a mototized timelapse head on the end of the green stick, so it would bank as it flew past camera.
@luckyasmr13744 жыл бұрын
Looks absolutely amazing! Incredible work!
@MarcosDemiato4 жыл бұрын
Omg man! You rocked it! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@aricliljegren8904 жыл бұрын
Nice video - thanks for posting. I just completed a short film with, for, and starring my theater students (aged 9-14). The piece had ship fly bys and a lightsaber duel - and we did everything old school. It was a fascinating and rewarding experience. Modern computer tech is great, but there is something uniquely satisfying when using the old techniques - like the difference between sculpting clay by hand v using Zbrush and a 3d printer.
@alexandrearaujo42564 жыл бұрын
Congrats, it was fantastic. You should be proud about what you just did. You gave me the will to try to do some stuff like this by my self. thank´s man
@danielszambelan68764 жыл бұрын
That looked like classic Star Wars so cool. Your inspiring thank you for sharing.
@adrianbrooks6864 жыл бұрын
Nice job. The TIE fighter always sounded so cool.
@HyperRPG4 жыл бұрын
How did you get the camera down to 5 fps?
@EYECRAFTVideo4 жыл бұрын
Really liked it - Can you show the Post-production - WELL DONE
@XanderFlicks4 жыл бұрын
I've tried this myself, but you've executed it perfectly! Awesome job! :D
@RedtailMediaPro4 жыл бұрын
Props for the creativity! I remember back in 2001 when I was in high school trying to achieve this on a VHS camera on a skateboard. The terrible results (mainly due to the VHS) It's what led me to visual effects via CGI in Blender, but definitely something to be said for going old school! Thanks for taking the time to do this!
@LouTufillaro4 жыл бұрын
That was so cool. Glad to see someone with the exact same childhood passions making something so well!
@iratepirate6484 жыл бұрын
So the reason why it jumps as it goes away from us is due to the rate of scaling applied. Coming towards us looked great. Also, I remember when I loved Star Wars that much, how George had taken the essence and adventure from all the books I loved and put it on the screen foe the first time. How each film consumed me for days after just 1 showing. The mere mention of Star Wars would have me on edge, to the point that I even tried to to convince myself that they were somehow going to build real space fighters during the Star Wars program in the '80s.
@danielcliment82514 жыл бұрын
Looks freaking awesome!!! As a Star Wars generation child, I approve!
@velcroman114 жыл бұрын
This has to be one of the best DIY videos I have EVER seen! Respect man.
@photoluke14994 жыл бұрын
I keep re-watching this video, totally impressed and inspired! Got so many of these models laying around, gonna have to order myself some green tape!
@twstf89054 жыл бұрын
Awesome John Dykstra invented the motion control camera and repeatable/programmable computer system for the purposes of making the shots for Star Wars back in '76, and called it the "Dykstraflex motion control system" You're right, these guys were WAY ahead of their time. Wonderful idea, man. And it turned out beautifully. 👍😊
@headrushindi4 жыл бұрын
Very nicely done ...I love old school effects , I've done quite a few myself. By the way . With today's modern editing system you can use chroma to key out practically any color . Blue , Green and Black are the most common. Black was used back in the 30's and up into the late 50's. They called it Process screen back then. The film industry adopted blue in the mid 60's because it was the least likely color to show up in nature. Except for maybe the sky. Green was adopted in the age of digital film because it is a color that is easy to key out from most foregrounds in a digital system.Great stuff . Love to see more
@kurtb84744 жыл бұрын
I saw SW in 1977 as a 17 year old. I'd always had aspirations to be a visual storyteller, but that movie put me over the top. My friends and I got into it with super 8mm film. I finally went to school to learn video production. That was almost 30 years ago and, although I've done video professionally, I still have yet to make movie.
@toonman3614 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this video. As a kid, I had a set of "Encyclopedia of Knowledge" and read the film making section over and over. Although I now teach photography, I love model making more than the motion filming part.
@RickGrundy4 жыл бұрын
Dude! This took me back! That's a great 3-second shot. Well done, thanks!
@realchris4 жыл бұрын
very cool, a lot of work went into this. thanks for sharing!
@markpatton74314 жыл бұрын
That looks fantastic!!!!!
@TheRobloxianTacoLord4 жыл бұрын
So good. Make a fan film using these techniques.
@RonNVids4 жыл бұрын
Looked great! It really did have the feel of the shots in the original Star Wars.
@peterxyz35414 жыл бұрын
The passion is strong with this “12y old boy”. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
@thetruthexperiment4 жыл бұрын
I saw this video when it came out and then I rediscovered you today. You later videos are fantastic. Especially the last one.
@TheSteveTheDragon4 жыл бұрын
Wow! This looks like a glorious 1977 cut!
@oni82454 жыл бұрын
it looks baddass!!!! such a simple process!
@richbarrett4 жыл бұрын
Yours looks great!! Nice job!
@plasticvideo4 жыл бұрын
looks frickin great. Agree with the other comments about some of the editing and speed but over all, fantastic job!
@DavidDewis4 жыл бұрын
I would love to see more of this. Traditional filmmaking techniques using modern technology. I’d love to see you do more with miniatures. Miniatures are so attainable by the average person, whether it be airfix model kits, or just toys.
@ryuyasho44684 жыл бұрын
impressive... MOST IMPRESSIVE!!!
@fantasticCuco4 жыл бұрын
That looked much much better than I expected.
@Novasky20074 жыл бұрын
That was so good. Nuthin' beats practical. Nothing!
@PeterHerget4 жыл бұрын
An AWESOME video! I really enjoyed the details you included - they were great! Yeah, those were three magical seconds of Star Wars creativity - well done!
@SJHFoto4 жыл бұрын
I said this MANY times. I saw the Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi in the movies when they came out (I was a bit young for A New Hope) and I am STILL impressed with the asteriod chase in Empire, and even more so the space battle in Jedi. They had SO many ships at a time in a frame, and they were all shot individually. I remember seeing a sequence for a 3 second shot, and they had something like 2 dozen rolls of film for it that needed superimposed. (It was the shot of the beginning of the space battle) Also look at the shot of the Rebel fleet maneuvering for the hyperspace jump. That was ALL done by hand! Amazing!
@busydadrs56084 жыл бұрын
Fantastic job!! As many have commented the speed feels off. This is probably due in large part to your sound design. You might want to look into the Doppler Effect. The object should be higher pitched on approach, and lower pitch on departure. A minor polishing measure that would probably make you happier with your final product. Seriously though, excellent work replicating one of the most iconic types of shots in cinema.
@craigjensen53844 жыл бұрын
I think you guys have done a great job!!!! It’s hard to believe there’s people out there that give you a thumbs down...... it’s a fun project that you tried ( always will be trolls and armchair critics ). I’d like to see all the critics make a clip and actually get up and do something. Hats off for creativity , and trying something for fun. There’s always the downers to add their two bits. Once again great job 👍
@EpicLightMedia4 жыл бұрын
Your so kind! Thanks so much
@Jayce8004 жыл бұрын
This is incredible! I’ve always wondered if a small film production could knock those shots out like the old days instead of relying on CGI models. You killed it!
@fpi93614 жыл бұрын
This video was epically amazing!!! I love Star Wars and remaking it with the BTS just makes this video so magical! Great work!!
@gillesmatheronpro4 жыл бұрын
OHHHH YESSSSSS... nicely done ! You got me travelling back in time. When the first film got release, I was leading the line of hungry sci-fi nerds eager to hand their cash for something never done before. Then came a time when a theatre set up a whole afternoon with the first three films in a row... I managed to have the thing 3 times ! Nine films, nearly 20 hours of movie-watching in a dark projection hall... how crazy is that ? For these mere three seconds, you offered us a whiff from the perfumes of the past. Thank you, it was delicious !
@fershred4 жыл бұрын
he's like marshall from how I met your mother on another note, I love his passion, great job
@DouggieDinosaur4 жыл бұрын
Looked great - especially the approaching shot - and the stars were just right. [-O-]
@houstonhelicoptertours10064 жыл бұрын
You are right about the star background, but the props were actually curved/cylindrical to keep the brightness of the stars constant. It was done the same way for the Star Trek movies and later on TNG(DS9 and VOY used this method shortly until the star fields were entirely done as CGI).
@robestey56284 жыл бұрын
Very cool - I am older and saw the original Star Wars when it came out in Drive In Theatres - we were "blown away" with the high tech. lol. Great job.
@AdvocateMusicOfficial4 жыл бұрын
Can we all agree this is what Disney should have done for the sequel trilogy to keep the authenticity?
@MatONeill4 жыл бұрын
So good! Fantastic work and absolutely worth the effort!
@ShanePWagner4 жыл бұрын
I think you should be giving credit to John Dykstra for pioneering these techniques and inventing the technology to make it possible
@Uhfgood4 жыл бұрын
Dykstraflex ;-)
@apryason4 жыл бұрын
It was Doug Trumbull of 2001 fame who recommended Dykstra to Lucas. Lucas wanted Trumbull on Star wars but he was already busy with Close Encounters. Dykstra was Trumbull's apprentice. Trumbull invented the motion control techniques use in 2001 and Star Wars, but I think Dykstra computerized the camera system, which why it is called the Dykstraflex.
@hossfilm79714 жыл бұрын
I’ve been saying this forever now. With micro machines, model kits and other toys, why don’t fan films just do it the way they used to? I mean computerize motion control is another step further, but come on! That looks like classic Star Wars! Great work.
@NileStudios4 жыл бұрын
great job, very impressive, I can see the extreme happiness in your face once you have finished it :)
@hondorockz4 жыл бұрын
Nicely done, I would really like to see more of this stuff, thanks man!
@seantaylor11914 жыл бұрын
I JUST saw this right now. I SO wish I saw it last May. But in any case you just got yourself a new subscriber.!
@LarryLeeMoniz4 жыл бұрын
That 3 1/2 seconds looks great! You should be proud!
@priyankbhadkamkar4 жыл бұрын
This channel is going to take KZbin world by storm. Amaaaazing content. 👏🏼
@TheHylianBatman4 жыл бұрын
Well, that's very fun and good! Fantastic job, looks great!
@FloatingOnAZephyr4 жыл бұрын
Excellent! Looks pretty good! Regarding 180 degree shutter at acquisition, this is how Fred Meyers said they did it on Episode II: "We took advantage of the fact that there's no minimum or maximum shutter angle in digital and used the equivalent of a 360-degree shutter, which allowed us to accumulate frames sequentially for motion-control work," says ILM HD engineer Fred Meyers, who tackled capture issues both on-set and in postproduction. "By synchronizing our motion-control rig to the digital camera, we could slow the effective exposure time by slowing down the camera moves, and we could increase or decrease the effective frames per second through a process of merging and accumulating exposure. So if we ran a move at half speed and threw out half the frames, we got the equivalent of something running at normal speed with a 180-degree shutter, which allowed us to adjust ‘motion blur' in post. We used that formula to reduce 24p to a given camera speed so we could move the rig or the model at the speed needed for the effect. Between merging and skipping out frames, we could get a good simulation of any frame rate we needed, which allowed us to use digital cameras throughout the effects process. We were shooting things all the way down to effective one- or half-second exposures pretty regularly."
@master.rancisis.figures4 жыл бұрын
This is really cool! What is the source? If you don't mind sharing - I'd love to read more. Thanks!
@FloatingOnAZephyr4 жыл бұрын
@@master.rancisis.figures Sure, it was copied from here: theasc.com/magazine/sep02/brave/page3.html
@Wildicon194 жыл бұрын
Patients, you must learn patients, nothing more I will teach you today. Back to the basics is sometimes better if it is done right! Excellent video! I also learned the differences between the blue, and green screen applications. Thank you for your wisdom!
@MandoThingz4 жыл бұрын
Dude this is REALLY good, I thought you were showing a original to compare with the new one you made. Thanks for bringing back art that was lost in time
@chino1moreno4 жыл бұрын
This looked awesome
@blokeabouttown24904 жыл бұрын
I admire your knowledge of your craft.
@LivingSpiritism4 жыл бұрын
I like what you've got so far. It looks awesome. Now, let's recreate the trench run...
@simonpollen49394 жыл бұрын
The best way to appreciate Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Lorne Peterson and all the other. Respct to this effort
@ronanoboyle84324 жыл бұрын
That is freaking great...no really, for 3 seconds, I was a kid back in 1977, in the Curzon cinema in Belfast with my world changing in front of my eyes....memorized!!! 👍🏻😎 Very cool....I've subscribed!!
@GadgetTrish4 жыл бұрын
This was really good. It was worth your time and effort.
@ReneAlexisPenalozaMunoz4 жыл бұрын
Well done mate. I saw the original film in 1977 in cinemas when I was 14 years old.
@EpicLightMedia4 жыл бұрын
Lucky!!!
@carreteFILMSPro4 жыл бұрын
Dude this is AMAZING, loved the first cut zooming in.