Mad Max: Without The Effects

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As you've probably noticed in all our previous videos, every movie released nowadays seems to have a tremendous amount of visual effects, even those (like Mad Max Fury Road) who claim to have very limited amount of CG, actually had 2000 VFX shots!
But why did we believe?
It's completely real
Which shots were VFX shots?
And, How did they manage to fool us?
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Well, firstly,
- They used VFX to augment or subtract from things that they had previously captured practically. For example. Furiosa's arm could have been 100% CG similar to how they did with Razor Fist's arm in Shang Chi And The Ten Rings or for Bucky Barnes's arm in The Falcon And The Winter Soldier. But instead, Charlize wore a green sleeve and a prosthetic, this allowed her to use her hand naturally and interact realistically with the objects around her.
Next, even though they did build large sets, rigs, and set pieces, it wasn't possible (or indeed economically feasible) to build or populate them completely. And so set extensions, digital matte paintings, and crowd simulations had to be made to "Bulk out" the sets of almost every scene.
For example, the interior shots of the mountain Citadel were shot on a physical set but the exterior environment had to be almost completely CGI
VFX were also used to create things that were impossible to reproduce practically like these storms, huge dust clouds, and lightning, or the look of Mad Max's futuristic wasteland, which, even though Namibia came pretty close, it didn't quite have the detail or the color the director was looking for.
Another reason Fury Road's visual effects went unnoticed was because instead of just adding digitally modeled elements, they filmed real elements in front of a green screen and then composited them. You can see this in most of the stunts because, even though they were mainly done practically, rigging still had to be used, and for safety reasons, the actors couldn't be present. So the VFX teams had to remove all the rigging necessary to achieve the stunt (like this wheel here, and film the actors on a sound stage so that they could later be safely composited into the shot. Or here where the truck was stationary and later composited over a moving background plate. The same here. And here. And here.
The Death of the People Eater's Limousine scene called for a massive explosion and therefore had to be filmed separately with no one else around, and so the other vehicles that had to surround it, all the stunts that occurred before the explosion, the swinging polecat stunts and crashing into the Firecar were all filmed separately and then composited in the final shot. This scene may seem complicated but it was by no means the most complicated. The most complicated composition was the war rig stunt. Here the stunt driver had to flip the truck, then the Doof wagon was shot crashing into it and then all the other elements were shot individually in front of a green screen and then painstakingly rotoscoped and composited into the final shot.
The insistence that every element should be filmed for real went even to the point where this dust in the foreground here was actually crushed up drywall dropped from a first-floor balcony and filmed at 240fps on an iPhone 6.
So you see Mad Max: Fury Road had a tonne of Visual effects but we didn't notice (not only because the majority of elements were caught "In Camera" as they say) but because of psychology.
If a movie claims to have "Amazing VFX", we watch it with a critical eye.
But if a movie claims to have "Done It For Real" we watch it predisposed to accept and believe in what we see.
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[@Aethgeir]

I always tell people, it's not that Fury Road didn't have CGI, it's that it used CGI properly.

[@Digrient]

It seems pretty obvious that shots had to be composited, extended, augmented, cleaned up and retouched, but it still remains true that a lot of the incredible fighting, vehicle and stunt work was done for real.

[@rhk0327]

anyonw who knows anything about movies clearly acknowledges the insane about of practical effects fury road used.. it doesns't literally mean zero cgi touch ups. when peopel say cgi, they mean 100% rendering of of the center of the action; extremely common in movies and easy to tell. main focus in fury road was 99% practical effects. we don't expect them to no thave safety ropes for amazing stuntwork.

[@pathemep]

The stunts and real and functional tuned cars this what makes this movie is *greatest action movie of the last decade* Let alone absolutely clever and precise usage of VFX and CGI.

[@TheRealGreeble]

That's why it looked so great as they were using mostly practical fx just composited digitally when needed.

[@cyberdelicxp9125]

Wait. Your telling me Charlize didn't really cut off her arm for a dope diesel-punk robot arm?! Her loss. Fr...this movie is a masterpiece, and seeing how all the fx were so seamlessly integrated only makes me love it more, and reinforces it's god-tier status. This movie is perfect, and I will fight you over it.

[@ArifRWinandar]

Technically speaking Fury Road had a lot of VFX, but very little CGI.

[@trainlover16]

Exactly, there’s a difference. If digital compositing is necessary, as many of the elements as possible should be shot in camera. What’s the point in even making your film live action if you’re going to do most of it with CGI. At that point you might as well make the whole damn film animated.

[@AliasA1]

There’s not “very little” CGI though. Every time we see furiosas arm, it’s CGI. The Citadel is CGI. Every time we see a canyon or cliffs or basically any other prober set pieces that aren’t just flat generic desert, that’s CGI. Most of the storm sequence is fully CGI animated. To me that absolutely qualifies as a whole crapton of CGI. Besides, most laypeople don’t know the difference. When you market your movie as having no CGI and everything shot for real, what you’re hoping the average viewer will take away from it is that everything they see is the way it was filmed, not a mosaic that small army of compositing artists spent collective years of their lives assembling. Marketing people know this and make as much use of it as they can (though lately they seem to have figured out that you can just straight up lie about it, like with Top Gun Maverick) We need to stop downplaying both VFX and CGI. It is insulting to the hundreds and hundreds of artists who worked on this, that it is specifically known and praised for their supposed non-existence.

[@RubenTricky]

​@@trainlover16 Not really. CGI doesn't just mean "3D objects". It's a very broad term for every digital thing in films, even compositions

[@trainlover16]

@@RubenTricky I see. Well compositions I’m fine with, as long as said compositions are of filmed practical elements.

[@clockwork204]

@@RubenTricky How about color grading? Like in the day-to-night scenes. Is that considered CGI? I always thought that and compositing as just plain old simple editing, with "VFX" as the umbrella term for any visual trick. Legit question. I always considered CGI=images generated by computers from nothing. But I see your point, so I'm trying to reconcile different concepts.

[@robharper2078]

Absolutely incredible what people who know what they're doing can accomplish.

[@GustavoFring.]

Mad max is one of the best action movies.

[@mindrust8365]

this movie is a masterpiece in every way

[@quigglyz]

The CGI here looks much better than the new Furiosa trailer. Hilarious that we're going backwards.

[@danielnunez3518]

That’s what I’m saying. And that deosnt even touch the reality that the vehicles themselves are less impressive

[@KrivitskyM]

The moment I heard that they were making Furiosa, I said to myself "There is no way they are going to match the brilliance of Fury Road, that movie was one of a kind". So expect a lesser movie which can still be just fine. The bar was set so high that it's not going to be surpassed.

[@BrandonSKW]

Want till you see people caught on fire during fight scenes in Furiosa, it's looks so fake.

[@3pcgi959]

The problem is the mix between reality and CGI. If you have too much CGI, like in Furiosa, the CGI is no longer invisible. And the second problem is that the VFX studios rarely receive the money they deserve. That brings us to the main problem -> Greed.

[@thisbubblygoodness7611]

the cgi used in Furiosa is noticeable, true, but the reasoning is justified in my opinion. Fury Road was filmed in Namibia and a lot of the experience was harsh and unpleasant for the cast and crew, while Furiosa was filmed in Australia, so the experience was a lot more contained and safer. not to mention most of the cgi is used for the landscape, Africa's deserts are sprawling blond sand dunes that we see in Fury Road, but Australia's deserts are flat, gravelly and often covered with shrubs and bushes, like Road Warrior. even Beyond Thunderdome used a small degree of 80s editing and film trickery to make Australia look sand-swallowed and post-fallout, thats just my take anyway.

[@dwnrange7812]

I think the biggest CGI was making it look like Tom Hardy & Charlize Theron were getting along

[@clockwork204]

That's computer wizardry right there.

[@MADMAX839]

“……and we didn’t notice them.” (FX) By far, the most important sentence of the vid.

[@vastgirth4928]

This just shows how CGI works well when it is used to augment real stuff being filmed. As soon as its 100% CGI is when it just looks a bit naff.

[@ilovelctr]

One thing I wish they had tuned down is the flames, especially the guitar flame. Since all of the flames were digital composites laid onto real flames, it's a pity that they don't look as real as they would have if left untouched. But honestly, that also ends up giving the film an otherworldly tinge which works in its favour.

[@ingardgotemir987]

Огнемёты были настоящими.

[@chamberofrelics]

Great stuff as always

[@ericl.winter3622]

Amazing work!

[@NG15427]

now that's why it looks so REAL! =)

[@molly8643]

Great work!

[@JANISBINGWATCHER]

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[@VIDEOGAMEPLUS]

Beautiful argument and the movie is amazing.

[@JediKnight207]

The color grading is obviously a special effect.

[@nasrkazmi0005]

Amazing!!!❤👍

[@sifathossain00]

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[@somebodyto2]

you mean charlize theron got both arms in real life? unbelievable 🙂

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[@lightseeker1813]

Ok, now I can expect a video talking about the VFX in "the office" .

[@WtfYouMeanDude]

i thought they actually removed her arm and replaced it later.. you gotta wonder how they ever made good movies without vfx

[@janmajer4662]

Hahah no, but she actually cut her hair like 3x times when the filming was in trouble and stagnating for years. Like for the first time they went filming to Australia there was a huge rain season at the time and instead of the desert what they found was green flowery paradise so she cut her hair for nothing...

[@KevRyanCG]

It's funny because for some reason I was in a really bad mood when I saw Fury Road the first time, I think my expectations and hype created a different film in my head which was a bit silly. But when I saw that guitar coming towards the screen at the end I was at my wits end and thought it looked like the fakest and silliest thing I had ever seen, and it was shot practically. I of course have since seen the film over 10 times and absolutely adore it, and still to this day wonder why I was being so sardonic the first time I saw it. Also, it's such a shame seeing all the practical stunts in this film and then thinking of the Marvel films which often shoot practical stunts, and then replace them all with CGI anyway.

[@rotofxstudios]

Most underrated movie. This movie deserves everything!

[@capecccc]

Okay boomer xD

[@Lumibear.]

Digital composites still aren’t cgi, they did it all for real and filmed it, just maybe not all at the same time.

[@fireaza]

_Fury Road_ is one of those films that wannabe film buffs are always championing as "not using any CGI!" when, as we can see here, it actually uses a lot. But that doesn't change anything, it's still an incredible movie. Due in large part to a director who knew what tool to use for what job. Instead of trying to impress the aforementioned wannabes by refusing to use CGI.

[@user-rk2hn7kq9v]

I LOVE THIS MOVIE♥️👍

[@agussandi1542]

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[@Hydr312]

I like

[@w.e.s9711]

Where do you get the green screen footage from, or are you making up the green screen with your own vfx?

[@user-fh4qp9fd4m]

what is reality? illusion. an idea of what it appears to be.

[@medon4848]

Wow

[@thumbprintgraphic]

Why would they say "very little CGI" when there was over 2000 shots? Why lie?

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[@Andrew_Franklin]

Please do Top Gun: Maverick

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[@medon4848]

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[@abhishekff9459]

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[@istvanvilmos8400]

And this is why Mad Max 2 The Road Warrior is still a far better film by a long shot.

[@Elric24]

What a dumb reason for that argument. Fury Road looks far better.

[@rameshdhara3561]

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[@OLLLGAR-2]

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[@curtisnewton895]

#furyroadisnotmadmax

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