This Effect Could've Saved James Cameron $500 Million

[@ShutterAuthority]

Would love to see James Cameron on the react couch watching this with you all! 😅

[@professorx3060]

That would be incredible!

[@rainbowtoyabc7155]

Hey man! I've liked your videos for a long time :)

[@vortexdigital19]

Oh yeah, definitely

[@naysaykiller928]

YES!!!!

[@blackdynamite_5470]

Yeah, that would b useful He'd point out what you did well and what you can improve This way they can work on improving the tech. And by doing that you'd get better looking movies faster and cheaper.

[@AmiYamato]

Technically superior, but lacking the heart that the previous one had. _"Hey! Heeeey!"_ will always bring a tear to my eye.

[@basil_burrito]

so, just like the original 👌👌

[@Jarsia]

Hey! HEY!! HEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYY!!!!!(kick to the face)

[@kawion]

YOURE STILL ACTIVE??

[@AmiYamato]

@@kawion Wait and see tomorrow! 😉

[@luuketaylor]

Ami!!! No way! Love finding you on other channels I love. And also damn you Tom Cruise!

[@nickwx9816]

i always respect sponsored products more when they let the creator use it how they want and not hide the flaws to make it appear perfect.

[@Basuko_Smoker]

Imo this is the BEST way to show a promo, you use It, show how It works and everyone draws conclussions on wheter they like It or not. Corridor Digital are just such OG's they have my eternal respect.

[@cameronhumphries2377]

They could coz they knew that had an amazing product and it shows. honestly one of the best ads ever

[@Zeta9966]

Honestly, the only reason this was at all janky is because of the low detail Navi models and the intentional lack of effort. You could probably make some pretty remarkable shit if you took your time on the skin textures, had good actors, and fixing the limbs. This deserves some actual props, even though it’s silly af.

[@diogofigueiraa]

They have skill for it for sure, the funny past about Avetar is look like weird 😅😅😅

[@scroopynooperz9051]

Agreed, but the idea was just to show how far you could get with what is available today. These guys got 90% there with widely available and either free or relatively inexpensive tools. If it was a full studio effort with polished voice acting and actors, time to flesh out models etc. they would most probably get even closer. Cameron was shooting Avatar 2 for 12 years, dropping a billion dollars in the process. An animated film student can now mostly get to something comparable at an iota of the cost.. Crazy how far we have come in a little over a decade. AI is changing the game real quick

[@57thorns]

@@scroopynooperz9051 I think the script covered the original movie as well, and I suppose AI could improve on that as well with a little prompting.

[@lucbloom]

yea but, yea but... the whole point is to do it ASAP and low cost. I'm sure you can make it beautiful by sinking time & money. We've got Avatar 2 to show us that.

[@evotech]

@@scroopynooperz9051 "90% there" lol, that last 10% probably takes a magnitude more time and effort.

[@peezieforestem5078]

This is like a mid-tier videogame cutscene from a decade ago, the return on effort is immense.

[@charlesedward5047]

Watching this video makes me realize that investing more than a billion dollars to make your movie as realistic as possible is so worth it.

[@wwerty234]

facts

[@TheTgolProductions]

not for long

[@francjameso]

Came here looking for this comment lol

[@thatcherfreeman]

Reading this comment reminds me that a billion dollars of VFX budget makes great looking images, but that money still can't really save a movie with uninteresting writing.

[@Mrmilkman-yb3ql]

⁠@@thatcherfreemanreading this reply reminds me that 2,300,000,000 is a bigger number than 1,000,000,000 so no matter what you think of the plot it clearly doesn’t need saving

[@thephoenixking1086]

The way she knocks the rock down, completely defying all laws of Physics, best part.

[@rogerwennstrom6677]

Yeah that "push" with lo leverage made me laugh _and_ sigh :D

[@Shyknit]

I loved that and her emotional face out of the water lol

[@chancepaladin]

she imagined some chris boulder pawnching

[@orangenostril]

Hey maybe the rock was hollow (or she weighed thousands of pounds lol)

[@raisinmancereal]

That was her Wily Coyote moment.

[@mikechoe97]

I love that Clint can just pop back in for a video project without them having to explain who he is. He's just that old friend who's always still around to jump back in when they need him.

[@cburn-YT]

oh, yeah I forgot he left at a professional capacity

[@Synplex]

I mean this is obviously 3-5 years away from being heavily used in any final post- production shots. But what an amazing tool to get quick pre-vis or storyboard elements!

[@Synplex]

Well, I forgot that most of everything shown here is free software 😅😅👍

[@MiPedoteTUMBA]

Such a massive improvement over Avatar 2! The models, shaders, textures, and environment are significantly better!

[@AponTechy]

joke

[@Portocala69]

*Avetar

[@thekwoka4707]

By Avetar 5 it might be ready for Netflix

[@smartguy8219]

facial animation is actually really good

[@Endelin]

The plot is loads better.

[@BakersTuts]

I mean, it’s not hard when the next movie’s gonna take another 10+ years to come out

[@whammywatermelon]

isnt it coming out in 2025

[@tianosbits]

ioxoxo🎉

[@xancxx5527]

Oh my god bakertuts is still alive LFG

[@BakersTuts]

@@whammywatermelonsorry, I forgot the /s

[@BakersTuts]

@@xancxx5527sup

[@victoriouswinner7745]

the voice acting seals the deal. Wonderful

[@Ruzzky_Bly4t]

The dialogue was also brilliant.

[@minhuang8848]

the sound edit kills it lol

[@SyntheticFuture]

For the next one they need to use a text to speech AI for sure xD

[@luvz2reed]

If they use this approach to create animatics before production it could save a TON.

[@davadh]

They've done it, in the first Avatar

[@JamilKhan-hk1wl]

Its called virtual production

[@luvz2reed]

Yeah, but with THESE particular tools...

[@MartFord]

@@luvz2reed I get what you're saying.. and i'm sure the guys in the pre-vis community know about it, and I wouldn't be surprised if they do start utilizing this software to create even faster pre-vis and maybe even with stunt teams to give more realistic stunt pre-vis. (I feel like i've said pre-vis too much lol)

[@luvz2reed]

@@MartFord Thank you.

[@divBy0]

Shooting the mocap before you have a script....awesome....now you really produce your film like a modern Hollywood blockbuster!

[@esdev92]

Honestly this turned out better than I expected. It's really amazing what you can do with free software and a camera in just a few days. Things like this can really inspire someone to chase a career in VFX.

[@GuidoAmbar]

These performance capture tools have reached a level where you can capture very subtle expressions.

[@quickpackstudios]

Oscar worthy for sure! James would be proud xD

[@randomnesss4203]

The submarine would be proud

[@z_Moose]

James was proud. He was just off camera, watching his creation.

[@Synplex]

Proud enough to sue! 😂😂

[@WalkingTrashcan]

Osker

[@zes3813]

wrr

[@MisterIkkus]

The shot where he says, "I know. Let's tread carefully," is actually like a legitimately good performance. 👏

[@conze3029]

Fr the expressions in that singular scene managed to mostly avoid the uncanny valley which rlly surprised me ngl

[@amitklain4199]

"You won't believe an AI made this" I do believe actually.

[@aggrogahu]

The facial expressions saw a huge jump in quality with this sequel, I was actually genuinely impressed. Going to be checking out rokoko in a bit.

[@NavyDood21]

I would love to hear Jame's thought on these. I would hope that he finds these as fun as other people, because its obvious they are doing it because they love the movies.

[@TheRealAlpha2]

I honestly think he'd love it if he even had the time to acknowledge it's existence. If only because it's pushing to make films with tools that have to be wrangled into doing things they weren't originally meant to. I'd be shocked if Rokoko didn't implement new features just because of this.

[@TheOriginalEviltech]

@@TheRealAlpha2 Yeah, he had the time to comment on the suicide sub debacle, what's a few hours with the Corridor crew on their sofa?

[@TheForeverRanger]

This is a man who filmed the first Terminator under the cloak of night because he didn't have the right permits. I am sure he would love this.

[@Pistachio_Red]

*James’ (right?)

[@raynlaze1339]

It's nice to see Clint teaming up with you guys again! :D

[@CarletonTorpin]

It only took me about 25 seconds to completely forget that this wasn't the "real" Avatar 2. The high-quality action direction and expressive, non-robotic facial animations were what helped me become fully... immersed :D

[@P00K]

Another Banger , Period! Dont stop this !!! You guys make a big portion of my day! You need segments when an editor just shows how they edit a video ; even just swapping sound for a movie clip for example to make it better, help us little people learn the ways lol

[@Rex705Gaming]

Now let's get Avatar 4 done before James even has 3!

[@ChokyoDK]

Love that some of the animations you've done are getting sequels with newer technology and software.

[@TheAkdzyn]

Genuinely impressive what you could achieve with free software. Sometimes I take it for granted that I learnt about the most of the technologies you used from your channel. I've never regretted subbing :)

[@Megasteakman]

Wow, that is really impressive! So amazing you can get such good mocap from a single source of video nowadays!

[@RaiOkami]

Given the limited time to film underwater, facial capture, and do all the technical stuff, that was pretty awesome! With FREE software too? Fantastic! It's still got the jank of course but definitely services the purpose of showcasing how you can leverage what's available to you when doing VFX or film making.

[@Ollgabopi]

Sam wears a Metal Gear AND a rhapsody t-shirt in this one... I think he might be my spirit animal... 🙌

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

Now imagine having to do train yourself in the proper breath holding techniques so can keep you hold your breath underwater for up to 4 minutes at a time to act out the scene in its entirety

[@Cinegavo]

They shouldve done this

[@Zool.]

Me: Do we wanna see Avatar 3? They: We have avatar 3 in home xD

[@SRKHD]

This made me appreciate the work of James

[@breastmilkenjoyer5552]

Sam repping a Rhapsody shirt is insane. Very based Sam, I love to see it.

[@ReelItInFilms]

I was waiting for a James Cameron cameo in his little submarine. Missed opportunity Gorski 😂

[@borisp9163]

Therapist: “Avatar from wish dont exist, it wont hurt you” Avatar from wish:

[@kayce851]

I was really impressed with MetaHuman animator. That software gets some really impressive results.

[@AlkisGD]

13:44 - 11/10 meme shot! Just needs to be turned into a gif of Neytiri flailing as "NOOOOOOOO!" scrolls by at the bottom 🤣

[@TwinGhosts]

Anime Rock Paper Scissors 2 hype , by the way

[@MarksmanSpecialist]

having James Cameron on the show is like end game boss

[@Music34897]

Hey if the writers and actors stay on strike, there's a nonzero chance this is how the next Avatar looks

[@TheDreInDaHouse]

Hahaha the anger face she has when getting out the water. Hilarious. 😂

[@DecanFrost]

Put Jordan on, we need SO much more of this person on screen. Her energy is contiguous, she instantly makes you happy and smile! We literally watch every sec of the sponsor, just to get some of her energy.

[@ericblanchard5873]

Lol, looks like the actors were on high levels of cocaine with their wide eyes and teeth showing, was the funniest part of the clip. Thank you for the comedy!

[@ChameleonAI]

I love how they always find a way to keep it fun while demonstrating the latest tech. This is how you do it.

[@lynkoLight]

Woow this is very impressive, I'm glad that you used my blueprint in your amazing video,

[@borovykbs]

love the avetar 3 movie, my favourite moment is the immense breathing underwater at 14:26

[@AAYLV]

3:08 enough, I saw this moment enough now.

[@MonsstorMakes]

Now I know why James didn't

[@Fowlzys]

the red carpet bit was good lmao

[@nothanks1337]

James Cameron's been real silent since this dropped

[@stevengrant9198]

No but seriously that very opening shot was actually beautiful and genuinely worthy of the big screen, no joke.

[@JimPekarek]

Honestly, for the limited amount of time and effort that went into this, the quality is shockingly good.

[@klimpster]

That’s a sick Rhapsody shirt. Love that album!

[@poochyenarulez]

The models looked surprisingly good

[@scottythedawg]

Thats some real previous level stuff.

[@MrSkerpentine]

Using AI software, casually announcing a sequel to your most hated vfx project, and using assets from UBISOFT??? I don’t think I’ve ever seen a KZbin channel do a more sudden heel turn lol

[@stebolavirus]

The "Property of James Cameron" text as if he's jealously guarding this footage cracks me up every time 🤣

[@shanepurcell8116]

If professionals can make it looks this janky, just imagine how janky it'll look for your next creation!!!

[@Rob_Dekker]

Clint’s swimming cracked me up. That was so funny to see in the movie. 😂 Sam, you rock. This was a step up from Avetar 2

[@damienmcgirl3577]

Considering he did this for free, that's incredibly impressive

[@KaiserSaucy]

My God - the improvement from A2 is ASTONISHING! Jesus! 🤯🤯🤯 I think everyone who watched your A2 video must’ve gone in to watching this with an expectation of what the end result was going to be, but hooolllllllyyyy smokes you’ve come a LONG way. Even the stress levels of Sam throughout the process have improved exponentially. Just amazing. 👏👏👏

[@TenguBird]

This looks like ass. And to use ChatGPT to write their film during the writers strike. Wow.

[@danyoz5016]

OMG SAM!!! YOU LIKE RHAPSODY TOOOOOOO!!! Out of all the things I love about you guys, this might be the cherry on the top! You guys are the best

[@darthdarthjinx]

I think the whole point of James Cameron undewater motion capture is to capture expression of diving underwater.

[@firstnamelastname061]

13:37 The goofy ass biting sound killed me. 💀

[@maxm996]

I'm grateful for you guys for sharing this knowledge with us and it is a sponsored video but I'm not sure it was great time to put it during the writers and actors strike. This could go both ways. Either the higher ups realizes however Ai is involved you need real people to do the heavy lifting or that they're gonna push for developing Ai more and force it be more involved. This might be dumb comment but anyway great video.

[@aelolul]

I love this crossover between Corridor Crew and Cool 3D World!

[@mylopintorizvi4349]

Maybe not the best time to use for a script during a writers strike

[@lethalexponent6]

14:00 this shot actually looked really good

[@jessetorres8738]

Here's my question: If human scientists have the ability to create Avatar versions of the Navi, & the Navi in turn can put a human soul into their Avatar, why not just do this for as many humans as possible to survive on Pandora rather then try to terraform it for humans to live on it? Sure, it would mean giving up humanity to become an alien species, but when Earth is dying & humans can't survive on Pandora, when there is a way for us to adapt to do so just bring as many humans to Pandora as possible & turn them all into Navi.

[@Tobythefirst1]

Because then they aren't humans anymore. They have human minds and memories, but they have Na'vi bodies. And after generations of living on Pandora, those memories will be gone, replaced with memories made on Pandora. People would possibly stop believing themselves to be human, and instead be Na'vi.

[@shadowdragon3521]

If two Navi avatars with human souls reproduce together, would the child have a human soul or a Navi soul?

[@norbertpaternoster]

Lol who cares, why's this the top comment?

[@Tobythefirst1]

@norbertpaternoster The poster of the comment cares, I care, Shadowdragon probably cares. It's not about who cares or not. A question is meant to be asked regardless of other people's opinions.

[@demonsorrows]

Most humans would never give up their creature comforts and the idea of not destroying land to make the environment (or lack thereof) how they want would end up ruining Pandora too. The scientists were interested in learning, studying, researching, and connecting with the Navi and the planet. They chose those fields and it's why they're there. Bring a bunch of average everyday Janes and Joes who will likely be xenophobic, even if they did transfer to Navi/Human hybrid bodies, they'd probably be just like they are on Earth with a desire to be seen as special just like on Earth. Everyone is human, but they claim to be "superior" and see non-hybrids as "inferior" just to feel like they're excused to be assholes. There would have to be serious vetting to ensure those chosen don't have such tendencies, but even they wouldn't be enough to weed out people who would cause problems.

[@ChokyoDK]

Avatar 3 "The Way of Rokoko"

[@thehalfgemschannel7242]

I vote for Corridor to get Weta Digital's contract and half th budget

[@darthdarthjinx]

I think Weta Digital are the digital artist.

[@comebackguy8892]

Sir, what a terrible idea.

[@AustinThomasFilms]

"Thank you for letting me break your product and post it on the internet" haha

[@PaletoB]

Surprisingly good, maybe the voice acting and sound could use some improvements 😅

[@kevinplays-games2102]

He just confirmed Rock, Paper and scissors 2 🤯

[@headassasin12]

15 seconds no one can beat me

[@thewiddler1746]

I’m sure your gf would agree with this statement

[@okredstone5481]

@@thewiddler1746DAAAAAYUM

[@tianosbits]

no

[@headassasin12]

@@thewiddler1746 jokes on you I don’t have a girlfriend 🕺🏽

[@squidge903]

Love the Rhapsody shirt! That's such a good album

[@TheBigZooShowbyTanis]

I'm sorry guys but for some VFX artists who like to criticise the amazing work in the cinema industry, how can you say that THIS is good. I love you guys but let's be honest, this render was not good, the story telling was not good, the animation was not good and the textures were just terrible. You can not consider yourselves as VFX artist with such a low level of quality of your render. And it's really painfull to me to admit that cause I love you guys. But there is a time when we as fans of you must be more realistic.

[@moglu837]

the way she made those facial expressions after she got to the water surface... pure cinema

[@vikramjadhav3631]

Great work, as always! Kid: Mom, I want to watch Avatar 2 in IMAX! Mom: No, we have Avatar 3 at home. Avatar 3 at home...

[@thirty0dd]

....maybe a little tone deaf to release this during the WAG and SAG-AFTRA strikes? When one of the major issues is the use of AI to replace/reduce pay for writers and actors?

[@NateDates]

The convience that Corridor uploads when I'm bored is amazing!

[@ifoundmyfingerboard]

You guys upped the quality to video game cutscene levels

[@jaredtolley4785]

Great video as always, but odd time to be doing this with the strikes going on.

[@gcfournier3386]

A man is wearing a rhapsody band shirt... legend

[@0J0E]

Sam, you level up the game. Always nice to see Clint in the studio. But, did the navi people actually talked underwater? 😄 You guys are the best. I bet James Cameroon's radar was beeping now.😂

[@Jack_Wolfe]

7:45 NEW IDEA SAM!!! Split the costume down the middle! Four colours two pairs of similar colours (eg: red and orange for the bottoms, blue and teal for the top maybe socks and gloves? If the split down the middle works it'll be able to recognize left and right limbs and if they're being obscured.

[@CalebCarr-w1b]

I love this content! I was just watching Age of Ultron and saw Pietro’s super speed effect and it got me thinking: could y’all do a video on super-speed visuals in movies? Different ones like the Flash series, Queen of the Damned, and others. I’d like to know how they were done and I just think it would make a great video. Keep up the great work!

[@D0S81]

i actually think thats the first sponsor ive seen for something thats free and doesnt have a promo code. it was kinda refreshing.

[@Propstothemax]

"Thank you for letting us break your product and post it on the internet."😂😂😂

[@alvarostockle]

I gasped with the first close up. That was honestly impressing.

[@rajatthakre7267]

13:38 The sound design is next level

[@murkyseb]

That wasn’t far off the avatar movie that just came out, but this story was more engaging and entertaining

[@SnyperMK2000JclL]

When she was knocking down that rock, im not gonna lie i was totally expecting a "Rapidly press ○" icon to pop up... xD

[@Fastesthandsinthewest]

Love seeing clint back!

[@stateofhibernation]

The jump in quality is actually pretty impressive. I'd love to see James on the couch watching both 😂

[@Yeden1]

wow Metahuman is amazing, it can make underpant human talk underwater

[@BaumSquad]

I would love to see these pushed out as 3D. Get that last bit of James Cameron magic. KZbin players in VR work great for 3D playback. And a cool area for Corridor to learn and flex.

[@MartFord]

For a few days work, that's crazy impressive! The speed and rate at which these tools are advancing and developing is changing the industry for sure. UE5 has already changed the game significantly, so with this level of instant performance capture, the possibilities and rate and which they can be produced is becoming limitless.