VFX Artist Breaks Down Oscar-Nominated CGI | WIRED

[@Hahahahaaahaahaa]

This is basically 12 minutes of "Tell me you think Dune should win w/o telling me you think Dune should win."

[@matheussanthiago9685]

honestly, can you even blame him?

[@purefoldnz3070]

and it did

[@artsytopu4744]

And it actually won!!

[@thebabyalien9954]

exactly

[@tomarnold7284]

Because Dune introduced many new methods, others were just using existing techniques.

[@ScottThePisces]

Using helicopters in Dune actually makes a lot of sense since it gives you that real dust being blown up into the air which clearly helped seal the shots into reality

[@danjwalker]

It's also a great reference for lighting your 3D object.

[@benr3799]

Very insightful, I definitely wouldn’t have thought of this were it not for this comment. Just playing if you didn’t know while watching the movie that this is what they did, you may be watching too many marvel movies. No way to simulate dust to that level without spending a million+ dollars. CGI can’t replace everything, and this is an old sci-fi trick it’s been used so many times. I think he left that unspoken bc of how obvious it was, anyway that’s all lol but no harm in pointing out the obvious I guess!

[@BlackEagle352]

A good choice on their part. Simulating the airflow of the ornithopter and kicking up dust would not look good because it would not create the same look as a real helicopter's single vertical rotational force.

[@AnimationGoneWrong]

@@BlackEagle352 agreed! If they had tried to simulate the dust a "real" ornithopter would kick up, it might be technically accurate, but it wouldn't have "looked" right to audiences. Audiences are far more used to seeing helicopter dust getting thrown up like that. It grounds the whole shot in reality. VERY smart choice!

[@xfloodcasual8124]

There is literally nothing in this movie that looks real. The characters don't even sweat on Arrakis even though numerous reference was made in the books

[@pavan_kumar556]

The fact that he is talking so much about dune tells us how much it deserves the award. Edit: It won

[@pp1942]

50% dune 50% 4 other nominees

[@visions_of_noah]

@@pp1942 that’s how it should be 👍

[@pokerpickles2306]

I was thinking the exact same thing

[@visions_of_noah]

@Bigby Wolf you don’t know what you’re talking about. Never has is it been so easy to predict an Oscar win.

[@Nimajneb42069]

@@visions_of_noah I mean denis didn’t get nominated for best director, which was shocking to everyone not just fans. I wouldn’t be surprised if something else wins

[@bmay8818]

Dune achieved something that's so difficult to do: it captured the subtle "mood" of the book. Not just how dark and scary everything was, but the eerie feeling that something bad is about to happen the whole time. The movie was 98% like the book, which rarely happens. The effects made that possible. I can't wait for the next installment!

[@Nimajneb42069]

Not only did he do dune justice which was considered impossible, he made a masterful sequel to bladerunner as well. Guy doesn’t miss

[@transparentretard2901]

@@Nimajneb42069 Every movie he’s made is a banger

[@spatzzzle]

Mood? What’s mood to do with it?

[@transparentretard2901]

@@spatzzzle “Mood is for cattle and lovemaking. You fight when the necessity arises, no matter the mood!”

[@sjt4311]

Dune definitely deserves the win for this category. I looked amazing and the fact that they did so much of it practically and enhanced it with CGI is also really cool. It’s also just a really good movie.

[@sunimod1895]

if it doesnt win... idek what to say

[@benr3799]

Blade Runner 2049 has entered the chat

[@buttofthejoke]

@@sunimod1895 spiderman? The mirror dimension, the Dr. octopus fight scene is crazy. i had to watch in slow motion to see things that are 250 milliseconds long. like when he shoots his web, there's a small puff of web particles in the air.

[@SteveJobIess]

@@buttofthejoke spiderman cgi way overused and artificial. Rubbery graphics and physics defying weightless movements look like a cartoon.

[@majorpwner241]

As an additional note, Dune's director, Denis Villeneuve, is imo the best director in the game right now. Before Dune the last truly great movie I saw was Blade Runner 2049.

[@jessica5497]

Dune deserves this award so much! Lol i loved how he called Rebecca, Jessica.

[@4pensword4]

Wait, who was Rebecca? I guess the audiobook cut some stuff out…

[@4pensword4]

@@BooksRebound After I got it, I saw reviews that said parts were cut. It made me sad. Like, I don't want to listen to those 20 hours again, but I also want to know what I missed!!

[@zachattack7976]

Hats off to the people behind Dune who made a masterpiece between visual and pratical effects! Absolutely beautifull

[@murmurrrr]

Dune is done on such an insane level of art and perfection compared to the other nominees.

[@SirWrender]

What a great video! Excellent explanations of the reasoning by VFX choices!

[@derekarthur512]

I was thinking of you guys the whole time I was watching this. Do you think they leaned more on rotoscoping, or Luma keys for the Dune "tan screen" effects?

[@rubeng370]

Wren! Was hoping you were in the video but awesome 👌 and love your channel

[@itreywalk]

Oh wait. This isn’t Corridor Crew

[@vfufufyufyufg]

no you can tell becuase this guy actually knows when he's talking about lol

[@aravindravi5630]

@@vfufufyufyufg corridor crew know enough to make such a good content. What you are spouting is just a random hate

[@williamcadefoster2248]

i started dying laughing when he talked all about how dune carefully planned out every single shot in the real world before going into post and then the best thing he could say about shang-chi is that they used real cars and people.

[@clf400]

Well yeah marvel shoots their films for cg. They use it as a crutch to shrink filming time

[@h__r]

Did you really die laughing at that?

[@tommyvasquez2708]

@@clf400 i guess thats what happens when they bust out like 3-5 projects in one year

[@bhonandrei3183]

in conlusion: dune should take the academy award 2022 (base on this guy)

[@antoniotapia3503]

Dune deserves the Oscar. The cgi is amazing compared to every other movie

[@Aphercotropes]

Honestly, literally every movie. Not just this year, but ALL of them.

[@MrCthulhuiana]

This clip just confirms my wish for Dune to receive the Oscar for best Visual Effects. Anybody else notice him saying "Jessica" instead of Rebecca Ferguson?

[@thefirstbourne149]

Yeah, I thought I was the only one!

[@alienboy1322]

We really need to stop demonizing vfx CGI. There really are great artists working behind them.

[@oranmcclintock302]

100%

[@shaikhulud1989]

I love how almost half of the video is literally Kevin nerding about Dune. It's this good.

[@mathewomolo]

Dune should win for not overdoing it. And it looks so good.

[@SteveJobIess]

Yes. Spiderman on the otherhand is everything wrong with cgi for the past 20 years - overdone, rubbery, physics defying. Felt like watching a cartoon.

[@rdvgrd6]

@@SteveJobIess in marvel defense the cartoon feel fits well since it’s based on comic books. But yeah I hate marvel movies and the amount of CGI makes me wanna puke

[@user-to6fy9of9e]

@@SteveJobIess yeah they should have gotten a guy that got bit by a radioactive spider irl to do the Spider-Man stunts instead of all that CG mess 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@SteveJobIess]

@@user-to6fy9of9e glad you agree it looks bad. And Dune looks so good because they actually traveled into the future and filmed a galactic war on a desert planet where they trained giant worms to act on queue. Idiot.

[@RandomCelebs]

6:21 It's Rebecca Ferguson not Jessica Ferguson

[@metaverse7149]

This guy is who I aspire to be. I've always wanted to be a VFX artist

[@TheGoldenCulture]

chekc out the cordor digital channel they do these types of videos all the time with guesses on par or better then this guy. (idk who he is yet havnt watched the video yet lol ).

[@ColtonKirkegaard]

I worked with Kevin on Robert Zemeckis’s The Witches back in 2019. He was the vfx supervisor. Really nice guy. Was an awesome experience.

[@anatawaniwatori]

Yes how do I go into this production film industry if I have no experiences? I’m still in high school btw how can I try and lead myself on that path?

[@leeks1408]

@@anatawaniwatori there’s either becoming a production assistant on a set, going to school for it (LAVC has a great program called The Promise Program for first time college students that I’m doing right now) and making videos yourself.

[@ThePatank]

@@anatawaniwatori definitely put some effort into it and you will get there

[@Fellipe_S]

"VFX Artist Breaks Down Oscar-Nominated CGI" or "Why Dune Deserves the Oscar for Best Visual/Special Effects"

[@StewartFletcher]

Seeing Shang Chi playing right after Dune is hilariously embarrassing. You can like that movie, I don't care, but man those effects look like a joke compared to the immense beauty of Dune

[@YuviiYT]

Don't u see the dragon Vfx

[@ChairmanMeow1]

the effects in dune completely blew my mind. Ive never seen anything like it.

[@thisissanjay3935]

Wow he looks so happy and passionate while explaining for Dune

[@lal12]

Dune really deserved the VFX Award. The only issue I noticed watching the movie was that in some scenes (most notable in the scene where the worm swallows the big "truck") the sand dust looked pretty artificially /cgily.

[@cormackhotzie7874]

Amazing. All could win any other year, but Dune is next level.

[@pathologicaldoubt]

@6:15 I think he meant Rebecca Ferguson, not “Jessica Ferguson”

[@Peterincan]

Yup, he definitely got the actor's name mixed up with the character she played.

[@turtle_hermit5388]

y"all should get CORRIDOR DIGITAL for the breakdowns

[@love_otter]

Hate that the fact that Tom Holland is wearing a suit on set that later gets slathered in completely pointless CGI is being brought up as a positive here. All it does is make the protagonist of your entire film look fake for no adequate reason. Just use the real suit!

[@Lumibear.]

I’ve yet to watch many of these movies, but this sold them to me way better than any trailer. Thanks. I’ll check them out.

[@benr3799]

I never had clapped at my TV until I watched Blade Runner 2049 win for both Cinematography and Visual Effects. I’ve never cheered for the US Olympic team that hard in my life. Never have I been so happy for the nameless people working behind the scenes (and Roger Deakins ofc). I recommend watching to anyone who even slightly liked Dune. You’ll be gobsmacked. I’m still pulling for James Bond this year though, as they deserve some huge credit for how tastefully and invisibly they integrated visual effects. I couldn’t believe it was nominated tbh, I was like “what special effects????” and I think that’s the point lol. The worker bees behind these beautiful art pieces all have my utmost respect. I watch the credits just to smile at reading their names, humans are incredible

[@benr3799]

To be fair, I screamed “YES!!!!!!” When La La Land won best original score the year earlier or maybe the same year I can’t remember. Mainly I was happy because I would’ve destroyed my TV if LLL hadn’t won. But that being said, I never had tears in my eyes watching someone win until Roger Deakins after everything he has done for the beauty of film got up there for the first time with his cloud-white hair. A soul stirrer in the flesh, you’d never even know it was him, the humility is beyond comprehension.

[@kiranvnair1133]

Thank you i wanna watch 2049 and the og BR, i will do then

[@ShadoSpartan44]

i think dune will win because there were so many times i wasn't sure what was practical and what was CGI.

[@folklore2630]

You should do more of these. I wanna learn a lot about filmmaking and such videos don't only teach me about filmmaking they tell me what I am not able to appreciate in a movie.

[@jcriley7695]

Dune was brilliant. I loved the feel of the movie, felt very realistic and I didn’t think of Hollywood for a single second watching it! Can’t wait for part 2!

[@sherlock.117]

I think the Disney produced movies (Free Guy, Shang-Chi, and NWH) are good but the CGI wasn’t that special. They each also had a noticeable issue that made the CG stand out of the realism at times. But in Dune’s case, it was so well done that you can’t tell what’s CGI. I’m sure it will win the award, and I think it deserves it out of the rest

[@r.h.6249]

DUNE has in the bag

[@MrRuipereira7]

So, in a 12-min video, 5 are for Dune and 6 for the other four nominees. It really tells you everything you should know about who deserves that Oscar

[@gooseincrocs]

still surprised eternals wasn’t nominated for visual effects

[@dariussalepetru6770]

Or Godzilla vs Kong

[@KillerTacos54]

Love these VFX breakdown videos so much

[@lifetheslowway]

“My video essay on why Dune should win the Oscar, with honorable mentions to other films.”

[@_androo_9202]

Hearing him describe how new techniques and ideas are something that causes films to be nominated for VFX really makes me wonder how Aquaman didn't get nominated at all. Yet every year there seems to be an MCU movie in the running.

[@virgodmonkey]

I feel exactly the same way. That movie did giant battles on a scale I've never seen before. And they did it unapologetically beautifully.

[@majorpwner241]

Marvel is garbage... If anyone wants to fight me on that they should get some taste first and then reconsider their position.

[@hyperaxx2180]

Oscars truly are a joke, Its just MCU nominations for overused CGI.

[@eyob.t1389]

@@majorpwner241 marvel isn't garbage. The MCU is garbage.

[@goodial]

well I guess that part of it plays into the fact the Oscars are broadcast by ABC and ABC is a Disney owned company ...

[@sanitize808]

I’m guessing Dune is gonna win, he talked about it more than the other films 🤣

[@sinaRambo]

W

[@thestitchguy8115]

Wired really hopping on corridors turf

[@captainviggo4575]

With the distinction made between "Visual Effects" and "Special Effects", are there still nominations for practical special effects in movies? And as the award is called "Best Visual Effects", does it mean that they only award CGI visual effects, or is it just a general name for all effect technologies?

[@ReganAtSea]

it's just for vfx -- award show categories make no sense and never have

[@lolvonlolipopp]

No. Vfx can be done without CG elements. For example painting out microphones and wires is vfx.

[@captainviggo4575]

@@lolvonlolipopp Well, technically, painting out elements being made with a computer, it's a kind of CGI. The removed parts are replaced with software-generated bits of picture. It may not be 3-D computer graphics, but it's still "computer-generated imagery".

[@lolvonlolipopp]

​@@captainviggo4575 This is why I think the term CG is better (3d Computer graphics) there's no ambiguity and is clearly defined. For me vfx is just a combined label for all disciplines in the industry. But each to their own i guess.

[@mollywoodshots6503]

The real question should be whether they give the award ro CG anymore. Every time Nolan & Villeneuve make a movie, it bags the oscar for practical effects in it.

[@jobsmine]

And this is why Dune won 6 of the Oscars at the academy. I just don’t understand why they didn’t nominate Denis Villeneuve as one of the best directors out there.

[@cringekiller348]

All these people are talking about dune while ignoring Shang chi. It looked amazing, especially the fight scenes had great use of practical effects and the vfx artist did spend a good amount of time talking about that. It might not have won, but it was definitely a worthy contender.

[@Charlie_Alpha_Lima]

This was really cool. Can you make a version of this where Kevin talks specifically to us vfx artists who understand how all this stuff works? That way he can get way more in-depth. Just make it an hour long video and we'll be very happy

[@The_Story_Of_Us]

To earn this award, I really think movies have to tell a story with the effects, the effects should have meaning, they should tell us things, all on top of being exceptional in quality. Dune’s effects are superb and are crucial to the story it tells, without the effects, it’s not Dune. Oh and at 6:20, you got her name completely wrong, it’s REBECCA Ferguson, not Jessica…

[@nataliajimenez1870]

In fairness, she plays Lady JESSICA

[@The_Story_Of_Us]

@@BooksRebound Honestly I’m less ticked off about him getting it wrong (slips of the tongue happen) than I am that somehow no one noticed this error while putting this video together or didn’t care enough to show this actress the decency of calling her by her actual name and correcting it.

[@The_Story_Of_Us]

@@BooksRebound Don’t know. With college and other stuff, I’m unsure if I’ll start posting videos as of yet.

[@navaneethcm8377]

I wonder how Shang Chi got nominated but not Eternals

[@purefoldnz3070]

Dune was the right pick to win.

[@akashseth1474]

6:23 Man interchanged Rebecca Ferguson with Jessica Ferguson lol

[@frankiecuellar]

omg how is free guy on this list!???

[@Jordab_]

wow great job on the vid Nico, Wren, and Sam!

[@justicekief4274]

Dune was amazing can’t wait for the 2nd one

[@MrWadeBarrett]

Dude, fix your audio levels...The narrator is killing my ear and cant hear Kevin at all

[@Preludedraw]

Dune, dunno how the rest is getting nominated.

[@cassiecarpenter]

Rooting for Dune!

[@Slizzpop]

corridor crew

[@tomarnold7284]

Thank you for explaining. I always wonder what elements the Oscar looks for in their categories. I love that Dune used real helicopters to simulate the ornithopters, because so often I just see helicopters lift off or land in seconds like they were toys in a child's hand, even in non-sci-fi films. I don't understand though, why in Spiderman did they have to film the actor, than built the exact same scene with CGI? They could have just hire anyone to do the shot. I find this happens in a lot of sci-fi films.

[@strangersontheinternet]

VFX specialists of the kdrama „Vincenzo” should also be nominated. I really thought they shot in Italy

[@Emthe30something]

I did enjoy learning how they were made.

[@skann9048]

Seems like Dune deserves this one

[@ZeroTooL88]

This video was a really well crafted commercial for Shang Chi

[@tadw1532]

I swear Spider-Man is getting subtly shat on for its VFX by just putting it next to these other films 😂😭 They clearly struggled to say anything interesting about the VFX so just said lots of people worked on it, there was lots of it and everyone watched it.

[@Zoogor95]

Shang chi had bad CGI as well

[@matheussanthiago9685]

yeah, yeah I know, Dune is great and most likely going to win but can we take a minute to ponder how Shang-Chi is what a life action version of Avatar the last airbender should look like? specially at 8:50 and 9:04

[@lator1941]

I could listen to this guy talk about VFX all day

[@buka.a]

Dune has to win this award

[@iamakshayyyy]

6:20 she is REBECCA FERGUSON not JESSICA FERGUSON

[@jdrummerdd]

but she plays Lady Jessica so i get the confusion lmfao

[@hippocraticly6167]

Forgot to mention dune's use of the 360 sand-screen, that was amazing

[@ThatGuy-vp3un]

6:21 - Jessica Ferguson 6:50 - Rebecca Ferguson

[@bobbihansel]

This was great!

[@ricobuttonpusher7061]

Oscar for stuntwork needs to happen. It’s long overdue

[@PachetePockets]

Notice he spent WAAY more time talking about Dune than any of the other films. Dune has a really unique look to it that I've never seen in another movie. I'll be very surprised if it doesn't get this Oscar.

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[@sagethealchemist]

Him wearing a sand shirt with pyramids shows you that dune deserves to win.

[@sabahbubbler]

Vfx artist appreciates all the art

[@moonmaan]

I've seen so many more of these videos recently. KZbin really saw Corridor Digital popping off and just ran with it, huh?

[@alberttarimo]

Eternals should've been nominated too

[@alberttarimo]

@@dariussalepetru6770 why, what interested you?

[@Jaredvic]

Thank god you didn’t bring the corridor digital guys on. Those guys haven’t even worked on a large film but go around preaching Vfx like they’re masters. Keep the industry vets coming

[@bmaster461603]

I love how the obvious winner was given the most screen time

[@drdoom1786]

Eternals deserve to be in this list instead of Shang chi.

[@dariussalepetru6770]

I disagree

[@edlb10]

i love dune even more after this video

[@BallinLikeMike23]

Such great knowledge in this video. I wish I could have learned these methods in film school.

[@stacyemelineclaire]

IF DUNE DOESN'T GET THE AWARD I'LL BE PISSED !

[@JoshandErik]

This video would have been much better if Kevin was on the couch with the crew.

[@mariapires7135]

Shang-Chi was so beautiful, visually

[@atar5396]

DUNE MUST WIN

[@Theicemonkeyjr]

Notice how "dude" had a full beard and they replaced his face with clean shaven ryan? explain that on batman v superman.

[@Zibonnn]

This is a feast to my eyes and mind! Dune was breathtaking!

[@ChrenSopheak]

8:56 i don’t support when you said Shang Chi deserves to be on the list

[@fabricioantonio5882]

shang-chi make it better than free guy

[@belxxx3045]

I just watched the spiderman movie and comparing it Dune...IDK Could tell alot of Spiderman was CGI but both were great

[@josephmcgolrick3920]

I'm confused. Where's the couch??

[@Shiva4D]

City on Arakis looks like Greeble plugin for 3ds max do in one click + noise displace for sand... ))

[@raindropsneverfall]

It's Rebecca Ferguson - not Jessica ;-)

[@nniitchh]

You can't compare even a single movie in this video with Dune.

[@CamJames]

Didn't even know it was possible to use sand colored and white screens for compositing. I know those artists' jobs were beyond hard.

[@rachealwashington5662]

James Bond and Dune look good

[@spinlok3943]

Tune is going to win the award without a doubt in my mind.

[@jas_094]

This was fun!

[@waldtrautwald8499]

Lots of great nominees this year but come on, everybody wants Dune to win and everybody knows that it's going to win. It's not even a competition.

[@destructo6t942]

Dune is so beautiful!

[@ROYSMoGraphDesign9900k]

Right