VFX Artists React to THE MANDALORIAN Bad & Great CGi

[@CorridorCrew]

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[@EbonyPope]

Sorry no. The ILM rendered spaceships wouldn't look nearly as realistic as a big model. You're contradicting yourselves. There are other videos in which you stated that even the best CG still doesn't come close to the real thing. Also with a model you don't have to rerender the whole scene in case you change your mind. You just need to shoot it from another angle. It's infinitely reusable. Nothing beats the real thing in terms of texture. And even if it was possible why would you? A model can be reused thousands of times as I already said.

[@hulkhatepunybanner]

*That vortex when the TIE fighters pass through the fireballs might be inaccurate.* The vortex in the scene is the same created by airplanes which have two horizontal surfaces, separated by fuselage. The TIE fighters have two vertical planes, separated by pylons and a sphere. If the rendering is following physical laws, shouldn't the vortex these shapes? Or is it simply just trying to imitate what the ILM crew saw in another movie?

[@Dumbs]

The Mandalorian is the result of insanely talented people working on something they really love, and it shows

[@sukhdeepdhaliwal3315]

Wow dumbs here lol

[@kevinwest942]

And disney's unlimited bank account.

[@pantelisellinidis5956]

More like shit

[@m.a.____c.5892]

Something the sequels didn't have

[@Thawney]

It really does

[@saltybrick5643]

"Those ships, they shot those for real." To further clarify, they actually went to space and made fully functioning space ships and filmed it for real

[@szeltovivarsydroxan9944]

They also built a time machine to get to a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away to make it as authentic as possible. Also, they cast only real Twi'leks to play the Twi'leks, to avoid cultural appropriation.

[@sifal.siaghi]

Wait wait wait wait wait

[@DJS3]

Sounds legit! 👍

[@peterc3619]

Shout out to the camera guy for floating in space with a camera and getting those shots

[@TheXaelem]

n Goeie begripper het n halwe woord nodig. Jy is duidelik nie een nie. Swaap

[@bedeekin6274]

Hey guys. I worked on 5 Harry Potter movies. Physical effects for John Richardson and creature effects for Nick Dudman. The scene where the Dementors enter the train carriage, freezing the windows and bottle of mineral water was mostly physical and I was partly responsible for that shot. Which parts do you think were physical?

[@ShrimpNation1]

Dude that’s so cool!

[@queldar27]

I guess the bottle of water was supercooled?

[@Nejvyn]

Awww damn that's cool! I was always on the edge whether the water freezing was done practically, I know you can over-freeze water and have it get solid instantly, but the volume didn't really increase while freezing?

[@TamTV12]

Footage was sped up

[@bamflyer]

Ummm... guest start for the reaction video?!

[@patrickprins9557]

"...but do the pores stretch...?" *Now that's a line i haven't heard in a long time.*

[@nicolasb3248]

You could put that on a t-shirt

[@carlosmntr]

First time I thought he said poors

[@motionblurofhappy7804]

@@carlosmntr “yea I’m pretty sure poor people are limber bud”

[@thanatosstorm]

"A looong time..."

[@joshuasprinkle7730]

"But do the pores stretch" is the mantra of this channel

[@CDNKakarot2814]

Don't forget about them muzzle flashes as well lol

[@SALTYTOAD000]

How

[@jamenmartin9939]

New t shirt!

[@masterimbecile]

He has spoken

[@DerAykac]

@@CDNKakarot2814 They have perfected the art of muzzle flashes, we don´t need to talk about that anymore ;D

[@sliceanddice5707]

Plot Twist: Wren is a CG rendered human done by Corridor just to flex.

[@adrianbonilla2904]

I'd believe that

[@ponderosabones7803]

His fro hair was costing too much to render, that's why they "cut" it

[@edith7747]

Always has been?

[@SaintParallax]

So then who does the voice acting?

[@IAtoms]

Thats why his name is Wren. It's a play on "Render". Wren-der

[@guyellis8550]

If you’re doing the Harry Potter movies you absolutely MUST do the scenes towards the end of the order of Phoenix: all the prophecies smashing, the veil and Voldemort and Dumbledore’s duel at the end. They all seem like really good shots.

[@ze_rubenator]

And then throw in the Diagon Alley reveal in the first film to compare =D

[@buffnipz]

​@@ze_rubenator Yes!! Specifically right as they enter Diagon Alley, when Hagrid taps the brick wall with his umbrella and the bricks shift and move to reveal Diagon Alley. That was one of the first shots in a movie where I wondered how they created the effect. Please corridor!

[@ZacSopak]

Ahhh yes please!

[@NimjaFordnike]

Came to also say Dumbledore vs. Voldemort fight

[@guyellis8550]

@@F_L_U_X stfu please it’s 2021 no-one needs your negativity. The world is bad enough without it.

[@rowni]

The way they utilize so many practical effects really preserved the Star Wars "feel"

[@TBS.tudios]

That's the way everything should be lol but movies today are used to being given everything at the lowest cost

[@Zelkanok]

​@@TBS.tudios It's a tough trade-off. For many films, budget and time are always the biggest limiting factors. But yeah, people are just not using the tools and technology properly, or making really poor choices.

[@EbonyPope]

The ILM rendered spaceships wouldn't look nearly as realistic as a big model. They're contradicting themselves. There are other videos in which they stated that even the best CG still doesn't come close to the real thing. The texture is just different. Your can come close with certain materials but the more texture it has the more difficult it gets. Also with a model you don't have to rerender the whole scene in case you change your mind. You just need to shoot it from another angle. It's infinitely reusable.

[@lfb0801]

The scene where Voldemort and Dumbledore fight in the minestry, Would love to see you guys react to that scene.

[@Chris.1812]

They’ve done lord of the rings already 🎣

[@HollywoodScotty]

Harry Potter has one shot in the Voldy vs Dumbledore scene, where their wands connect and voldy's cloak obscures the magic vfx for a few frames, and you can see the individual threads of the cloak; it looks so good. I'd love to see your takes on it!

[@Sebbir]

I love Voldys smoky cloak thing

[@iamfelixgauthier]

@@PryzmMusic there's also a lot of awful VFX in the first 2 ones

[@Tassooow]

could you please link it? I didn't see it

[@louie-laur]

Yes! Also, I've always loved that moment in GoF when Dumbledore pulls his memory out and drops it in the pensieve. The memory goes from liquid to gas and falls so beautifully.

[@brianorozco1074]

@@louie-laur I love that effect

[@joshuahadams]

The weapons in Star Wars are based on “tibanna gas” that’s ionized and launched with magnets. Tibanna - in universe - is incredibly unstable and explosive.

[@coltonnemitz3033]

Liquid tabanna- Highly explosive

[@MrKilljoy212]

To add on to your comment - they're all plasma-based weapons. Even turbo lasers on star destroyers. They're plasma.

[@travisking9895]

I came to the comment section looking for this

[@fnollo7870]

@@travisking9895 Same

[@thepeterhallin]

Thank you! Both Josh and Killjoy... I'm tired of hearing Star Wars weaponry referred to as "lasers". That's why I wince a bit every time someone in the films or shows say "laser sword" instead of Light Saber. Why would they say that?

[@jamesfrazier9360]

12:06 If it was an actual laser beam there wouldn’t be an explosion on impact, but aren’t the in-canon Star Wars laser beams made from plasmafied gas? It’s why they move at a visible speed.

[@infinitespace2520]

You are correct sir, the lasers are powered with Tibanna gas which has a distinct gas explosion look on impact. This scene is the most realistic scene of TIE Fighters shooting at the ground.

[@Luka1180]

@@infinitespace2520 Correct. So here Corridor is correct in that lasers wouldn't do that but wrong on it being lasers at all.

[@hellospringlake]

@@Luka1180 Yes, this also goes for Lightsabers actually being plasmaswords but usually being confused as being laser swords.

[@thanatosstorm]

Ding. Ding. Ding. Win.

[@JTM610]

@@infinitespace2520 I thought Tibanna-gas was an exception used for overcharging blaster bolts

[@paulcourtemanche3549]

Why am I not surprised that Clint hasn’t seen the Mandalorian.

[@MichaelHart2]

It blows me away how much stuff they show him and he hasn’t seen it...what does that man watch?

[@lordshadow3822]

@J M O he won't watch it. I think he just choses not watch anything on point.

[@chadkndr]

@@MichaelHart2 Foreign kung fu films

[@ActiumFilms]

It actually bothers me at how he's a VFX artist but he flat out refuses to watch any VFX heavy big franchise movies

[@sakarisippola5746]

he hasn't seen any Star Wars movies

[@3DPrintingNerd]

@7:45 I seriously thought that was a practical shot when I first saw it. WOW.

[@nielswilcockson2555]

Same

[@DodZz666]

I think it is actually

[@AnitaSleap1080z]

Thought so too, like a small model. So it's entirely CG with water? Or a combination?

[@jamesmnguyen]

You know the shot was super realistic when your brain doesn't even consider that it was CGI.

[@MrFijiBoySako]

It can’t be practical, because water mass doesn’t scale like that.

[@Allanfallan]

I'm gonna be honest, I thought the water scene was actually them just pulling a real life ship out of the water. It's so well done that it never crossed my mind it was CG.

[@yeskev]

I still can't believe that's CG. They did a CG ship coming out of water but they filmed a real model ship for the space scene? Crazy

[@My-nl6sg]

its BEAUTIFUL, its sooo beautiful

[@panxoaltair1]

Sameeee

[@simonlundh]

Harry Potter scenes requests: * Voldemort's first appreacence * Demontors * Room of requierment, fire sceen. * When Draco Malfoy becomes a farret * The moving staircases * Apparation (how wizards travel/teleport)

[@TBS.tudios]

when voldemort and harry merge together lol

[@Iforgotmyusernamedude]

@@TBS.tudios lol i said that a week ago i really hope they do that one

[@wyvernhattori1811]

The firework of the Weasley twins also And maybe the tale of the three brothers

[@JacksonWhyte]

And the scene when there was multiple Harry’s

[@Iforgotmyusernamedude]

@@JacksonWhyte ohh all the scenes with the poly juice potion seeing how they got better would be cool

[@ramenplease3870]

Harry Potter scenes: -Polyjuice Potion becoming Harry Potter -Dumbledore cleaning the house with magic -Lake scene with Dementors -Ron and Harry with the spiders -Goblet of Fire scene where the boat comes out of water and the flying carriage comes in. -The battle scenes in Deathly Hollows Pt.2 -Dragon scenes in Goblet of Fire and Deathly Hollows

[@TheMissiIe]

Can't forget the Cerberus and Basilisk

[@rockgamerz2064]

Additional scenes -Dark Lake fire scene in Half blood prince -Final battle in order of phoenix (You guys may have covered it one of the previous episodes. not sure though) -Troll in philosopher's stone (You guys may have covered it) -Werewolf transformation in Prisoner of Azkaban

[@reezek3956]

Well cerberus wasnt so good looking but yk , it was old but basilisk was looking daaaamn good , i would to to see more insider points on how it was made.

[@saege7011]

I think something simple like the quidditch scenes could be interesting too

[@KatsuragiNamika]

oooooo Dumbledore cleaning Slughorn's "house" is such a good shot

[@CreatureCal]

CGI face: (exists) Corridor Crew: The *pores* is strong with this one!

[@sjcaljames]

24 min ago video and the 1st comment only has 1 comment inside the comment .-.

[@tewiky]

May the pores stretch with you.

[@joeb3505]

It's not a Corrider video if someone doesn't bring up pores!

[@artursanntos]

i don't know why i laughed so hard at this

[@rollochairbreaker230]

I find your lack of pores disturbing.

[@lalaluele8932]

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: "The Second Task", underwater scene. There is a whole BTS of it but it's a good segment to cover

[@CoolCheatsall]

When Victor Krum transforms into a shark

[@bigbadwolfstudios1]

The reasons why star wars blaster bolts and some lazer type weapons actually cause explosions is because they're ionized plasma. The blasters are basically tiny and sometimes gigantic particle accelerators

[@imperialgaming6899]

And some weapons in Star wars use gas (tibanna gas). I think the only thing that uses real lasers is the A-Wing

[@hollow__]

this is actually one of most heartwarming episodes of the series cut to everyone dying a horrible fiery death

[@XerrolAvengerII]

literally heartwarming

[@juanpabloorejuela4553]

Harry Potter: the “dome” defense spell for Hogwarts in the final stand against Voldemort’s army. Plus cool explosions in the bridge!

[@life_two]

its a cloth sim

[@psteeg3551]

Harry potter and the chamber of secrets: the polyjuice potion scene (where their faces transform)

[@samadritabasu3196]

Was meaning to say this really

[@kaja8537]

They should do a Harry Potter episode like they did with LoTR

[@psteeg3551]

@@kaja8537 ........ they literally said this in the video. Wakey wakey

[@herrbear3049]

And cat Hermione

[@robertbrookes2000]

I've been asking for ages for them to react to HP. There's so much they could look at: the magical spells, the castle, the creatures, the flying, the transformations (polyjuice, but also animagi), apparition and so much more.

[@CHmLgN]

I love that this series has taught me enough that I can begin to pin point certain details before they're explained. This channel is a treasure trove.

[@papagalo15]

Harry Potter video: Please do the dementors lake scene where harry casts the patronus charm. I've always since a kid wondered how they pulled that off. Filming at a dark environment and having the patronus "emmit" light as well as having a 3d feel to it which interacts with the dementors. Very interesting scene from both a visual and technical aspect.

[@Dargonhuman]

I second this.

[@waliansari9467]

They should do Rated R Harry Potter

[@stephenrengsi5342]

"Is that Bill Burr? What is he doing? it's star wars!", Obviously reprising his role of space Bostonian

[@defencebangladesh4068]

yes. .. Also Bill said he's not a Star Wars fan

[@NautyEskimo]

@@defencebangladesh4068 who cares, He does a good job in the show and the episodes are fun to watch.

[@defencebangladesh4068]

@@NautyEskimo i was just replying

[@jdrummerdd]

He resides in Fen Wei Pak

[@henkkaa88]

He is a star wars fan

[@Kable10]

I've been looking forward to this

[@alexsupertramp4907]

A surprise to be sure but a welcome one.

[@ToeJuice]

Is that a count dooku reference

[@bbtank3000]

My viewing has doubled since the last time we met, Count.

[@alexsupertramp4907]

@@ToeJuice Much to learn you still have. Your assumption is of course right tho

[@tbnratlangamer242]

@@bbtank3000 good twice the pride double the fall

[@fict.ion-atx]

Harry Potter: - Dobys first appearance, destroying Harry's room and house in Year 2 - Aunt Marge blowing up in Year 3 - Buckbeak in broad daylight in Year 3 - There's a lot of morphing to look at as well, Harry turning into Goyle, Malfoy into ferret, Mad Eye Moody into Barty Crouch Jr, Scabbers into Peter Pettigrew. - Dumbledore vs Voldemort in Year 5, they use fire, water, and a bunch of shit

[@matthewhamilton2913]

They should do the spider scenes to freak out Wren

[@OurDarkCloud]

Gotta mention Buckbeak poops the first time you see him, and if they don't point that out...

[@laartwork]

FUN FACT!: The only reason they filmed Mando's ship with an actual model was because Favreau wanted to have the model for himself. He had to justify them making it by using it in the show.

[@rsrt6910]

Considering what Favreau's given us in the last decade or so, he doesn't need to justify anything, just give it to him!

[@steprockmedia]

I think he was kind of joking when he said that. BUT your results may vary!

[@TheZapan99]

It is also non-ironically a great way to save costs, considering they opted for reflective surfaces all around the ship that take forever to render.

[@defencebangladesh4068]

yes

[@cebasm3861]

@@TheZapan99 What are you talking about? They literally say in the video that it took more time and money to develop those shots with the practical ship model than it would have if they decided to do it all in CG. Plus reflections in the void if space are likely not as difficult to pull of as you might think.

[@gw9363]

I had no idea that was a “water simulation”... I literally thought it was practical. That blew my mind.

[@Coms7274]

The “lasers” in Star Wars are ignited tibanna gas.

[@FlyboyEmert58]

THANK YOU - i had to scroll really far to find someone commenting on their commentary on TIE laser cannons and the bolts of plasma they fire.

[@mexijs]

Ah I knew some one would mention this before me! I'm just glad I remembered correctly

[@dominicfeliz8584]

nerd jk

[@deeznuts23yearsago]

When that one x-wing flew into frame we all knew wha was about to go down It made me freak the fuck out seeing it for the first time since 1983

[@ConnorDoubleYou]

Break down the scene in Chamber of Secrets where Dobby is jumping on Harry's bed. He's a completely CGI character who's physically interacting with the real bed. He's also swinging around a turned on lamp which I would assume would a nightmare to add in the light from the lamp.

[@bamflyer]

Yessss i’ve been requesting HP for ages! Effects: - apparation - Hogwarts deep dive - Expecto Patronum - buckbeak is so damn good - dementors in order of the phoenix - dumbelodores firestorm vs the inferi - dumbledore v Voldemort the whole fight

[@IanWhitesel]

Ive been requesting all of these effects since episode one of VFX Artists react

[@beny874]

Omg, I forgot about the apparitions. I mentioned in another comment the duel between Voldemort and Dumbledore in Order of the Pheonix. That water spell and the glass shards.

[@bamflyer]

@@beny874 i’d also like them to do some of the more invisible effects like the matte paintings and the overall world building

[@Chris-jorna]

Harry potter VFX shots: FINAL BATTLE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX - shots going though windows - deathly hallows part one, where they all turn into harry to fly on broomsticks - deathly hallows part two fire snake in that storage room (when horcrux is destroy - dementors I am so happy you guys are making a VFX react on HP

[@HalgrimmHalgrimmson]

When I watched the end of season 2 of the mandalorian, I immediately thought of you guys and loved the soft and angelic look Luke had. His posture was almost regal with the limited movement he showed. I thought of it as a nice artistic choice.

[@heavyvacation9826]

Good observation. I thought that too.

[@merijnheuvelmans6287]

harry potter VFX scene: Werewolf transformation scene. Prisoner of Azkaban.

[@verroniicaa]

Yes!! As a child at the time this was released to cinemas, it freaked me out and I had to shut my eyes, I'd love to see what they have to say about it!

[@mikaelpalm2130]

Put it next to the werewolf transformation from Van Helsing (2004) for comparison.

[@monkehispoop6953]

Yes

[@mikecarmona4099]

That would be cool

[@carmenlessa4557]

I heard somewhere that they were going to try to do it with practical effects, had actors practice with specialized stilts and everything but for some reason they went CGI in the end. Bad choice. That werewolf looks like a big Chihuahua 😂

[@austinhancock8204]

There’s this scene in The Deathly Hallows pt. 1 where two CG house elves, Dobby and Kreacher, are clinging onto the body of a non CG character, Mundungus Fletcher. Would LOVE to see how that’s done!

[@Dream0Asylum]

CGI body double mapped to the actor's performance.

[@quinnknobbe7119]

Mark said on social media that even though he wasn't in front of the camera, he WAS on set and met with the actor whose face was getting swapped as well as the rest of the crew, while he didn't provide the ADR until he was in a sound booth later.

[@protoman1214]

Watch the video again. No one said Mark wasn't on set. Wren said "he wasn't on screen at all and recorded his lines off camera", which is 100% accurate

[@eskiltester3913]

Where did he say that because mark said he did play that scene and Jon favreau said that scene was mark hamill and they deaged him kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6jao5iwmch_n6M 5.15 mark

[@eskiltester3913]

@@protoman1214 nope. Mark did that scene. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6jao5iwmch_n6M 5.15 mark

[@protoman1214]

@@eskiltester3913 sounds to me like he misspoke. Are you going to believe Jon or Mark himself. If that was actually him they would have to completely digitally replace his body in the shot as well because he is nowhere as thin as he used to be. You can't honestly believe that is a de-aged Mark Hamill

[@protoman1214]

@@eskiltester3913 wren says it at 2:09. Many other sources have cited Marks own words saying he did the voice lines only and there was a body double stand in.

[@SlipperyCarrot]

Bonus info: The “scrap walker” (not unlike the Crane walkers in the water sequence) featured in the same episode as the explosions scene, was actually stop-motion done by Phill Tippett.

[@peculiarpangolin4638]

Really? They let him handle the walkers after that horrible job he did as dinosaur supervisor. The Empire really is getting desperate.

[@mavenous22]

Funny observation: My son and I are watching Star Wars Rebels, and it's funny how when ships explode in the show, it's the same as the original trilogy...white flash, lots of smoke and sparks. Made me smile and made me think of the ot.

[@leswause8937]

Yeah I thought the same thing! That was a cool little hark back to the original trilogy.

[@tezlaactual6582]

So all of the designs from rebels were based off the same style as the original concept art for the original trilogy which is why the star destroyers look kinda funky and they actively tried to keep it with the same effects as the original trilogy which is why the lightsabers were so thin and the lasers looked kinda funky

[@leswause8937]

@@tezlaactual6582 Oh really? That's actually super interesting. I was trying to figure out why all of the proportions were off yet it still felt like "Star Wars" so that's really cool to know!

[@AndrewDembouski]

Rebels is so good

[@tezlaactual6582]

@@AndrewDembouski from a design standpoint I liked it and the voice actors did a really good job I just thought the writing and storyline kinda lacked but it was for kids so I'll give it a pass

[@patrycjap386]

Harry Potter: Sorcerers Stone: -Troll scene -Quidditch scenes Chamber of secrets: -CGI sock threw into dobby Prisoner of Azkaban: - Flying aunt - bus shrinking - warewolf transformation Goblet of fire: - Underwater scenes Half Blood prince: - Ron during quidditch tryouts - Dumbledore & Harry in the cave Deathly Hallows p1: - Harry fighting with the horcrux underwater Deathly Hallows p2: -Battle of Hogwarts - Harry vs Voldemort last fight

[@luiscastro1527]

Yep! All of this ones 👆🏼 Hahaha

[@calvinkopp1735]

Can’t forget about the Baslisk

[@Gazmus]

The Prison of Azkaban mirror transition is, other than Dumbledore vs Voldemort, maybe one of my favourite effect in the films. Is magical!

[@DarkSlayer9296]

Harry Potter scenes: -Going through Platform 9 3/4 -Hogwarts Express -Flying Ford Anglia from HP2 -Whomping Willow -Knight Bus from HP3 -Baloon Aunt Marge from HP3 -The Dragon, The Lake, The Maze from HP4 -Harry vs Voldemort, from HP4 and HP7.2 (main differences) -Quidditch Scenes -Dobby and Kreacher -The Dementors -Gringotts train system from HP7.2

[@TezzyRs]

Also the 7 Harry’s scene

[@grutarg2938]

Invisibility cloak, the ice effect of the dementors, the foam effect of the magic wands when Harry fight Voldemort, and for bad VFX - any quidditch scene.

[@TheDahaka1]

Fun fact: Nobody in Star Wars ever refers to the energy shots as "lasers". They are blasters, basically the same type of pure energy/plasma that the light sabers are made of, and that's why they travel at visible speeds. They are not light, they emit light.

[@lebenwielary7878]

This is the kind of nerd knowledge I admire Cheers mate

[@TheDahaka1]

@@lebenwielary7878 And it's the kind of interesting nitpick I adore XD Thanks, friend :D

[@Thalanox]

The gunner seats on the side of the clone transports do shoot in a way that looks like visible-spectrum lasers. Just a fraction of a second of a continuous beam that instantly connects with it's target, and then the gunner stops shooting to fix his aim or wait for the turret to cool down or something.

[@TheDahaka1]

@@Thalanox Oh, yeah, those are clearly focused beams of energy that work a lot like lasers, but I was talking about all of the short-line shots that everyone shoots. Those are never referred to as lasers, but blasters.

[@justcuzbrosky]

its truly incredible how the best cgi is the cgi you never even notice.

[@godzillix7955]

I love how they actually treat baby yoda as a person when he isn't on set.

[@atlev]

*Grogu

[@Dargonhuman]

@@atlev Swo-gru! Zug zug?

[@cablecar10]

@@atlev **Glup Shitto

[@dimetruth]

I'd love to see a reaction to 90s and early 2000s 2D animated movies that began using CG to enhance certain shots: Batman Mask of the Phantasm, Aladdin, Iron Giant, Titan A.E. ---- etc.

[@thanatosstorm]

They did that with one of the earlier ones, Dragonheart. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWW6o36bpMqNns0

[@22caught]

‘They did old school shots of the ships.’ I’ve got a big goofy grin on my face and I’m even more in love with The Mandalorian.

[@ayanchakraborty943]

Harry Potter 4: The Dragon and the Under water scenes Harry Potter 5: Dumbledore vs Voldemort scene Harry Potter 6: Dumbledore cleaning/fixing the house with magic

[@lauramaue]

There's something so heartwarming about Lucas bouncing that adorable-ass puppet like a real baby.

[@TFAYAKA7]

So this is in reference to the question, "When will we get to the point where we hire C List actors and stamp A list faces on them." I think it could happen, but here is why I don't think it will. Back in the 1980s while everyone's favorite time traveling trilogy, Back To the Future, was hitting the theatres; something fishy was going on behind the scenes. As we all know, Cripsen Glover played George McFly in the first movie, but did you know that he didn't play George in the following movies? There was a contract dispute between production and Glover, so he separated himself from the series. Since the production had all of the prosthetics and makeup from the first movie, they actually found another actor and stamped those same prosthetics on him to get an old George McFly. This led to some HUGE lawsuits and now there is language within SAG contracts that says you cannot use prosthetics of another actor to portray the same character using a different actor. So with the growing tech that is DeepFakes, I would think this would fall under the same guidelines. For instance, let's say I want to make my own Top Gun movie. I grab my friend that looks (and is short enough lol) to play Tom Cruise and I slap a DeepFake on him, I'm effectively taking Tom Cruises's likeness and stamping it on someone else without his permission. What does everyone else think?

[@nm541]

Oh that’s really really interesting. I assume you’d need permission from Tom Cruise or whoever to use their likeness, not unlike using a photograph of someone for an ad.

[@TFAYAKA7]

@@nm541 Exactly!

[@thanatosstorm]

Makes sense, how far can you use someone's name, life, or likeness while they are still living, when you're profiteering off them? Shouldn't they see compensation?

[@TenkoVA]

Then comes the question of what you do with an individual who's no longer alive? You could ask the family, but what if they don't all agree? How much family do you need to consult? Does fair use come in to play at that point?

[@TFAYAKA7]

@@TenkoVAso I’ve really pondered this, wrote many a replies, and I’ve got nothing. I think big budget/make tons of money = need permission. Small time art stuff/KZbin = no permission/fair use.

[@muranziel]

This channel has elevated my appreciation for CGI artists to a whole new level.

[@joshufo9959]

You guys have to talk about Dumbledore vs Voldemort in Order of the Phoenix

[@thebadwolf3088]

OH YEAH WITH THE GLASS SCENE THAT WAS SO GOOOODDDDD

[@nikkan3810]

@@thebadwolf3088 Fire, glass, water, death lazors, lightning bolts, sand and whatever the fuck that dark evil stuff was xd

[@tiavor]

"how far are we away from realistic CG faces" "two more papers down the line"

[@shadowproductions969]

I think when we get the RTX 4090 with 128GB of VRAM we might be able to approach this tech. But in all seriousness, I'd guess about 10 yrs to get it truly believable. I think soon though, we will have AI that can render a pretty great 3d realistic head from video/lots of images. Like Niko said, 3d faces are superior as you can manage the animation and hand tweak it, the lighting is more reactive and more.

[@xxsauron007xx]

@@shadowproductions969 the foock? 4090 will most definitly not have 128gb of ram. And in my opinion there are already some faces I can't tell the difference between cgi and real.

[@MrFanBoyDee]

i understood this reference

[@flamingarrow2474]

Marvel has entered the chat

[@harastha]

What a time to be alive!

[@thebananamelon5065]

I swear you guys are making history in developing the VFX community

[@mityakiselev]

Please consider doing these scenes from Harry Potter: - transfiguration scenes - Animagus transformation scenes (McGonagall, Sirius, Peter) and werewolf turning (Lupin) - bricks on Diagon Alley - street lights on Privet Drive - Quidditch scenes - Fluffy - Dobby - self-knitting yarn at the Burrow (how do you think it was made?) - Whomping Willow - Polyjuice Potion - memories from the diary - Aragog - the Basylisk - dementors - Buckbeak - Marauders' Map - Patronus - Hungarian Horntail - underwater task - hedge maze - Voldemort - "I must not tell lies" and other fun moments

[@Smileyreal]

Great list.

[@tobiasbonhamcarter1970]

Yes

[@-SimonRiley]

You did something great there.

[@nickagalidis1845]

Animagus scenes too, like mcgonagall transforming and sirius as a dog

[@mityakiselev]

@@nickagalidis1845 added

[@autobotanist]

Clint: "if you're sitting on the toilet with your phone, hold on tight" Me: "how does he know?"

[@kylejamessmithproductions7848]

I shit myself whenhe said that.

[@peanutboys1]

@@kylejamessmithproductions7848 literally

[@TheAshran]

Mandatory "They are not lasers, they are blasters that shoot plasma" comment

[@Eltaurus]

Although it makes only a little bit more sense from a physical point of view.

[@fourze4z138]

@@Eltaurus in my point of view lasers are evil!

[@Eltaurus]

@@fourze4z138 yeah, I always preferred incoherent sources of radiation either.

[@Redman-2490]

I was about to post it then I saw yours

[@OMGhappiness]

@@fourze4z138 is actually a cat in disguise.

[@purramedicintraining2878]

THE FIRE THE FIRE GAVE ME LITERAL CHILLS and the way the fire swirled after the TIE fighters flew through...oh I was so happy. No one else understood why

[@jakobmata7011]

The third Harry Potter movie where Ron’s brothers are dragging Harry away in the snow while he’s wearing a invisibility cloak

[@justthereed5593]

For the Harry Potter video from a massive hp fan: a lot of the establishing shots for Hogwarts, especially from the second third, fourth, and fifth. Buckbeaks flight, dumbledore and Voldemort’s fight in the ministry. The department of mysteries scene from the fifth (for bad cgi) uuuhh and priori incantatem in the fourth

[@MarcosOConnor]

Finally they’re going to talk about it

[@DogBorgMan9]

Do the scene where Dobby is introduced in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, it's so old and he is making such complex movements, it'd be interesting to see how they were able to do that, he also interacts with harry a lot

[@unxprienced9548]

HP scene: Fight between Dumbledore and Voldemort in the Ministry of Magic

[@carmenlessa4557]

Oh yes! The part where the glass shards turn into sand is awesome!

[@backwardsdovah9373]

5th movie

[@boomfyer89]

This

[@gabbyberlingieri1480]

Yes!!!!

[@Eeraleye]

Harry Potter requests: - the moving staircase - camera play to make Hagrid huge - exploding bridge in 7.2 - grimmauld place expanding in 5 - harry being invisible scenes - whole bank scene in 7.2

[@Selawen]

I agree! I always find playing with people's size through movie magic super interesting

[@louie-laur]

More ideas: - In the Battle of the Department of Mysteries - the flying smoke, especially when they white and black smoke twist together. -GoF, when Dumbledore pulls his memory out and puts it in the pensieve, it goes liquid to gas! -Werewolf Lupin or the Centaurs (soo bad) -Dumbledore's water ball during the fight against Voldemort -Peter transforming into a mouse - Mad Eye Moody's eye (when it does move)

[@EyeMCreative]

@@louie-laur yeah, why was Peters transition so much better than the werewolf? haha

[@604Oaks]

I’m surprised that you didn’t talk about the seismic charge in that episode

[@ubermorph1000]

I was a little disappointed ngl

[@prich0382]

It sounded just as good, but the explosion wasn't as impressive as the one in Ep.II, but perhaps it's cus the explosion is in an atmosphere which due to air pressure makes it not as big

[@claireh57]

the shot of the razor crest being pulled out of the water is so good i never even considered the fact that it was cg until watching this video.

[@aarishhasan3256]

Who loves this without even understanding a word of editing

[@DarkMight117]

I've been watching for about a year. I understand, or I would believe I understand most of the stuff they're talking about. Especially when they like show you and stuff.

[@mure_daijin2250]

Same been watching for a long time and it really feels like I've learned to understand the way of the vfx and its been so cool to just know what they mean because I'm an artist so I get how lighting/shading works so its fun to watch other things and understand how they use it compared to drawing

[@l0ne851]

I pretty much learnt all my editing techniques from having these guys as inspiration!

[@aarishhasan3256]

Yeah same here guys...learnt a lot from these guys

[@connorlohse4097]

Star Wars “laser” weaponry is generally all plasma bolts.

[@rsrt6910]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, but where do you get the plasma nuts to go with them?

[@Dream0Asylum]

I read head-cannon somewhere that they're called "Lasers" because high energy lasers are the main drivers generating the plasma. But let's be honest, they're "pew, pew," and what they're called or how they work is fantastically irrelevant.

[@xxKrazyKxx]

Thank God. I thought I was only one that understood that. I get so tired of people complaining that lasers don't work that way. THEY AREN'T LASERS!!!!!!!!

[@conandude76]

Which is why they are called 'blasters' not lasers. Lasers were only for the big ships and stations, called turbo-laser turrets.

[@connorlohse4097]

@@Dream0Asylum For the purpose of entertainment and storytelling - I agree. I do enjoy, however, when universes have solid underlying lore to dig into.

[@mikaelnilsson5912]

Order of phoenix: the fight scene between Dumbledore and Voldemort in the end. My favourite fight scene in all the Harry Potter movies.

[@TheBrokenruby]

love that u guys make me appreciate something as small as water simulation like seriously i never noticed how top teir that shot was but im amazed now

[@Whofan06]

Not gonna lie whenver I see Grogu continuing to blink and move behind the scenes it really convinces me he's real

[@attabooii]

Seriously! Pedro Pascal even talked about it in interviews that it got to the point where he could improv with Grogu and there was one instance where the puppet got close to a "fire" and Pascal accidentally reprimanded him like he was an actual child (and the puppet reacted and everything)

[@ThePatarack]

I’m starting to believe Clint only watches tv when recording this series

[@NinjaDimes]

I agree with this. In the stuntman reacts videos he's like 'you know what my fave xmas movie is?' and he proceeds to talk about Jingle All the Way and National Lampoons and then they show the clips and he reacts to them as if he is watching them for the first time. "Is there more santa fight scenes??" I don't even think he watches anything any more, lol.

[@razrxo]

I honestly wonder how you can be into VFX, cgi, cameras, stunts and all that jazz and NOT have watched harry potter or starwars or some of the biggest movies in pop culture ever

[@Senapses]

Shoutout to all the people who didn’t leak the finale, community came together

[@botekate]

“It’s not all for the money” (Shows shot of The Last Jedi)

[@ockerdebokx3369]

i have this slight feeling, that Disney poured this much money and effort in the mandalorian as an effort to make people look away from the trilogy which riled everybody up so much

[@Melmaster3]

I choked laughing at that one

[@foberdud7576]

Yea I noticed that too

[@jackmanning1117]

Yeah the sequels were straight garbage made only for nostalgia money. I don’t know why Disney doesn’t just put Jon and Dave in charge of Lucasfilm

[@SubjectiveTV]

Plotwist: Everyone at corridor is actually a Deepfake.

[@aurigo_tech]

Yes, it's all Peter's clones in fact and they have supercomputers constantly working to deepfake the faces of the other guys on themselfs for the videos. Makes sense.

[@shaksiyat]

Plot twist: I never saw this comment on every corridor crew video

[@danielplainview2854]

When the Razor Crest is pulled out of the water, i legitimately thought that was a scale model actually being pulled out of water. The fact that it's cgi is actually insane, it's flawless.

[@nathanielzarny1176]

The slughorns house scene. With him turning from a armchair to a person and the house being fixed

[@MultiRafaaa1]

YES

[@carmenlessa4557]

Yes yes yes!

[@marquisjrobinson]

Hey guys Netflix’s “sweet home” has so pretty interesting VFX and I think you guys would enjoy tackling the VFX used in the show.

[@hanshaler9933]

About the young Luke sequence: The only issue I had with this VFX shot is the stiff upper lip when he talks. Did you guys notice that it barely moves? That made the character feel slightly robotic in my opinion. But in regards of being a TV show it was top notch... 👍

[@Maidaios]

but even before he talks you could tell its cg

[@shadowproductions969]

yeah, that was one of their complaints about the shot. That and the flat lighting and the blank stare he has, no microtwitches in his eyes or anything. All of these things make it feel fake. On a paused frame, it looks pretty great, but in motion, it's lacking a lot.

[@wolfwing1]

I'm blown away by how good the CGI on tv and B movies are these days, some B movies have better special effects then blockbusters decades ago heh.

[@stermyplatinum7870]

He is slightly robotic with the mechanical hand tho...

[@arisucheddar3097]

@@shadowproductions969 yeah but I think people forget how Luke looked in ROTJ lol. Frankly he looked pretty robotic in a lot of that movie too.

[@The1sillygirly]

fun fact: In Prisoner of Azkaban, while the main characters are talking and Buckbeak is in the background, you see him take a dump.

[@atharvadeshpande4749]

What? Are you kidding me?

[@derekhunter5040]

That was the first time a CG character ever pooped on the silver screen.

[@leonardnetz3479]

"The Expanse" has a lot of moments where they unnecessarily show low gravity stuff. Sometimes people, sometimes just cups; also liquids. They do it so often, they must´ve found a clever way to simulate it. Wonder if you guys could take a look at it...

[@adlailake]

This! Breaking down some of the shots in The Expanse would be amazing!

[@seanmbanefo643]

I love that series

[@mohamadsiam4301]

"But do the pores stretch" should be on a t-shirt

[@framesofscreen]

Harry Potter Scenes: Basilisk Battle - Chamber Of Secrets Hippogriff Ride - Prisoner Of Azkaban Dumbledore VS. Voldemort - Order Of The Phoenix

[@gdaygerman29]

Another thing I noticed with the Luke scene was the inconsistent lighting. Some shots had really nice highlights on the nose and eyes, while others had more of that generalised lighting. It's barely noticeable but it really throws you off when you realise. Great video as always!

[@SuperWiiBros08]

Holy shit YES I wanna see the Harry Potter stuff

[@WeedAndEstrogen]

Came down here to comment that. Ended up leaving a like.

[@spmil999]

"CGI artist reacts" sometimes feels like "Listen to Niko explain just how smart he is!"

[@Viitor550]

Listen to Niko explaining how pores stretch

[@МатвейСдвижков-л1б]

harry potter scene: Alfonso Cuaron loves going through glass. The boggart scene seems to be the greatest example of that.

[@JovenAzteca]

SO ARE YOU TELLING ME, THAT THEY DID NOT PRACTICALLY DO THE SHIP COMING OUT OF THE WATER!!?!?!?!?? 🤯🤯🤯

[@jonacheson]

I wouldn't be surprised if they did a cheapie practical model shot just to use as reference for the CGI.

[@uysalozgun]

If you look closely, you can see the water falling from the ship does not cause ripples in the sea/ocean :)

[@HenryLoenwind]

Water and miniatures don't mesh very well. You can crank the camera to make it flow at the right speed, but you cannot make it have the right viscosity, drop size, foaming, etc.

[@TheGamingNorwegian]

@@HenryLoenwind Exactly, it would look so... Underwhelming... The ship model would have to be atleast like 3 meters long for it to long at all decently good. And imagine how much time and money it wouldve taken out of their budget making a HIGHLY detailed, damaged ship just for this scene..

[@oboemanandy]

@@HenryLoenwind it may not look right but it has the exact same viscosity and physical properties. If it didn't then all of the modeling work that people use for dams and shipbuilding would fall apart and be irrelevant.

[@isaackim7675]

Obi-wan, "Use the pores, Luke."

[@ironbatman9689]

You have disturbed me to my core

[@daredevil6145]

@@ironbatman9689 Pore?

[@Luke101]

Please cover the Voldemort rebirth scene from Goblet of Fire when he first gets his new body. That scene blows my mind when his head slowly grows into its final form

[@pierre.smythe]

Harry Potter: - CGI Neville Longbottom (Philosopher's Stone) - the troll (Philosopher's Stone) - the Basilisk (Chamber of Secrets) - CGI landscapes

[@ZacDonald]

Or the hippogriffs from each movie. They started out pretty rough and ended up looking amazing after a few years of iteration.

[@missyem]

@@deadlyydude5522 in prison of Azkaban they made an animatronic buckbeak for the teaching scene, which requires putting on each feather individually!! So cool

[@sidestreetreaper4203]

wait... they did cgi landscapes?

[@yogerrry]

@@sidestreetreaper4203 Roxfort and the surroundings are not real you know

[@sidestreetreaper4203]

@@yogerrry What? Really? Why would they do that? no one would notice if they didnt to that

[@somethingsomethingsomethingdar]

As impressive as the visual side of Luke is, the fact that they nailed the voice is just as impressive to me. Mark Hamill doesn’t sound like that anymore

[@Mocorn]

Mark Hamill did the voice actually. He is a voice actor after all.

[@australianwi-fi]

@@Mocorn yes, but he doesn't sound like Luke anymore

[@Superninja71]

@@australianwi-fi He doesnt like what the sequels did to Luke and the people who made those choices but he did appreciate how Jon and Dave handled Luke in the Mandalorian.

[@australianwi-fi]

@@Superninja71 I meant to say "he doesn't SOUND like Luke anymore" lmao, missed a word

[@a.z.pantera5577]

I believe they had to use a voice mod to change Mark's voice to his younger self.

[@JulesO]

Petition for Corridor Crew to make a shirt that reads "But do the pores stretch?"

[@Ali_Kisitu]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Ali_Kisitu]

With Nico's face

[@scottmcintyre2809]

Better: face mask with "Trust me, the pores are stretching"

[@Vega8432]

In Fantastic Beasts 2 there is a scene where the girl turns into a snake and I'd love to see you guys react to it :)

[@palmaceiamovie]

Harry Potter Question: Breakdown of Lord Voldemort's Return In Movie 4

[@HoneyMike]

That was like the peak of those movies. I think you're referring to the duel Dumbledore had with Voldemort. When everyone realized he had come back

[@matthewhandler2445]

And the dragons. Talk about the dragon

[@robertbrookes2000]

@@HoneyMike No he means when Lord Voldemort comes back into a full form in the Graveyard.

[@Nejvyn]

@@robertbrookes2000 That cloak forming out of the dust was _something._

[@Roger_808]

i feel like one of the tells is that even when a person isnt moving, their are still tiny movements on their face like their eyes and mouth. but the deepfake doesnt do those tiny movements.

[@mikekohary1075]

Yup. More uncanny valley skullduggery. The tech just isn't there yet and I wish effects people would admit it.

[@CinematicCaptures]

The Blakus music at the start

[@LuisHumanoide]

Hello there

[@halosrusty]

Wut

[@CinematicCaptures]

@@halosrusty The music at the start of the video was the track Blakus scored for Corridor's "Drone Star Wars" video. One of my favourite fan made Star Wars tracks.

[@BlakeAStoffel]

This is interesting in light of the recent behind the scenes on Disney. Also some really good guesses even though they decided not to use the deep fake. The different ways they tried it to come as close as possible. And then the fact that Luke’s voice was computer generated blew my mind.