#VESTOYSTORY Were any assets of any kind migrated from as far back as Toy Story 1? What’s the oldest?
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The Phantom Menace changed visual effects, and filmmaking. So many techniques that we use daily in this profession were either little ideas or pipe dreams just before this. I’ll name a few, but this is an open #VFXarchaeology thread on methods pushed forward by this film.
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James Burke had only once chance to film this scene, and the result is possibly the best timed shot in television history.
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Let's not forget that the filmmakers of Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One keep saying 'We filmed all for real!'. Just look below at the Oscar's VFX reel. Full CGI shots in Rome, full CGI shots in the airport, so much CG, VFX, it's just mindblowing 🤯. This film could have been presented as the perfect merging of practical and digital. They could have given credit to the VFX teams but no... it had to be presented as this 'bullshit' 'all real' nonsense. What a wasted opportunity! The amazing VFX teams working on this film deserved better!
Remember Winsor McCay’s Gertie the Dinosaur? He performed a version of it live in front of audiences in theaters. youtu.be/32pzHWUTcPc
In case you're not aware of what our sleazy landlord is up to...
Elon Musk's Twitter throttles links to Threads, Blue Sky and New York Times - The Washington Post
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Siggraph is 50 this year!
Use promo code SIGGRAPHSAVINGS for a complimentary Exhibits Only pass or save $25 on any other registration type. s2023.siggraph.org/register/
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In 1962, JFK chose this font for “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” on fuselage of Air Force One because it resembled typeface of an early printed version of the Declaration of Independence:
Fonts, typefaces, affect comprehension and how quickly we reach TL:DR.
What’s the best font? See how you and others perceive different types - Washington Post gift link wapo.st/3XsLx1W
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder's cameraman DP Michael Ballhaus innovated a 360 degree tracking shot in 1974's Martha. Scorsese loved how Ballhaus' camera moved and employed him on in such films as Goodfellas and The Color of Money. The eye of the director owes much to his technicians.
Reference footage
This video taken Sacre-Coeur, Quebec shows strong winds trying to 'push' the trees over: as the force is transferred to the roots, the ground begins to move like it's 'breathing'
[📹 Jean Arthur Tremblay: bit.ly/3AMoQwn]
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Speaking of THE LITTLE MERMAID, here's some cool footage of Sherri Stoner, the live-action model for Ariel. She was later an ANIMANIACS writer and created and voiced Slappy Squirrel.
Yes they were. @agraphafx , this you?
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