Gilles van Leeuwen
@psychilles.bsky.social
Filmmaker & Cameraman - Netherlands.
Reposted by Gilles van Leeuwen
"Why Does OLD MOVIE's Visual Effects Still Hold Up?"
http://fxrant.blogspot.com/2025/01/why-does-old-movies-visual-effects.html
January 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"Why Does OLD MOVIE's Visual Effects Still Hold Up?"
http://fxrant.blogspot.com/2025/01/why-does-old-movies-visual-effects.html
Reposted by Gilles van Leeuwen
I slam the face of one of them against a screen showing an '80s movie shot featuring an inch-thick black matte line with crazy gate weave on either side of it, "THAT LOOK PERFECT TO YOU, BUDDY-BOY???"
The "CGI is ruining movies!" crowd acts like every single optical composite shot, miniature explosion, traditional matte painting, stop motion animation, animatronic puppet, etc. was absolutely perfect and believable, and "bad" visual effects were born in, oh, let's say 1994.
January 18, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I slam the face of one of them against a screen showing an '80s movie shot featuring an inch-thick black matte line with crazy gate weave on either side of it, "THAT LOOK PERFECT TO YOU, BUDDY-BOY???"