Starting off in an introspective manner....Think for a second , that would you prebook your next avengers infinity war ticket if there's no more action ,no iron man or even thanos with his huge door-sized arms? Would you go to watch the sequel of Jurassic World (new york attack maybe?) if there were no dinosaurs in the movie? ...Of course not..In fact, 23% people watch these kind of movies because of the unimaginable and fantasy-like action and scenes involved which trigger the adrenaline rush!. Game Of Thrones wouldn't be what it is now ..if it hadn't been for those big green screens,CGI and VFX*. So most of you would already have understood that today I am going to give you everything about CGI , VFX and green (also blue sometimes) screens....
Now how this works is that the software instructs the computer to convert all the green/blue pixels in the camera range to transparent so that a new background can be added easily. To clear of any remaining doubts , pixels of the video use only red,blue or green colour to make up a digital image and red is found in large amounts in the actor's skin tone, hence green and blue are considered the most suitable for vfx.
What you must be wondering about the above image are the white dots all over captain america.....they are a part of a process called motion capture. It's called motion capture if we're talking body movements and performance capture for facial expressions.Now most of our knowledge regarding this technology is too naive to get it in one go. So, remain calm..as you may not get everything about this particular technique in one go. The white dots are called 'tracking markers' which help the digital artists to track the actor's position in space and successfully assign a digital character to their bodies. This thing I couldn't have imagined myself and the credit entirely goes to this Quora Article .....although I verified that every bit of information is true in there. Below I am giving some awsome videos by some YouTube channels:
VFX (short for visual effects)
First and the most important thing to know for everyone..what is it actually? VFX simply means to put up or create a scene in a film/video which can't be achieved during live shooting. For instance you can't just knock down buildings in New York to shoot a Marvel film..?.
How do they do this? First step involves the use of green/blue screens (nowadays green are more preferred though). They are used to provide the background scenes with the actors in the front..the screen should be large enough to cover the entire acting..of course who wants camera peaking out by mistake during a hardcore 'save new york' battle.
 |
| Showing this scene at the end would have got atleast a 'comedy' tag to the movie |
VFX also plays a huge role in advertising a film through it's trailer. What tickles your bones while watching a trailer that you want to book the tickets so eagerly?...yeah that's it the visual effects. VFX makes the trailer look 'wanting' and that's what that makes your adrenaline flowing. A perfect example can be of the film '2012' whose trailer looked amazing just due to VFX:
CGI (computer generated imagery)
Instead of explaining what is CGI...explaining the difference between CGI and VFX would leave you in a much better off position. CGI as it sounds is the imagery generated through special software which is used in the film through VFX...I hope you are getting my point there.
 |
| Your neighbourhood friend without CGI :) |
 |
| Whoops! spoiler for the end game |
What you must be wondering about the above image are the white dots all over captain america.....they are a part of a process called motion capture. It's called motion capture if we're talking body movements and performance capture for facial expressions.Now most of our knowledge regarding this technology is too naive to get it in one go. So, remain calm..as you may not get everything about this particular technique in one go. The white dots are called 'tracking markers' which help the digital artists to track the actor's position in space and successfully assign a digital character to their bodies. This thing I couldn't have imagined myself and the credit entirely goes to this Quora Article .....although I verified that every bit of information is true in there. Below I am giving some awsome videos by some YouTube channels:
- Mind Warehouse
- Fame Focus
My intention was never to make anyone lose their interest in any of the films/Tv shows shown in the above video but only to provide you free of cost knowledge about what you are watching on the big screens. We hope that CGI and VFX would continue to provide what I call a visual treat to our eyes in the near future with many more sophistication and improvements. Please Follow, Share and comment.
P.S Game of Thrones has it's own VFX team !
wow, i am quite speechless, it is so spectacular to see CGI and VFX, thank you for sharing this knowledge
ReplyDeleteThanks Nina!...happy to share :)
ReplyDeleteI think it's so neat how they create movies. This was truly insightful!
ReplyDeleteThanks GingerGoose !
DeleteThanks for the interesting post. I learned a lot about CGI and VFX. It's fascinating.
ReplyDeleteThankyou Nancie :)
DeleteVery interesting! That is crazy that actors have to act and react to something or someone that is not even there or they use something in place for them to help act to. I also had wondered what VFX meant. Again, very interesting. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThankyouu Kirsten :)
DeleteThat’s so cool!! I’ve always wondered how they made everything look so realistic, especially in Avatar!!
ReplyDeleteI think it's so interesting how everything works with the green screen and all. Such beautiful effects are orchestrated with it!
ReplyDeleteI always wondered why they could film such scary scenes when I watch action movies. It turned out to be thanks to such applications. I will try using it.
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting and informative post. It is so amazing to know how those big and bone-thrilling scenes are shot. Great technology advances with VFX and CGI.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fascinating post this is. I learned a lot of things I didnt know about, it is really interesting to know how scenes are shot.
ReplyDeleteohhh so that's how it works. Isn't technology and creativity awesome? There's now no limit to the imagination. Btw, I loved that Avatar film, :D
ReplyDeleteSome of those images with and without the effects are so interesting to see. Pretty much all the movies that I watch are heavily used with CGI and other effects x
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool, you really know your stuff. Was great to read.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your post which I am saving to show my older daughter. It's fascinating to see how they create those movies.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds so interesting my boys love VFX I am going to make them know these facts.
ReplyDeleteI learned a lot from this article! You gave a very easy-to-understand explanation of the difference between VFX and CGI. This didn't make me less interested in the movies that use these techniques, it made me respect them more for the effort and intelligence put into them.
ReplyDeleteI knew none of this before reading your post. It's crazy because I love the Marvel and Jurassic Park type of movies but never even considered how they were made. I learned a lot from this blog post. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThat's so cool to know what's happening behind the scenes! We are all so use to the social effects in the movies but there is so much work behind it!
ReplyDeletewow so interesting! This is the first time I'm seeing these kind of videos! great!
ReplyDelete