Silly Idea from the Future
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:42 am
To start this all off here's a video from The Mandalorian.
youtu.be/Ufp8weYYDE8
And now to continue here's a scene from Incredibles 2, skips to 1:30
youtu.be/Gqp1P_NQ7yI
If you could go back in time and tell filmmakers that something like the Volume, as the cast and crew call it, would be used in place of green screens it would sound like something out of science fiction as it would sound like you were talking about a Holodeck from Star Trek. But it's something that is a real game changer as it will help save time and money for filming while also helping actors in seeing their surroundings.
Hell, even things like lightsabers that actually glow on set is something that also helps save time and money as you no longer need to add in the light of every reflective surface while also trying to illuminate the actors with artificial light. It's truly amazing to think about that a scene like this.
youtu.be/OAAkTDr2wmk
Would have been a Nightmare to shoot in post production and cost the show God knows how much money. But most of that was done on set with little CGI in later. As technology advances things can and do get better and the silly idea I had that relates to the Incredibles is how much smoother filming will progress when invisibility tech is made.
While the scene with Vi is impressive in and of itself for amazing the hair effects have gotten what I want to focus on is the camera angle. You have Bob in frame with a mirror right in front of him before he turns around and we see leave. A shot like this can be done in live action but the angle would have to be different.
A good example of this is this scene from The Wrath of Khan.
youtu.be/lCs6fhuc6mI
Note that the camera isn't directly behind Kirk as we see him in the mirror because then we would see the camera and thus the illusion would be broken. You can work around that and get a VERY impressive shot like this scene from Contact.
youtu.be/ZD0_5HFMPIg
But this takes time and a LOT of effort to pull off and is meant to be impressive and not something that's just meant to be two characters talking. Going back to the mirror talking scenes the reason this shot is done is so we can see both characters in frame which allows a shot to go on without needing to cut between characters. But again, the camera has to be out of frame and that's easy to do in Animation but harder to pull off in live action. Even with today's tech were we can remove anything we don't want that still takes time & money and it's not always going to work.
But imagine if you could have the camera and crew anywhere you wanted. Imagine being able to get angles like what we have in Incredibles 2 in live action with no fancy camera angles or needing to remove people later in post-production. Because they're there but they are invisible.
Think the suit from The Invisible Man from last year only real and being used for something as simple as getting the best camera angle with the film crew, director and camera gear all wrapped up. Now shots that would have been a nightmare could be a lot easier now because you don't have to worry about the mic being in frame or the crew being seen in the reflection.
Silly idea, or terrifying one if you watched 2020's The Invisible Man, but still the idea along, purely from a film-making angle is enticing. Time and money saved and now you can get better angles that would have been a nightmare to shot original.
And again, remember, something like the Volume was something would have sounded right out of a sci-fi story.
youtu.be/Ufp8weYYDE8
And now to continue here's a scene from Incredibles 2, skips to 1:30
youtu.be/Gqp1P_NQ7yI
If you could go back in time and tell filmmakers that something like the Volume, as the cast and crew call it, would be used in place of green screens it would sound like something out of science fiction as it would sound like you were talking about a Holodeck from Star Trek. But it's something that is a real game changer as it will help save time and money for filming while also helping actors in seeing their surroundings.
Hell, even things like lightsabers that actually glow on set is something that also helps save time and money as you no longer need to add in the light of every reflective surface while also trying to illuminate the actors with artificial light. It's truly amazing to think about that a scene like this.
youtu.be/OAAkTDr2wmk
Would have been a Nightmare to shoot in post production and cost the show God knows how much money. But most of that was done on set with little CGI in later. As technology advances things can and do get better and the silly idea I had that relates to the Incredibles is how much smoother filming will progress when invisibility tech is made.
While the scene with Vi is impressive in and of itself for amazing the hair effects have gotten what I want to focus on is the camera angle. You have Bob in frame with a mirror right in front of him before he turns around and we see leave. A shot like this can be done in live action but the angle would have to be different.
A good example of this is this scene from The Wrath of Khan.
youtu.be/lCs6fhuc6mI
Note that the camera isn't directly behind Kirk as we see him in the mirror because then we would see the camera and thus the illusion would be broken. You can work around that and get a VERY impressive shot like this scene from Contact.
youtu.be/ZD0_5HFMPIg
But this takes time and a LOT of effort to pull off and is meant to be impressive and not something that's just meant to be two characters talking. Going back to the mirror talking scenes the reason this shot is done is so we can see both characters in frame which allows a shot to go on without needing to cut between characters. But again, the camera has to be out of frame and that's easy to do in Animation but harder to pull off in live action. Even with today's tech were we can remove anything we don't want that still takes time & money and it's not always going to work.
But imagine if you could have the camera and crew anywhere you wanted. Imagine being able to get angles like what we have in Incredibles 2 in live action with no fancy camera angles or needing to remove people later in post-production. Because they're there but they are invisible.
Think the suit from The Invisible Man from last year only real and being used for something as simple as getting the best camera angle with the film crew, director and camera gear all wrapped up. Now shots that would have been a nightmare could be a lot easier now because you don't have to worry about the mic being in frame or the crew being seen in the reflection.
Silly idea, or terrifying one if you watched 2020's The Invisible Man, but still the idea along, purely from a film-making angle is enticing. Time and money saved and now you can get better angles that would have been a nightmare to shot original.
And again, remember, something like the Volume was something would have sounded right out of a sci-fi story.