Stunning demonstration of the power of films

[StevieB]

Its not often that I am amazed, being a bit of a cynical bloke by nature. Take a look at this video clip, and ask yourself whether anything we see on TV or particularly in film can be considered 'real' anymore?

http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2010/stargate-showcase-reel-p1.php

For sure we all know that stunts are faked and highly controlled, but some of the blue screen use in this is superb - even for TV shows like Monk, where you wouldn't even consider that the outside locations are actually studio based. Still reckon we can believe everything we see?!

Steve

 

[chingerspy]

That was interesting, it's amazing how much blue/green screen is put into even city based TV shows.

 

[pren]

That really is interesting!

I never really gave much thought to the possibility that the actors might not actually be where they're portrayed to be.

I was watching the bonus section on the Black hawk Down DVD a while back. The SFX guys were saying that they consider their job to be a failure if the audience remarks on how good the SFX were. The brain should not even question the fact that what they're seeing isn't real.

 

[bugbear]

That was interesting, it's amazing how much blue/green screen is put into even city based TV shows.

It's been going on for years - even the ceilings in some of the room-scenes in Gone With The Wind were matted in.

BugBear (who sat through a documentary on "Gone With The Wind")

 

[Mike.C]

It's totally unbelievable how much of a film or tv program is now made inside a studio or pc compared to years ago. :shock: I know its been going on a good few years, but a great deal of it was still out on location.

I have spent two terms of living in the LA (3 years and 18 months) and especially back in the 70's/80's I used to go and watch parts of films being shot. In fact believe it or not I was in a film called "Blood Beach", well ok the back of my head in among about 50 others was, and that was from about 100 yards away :roll: It was a scene set on Santa Monica Beach where the camera just scans people laying in the sun, when all of a sudden the monster comes up from under the sand and sucks someone under :roll: We all got $50 bucks (which was not to bad back then) and I met Burt Young the actor, only because he loved the Cockney accent :lol:
Anyway my point is they had to dig a big hole about 12 feet deap right by the pier for this monster to pop out of. Now it would all be done inside a laptop or as the link shows in front of a blue screen.

I watched a few episode's of the old Charlies Angles being shot on Santa Monica pier too, and I suppose the fun fair that was on the pier would now all be placed into the film. And the days where Paramount etc would shut down a whole street to shoot a car chase is a thing of the past. Sad really because a lot of fan's of any particular actor, will not now have the enjoyment of seeing them work.

Well that was a lot of useless information.

Cheers

Mike