Not directly to your question, but the movie rabbit hole did a breakdown of what “no CGI” means in movies. It’s very long, but it covers a wide variety of movies, including Fury Road.
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bhmnscmm@lemmy.world 1 month agoI don’t think you’re completely accurate here. Do you have anything backing up your claim on the amount of CGI?
Fury Road is pretty well documented for using an inordinate amount of practical effects. Vehicles, costumes, explosions, etc. As far as I know, the most CGI was for the background/landscapes of scenes. And Furiousa’s hand of course. The quantity and the quality of CGI in Furiosa is my issue
mipadaitu@lemmy.world 1 month ago
TheFonz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
There is a ton of cgi in fury road. Many of the cars that crash, environments, backdrops. Yes, there are also practical effects as well. Many productions do a mix of both. This guy does a good job of explaining the bizarre aversion to CGI that is touted in press releases for every movie that gets released today:
Khrux@ttrpg.network 1 month ago
I wrote an essay on this exact thing back in college. Basically every backdrop, including every mountain range the action actually took place in was totally digitally created, furthermore many of the explosions were beefed up in post production. Some obvious stuff like the sandstorm were of course CGI too. Sometimes the ground would just be reshaped a little for the aesthetics of the final shot when it’s basically just changing desert to desert.
The thing is, practically every vehicle and person you saw was real, and most of the special effects like the explosions were real and looked incredible on the day, with things like shrapnel and the like being added in post.
Fury Road barely used CGI for the content people care about, the stuff that’s exciting to know was done for real on location. But beyond that, it was used liberally.
I’m happy with this approach and I’m curious to see how much the new film adheres to this choice.
bhmnscmm@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Your second to last paragraph is pretty much my point. Obviously there was CGI in Fury Road. But you’re completely correct that the “important” stuff was practical effects.
That’s where my concern with Furiosa stems from; much more of the important stuff (vehicles and characters) appear to be CGI.