CGI use in Stormlight adaptation | Brandon Sanderson

Lots of money for B- Money!

[kronos]

I want a live-action Stormlight, but then I think about how epic an Arcane level animated Stormlight archive film or show would be. Brandon's stories just feel like they would great live action and legendary with the right animated style.

[bobbyaxelrod]

I love that there's not a single video of this guy where he isn't writing a stack of autographs.

[dustinhollis]

I think Stormlight should be done animated "Arcane" style. Brandon should just launch a Kickstarter for a pilot episode, just like Vox Machina did. With a quality pilot in hand, it should be doable to go shopping among the streamers to find the best deal.

[vj]

with the attention and money the secret project kickstarter raised, you know everybody and their cousin is going to be wanting a slice of the Cosmere. I Guarantee the offers hes receiving for these are pretty substantial. Also note he said "what weve been OFFERED" as in, more than one. this gives me hope for his ability to retain creative rights and do these (and mistborn) correctly.

[daninanity]

So excited I could faint. PLEASE get the right crew for this project because this series is EPIC and needs to be done right. The books weren't just a great read, they were an amazing experience. Guardedly optimistic.

[MistbornTaylor]

I’m so curious to know what these budgets are because to me this sounds like getting close to MCU money. I’d also be curious how they’re going to handle the Singers, whether they be practical, cgi or a mix of both.

[j_atkinson]

The Mandalorian did a lot of different enviroments in one room using real time CGI on the wall that almost does 360 degrees. That saved them a lot of money without having to be on location and the scenery was rendered on the fly. Quite impressive if you watched the show you'd have no idea it was done inside a digital set with almost no green screen. There's a cool youtube video about it.

[bendingsands]

I want a Stormlight short on Love, Death, and Robots in the meantime until a movie/show is made. Ok Thank you Brandon and have a nice day. 😁👍👍👍

[MothmanCooks]

“How do you not make the spren look like loony tunes? We all imagine them not being that” that is literally what I’ve been imagining lmao. Like a blue tinkerbell with no wings

[iMorphious]

Fully animated just feels like the way to go with something as different as Roshar. Like why bother digitally removing plants, adding Spren, doing god knows what to make shardplate and shardblades look good, when you could just pick an animations style and run with it?

[SmashedTomatoes]

Honestly, stormlight would be the only thing that could get adapted into an animation and I'd be completely fine with it. It would be the most awesome anime.

[Bbydunn]

I kinda always pictured the stormlight archive in more of the castlevania/ blood of zeus animation style than the arcaine style

[tradesmanjaegs]

I’m telling you man, 2D solves all these problems. Plus, personally, I just like the idea of 2D stormlight archive. Or if you want to get REALLY ambitious, make it look something like Arcane.

[carsonrush]

The spren are pretty exactly analogous with anime visual effects. If you take it seriously, it can come out pretty epic. I personally believe that the Stormlight Archives will be better served as an anime. The budget is 1/10th that of live action, and you can make things as surreal as you darn well please. Heck, anime companies tend to be better about staying faithful to the source material.

[OrangeHand]

While I agree volume stages are a good idea, they do have their own drawbacks that filming on a green or blue screen wouldn't have. Some think the volumes will replace green screens, but I think a mixture of both techniques will become the norm for sci-fi & fantasy projects going forward.

[smosmo]

In watching the d&d honor amongst thieves movie, a scene early on has the orientation of the people reversed to the ceiling. I immediately thought of lashing in live action. The scene looked great and I saw the entire hallway scene of the kings assassination in my head . This can be amazing if done faithfully.Sandersons patience for the right deal makes me think he can make this happen.

[ixakanewkirk]

I love anime and animation, but the main reason I want to see this live actions is for crossovers. Either the entire cosmere has to be animated or it all has to be live action, as you have to see characters like hoid in each series, and you can’t do that jumping between animation and live action. Since it sounds like mistborn will be live action, stormlight has to be live action as well imo

[dinocollins]

Another fantastic video!!! Thank you!!

[aidankwasneski]

and this is why it would be INCREDIBLE as an animated serial

[SupremeDP]

Guys, they're not gonna make an animation. I'd love it, but it is NOT gonna happen. Animations are way more niche than live action, and Arcane can only look as good as it does because it's got Riot money behind, and LoL to give it an audience.