'NO CGI' is really just INVISIBLE CGI (3/4)

Part 4 will be released late April! Thank you for your patience.

Welcome to part 3! For more on how awesome matte paintings are, please check the blog "Matte Shot"

Timecodes
0:00 - Intro
1:33 - Barbie
5:45 - Bluescreen removal
7:11 - "Lazy filmmaking" / Matte paintings
13:47 - What is CGI
16:18 - What is VFX
16:55 - What is practical filmmaking
18:23 - Oppenheimer

[pobbityboppity]

Turns out “every frame a painting” was actually just a true statement

[blenderguru]

5:47 Removing bluescreens from behind the scenes footage is just *wild* 😂

[techmast]

I was NOT ready for the altered BTS footage to hide Blue screens. That is wild!

[emmm_mmm]

Removing the blue screen from the b roll footage is ... insane.

[carmoon]

God this is another slap in the face for VFX artists. "We're gonna get you to work overtime 7 days a week and then we're going to give your credit to the practical effects team"

[CorridorCrew]

So many amazingly researched moments and insights. You’re crushing it with this series!

[folarinosibodu]

Those matte paintings are so seamless. It boggles the mind.

[vossity]

I have been a matte painter and 3D environment artist for film for just over 7 years and I work at Framestore. It makes me happy to see more more exposure to this craft. It really is an invisible art and there are so many incredible artists that do amazing work that dont get the credit they deserve.

[rhodrage]

These videos should be automatically linked on every social media post talking about CGI.

[reddcube]

I wish the dumb headlines like ‘No CGi’ and ‘Film Practically’ could extend to other parts of filmmaking.

“New Tron movie shoot without any lighting”

“Dune Part 3 principle photography completed with only stand-in actors”

“Deadpool 3 required no color grading”

“Actor makes a statement about post production that they weren’t involved in”

[DoubLL]

What I really love about this series is that it's not a debunking or a takedown of misinformation but instead a celebration of the amazing achievements which made all these movies possible.

[emillinnebach]

18:09 There is not a single word in this sentence that was not cut together by the editor 😂😂

[cryoboy]

Okay using cgi to make your behind the scenes footage look like they didn't use cgi is a whole new level of insane.
And I think you're way too lenient when giving all these people who worked on those films the benefit of a doubt that they just didn't realize how many digital effects these movies used.

[dgoberna]

as a former mattepainter, this episode was a delight to watch. Thanks for puting it all together!

[Ko_kB]

This is a must watch series for cinephiles

[Schizm]

As video game concept artist - Your videos are what I want to scream in people's faces when they tell me about "CGI is crap!" or "CGI is cheap way of making things!"
Thank You!

[folarinosibodu]

Wow Colbert‘s sound effects for nuclear explosion was better than most movies.

[nathangracia]

This series really opened my eyes of how pivotal "CGI" is to filmmaking. So many people shit on "CGI" without understanding that it is responsible for making everyone's favorite shows and movies a possibility.

[juanvelez]

lol this is crazy, im actually a vfx artists and i worked on barbie, i actually worked in some of the shots you mention and i can confirm the barbie beach shots 100% blue screens, a lot of set extentions used in the barbie land, its outrageous to see how studios take it so far as to not credit vfx artists, even more limiting the number of credit spots for vfx studios to credit theyr artists.

[leeorbothma]

This series has been one of my favourites regarding the use of VFX & CGI. Sad to see how many artists are completely discredited just because they did their job too well.
Can't wait for part 4!