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In a world where impressive visual effects are commonplace, Dune managed to stand apart. In this video, I examine what's different about Dune's grounded approach to VFX.
Sources:
VFX Voice Villeneuve Interview: www.vfxvoice.com/director-denis-villeneuve-maintaiā¦
Wired: www.wired.com/story/dune-sandworm-vfx/
Post Perspective: postperspective.com/dune-director-denis-villeneuveā¦
Geeks of Color: geeksofcolor.co/2021/09/03/interview-denis-villeneā¦
Little White Lies: lwlies.com/interviews/denis-villeneuve-dune/
Allan McKay: www.allanmckay.com/323-2/
Before and Afters: beforesandafters.com/2021/11/06/the-dune-visual-efā¦
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Chapters:
0:00 Why Do Dune's VFX Feel Different?
0:47 Light Matters
3:18 Practical Effects
5:41 Wait... Sandscreens?
7:49 Real Fake Cameras
8:59 Formality/Restraint
10:26 Grounded VFX
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Views : 3,912,543
Genre: Film & Animation
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Dune's vfx is so realistic that it does not look like vfx at all. The movie should get an oscar or vfx or cinematography.
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I crafted the two shots at 3:03 & 3:05 and I have to say that the sand screen workflow was a welcome challenge over the usual blue screen/green screen. Special thanks to the Rotoscope department for helping out where keying was impossible. Everyone in the VFX teams knocked it out of the park! Be proud.
Great analysis Thomas, thank you for spreading the magic of our art.
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Dune for me was the only movie I have every watched that made me think "This is fucking epic" And I really am not exaggerating. That scene specifically when the ship emerges from the water I remember just being in awe. And there were plenty of moments like that while watching. Dune has got to be the first movie in 10 years or more where I walked out the cinema planning my return to the same film.
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Dune is the rare film where digital effects are almost completely convincing. I can't say that about most movies. There's always something off about things.
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As a compositor in the VFX industry for over 10 years now, what I am saying is that they way Denis uses VFX IS objectively better than the others you compared to. I'm not afraid to step on toes for the hard truth.
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I worked at Dune as a compositor I wasn't there at the beginning but I joined in the end of it where as I was asked to revisit some of the pre-approved shots. All I'm gonna say is Denis Villeneuve is the first Director who gave notes I want clamped values like in real life recordings. That approach all by itself made me believe in this movie more than any other I worked at.
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One of the reviews of this movie was someone saying that seeing Dune in theatres felt like seeing Star Wars in theatres for the first time. I asked my dad, who saw Star Wars in theatres, and he said he thinks it's even better than Star Wars in the theatres. I gave him my copy of the book. He's hooked.
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āIām not saying his (Denis Villeneuve) approach is inherently better than other VFX styles.ā Nope, it is. Iām saying it: it absolutely is better.
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I like how you mentioned that the CGI was used to EXTEND reality, not create reality. It reminds me of motivated lighting...not creating light from zero, but adding to what's already there.
I guess we could call it 'motivated CGI'... and I love that Villeneuve took this approach.
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comparing DUNE to Black Widow is like comparing a bottle of Dom Perignon to one of those wine-in-a-box you get from 7-11.
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Dune's VFX were the best I have ever seen in a movie, hands down. It also blows me away that the budget is almost half of movies that have comparable but not superior vfx. What a fantastic job. They've rekindled my faith in modern moviemaking
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I have to say: Villeneuves movies feel like a masterclass in creating atmosphere through worldbuilding. Even in a movie like Prisoners, you just canĀ“t escape the dread he wants you to feel.
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The absolute best example of digital cameras being used realistically vs breaking physics is to watch Pacific Rim and Pacific Rim 2 back to back. The first one, directed by Guillermo Del Toro, has very grounded cameras to give the jaegers a sense of scale. They feel massive because the camera stays on the ground where a human would be and looks up at them as they fight the kaiju. You get a very realistic feel for how massive they are. The second film, directed by Steven DeKnight, has those physics defying cameras that swoop around and do moves a real camera could never do. The jaegers and kaiju in the first film feel a lot bigger and heavy and massive. In the second film, it doesn't matter. You could be watching toys on a miniature model city. It takes away all of their scale and size.
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Reminds me of a quote from college: āthe mark of a good artist is knowing what to do. The mark of a master artist is knowing when to pull back and do less.ā
I feel like the way they do the virtual cameras fits this.
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Dune has extensive inner dialogue with all the characters which isn't something that can always be verbally expressed. I like to think the camera work staying with the characters is a way to ground that scene/emotion to the character.
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This video unintentionally makes Snyders Justice League look like a middle school art project, Dune was just amazing
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I'm going to say it, Dune was superior. That scene when they arrive on planet with the wind blowing people's clothes was great. I was in awe when I first saw it. Everyone else would have shot the scene with no wind. I love how everything in Dune is gritty, dirty, rusty, wet, etc.
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This is one of the best films I've ever seen in 40 years. Everything about it - casting, dialogue, acting, story arc, cinematography, sound & music - EVERYTHING was fantastic.
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I've watched dune 5 times already. and I still can't get enough of it. A true masterpiece
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@jasonhall10
2 years ago
I was a helicopter pilot for 8 years, and while I was watching the movie I was struck by how realistic the movements of the ornithopters were. They were immediately familiar to me. Makes sense that they filmed actual helicopters doing the maneuvers and then digitally replaced them.
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