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New Jurassic World Trailer Hides Improved CGI in Plain Sight

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Re: New Jurassic World Trailer Hides Improved CGI in Plain Sight

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Post by psykovsky »

kbenson wrote: post #19
Agustus wrote: post #17

When Cloverfield first trailer came out, there was a shot where the Statue of Liberty's head was flung into a street. The first version of it appeared to be a rough cut CGI [1], then the second version came out of the trailer and the head was thoroughly improved[2]. I know that there is a need for buzz to be created, but where does the line between changes and false advertising occur. If for some reason I was super p…

Movies posters generally don't represent a real scene in the movie, but are staged for a reason. That could be to relay who the actors are, or to set a tone. I'm not sure how trailers are different. I think the problem is that you believe something about them that is not true, which is that they are made up entirely of scenes from the movie. Historically that may have been the case, but it was almost purely because t…

Great pro-piracy argument you have in there. Try before you buy, you know, 'cause things aren't how they used to be anymore...

Re: New Jurassic World Trailer Hides Improved CGI in Plain Sight

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Post by pound »

Shivetya wrote: post #3

As long as it does not lead to endless edits post release I am fine with tweaking it. However recent CGI-fests like the Hobbit series do make me think some directors don't know restraint.

Peter Jackson is exactly that kind of directors. And he is consistent in that. Even before LoR/Hobbit, check out King Kong made by him. It's like watching Serious Sam, never-ending battle with CGI monsters, boring and pointless (as part of the movie, playing SS games is fun of course).

Re: New Jurassic World Trailer Hides Improved CGI in Plain Sight

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Post by CyberDildonics »

bendavis381 wrote: post #6

Trailer deliveries are ridiculous. Months of work is put into these trailers, revision after revision, late night after late night, only for the shot to be almost entirely discarded the day after delivery as the look and spectacle of it would look out of place in the context of the final edit. Studios want these trailers to look amazing so they put huge demands on the VFX artists responsible, so yeah inevitably the s…

This is not all together true. Usually trailer shots are called out at some point in the visual effects schedule of a show, and those shots are finished first specifically for the trailer deadline. The shots are not discarded and rarely "different" from what appears in movies, but can frequently be revised. In this case it is easy to see that the pterodactyl shot was a plate that could be used as a POV shot in earlier commercials and now has more of the shot done (and is likely considered to be finished, or labeled CBB - could be better / couldn't be bothered).

Re: New Jurassic World Trailer Hides Improved CGI in Plain Sight

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Post by Fuzzwah »

pound wrote: post #42
Shivetya wrote: post #3

As long as it does not lead to endless edits post release I am fine with tweaking it. However recent CGI-fests like the Hobbit series do make me think some directors don't know restraint.

Peter Jackson is exactly that kind of directors. And he is consistent in that. Even before LoR/Hobbit, check out King Kong made by him. It's like watching Serious Sam, never-ending battle with CGI monsters, boring and pointless (as part of the movie, playing SS games is fun of course).

If you're going to spend / waste time watching old Peter Jackson movies, do yourself a favor and check out Bad Taste.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092610/

Re: New Jurassic World Trailer Hides Improved CGI in Plain Sight

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Post by Agustus »

hullo wrote: post #28
bentcorner wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just last night I watched the Tangled trailer with my daughter. A large portion of the trailer never happens in the movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCxuxrLNrsw My guess is that it was going to be part of the movie but ended up getting cut for editing reasons. (The whole "hair as weapon" bit is probably inconsistent with character for the rest of the movie)

I'm not familiar with Tangled, but by the time Disney got to Frozen, there was a trailer with Olaf & Sven that is basically a stand-alone scene not in the movie at all (intentionally). It's impressionistic more than trying to represent the film literally.

I am okay with that as a teaser, as long as it is billed as a short or it is made to be characters doing something.

Doing scenes within a movie and making it feel 100% as a trailer and then cutting it out is different.

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