Everyone knows George Miller’s Magic That’s his actual effect. this biggest biggest filmmakers like Doing the actual stunts and capturing them on camera, the results are outstanding. But maybe not everyone knows Miller’s films, especially Mad Max: Fury Road and new Furiosa: The Legend of Mad Max, with tons of visual effects. like, a lot of. beyond your imagination. He just doesn’t use them in the obvious way.
“exist fury roadexist [Furiosa]There’s almost no footage that hasn’t been digitally manipulated,” Miller told io9. “For example, changing the sky. When Photo by Steven Spielberg jaw, the sea is always changing. If you watch that movie, one moment it’s choppy and the next moment it’s flat. You don’t need to do this anymore.
So basically every shot of both fury road and angry There is some kind of numerical change. But, in most cases, it’s a subtle thing. this angry The scene Miller points to is “Stowaway,” one of the film’s middle chapters and its longest and most complex action sequence. In the film, Furiosa (Anya Taylor-Joy) attempts to escape the castle, but finds herself caught in an epic battle with a group of wasteland pirates.
“When you shoot a long take like Stowaway, it was shot over 78 days. It’s a 15-minute sequence, but the sky is consistent,” Miller said. “So we chose a sky that we thought was good, and we could recreate that sky through the story. So some shots have a real sky, because a real sky looks really good. But in the next shot, it might be a completely different sky, So we’re able to match it. You can do that.
There are obviously other digital effects on the film, but Miller mainly liked the ones that were invisible and kept everything smooth and cohesive. This is a huge game changer. “If you’re filming jaw Again today, the sea will remain consistent,” he said. “Even as a meticulous filmmaker, someone like David Lean lawrence of arabia– obsessive and meticulous about their cameras and lighting etc – you can see where they shot at different times of the day etc. You can avoid it to some extent now. It’s a smoother experience”.
Visually, angry It might have been a smooth experience, but overall the experience was far from the best. Now playing in theaters.
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