- January 6th, 2017, 9:22 am#4888288
Another thing to factor in would be what medium was preferred: film stock or digital. I remember the first time I saw Bullitt (just part of it, not the whole film,) I thought that it was so grainy, and that we had come a long way with image quality. A year or two later when I was old enough to see the movie in its entirety (and better understood the differences of the mediums), I thought it looked beautiful. So perception does change.
Of course to add to what I said above, I do think the compositing of Rowan is flawless, but with Stay Puft there are some flaws (although the cinematography does a good job of covering them up).
For the record though, I think they both look really good.
Skyknight wrote:Yeah like I said before, I love what they've done with the backgrounds, but CGI(and CGI enhanced) characters still look way too fake to be convincing today, and I feel it will stay like that for a long time.While I agree, I think that is all based on a person's perception. Whereas I find Stay Puft is more convincing looking than Rowan, I'm sure for many people, especially kids/teens, it's the opposite. But that would make for an interesting survey, finding out what young people (who have seen CGI their whole life) think of older movie effects, and which are more convincing. It would also be interesting to see which one is found to be more realistic when static.
Another thing to factor in would be what medium was preferred: film stock or digital. I remember the first time I saw Bullitt (just part of it, not the whole film,) I thought that it was so grainy, and that we had come a long way with image quality. A year or two later when I was old enough to see the movie in its entirety (and better understood the differences of the mediums), I thought it looked beautiful. So perception does change.
Of course to add to what I said above, I do think the compositing of Rowan is flawless, but with Stay Puft there are some flaws (although the cinematography does a good job of covering them up).
For the record though, I think they both look really good.
Alphagaia wrote:To be fair, the room is only fake for the projectile scene, as they were not allowed to shoot slime everywhere in the real mansion. The backgrounds were probably just photographs from the real deal.OK, that makes more sense. It would be a little excessive to make the room CGI for the entire scene.