Actors Soon to be Obsolete

[Kirk Freeman]

It is only a matter of time I suppose that actors will be no longer needed.

Found this computer generated video clip. I don't know if it is someone's film school project or what, but that it was cool and shows what is coming.

WARNING: goofy techno music

Great martian war on Vimeo

 

[1911ly]

What would the liberals do without them. They are the biggest promoters of the Democratic party!

The video is cool(less the music). It looks like most of it is recycled WW1 and 2 footage with Sci-Fi twist added.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Yeah, I mean, who's gonna tell us what not to eat and who (and what) not to kill?

 

[Dead Duck]

Out west, I lived on Craft Services. Without actors I would have shriveled up and died!

Cool vid though.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Looks like it was based on H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds". Not terribly different than the original film I didn't think. The mixing in of WWI footage was pretty cool though.

 

[churchmouse]

I guess we won. Music fit.

 

[Titanium_Frost]

There was a great shot of the technique they used to fire their SMLE very fast. Keep your hand on the bolt and pull the trigger with your middle finger.

 

[T.Lex]

Neat vid.

I know some guys that use software packages to create and integrate 3d models/animation into live action. It is very cool stuff.

Doing humans as 3d animation is still very difficult. Possible, but difficult.

 

[churchmouse]

Neat vid.

I know some guys that use software packages to create and integrate 3d models/animation into live action. It is very cool stuff.

Doing humans as 3d animation is still very difficult. Possible, but difficult.

It takes a lot of computing power to generate that level of graphics.

 

[T.Lex]

Yeah, and a metric blank ton of talent to get the models and animation done. It is still cost prohibitive for all but the big studios and dedicated hobbyists.

There are some tools out there that may democratize it, as personal computing horsepower grows. But that's still a way off.

 

[femurphy77]

There's a little bit of a difference between actors and special effects.

 

[snorko]

There was a great shot of the technique they used to fire their SMLE very fast. Keep your hand on the bolt and pull the trigger with your middle finger.

Nerd

 

[Baditude]

We still need live pornstars I would think CGI would not be worth doing

 

[Dead Duck]

We still need live pornstars I would think CGI would not be worth doing

Hey - I for one think Jessica Rabbit is totally worth doing.

 

[femurphy77]

Hey - I for one think Jessica Rabbit is totally worth doing.

Pervert!

(Beat me to it)

 

[T.Lex]

In terms of entertainment, there is some machinima that is REALLY good.

Machinima - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[HoughMade]

Actors have been obsolete since "Steamboat Willie", if not before. I've seen plenty of animated movies that were far and away better, in every respect, than many live action movies.

Also, that is an impressive film, but note some tricks that were used to make it more lifelike:

- making it look like old newsreel footage with the fuzziness and image quality issues inherent therein, masks the fact that CGI just isn't quite "real" enough yet
- black and white- easier to look realistic
- faces either behind gas masks or at a distance- realistic faces are extremely difficult in CGI...in fact, the closer they get, the creepier (Uncanny Valley)

 

[Titanium_Frost]

Actprs have been obsolete since "Steamboat Willie", if not before. I've seen plenty of animated movies that were far and away better, in every respect, than many live action movies.

Also, that is an impressive film, but note some tricks that were used to make it more lifelike:

- making it look like old newsreel footage with the fuzziness and image quality issues inherent therein, masks the fact that CGI just isn't quite "real" enough yet
- black and white- easier to look realistic
- faces either behind gas masks or at a distance- realistic faces are extremely difficult in CGI...in fact, the closer they get, the creepier (Uncanny Valley)

Nailed it. It reminded me of Tom and JErry among others which never show the humans above the knees.

 

[OakRiver]

There's a little bit of a difference between actors and special effects.

Special effects don't make their living depicting firearms in movies then whine about the evils of firearms

 

[Titanium_Frost]

There was a great shot of the technique they used to fire their SMLE very fast. Keep your hand on the bolt and pull the trigger with your middle finger.

Nerd

You're just jealous because you thought the same thing I just beat you to it.