SUMMARY:
- #1: Black Swan. Natalie
Portman’s hands were artificially elongated at some points to make them look
more surreal and creepy. And it worked, didn’t it?
- #2: Star Trek (2009).
When Kirk toys around with a saltshaker in the shape of a tiny USS Enterprise,
he pours a small stream of salt from it. Guess where CGI is in this? Yep, it’s
digital salt!
- #3: Fear and Loathing in
Las Vegas (1998).The cost of making the digital hair was actually a lot higher
than the money the actor had demanded for simply shaving his head!
- #4: Titanic (1997).
Remember the part where water starts flooding the inside of the ship? The flood
was added digitally.
- #5: Star Wars: Episode VI
— Return of the Jedi (1983). George Lucas wanted to digitally remove Darth
Vader’s eyebrows in the scene where the Dark Lord takes off his helmet so that
it’d show the result of injuries he received in Revenge of the Sith.
- #6: The Proposal (2009).
To create the image of this northernmost American state, the director had to
add… mountains! That’s right, all the mountain chains you see in the movie are
actually CGI!
- #7: Ghost Rider (2007).
Cage fans will know that the actor has pretty big tattoos on both of his upper
arms and shoulders, but Johnny Blaze doesn’t. This discrepancy led film
creators to the decision to remove the ink digitally using CGI.
- #8: Zodiac (2007). Most
of the city, including the famous port, was created using CGI.
- #9: Les Misérables
(2012). The entire cast sang live, and they couldn’t have done it without
microphones attached to their bodies. Guess where those mikes went in
post-production?
- #10: Dark Shadows (2012).
Film director Tim Burton wanted his lead actor to resemble a “real” vampire as
much as possible, so he asked his technicians to remove any blink Depp made
while filming.
- #11: Blood Diamond
(2006). Jennifer Connelly’s tears you see on screen were, in fact, added
digitally.
- #12: Brokeback Mountain
(2005). Mountains, trees, rivers, and lots and lots of sheep. Can you guess
which of those was added with CGI? Yep, it was all those woolly grazers!
- #13: Logan (2017). In an
action-filled scene of a car chase, we get a good close-up view of Hugh
Jackman’s angry face, but it’s not his at all! It’s actually his stunt double
performing the whole scene.
- #14: The Dark Knight
(2008). Instead of risking it and hoping that the steel cables would really
work, the production team placed a huge piston in the road and launched it just
as the truck was passing over it. The piston was then removed using CGI.
when someone says CGI the
first thing
that probably pops into
your mind is
Michael Bay's transformers
or Davy Jones
from Pirates of the
Caribbean right well
that's true of course but
what you
probably didn't realize is
that CGI is
also used in a lot more
subtle ways than
you might have missed in
your favorite
movies take for example
number one Black
Swan 2010 although this is
a dramatic
movie it relies quite
heavily on CGI
well with all the
transformations the
main character goes through
all those
black feathers couldn't
have grown all
by themselves now could
they but there's
another CGI moment that you
could have
overlooked Natalie
Portman's hands were
artificially and long aided
at some
points to make them look
more surreal
and creepy and it worked
didn't it
number two Star Trek 2009
this sci-fi
blockbuster used a lot of
CGI there's no
doubt about that
colorful space battle
simply can't be
done without the use of
graphics I mean
have you seen any
spaceships battling it
out lately
right me neither anyway there's
a moment
in the movie that you
probably wouldn't
even think with CGI when
Curt toys
around with a salt shaker
in the shape
of a tiny USS Enterprise he
pours a
small stream of salt from
it guess where
the CGI is in this yeah
it's the digital
salt nothing actually
spills from the
shaker it's all graphics
hmm maybe the
cast and crew are really
superstitious
number three Fear and
Loathing in Las
Vegas 1998 could you really
expect any
really good CGI effects
from a movie
that's 20 years old neither
could i but
it seems like we were all
stumped when
it comes to this 90s
classic you see the
production company wanted
Tobey Maguire
to shave his head for the
role of a
loony hitchhiker but the
actor refused
to do so without any
additional
compensation so instead
director Terry Gilliam gave
him a bald
cap and at his team of
graphic
specialists make CGI hair
for Maguire
interestingly enough the
cost of making
the digital hair was
actually a lot
higher than the money the
actor had
demanded for simply shaving
his head
know the irony number four
Titanic 1997 well since
we're on the
topic of classics from the
90s you can't
forget about the epic love
story of Jack
and Rose that had us all
bawling our
eyes out it's pretty
obvious that CGI at
the time wasn't all that
great but
director James Cameron
managed to
introduce it so naturally
that you
wouldn't believe it was
there remember
the part where the water
starts flooding
inside the ship yeah well
duh how can
you forget right anyway the
flood was
added digitally and so seamlessly
that
we were all holding our
breath while
watching these hectic and
super
claustrophobic scenes
number five Star
Wars Episode six Return of
the Jedi 1983
in the early 80s CGI was
nothing but a
dream so how in the world
could George
Lucas have modified his
movie simply
enough he reissued the
motion picture in
2004 for DVD with a bit of
tinkering hey
still counts right so what
detail could
have possibly made Lucas
want to retouch
this sci-fi classic well he
wanted to
digitally remove Darth
Vader's eyebrows
in the scene where the Dark
Lord takes
off his helmet so that it
would show the
results of injuries he
received in
Revenge of the Sith
now that's attention to
detail number 6
the proposal 2009 what CGI
could you
possibly expect from a
romantic comedy
it turns out quite a lot
well in terms
of terrain anyway when
Margaret and
Andrew traveled to Sitka
Alaska
actors Sandra Bullock and
Ryan Reynolds
and the whole production
team for that
matter actually stayed in
Manchester
Massachusetts the whole
movie was filmed
there as a matter of
so to create the image of
this
northernmost American state
the director
had to add mountains that's
right
all the mountain chains you
see in the
movie are actually CGI
number seven Ghost Rider
2007 again there's a lot of
obvious CGI
in this movie like that
flaming skull
sitting on Nicolas Cage's
shoulders now
take a closer look at his
arms in the
scene where he's staring at
himself in
the mirror in disbelief
notice anything
missing
well Cage fans will know
that the actor
has pretty big tattoos on
both of his
upper arms and shoulders
but Johnny
Blaze doesn't this
discrepancy led film
creators to the decision to
remove the
ink digitally using CGI
once again
computer graphics were used
not to add
something but to make it
invisible
instead well at least they
did a better
job of it then the guys who
removed
henry cavill smush - in
2017 Justice
League number 8 Zodiac 2007
if you've
seen this blood chilling
thriller
directed by David Fincher
you know it
was filmed in San Francisco
except it
wasn't exactly what I mean
is that most
of the city including the
famous port
was created using cgi
Fincher wanted
complete authenticity for
his movie so
he basically recreated 1986
San
Francisco from scratch
adding so many
effects that the modern city
was totally
transformed and it's not
just the
skyline either even scenes
with actors
talking on the street were
all done in
the studio with the help of
a blue
screen I don't know about
you but that
definitely escaped my radar
number 9 Lee
miserab 2012 beautiful
costumes
beautiful acting beautiful
voices
beautiful everything who
would have
thought such a genuine
drama could use a
massive amount of computer
graphics to
make it look authentic I'm
sure you're
now wondering what I'm
talking about no
it's not about anything
visible once
again the magic of CGI
removed a lot of things
from the movie
the entire cast sang live
and they
couldn't have done it
without
microphones attached to
their bodies
guess where those
microphones win in
post-production right
erased by the
grace of CG an all-powerful
thing that
number 10
Dark Shadows 2012 Johnny
Depp is
definitely one of those
extremely
versatile actors whose
transformations
are always a thing to
behold in this
movie he plays the role of
a 196 year
old vampire Barnabas
Collins
well now even a great actor
like Depp
couldn't possibly have
stopped blinking
for the entire length of
the movie
vampires don't blink
remember film
director Tim Burton wanted
his lead
actor to resemble a real
vampire as much
as possible so he asked his
technicians
to remove any blink Depp
made while
filming I bet that was an
exciting day
on the job for the CGI team
and of
course they finished in a
blink number
11
Blood Diamond 2006 the
phone call that
Archer portrayed by
Leonardo DiCaprio
makes two maddie is truly a
heartbreaking saying that
can't but
bring tears to your eyes
hey no spoilers
just go watch it for
yourself if you
haven't yet anyway the
audience might
have been crying but the
lead actress
definitely wasn't Jennifer
Connelly's
tears you see on screen
were in fact
added digitally well who
needs the real
thing when there's CGI
number 12
Brokeback Mountain 2005 now
here's a
movie with all kinds of
fantastic nature
scenes mountains trees
rivers and lots
and lots of sheep can you
guess which of
those was added with CGI
yep it was all
those wooly grazers well
not all of them
but most production
actually needed
about 2,500 of them and out
of all of
those thousands of sheep
only 700 were
real apparently a
shepherd's work isn't
as simple as it seems to
get all these
animals to act right and to
avoid any
accidents the crew decided
to add the
to the herd leader using
CGI safety
first number 13 Logan 2017
superheroes
are always back with CGI so
no surprises
here right well you might
have missed
one major detail in an
action filled
scene of a car chase we get
a good
close-up view of Hugh
Jackman's angry
face but it's not his at
all it's
actually his stunt double
performing the
whole scene with Jackman's
face
digitally mapped and cast
onto it even
if you look very closely I
assure you
you won't be able to see
that it's not
the real Jackman sitting
there behind
the wheel number 14 the
Dark Knight 2008
Christopher Nolan is well
known for
using as little CGI as
possible an
action-packed movie like
The Dark Knight
couldn't of course be
completed without
digital effects at all but
they were so
subtle that you wouldn't
believe it
remember the part where
Batman throws
his cables under a semi and
it makes a
full 180 degree flip right
there on the
road well that actually
happened it
wasn't a CG 18-wheeler but
instead of
risking it and hoping that
the steel
cables would really work a
crazy thing
in the first place
the production team placed
a huge piston
in the road and launched it
just as the
truck was passing over it
the piston was
then removed using CGI
clever huh so
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