One scene in Origin leaves visual effects artists stumped 14 years after its release. His 2010 sci-fi film, written and directed by Christopher Nolan, follows a professional thief who extracts information from the minds of victims using dream-sharing technology and is given a seemingly impossible mission to implant an idea into a target’s subconscious. OriginThe cast includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Elliot Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Dilip Rao and Michael Caine.
In the last issue Corridor brigadeseries “VFX Artists Reaction”, Hosts Sam Gorski, Ren Weichman and Jordan Allen were confused by one scene in Origin. Watch part of the video below:
Visual effects artists reacted to the mirror scene in Originand host Jordan Allen reveal how they used practical mirrors on set, including a behind-the-scenes photo showing how the scene was created. Read some of his comments below:
They used practical mirrors. There were two mirrors on the set. They were about 15 feet long and weighed two and a half tons, massive things. If you’re going to install a mirror that big, you’re going to need a lot more support than what we see here, so there are actually giant steel bars running across the floor that had to be completely painted. If you look at Elliot’s legs as he stands over them, you can actually see that this action is still happening because you can’t draw the view correctly, but you can see that there is some kind of ghost that he is standing over . This is the only reliable evidence of what was here before.
They tracked the movement of the environment in the mirror and used this to essentially represent their 3D building of the entire city, created using a reference photograph. By tracking the reflection in the mirror, you also get the organic vibration of this giant mirror as it is. moving. The entire reflection of the city that you see was digitally recreated and then turned into a moving mirror reflection, with all its parallax and all, wobble and all.
What does the visual effects artists’ reaction to the mirror scene in Inception mean for the film?
It’s still amazing today
The reaction of visual effects artists shows how Originthe mirror scene, more than ten years after the film won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, still amazing today. A behind-the-scenes photo and Jordan Allen’s breakdown also provide some insight into how Origina mirror scene was created. First of all, they started by using practical mirrors on set, which were about 15 feet long and weighed two and a half tons. To support this enormous weight, they had to build giant steel rods along the base, which then had to be painted in post-production.
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Additionally, as seen in the behind-the-scenes photo, the original footage also featured the reflection of Christopher Nolan, the cameraman and boom operator, in the mirror. They, in turn, also had to be painstakingly painted over. Finally, a much more complex process was used to digitally reconstruct a 3D image of the city. Besides being an incredible achievement in visual effects, OriginThe mirror scene is also a powerful and beautiful metaphor for cinema and its ability to create illusions.
Our look at the mirror scene in Inception
It masterfully combines practical effects and CGI.
Although Christopher Nolan is known for avoiding CGI, and his latest film Oppenheimer used extensive practical effects with minimal compositing, Origin is a slightly different approach. The director made the most of practical effects, although they were seamlessly integrated with extensive computer graphics, which is why the film won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects. The film masterfully combines practical effects that provide an irreplaceable authenticity with impressive CGI that enhances the visuals and allows for truly breathtaking scenes such as the mirror scene.
Source: Corridor brigade