VFX breakdown & director commentary

Mar 16 2012

VFX breakdown & director commentary

Posted by Simon K Jones on March 16, 2012

You should get comfy before watching this one as it's a bit of an epic. In 18 minutes I take you on a rapid fire tour through all of Extraction Protocol's visual effects shots, showing detailed before & after breakdowns and explaining the techniques involved. There's lot of information in this one.

Enjoy. ;)

in Filmmaking

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spydurhank

Posted on 16 March 2012 - 03:11 PM

So awesome! :biggrin:

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Axel Wilkinson

Posted on 16 March 2012 - 05:37 PM

Epic indeed.Very nicely put together, Simon. I enjoyed watching that immensely.

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Kahveh Robinett

Posted on 16 March 2012 - 10:30 PM

Great job on those VFX. Love the wall break :laugh:

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mercianfilm

Posted on 17 March 2012 - 04:40 PM

Really great video Simon- was an epic one but you kept my attention throughout- was cool to see how some of the vfx and shots developed- especially the lock-picking hologram thing and the shot as the hero passes the security desk. Loved it!
Sam

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DrummerGuy

Posted on 17 March 2012 - 06:40 PM

Cool!

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FutureisStereo

Posted on 19 March 2012 - 06:54 PM

Very nice tutorial. { Loved the film, too! }

Did you go over how to set the aspect ratio? I found that choice interesting. was it 235?

Are you framing it that way for a potential DVD
release?

Now what would 4/3 TV do? I imagine they would
pan/ crop right? That would about ruin what
you went for, however, worse -- you already lost
resolution when you chopped your original 1920
x 1080, so the panning and scanning step
would degrade the image more.

Or would you make two original versions: one
wide, one NON vertical cropped? { double the
work }

why does this business have to be so confusing?
lol

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Simon K Jones

Posted on 20 March 2012 - 09:55 AM

Heh.

EP was shot in simple 16:9, and I intended to keep it that way. Feedback persuaded me to slap some widescreen bars on. The final version is indeed 2.35:1. It perhaps adds a little bit of cinematic flair, but I don't think it's a huge part of the look.

Do people still produce 4:3 P&S content? I can't remember the last time I saw TV content that wasn't widescreen, or a DVD/blu-ray that wasn't (unless it's older material that was shot 4:3, of course).

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FutureisStereo

Posted on 20 March 2012 - 10:27 AM

I like the 235. My concerns being it's likely going to get changed/ mauled by distributors,
incorrectly flagged TV's, etc.

So I'm wondering the best workflow to prepare for the possibilities of it changing to 16-9 or possibly suffering pan and scan, etc { retaining resolution without massive
files sizes, preserving the filmakers intent}

I still see 4/3 TVs in a lot of places! So yes
not all our potential audience is gonna receive what we intended.

Hopefully someones got a tutorial lined up
to address these thorny issues!

thanks

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