News: The End of The Cinematographer?
The world of cinematography is changing dramatically as we all know. With films like Avatar revolutionizing special effects and almost totally rendering the position of make-up artists as useless, sometimes change can have a slightly negative twist. But with this newest example of computer-generated imagery (CGI), things are starting to get downright terrifying. Because this new video piece was created by one single man working from his basic home PC set-up. An example of CGI so mind-numbing that it begs the question: will the photographer, videographer and cinematographer of the future even be necessary?
The world of cinematography is changing dramatically as we all know. But this newest example of computer-generated imagery (CGI) is absolutely mind-numbing and begs the question: will the photographer, videographer and cinematographer of the future even be necessary? Will we one day soon will be viewing live-action films in wich no photography will be needed and actors will simply perform entire scripts
in front of green screens and placed into fully CG environments. This recently posted video by computer artist Alex Roman of Spain actually frightens me more than entertains. Keep in mind while viewing that 98% of this was created digitally. Meaning, NOTHING in this piece is real. Sans, maybe the few human characters interacting with the CG environment.
The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo.
And here is a short video demonstrating his compositing layers, proving that this is actually all non-real imagery, generated on a computer.
Thanks to Ian O’Connor for bringing this video to my attention on the aphotoeditor.com site.
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That was unbelievable. I wonder how long that took to create? I hear they’re just going to CGI spots for the new Chocolate video, film all the ledge dancing on a green box in front of a greenscreen, then just turn it into a famous ledge spot in Europe.
Your “Quotes of the Day” are super gay. Hey look it even rhymes. Poem of the day.
Oh yeah, and no one gives a shit about this CGI, computer generated bullshit. These are skateboarders. This should be the furthest thing from these people’s minds. This shit is fake. As in it’s not real. IT’S COMPUTER FUCKING GENERATED FOR CHRIST SAKES!!! End of story. It’s a waste of time. Dream world. Who the hell has time for fake ass dream world these days? This shit will be great for fucking up people’s perception of what is real and what’s not. Make people fucking dumber. Trick em. Like I said, there’s real shit going on. Like people spraying mass chemicals and metals into the air. This website astounds me sometimes with its level incompetence. Like I don’t even watch the bullshit you post sometimes. What the fuck is this bullshit? Computer fucking graphics? What the fuck?
“End of the Cinematographer”. No it’s not. Yeah, if you wanna watch fake ass bullshit. Jesus.
You dramatic fuck.
Now that’s a rant!
Ladies and gentlemen…...The Towel.
that video blew my mind away
when does that movie come out?
What movie? MIA?
Thank you. So, here’s two topics off the top of my head that I believe deserve more attention than some nerd’s computer generated wet dream sequence. (Oh yeah, and rabid, it’s designed to blow your mind away. I’m not suggesting it’s some sort of conspiracy, but you think this technology just sprang up out of nowhere? Look more deeply into James Cameron and who funded his first film. You know what it was called? Xenogenesis. You know what that means? This topic should be a ball biter for this website, as it ties in directly to this post and the technology at hand.) So the first topic I want to bring up is the fact that this country has been under “Martial Law”(otherwise known as a “State of Emergency”) since at least Sept. 11, 2001. http://constitutionally.blogspot.com/ You know what that does? It suspends the constitution. So while you dimwits where arguing over the SCOTUS ruling a coupla weeks back, I was sitting there thinking to myself, “it doesn’t even matter anymore.” This “government” is so corrupt, so hubris, that these people are flaunting this shit right out in front of your faces. And you people are still fighting amongst one another even over the ruling. Sad truth is, even the United States is a corporation, http://members.iimetro.com.au/~hubbca/corp_us.htm There are some constitutionally literate folks out there that will tell you that the “U.S.” has been under martial law since the Civil War. But that’s neither here nor there right now. All this shit is so murky that sometimes they won’t even tell congress about their dictatorial powers. http://www.infowars.com/articles/ps/martial_law_bush_plan_so_shocking_congress_cant_see_it.htm
So anyhow, the second topic I wanted to bring up that uses technology that’s a little more “unsophisticated” than this fake film you’re blogging about is the new “DARPA Challenge”. Haven’t heard of it? Well this is a bit disturbing. this, http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10411211-93.html
demonstrates what exactly the “internet” is exactly set up to do and what it’s capable of. It’s a control grid. A tracking network. Literally, a “net”. DARPA stands for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and it’s a part of The Department of Defense. And to all you folks out there on your Facebook’s and J.Date’s, this is what that shit is really about, http://www.albumoftheday.com/facebook/
Happy blogging!
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Poor you, Poor me.
Which is not The Towel, btw.
But thanks for advertising my website for me!
“I don’t care what the newspapers say about me as long as they spell my name right.” -P.T. Barnum
As amazing as clips like this look and even though they take monumental time and discipline, I think they are a little souless. The more everyone uses HD and CGI coupled with super slow-mos, the more I prefer raw grainy film. This applies as much to skateboarding footage as it does to anything else. I see the point people are making by using these techniques and how they can add value but entire projects focussed on these methods make me want to pull out some old VHS tapes instead. I think glitches and impurities have a distinct flavour, they are real life. I think this portrays how far people have removed themselves from the natural world. Individuals simulate an artificial world instead of living their real lives, they try and ignore issues instead of addressing them. The same point can be made with regard to how alcohol companies have become so enormous, people are trying to escape reality.
the movie with all the house footage?
what is in that library?
i think towel…
should change his name to bowel..
cuz he talks mad shit on here.
Sell out
Bobby gets shitted on everyday when he wakes up so he has to do something to get rid of all the stress, you guys should not even take him serious because he is nothing but a big joke to me.
Luv ya bobby,
Koston Brother
Happy Rotting
Duh. Do you really think bob saw a dollar from that board? Its been done to death, Infamous dude sold his and Jahmals name, blah blah blah.
Introducing….....(4 note trumpet sound)Bobbys bitch
OH MY GOD! EVERYONE DELETE YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNTS, SMASH YOUR COMPUTERS, CANCEL YOUR CREDIT CARDS, AND GET OFF THE GRID!
..and KB, you new or something around here? Don’t you think every dude the Towel pisses off would have already tried to rub his face in that kmart board bullshit? Bad try though
I don’t get that Forest Gump link. Help me out here.
And Luke, I definitely agree. There’s something about these techniques that remove everything organic from the process and kills what feels like the soul of the art form. But that’s sorta my point by highlighting this piece. It will make studio execs really think twice about things when they can save millions on locations, cinematpgraphers, grip, camera assistants, focus pullers, etc, etc. Not to mention the disappearance ofr makeup artists thanks to James Cameron’s new techniques demonstrated in Avatar.
It is a scary prospect. But there will always remain those that stay true to the purist form of filmmaking. But it will eventually become a whole other world.
I really feel you guys on this one. There are a lot of aspects of modern life that scare me, frankly. Sometimes I worry that the internet is going to wipe out stamp collection entirely. I hate the thought of my children having to go through life without being able to experience the soulful joys of stamp collection. Sigh.
I can’t believe you people are really having a conversation about this. And testis press, I used “bowel” mad long ago. Where you at?
I can’t believe I actually came back on to this website!
Jesus, CGI? Really?
Hey “KB”, again, “I don’t care what the newspapers say about me as long as they spell my name right.” -P.T. Barnum Get it tool?
Sticks and stones coward.
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but hey, spelling my name correctly may actually help me”
-The Towel
Don’t you get it asshole?
Here, go learn yourself something instead cryin about me on tha innaweb, http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/barnum/moneygetting/
You can thank me later. Cash only.
Bitch.
You must feel real great about yourself right now, huh bob?
“It will make studio execs really think twice about things when they can save millions on locations, cinematpgraphers, grip, camera assistants, focus pullers, etc, etc.”
Actually some car companies are no longer hiring photographers to photograph the new model cars being released. A bunch of the car billboards that you see are not of real cars, but computer generated ones. I think some of the car commercials being done are CG cars put into real locations.
Hey Wetnap…...have you ever considered getting a job as a web researcher? Seriously, if your ass hasn’t sprouted roots into your computer chair, it soon will, so you may as well get paid for it.
That PT Barnum page was sick. How the hell did you come across that thing?
Looks like cum towel didnt follow that page himself, make me a vegan salad, bitch with no tomato.
Hey Berra, don’t you realize your beloved webmaster works at the same restaurant? And neither of us actually make the food. So yeah cum in. I’ll bring you your salad. I’ll even slip a little love in it especially for you. No tomato, right?
RNS, I feel fucking great. How you feeling?
Theorizer, I read bitch.
And I listen. I’m also very observant. And have a good memory.
You know what’s funny, you try to play me off as this dude who spends a lot of time at a computer, but I can guarantee you, you spend twice as much time sitting at a computer than I do. Hell, I don’t spend that much time online at all. Nice try.
“I listen…And have a good memory…Hell, I don’t spend that much time online at all.”
You must be fucking hallucinating Bobby! Does any part of you realize that these phrases describe the opposite of you?
Awww your so sweet bobby.
Does any part of you realize this is the internet?
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