Peter Jackson makes fun of Lucas's bluescreen work implicitly here: at DVinfo.net

Yi Fong Yu · October 13th, 2004, 02:34 PM

http://img-nex.kongisking.net/kong/m...x270-mpeg4.mov

right click-save as. this is day27 if you wanna d/l it yourself on kingiskong.net. it's so funny cause Peter says, "this is the future" of acting against CG backgrounds. if you remember our thread on sky captain or star wars all of us have been saying how wooden the acting has been on movies with CG. i think indirectly peter has been making fun of those films =^). sheck it out for a good laugh!!!!!!

Yi Fong Yu · October 14th, 2004, 05:37 PM

*bump*. anyone see this yet? it's pretty funny.

Joshua Starnes · October 14th, 2004, 05:54 PM

It's funny, but I think you're reading the Lucas joke in yourself.

He's not saying it's the future of acting against CG, he's saying it's the future of acting in a movie that has been prevized - so the intuitiveness of performance is gone and actors become nothing more than living puppets replicating moves from previz.

In reality, that's bollocks, though previz is useful for extremely complex shots, it doesn't have anything to do with performance, and Jackson knows that.

But it doesn't have anything to do with Lucas, or being in front of a bluescreen, or working with a CG creature or whatever.

Robert Knecht Schmidt · October 15th, 2004, 05:02 AM

I can't figure out what he's doing here.

If he's trying to capture body motions to be married later to facial reactions in post--and what would be the point of that?--he's got a big problem in that the actors are carrying over the mechanistic affectation required for keeping a neutral facial expression to their body motions as well.

Jackson's final line is what Al Franken calls "kidding on the square."

Barry Gribble · October 15th, 2004, 07:31 AM

Robert,

They were kidding.

Robert Knecht Schmidt · October 15th, 2004, 07:47 AM

Gosh, Barry, do I feel dumb now.

It's actually a pretty good joke.

Barry Gribble · October 15th, 2004, 04:15 PM

Robert,

Hehe, yeah, I know the feeling... don't you hate that? They are pretty darned dry about it though... and for us technicallly-minded folks it's easy to latch on to the details and miss the intent....

Yeah, I agree though, it was pretty funny :).

Joshua Starnes · October 15th, 2004, 05:36 PM

I thought they did a really good imitation of the CGI guys. I don't think I could have done so well on the drop of a hat.

Now that's acting.

October 13th, 2004, 02:34 PM	#1
Yi Fong Yu Trustee Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vulcan Posts: 1,564	Peter Jackson makes fun of Lucas's bluescreen work implicitly here: http://img-nex.kongisking.net/kong/m...x270-mpeg4.mov right click-save as. this is day27 if you wanna d/l it yourself on kingiskong.net. it's so funny cause Peter says, "this is the future" of acting against CG backgrounds. if you remember our thread on sky captain or star wars all of us have been saying how wooden the acting has been on movies with CG. i think indirectly peter has been making fun of those films =^). sheck it out for a good laugh!!!!!! __________________ bow wow wow

October 14th, 2004, 05:37 PM	#2
Yi Fong Yu Trustee Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vulcan Posts: 1,564	bump. anyone see this yet? it's pretty funny. __________________ bow wow wow

October 15th, 2004, 05:02 AM	#4
Robert Knecht Schmidt Wrangler Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 1,933	I can't figure out what he's doing here. If he's trying to capture body motions to be married later to facial reactions in post--and what would be the point of that?--he's got a big problem in that the actors are carrying over the mechanistic affectation required for keeping a neutral facial expression to their body motions as well. Jackson's final line is what Al Franken calls "kidding on the square." __________________ All the best, Robert K S Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| The best in the business: DVinfo.net sponsors

October 15th, 2004, 07:31 AM	#5
Barry Gribble Major Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 817	Robert, They were kidding. __________________ Barry Gribble Integral Arts, IMDB

October 15th, 2004, 07:47 AM	#6
Robert Knecht Schmidt Wrangler Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 1,933	Gosh, Barry, do I feel dumb now. It's actually a pretty good joke. __________________ All the best, Robert K S Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| The best in the business: DVinfo.net sponsors

October 14th, 2004, 05:54 PM	#3
Joshua Starnes Major Player Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 356	It's funny, but I think you're reading the Lucas joke in yourself. He's not saying it's the future of acting against CG, he's saying it's the future of acting in a movie that has been prevized - so the intuitiveness of performance is gone and actors become nothing more than living puppets replicating moves from previz. In reality, that's bollocks, though previz is useful for extremely complex shots, it doesn't have anything to do with performance, and Jackson knows that. But it doesn't have anything to do with Lucas, or being in front of a bluescreen, or working with a CG creature or whatever.

October 15th, 2004, 04:15 PM	#7
Barry Gribble Major Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 817	Robert, Hehe, yeah, I know the feeling... don't you hate that? They are pretty darned dry about it though... and for us technicallly-minded folks it's easy to latch on to the details and miss the intent.... Yeah, I agree though, it was pretty funny :). __________________ Barry Gribble Integral Arts, IMDB

October 15th, 2004, 05:36 PM	#8
Joshua Starnes Major Player Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 356	I thought they did a really good imitation of the CGI guys. I don't think I could have done so well on the drop of a hat. Now that's acting.