‘Transformers’ artist said visual effects were being used as a ‘crutch’

A visual effects artist has revealed the reason why special effects in movies are so much “worse” now.

Fans have long lamented the declining quality of computer-generated imagery (CGI) as a seemingly increasing number of blunders are picked up by eagle-eyed viewers upon almost every big release.

From movies such as Cats, Hulk and Aladdin to Avengers: Infinity War and the latest Mad Max instalment, Furiosa, on-screen glitches and some low-quality visuals have been jarring for moviegoers. The phenomenon is now so ubiquitous that flaws are apparent even in trailers for unreleased movies, such as the forthcoming remake of The Crow.

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“VFX artist here, heres what happened,” he began. “Clients continually change the brief. Shot design and planning are no longer a priority, and we have a lot more work to get through in a shorter amount of time.

“We have and can create work better than back in the day, it just needs the right leadership team, planning, and time to make sure it happens.”

Edji explained that the average film now changes a lot more during postproduction than it used to, adding, “This means new work gets added to our plate and work we’ve already started (and sometimes even finished) gets scrapped. The ‘fix it in post’ mentality also doesn’t help.”

He implored people to not blame VFX artists, saying: “It’s almost always the studio/leadership team who is responsible for when things don’t get done up to scratch and never the actual artists’ fault.”

  • Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zipEnglish
    214·
    5 months ago

    Furiosa cgi was not that bad, maybe a downgrade to it’s 2015 predecessor but it was alright. I would want a healthy workplace more than a perfect cgi scene.

    • ours@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      5 months ago

      Furiosa also has some absolutely bonker stunts. Furry Road was going to make the pole boys using CGI but the stunt team told Miller they could do it for real. Furiosa has a bunch of insane motorcycle stuff, aerial stuff, and trucks climbing steep hills, many of them probably too dangerous to do with people.

      • Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zipEnglish
        3·
        5 months ago

        Sorry I always get confused. Edited.

        Edit: Wait I’m still confused. Someone explain which one is correct. “Its” or “It’s”.

        • jorp@lemmy.worldEnglish
          10·
          5 months ago

          Think of “it” like a pronoun akin to “he” and “her” and so “its” is like “his” and “hers”

          It’s confusing because to say “Rebecca’s” you would use an apostrophe, but you don’t do that for pronouns. “It’s” exists only as a contraction of “it is.”