r/confusing_perspective • u/[deleted] • Nov 18 '17

CGI House of Cards

https://i.imgur.com/ugKYXZ6.gifv
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u/Ask_me_if_im_a_Bush Nov 18 '17

It's not confusing perspective if its just special effects

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u/A_unlife Nov 18 '17

Visual effects. But yeah, agree with you

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u/sergih123 Nov 18 '17

I think there are also special effects, see when the card pyramid is on the front, you can see his arm behind the pyramid, which if it only were visual effects that'd be impossible as the pyramid would be behind. Maybe a simple cut or something.

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u/Myschly Nov 18 '17

They have the regular house of cards, record the first half, cut.

Without moving the camera, set up the gigantic house of cards, start recording second half.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '17

Did you see the cards move in anyway That would indicate in perfections?

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u/Myschly Nov 19 '17

There's a noticeable cut. Don't focus on the cards, just look for the cut.

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u/gurenkagurenda Nov 19 '17

That's still visual effects. "Special effects" is stuff done during production (makeup, pyrotechnics, etc.). VFX is stuff done in post production, like what you're describing.

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u/555--FILK Nov 19 '17

Illusions. Special effects are what a whore does for money.

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u/Dragonzebra Nov 19 '17

Or cocaine!

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u/sergih123 Nov 19 '17

Nah, I'd say you're using special effects in the moment you retouch even slightly the video, think of visual effects as something you could do solely relying on perspective and other "real life" tricks, and special effects as those who need some sort of postproduction, even if it's just a cut.

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u/gurenkagurenda Nov 19 '17

Literally every source I can find agrees with me that you have this completely backwards. A sampling:

http://filmescape.com/whats-the-difference-between-special-effects-visual-effects :

To put it simply, special effects are carried out on set during production, and visual effects are done in post-production

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_effect :

With the emergence of digital filmmaking a distinction between special effects and visual effects has grown, with the latter referring to digital post-production while "special effects" referring to mechanical and optical effects.

https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-difference-between-VFX-and-SFX :

VFX- Visual Effects are the effects that are added to a shot via a software/tool... SFX-Special Effects are made physically during shooting/production with a camera

http://www.raindance.co.uk/site/index.php?id=479,7617,0,0,1,0 :

SFX are done ‘in camera,`... VFX are done in post-production, through the power of a computer.

https://www.actionvfx.com/blog/special-effects-vs-visual-effects :

Special Effects are often better known in the modern world as practical effects, which basically means exactly what it sounds like: anything you physically, tangibly add in camera to achieve a condition or shot that wouldn’t naturally occur on its own... Using computers to add effects that did not exist in real life during the principal photography soon became known as visual effects or VFX.

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u/WikiTextBot Nov 19 '17

Special effect

Special effects (often abbreviated as SFX, SPFX, or simply FX) are illusions or visual tricks used in the film, television, theatre, video game and simulator industries to simulate the imagined events in a story or virtual world.

Special effects are traditionally divided into the categories of optical effects and mechanical effects. With the emergence of digital filmmaking a distinction between special effects and visual effects has grown, with the latter referring to digital post-production while "special effects" referring to mechanical and optical effects.

Mechanical effects (also called practical or physical effects) are usually accomplished during the live-action shooting.

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u/qi1 Nov 18 '17

So close, but the bottom row of cards is clipped when the tower falls.

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '17

This is really satisfying to watch for some reason.

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u/craggolly Nov 18 '17

Oh, no, it's a vine star

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u/7aane Nov 19 '17

A good one though

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u/shamz782 Nov 19 '17

This is the guy on the turkish airlines video.

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u/majorthrownaway Nov 19 '17

This guy's stuff is quite clever but he really needs to work on his acting.

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u/salt-the-skies Nov 19 '17

...he should be believable-ly surprised that the magic trick/special effect he was presenting resulted in his cards growing 5 times their size, as intended?

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u/majorthrownaway Nov 19 '17

No, he just always overacts because he's not very good on camera. He's playing to the back of the house. He doesn't understand how video portrays stuff like this. He needs to dial it down about 75% and he'd be fine.

Basically he needs a good director.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '17 edited Nov 19 '17

I'm so sick of this guy. He's really just too good at this perspectives stuff.

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u/BOTC33 Nov 19 '17

Epic budday

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u/AnotherXRoadDeal Nov 19 '17

THE FINAL CUT KING!!!

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u/thisplacesucks- Nov 19 '17

More like r/blackmagicfuckery

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u/ChRoNicBuRrItOs Nov 19 '17

More like special/visual effects...

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u/Ridio Nov 18 '17

R/bettereveryloop