Visual effects artists suggest breaking up the film Lost in space. A a reboot of the classic sci-fi series of the same name, Lost in space is a 1998 action-adventure science fiction film that tells the story of the Robinson family, who travel to space to fight for humanity. Lost in space Directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Gary Oldman, William Hurt, Matt LeBlanc, Mimi Rogers, Heather Graham, Jared Harris, Lacey Chabert, Jack Johnson, Mark Goddard and Lennie James.
Now the corridor crew presents a breakdown of the VFX Lost in space. The Corridor Crew specifically analyzed the footage of LeBlanc's space helmet being smashed into his face. In their explanation, The VFX artists explained that there are “there is no CG in the shot.” Instead, the footage was shot by filming the scene with and without the helmet, trying to mimic the movements as closely as possible, and then creating a composite and animation to make the suit appear to come down. Check out the Corridor staff explanation below:
“1998. Matt LeBlanc stars in Friends. It was a big movie at the time. It had the most visual effects shots of any movie released up to that point, with 750 shots.
I remember they were amazed by their helmet shots. Matt LeBlanc returns and aims his gun and the helmet lands on his face.
Ooh, ok, is this finally real?
That's some great composition they've done there. I know what they are doing. Because he always wears a real helmet
So what is a CG helmet, how do they animate it?
It looks like they just had pictures of the actual helmet in that shot and they just zoomed out and moved those elements around to make it visible. But really Joey Tribbiani is definitely like the tape after the head, sorry, Matt LeBlanc.
There is no CG in this shot.
Is it all image cropping and movement?
Actually, what they did was two takes, or I guess they did many different takes. One without a helmet and one wearing a helmet. Try to time this movement perfectly by performing the same movement. And they just animate the still images of the helmet. And they just take the slices of the helmet and expand it. It's a very clever rotoscope at the end of the day. But you know what makes this shot work so well? Attention to detail in the shadows under the blades. You only go and frame it when it should appear. And then all you need is three frames that go up. This is very similar to the effect you often see on social media where a person poses and their hand comes down and locks onto where their hand is in the future. That's what this shoot is all about. That's a classic shot, man. I haven't seen it in a long time, but I remember it being really remarkable.
How was lost in space received then?
Lost Critically Panned in Space
The Corridor Crew noted how remarkable it was in their analysis Lost in space it was time Before the 1998 film, no other film had as many VFX shots as that filmIt stops at 750. Now, there are movies like Avatar: The Waterway or Dune: Part Two most of the film involved VFX shots and high levels of computer intervention in post-production. In the late 1990s, however, this was less common, leading to its creation Lost in space even more impressive. In the absence of advanced CGI, the film found creative alternatives.
It was a visual wonder though Lost in space, the film was not well received when it was released. The critical consensus reached a 27% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes with 84 reviews. The audience did not like the film much better and gave an even worse 24%. At the time, critics noted that despite being faithful to the film's visuals, the film had little appeal and lacked strong dialogue and characters.
Lost in space
is currently available to rent on Prime Video.
Lost in space it also struggled at the box office during its release. Lost in space It was made for a huge budget of 80 million dollarshowever, it grossed just over $136 million at the worldwide box office. Because most films need to increase their budget by 2-2.5 times to make a profit. Lost in space probably lost money. Despite this poor performance at the time, Corridor Crew's analysis helps prove just how important it was Lost in space is in the history of visual effects.
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