2012 visual effects
Saturday I got to see the 2012 movie. The visual effects in that movie were the most photo-realistic I have ever seen and the entirety of the disaster scenes were done in cg. I found it amazing how seamlessly they were able to blend the cg with the live action to perfection. And while watching the movie on the big screen I found myself marveling at how much time and how big a team of artists it must have took to render the visual effects of the movie so photo-realistically. Great time to be alive for creators of visual effects: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4336701.html?page=1
Here’s the link to an inspiring conference video I came across on the subject: http://www.newyorker.com/online/video/conference/2007/muren
This forum has links to the youtube production vlogs that show how the visual effects for 2012 were done: http://www.sluniverse.com/php/vb/tv-film/36131-2012-visual-effects-blogs.html
Here’s how the effects of one for the best scenes in the movie was achieved:
