Movie Magic HD episode 07 - Action Miniatures

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 มิ.ย. 2023
  • Special effects shots using miniatures with an emphasis on the 1993 Fantasy/Romance, Heart and Souls.
    Documentary series dealing with every aspect of special effects in movies, from low-budget make-up to multi-million-dollar computer-generated graphics. The clear presentation includes descriptions of the creation and technical problems of the effects, and interviews with effects technicians, directors, stars and other crew. Each episode deals with one topic, effect or technician (eg theme park rides, CGI, Stan Winston), concentrating on one or more current or recent films.
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  • @briannord950
    @briannord950 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    These guys are true artists. Screw cgi!

    • @ThunderZandor
      @ThunderZandor หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hey go watch the movie Screwed with Norm McDonald and Dave Chapelle and Danny DeVito. NO CGI at all. Just classic old style comedy.

  • @CheapCheerful
    @CheapCheerful 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    The Schoteks (sp), what absolute legends. Thank you for this, and for showing the story of the Russian special effects artists and directors who inspired them.

    • @SB111058
      @SB111058 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Skotaks?

  • @julius-stark
    @julius-stark 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    I used to watch this show as a kid. I miss practical effects so much. They almost always hold up better than CGI.

    • @schultzeworks
      @schultzeworks 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If done well, not at all true.

    • @zyourzgrandzmaz
      @zyourzgrandzmaz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@schultzeworksbahaha! 😂
      You gotta be blind homie. The Marvel movies look like absolute sht in comparison to even just a muppets episode..
      You're brain can tell what's 2d and what's 3d. By definition any CGI amongst real objects is 2d. Avengers looks like a flat image with green screened actors. And then there movies like roadhouse that use CGI fight scenes for no reason. CGI post Malone is cursed.

    • @daffers2345
      @daffers2345 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think CGI definitely has its place, especially for enhancement of backgrounds or when oractical effects would be too difficult or costly. But I do NOT think it should be generally used as much as it is today.

    • @julius-stark
      @julius-stark หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@daffers2345 100% agree. I think CGI is great for scene extensions and wire removal and stuff like that, but I've been watching a lot of old movies and I miss real explosions/stunts with real stuntmen and real squibs and muzzle flashes. It just feels different. Models, even when I can tell they're models, are still more "real" than a CGI vehicle that has no weight.

  • @edgardmachiavello
    @edgardmachiavello 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Love it. Pure Magic. Pure Nostalgia.

  • @tobiaslescano5419
    @tobiaslescano5419 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    is a shame this kind of effects are not used. They were really great, they look real... because they were real.

    • @trainlover16
      @trainlover16 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      They still are, but in not as many films. I hope to change that when I enter the professional film industry though. I’m going to use A LOT of miniatures in my productions.

    • @joen8529
      @joen8529 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@trainlover16 I wish I hadn’t gotten discouraged when I was younger and wanted to be a filmmaker. Back in the 80’s and 90’s the whole world wasn’t nearly as accessible as it is now to a kid in the middle of America. It seemed impossible, and that’s exactly what people told me. I had no idea it would get to the point where we’d have every avenue, contact, industry at our fingertips 24/7…. No idea it would get to the point where so many hacks would be able to break in either, which frankly is what has happened. I was born at just the wrong time for what I wanted to do, and eventually I found myself doing other things. Wishing you well.

    • @trainlover16
      @trainlover16 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@joen8529 Thank you so much.

    • @ZeBlackRider
      @ZeBlackRider 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Maybe because computer graphic effects are cheapier than miniatures.

    • @trainlover16
      @trainlover16 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@ZeBlackRider Who cares if they are? If they look better, which they almost always do, use them. Also, many $200 million to $300 million budget tentpole films are flooded with CGI, and mostly look like dogshit, so there’s no excuse for not using miniatures just to save budget.

  • @EleyReiHer
    @EleyReiHer 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    I LOVE this show when I was young. Also Heart and Souls 😍❤️

    • @daffers2345
      @daffers2345 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I never heard of _Heart and Souls_ before watching this episode today, in 2024. I'd like to see it now, even if it isn't a genre I don't normally enjoy. I like RDJ, and I would like to see him in movies I haven't seen, even older ones. Now I want to see the special effects too. :)

    • @daffers2345
      @daffers2345 หลายเดือนก่อน

      *even if it isn't a genre I normally enjoy
      (I can't edit for some reason, sorry for the confusing grammar there) :B

  • @Lumibear.
    @Lumibear. 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Fantastic insight, great blast from the past, thank you!

  • @JustinBradleyPhotographer
    @JustinBradleyPhotographer 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    OH MY GOD! Instant sub, I taped all of these episodes and they could still be in my Mom's attic to this day. I miss this show A LOT. This had an influence on me. I work creating professional media, currently trying to work my way into a movie job. If not, I am certainly having fun on here with my camera.

    • @daffers2345
      @daffers2345 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This was the only show that our family of 5 ALL enjoyed watching. Sometimes my parents would rent a copy of of a movie that we saw featured so we could watch it together and see the special effects.
      I am hoping to see more practical effects as time goes on. I generally like them a lot better than CGI.

    • @JustinBradleyPhotographer
      @JustinBradleyPhotographer หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@daffers2345 Agreed 100%. As someone who is working towards this type of production, whether through TH-cam or if I am eventually recruited by major production team (recently recruited and hired by a major media company), practical effects is my main focus. At worst practical enhanced by digital to make it look more real or to help with scale. I can't even watch 300, it looks like a video game from the early 00's.

  • @daffers2345
    @daffers2345 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    _Terminator 2_ is one of my favorite movies. The nuclear explosion scene is still chilling to this day. That's a movie that used CGI properly -- as an enhancement to practical effects.
    I understand that, at the time, the nuclear explosion dream sequence was considered the most accurate in film. It's so cool to see even more behind-the-scenes stuff.

    • @PhantomFilmAustralia
      @PhantomFilmAustralia หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Another practical use for CGI is to eliminate wires and poles from practical effects. That still looks more convincing than to produce the entire shot in CGI.

  • @jamesgallagher1992
    @jamesgallagher1992 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Love this....cgi no comparison

  • @mactocmo
    @mactocmo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Didn't know until now that Heart and Soukd is heavy with miniature effects. I love watching this show as a kid. BTS back in the day is as entertainment if not more entertaining than the movies they are from.

  • @nyze6686
    @nyze6686 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    looks better than todays CGI

  • @Laufield
    @Laufield 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Better than cgi

  • @J_Thomas24
    @J_Thomas24 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome! Movie Magic was one of my favorite shows.

  • @EricCabana-cj6se
    @EricCabana-cj6se 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The Russians special FX were really clever and came out really great!
    I especially love the solution for rockets' fire. And the landspeeder like vehicle? Just wow!

  • @k.rot9175
    @k.rot9175 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Working with miniatures for the screen makes fun. I used 1:24 cars for some scenes too and a submarine. It is really facinating, how much you can make possible, with just the right lights and a good camera view 🙂

  • @peterloohunt
    @peterloohunt 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Really pleased this acknowledges the Russian pioneers.

  • @SB111058
    @SB111058 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    'MINI - AH - CHURES' !!!! Love it!

  • @shaider1982
    @shaider1982 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I watched this as a kid. The episode on the film printer (edit: should be optical printer) which combines multiple films to composite them into one was interesting.

    • @dan_hitchman007
      @dan_hitchman007 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That is called an optical printer.

    • @shaider1982
      @shaider1982 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@dan_hitchman007ahh, my bad. Thanks for the correction.

  • @brandonjacksoon
    @brandonjacksoon 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thanks VFX Geek!

  • @markbarrera6807
    @markbarrera6807 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    loved this show

  • @kylewarren5268
    @kylewarren5268 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is now just another lost art

  • @MASTOMOKUCRUSH
    @MASTOMOKUCRUSH 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Miniature action model. Super awesome

  • @LeMecQuiestCool
    @LeMecQuiestCool 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for uploading this that’s so cool and still has some really fascinating insights!

  • @ferantunes72
    @ferantunes72 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    THANKS ! GREAT DOCS

  • @brandonjacksoon
    @brandonjacksoon 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That's interesting! Thanks!

  • @Thiantrus
    @Thiantrus 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    CGI is great but practical stays the best

  • @wernervanpeppen4873
    @wernervanpeppen4873 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    When visual effects were real and computers only used to blend them all together or do things you couldn't do practically. Nowadays they'll film the actor in greenscreen and only think about the set in post...

  • @davidvanhorn3340
    @davidvanhorn3340 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I cant believe the producers didn't even MENTION the legendary work of Eiji Tsubaraya

  • @ThunderZandor
    @ThunderZandor 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This intro reminds me a lot of another show from early 1990s called Sightings on the FOX channel. Synthesizer and image melding from 90's technology. Another intro that has that vibe is Seaquest the tv series.

  • @user-sr4up5vx7m
    @user-sr4up5vx7m 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Derek Meddings was doing exactly this before they were born. Check his credits.

    • @wyldemusick
      @wyldemusick 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Meddings had a hell of a career, going from Thunderbirds and other Gerry Anderson productions to the Bond films, where he delivered brilliant work through to GOLDENEYE.

    • @daffers2345
      @daffers2345 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm the only person I know that liked _Thunderbirds_ unironically. Always good to meet other fans. :)

  • @HeyDirty
    @HeyDirty 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I loved the ever-loving-heck out of this show as a kid, and thought of it frequently while growing up.

  • @stianthomassen6693
    @stianthomassen6693 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Is there an episode with the making of inner space?

  • @user-qc8cg1ly6t
    @user-qc8cg1ly6t 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Como conseguir está serie en DVD. Please

  • @Ponk_80
    @Ponk_80 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Seriously TH-cam, why is there ads every five minutes? You don’t even own this video.

  • @mego73
    @mego73 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    13:13 I believe they used front projection for the drop ship crash. You can make out the dim projection of the image on the actor's clothing.

  • @user-sb9bt8xu8g
    @user-sb9bt8xu8g 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Any Idea what they're spraying on the trees at 6:04? I may be getting ahead of myself, but i'm looking for more info on what the miniature buildings are actually make out of when they're meant to be destroyed in a scene. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

    • @ionabarker
      @ionabarker 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It looks like dust or some sort of aerosol to affect the atmosphere in the scene. The models are made out of whatever they need for the result, can be wood, cardboard, foam, or plaster. If it needs to break up like rubble they might use plaster, sometimes weird and bazaar items are used because its the only thing we can get our hands on with the time restraints or a strange material that will give the desired result (i used to work in model making for film and tv and still do it as a hobby).

  • @shaggycan
    @shaggycan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was thinking the music sounds like Babylon 5...so I watched the credits...yup Christopher Franke...same composer.

    • @Gillian-xl7wb
      @Gillian-xl7wb 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nice to see his name, did great music, needs recognition for his contribution, especially t sounds from B5.😊

    • @daffers2345
      @daffers2345 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I never watched _Babylon 5_ but I love the _Movie Magic_ theme song. Maybe I should look up more of his work. :)

  • @Damidas
    @Damidas 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Minny-uh-churz or Minnuh-churz?

  • @Dreaklock
    @Dreaklock 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    So much better than doing EVERYTHING with CGI. I hate CGI. It is an affront to move making. (It has its placenbut Hollywood has so overused it they've soured me on it)

    • @ThunderZandor
      @ThunderZandor 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      All these modern, (so called), SPFX artist will be getting thrown off to the side of the curve now that A.i will be doing all the FX combined real and computer generated.

    • @daffers2345
      @daffers2345 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I agree. CGI is good for enhancement. But too much is too much. I appreciate "real" effects much more.
      It's even more interesting if an accident makes it into film, such as the car failing to flip over properly when Loki blasts it in _Avengers._ Movie makers still need that "magic" and they still need to be creative and do workarounds when something unexpected happens.

    • @ThunderZandor
      @ThunderZandor หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@daffers2345 Very true. Many happy accidents happen because the laws of chance apply in the real world. In a computer the director can get the preferred result of an explosion during the blast and after on a scale of 1 to 10, lol😄. Not good. Chaotic chance is obliterated by CGI.

  • @user-sr4up5vx7m
    @user-sr4up5vx7m 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Don't the people, who have made this video, Derek Meddings was doing exactly this 60 years ago Just check his credits.

    • @wyldemusick
      @wyldemusick 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This series is something like 25 years old.

  • @zyourzgrandzmaz
    @zyourzgrandzmaz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nowadays everything is just a flat 2d CGI image green screened around the actors who are also covered in green Dots for their CGI superhero outfits..
    Any of these older movies is far better. More clear and better fps cus it's on film, and the effects are all real.
    Even the spaceship from "cat from outer space" is impressive on today's standards. cus its a physical object. Not a flat image of CGI.

  • @IanDanielCassidy
    @IanDanielCassidy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Disney, Hollywood, and so many other companies are just too rotten to the public anymore, so I'm willing to change them after I've got a dream job and stop all this madness in today's world to make "What" we really want to watch, cause as long Hollywood redeemed themselves, Disney and the companies will have another chance.

  • @user-zi1fi6fu7k
    @user-zi1fi6fu7k 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Anti-Japanese Cameron's anti-Japanese film

  • @FactsDontCareAboutFeelings_97
    @FactsDontCareAboutFeelings_97 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    They don’t make em like they used to. Hollywood puts out nothing but rushed garbage, woke nonsense, pointless remakes.

    • @daffers2345
      @daffers2345 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sometimes all 3 in one film. I haven't liked Disney for years. I'm sure it's much the same with other companies, but I don't go to the movies much. :P

  • @Sl20
    @Sl20 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    All this work just to please the audience!!!!and nobody else !!!the creativity it has no limits!!!,and all of them are filled with that!!!!,🔴🫢🤫 20:17