ILM: Behind the Magic in Marvel Studios' The Avengers
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ม.ค. 2013
- We are proud to present this video which showcases some of ILM's Oscar nominated effects work for the 2012 hit film, "Marvel's The Avengers". This reel represents a small fraction of the work created by over 200 ILM artists, scientists, and engineers backed up by a world class production team.
The stop motion animations which open and close the reel were done the old fashioned way - by hand, one frame at a time. They were crafted by ILM's stop motion guru, Erik Dillinger specifically for this reel.
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Render time: eternity.
The "chrome" balls your referring to are graphical representations of the more that 1,800 panospheres we shot to create the textures used in virtually all of the New York shots.
CG artists are so underrated... *sigh*
Yes, we've been implementing that type of technology sine Episode I in 1999.
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The amount of work is insane.
Did you see the definition and details on the skin of Hulk??? O_O
i would love to have that model, fully rigged!
CGI today is amazing!
It's always helpful for a director to be knowledgeable about the visual effects process. Much of the time, visual effects is one of the first departments on a film and we stay on until the very end. Visual effects supervisors provide a number of services during that time from helping plan the shoots to educating the director to what he/she can expect to see at each stage of the post process, to making suggestions which may help guide the creative. VFX Supervisors have to wear many hats.
Watching the final product of a year (or more) of work is very rewarding. Often it's the first time we see it complete with sound and all of the non-fx shots so it's a very different experience than what we see while working day to day.
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Yes, we used both Autodesk Flame/Inferno (as part of our Saber system) and The Foundry's Nuke.
1. It's one of the largest we've built to date.
2. Typically, we simulate the majority (if not all) of our explosions and all of the smoke and debris associate with them. From time to time we might also augment a CG explosion with live action elements.
You guys do such amazing work, I wrote my film studies coursework about how you have grown to be the best visual effects company on the planet. Truly an inspiration, I love what you do.
Thats so crazy! The movie looked so realistic but actually most of it is computer generated. Inconceivable! :0
basically, aside from the actual actors everything is just cgi
At ILM we had roughly 200 folks working on the film. I can't speak for the other VFX houses.
3:02 That one continuous camera shot. The best shot of the entire movie in my opinion, I can't even fathom how much work must have gone into it.
The explosions you're referring to are all CG effects created in our Plume simulation & rendering engine.
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Yes, we continuously train our artists on the proprietary software we develop.
the last scene is had to be in the movie :D
absolutley amazing. i knew there was CGI, but i didnt think it was this much,
The detail of the models especially blew me away.
CGI is pretty. It's done well in this movie.
Yes, we use Maya for our feature animation. It's a mature, powerful and extendable package.
this really helps me appreciate the hard work that goes into CG
If I watched this before I had a basic understanding of Editing, editing software, visual effects and special effects , I would never have gotten into film making.
I cant believe this movie didnt won an Oscar
I love videos like these. It's amazing to see the magic. It demands a lot of work.
With now technology we can see dead actor or actress in action again...
There is a substantial amount of animation in the film, yes.
Back in 2006 ILM's physical production unit (the model shop and stages) was spun off and became an independent company called Kerner Optical. Although we no longer operate a model shop, we still incorporate models and miniatures in the effect work we do when we feel it will benefit the shot(s).
I would love to see a scene from scratch to finished!
That movie must of been a TON of work.
:) True
Big props to the people that do this
The on set motion capture is done via ILM IMOCAP.
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congrats on your Oscar nomination, you guys truly deserved it!
That Render times...
Each of our videos is unique and the sound work is not always done by the same sound designers. Perhaps that would account for the differences you're hearing.
We use Maya for animation along with ILM's Zeno software and 3DS Max for environments work and we have our own in-house destruction tools.
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We're the visual effects house - the editing is done elsewhere.
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For 'The Avengers' we used a few different types of performance capture. We used our patented IMOCAP system for capturing Mark Ruffalo's body performance on-set. We used traditional, optical motion capture to capture additional performances on our Mocap stage at ILM and we used twin facial cameras mounted in a head rig, similar to what we prototyped for 'Avatar'. All of the performance capture was then combined with keyframe animation to create what is seen in the film.
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Rendertime: OVER 9000 XD
9000 what? Years? xD
pls tellme whats 9000 xd?
You guys are awesome! Its beautiful how effortlessly you make all of it blend together into one seamless scene.
You guys are the silent guardian, the watchful protectors, you're the heros hollywood deserves and needs.
YOU ARE
ILM!
We have some software we've developed over the years.
BTW, The ILM software is nicknamed "Mr. Flare"
Hope that answers your question.
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It truly is both fascinating as well as amazing to see the actual extent of how much CGI they put into films like this today.
Won't be long before they even replace real actors with CG ones.
i want realistic game grapgics and textures like that
Forest Melody Some time ago Gates said 640k would be enough for anyone, and today you hardly find a pendrive with less than
2.000.000 Kb (2gb) ... I don't belive computers will stop improving soon...
TJChagas No, that's not what I meant. This generation of computers is eventually going to end. Then we will move on to chemical, optical or quantum computers. Technology will stop evolving as soon as earths life stops living.
Forest Melody Yeah a simple equation. The longest program ever written with a quantum computer was 3*5=15
Bob Jones Thank you xP
Its still proof of concept, I mean, I thought we would be WAY off quantum stuff for a long time.
But though this probably seems so insignificant, it might just be the beginning of computers we can have epic games run on!
(I hope)
For current films we'll deliver modified versions of our 3D scenes to the company performing the conversion so they can easily have access to all of our elements in z-space as they were arranged in the shot.
For older films, the conversion houses often roto elements from a 2D 4K scan of a clean print.
The stop motion animations which open and close the reel were done the old fashioned way - by hand, one frame at a time. They were crafted by ILM's stop motion guru, Erik Dillinger specifically for this reel.
i wonder what software which they use...
For 3D modelling, Autodeak Maya, motion capture, MotionBuilder
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So the final battle is basically one giant video game cinematic? Cool. But seriously this film blew me away.
with this highly sophisticated tech, i am afraid one day, we will be in no need for actors and actresses. then we will have famous people whom we can never meet in person cus they are as a matter of fact virtual lol
Stay in school and learn all you can in class, online and go out and shoot some stuff of your own. It's best to have both arms in this business ; )
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Some of the hallway is CG but as there was extensive special effects work done on set we wanted to maintain as much of the real set and pyro as possible.
now we need to take this movie back in time to the 60's and show how far we've come
A lot of people would die after seeing a shot clip of the movie...
I always wondered what people from that time would think if they saw the movies now. They would think dinosaurs and aliens and giant robots really existed, and would probably freak out.
Absolutely unbelievable! Almost the entire movie is made from CG...
It was a great deal of manual work supplemented by automation wherever possible.
The attention to detail (even the attention to the reflection in the Hulk's eye) is amazing.
Really really amazing, really goes to show how good CGI is and when its done well its part of the movie, ironically the best CGI is the one you cant notice and this is a perfect example
Amazing stuff guys, I remember first hearing the name when you did the Mummy while watching the extras and was impressed by how good the CGI was then!!
0:23 Dang! Black Widow in this shot was actually CGI?!!!!
You are the best visual effects company ever! You made and you're still making SFX movie history since 1977! Thank you.
I love the fact that you render all of the stuff in the background which the audience doesn't actually focus on. Just watched it again this evening and I fully appreciate the amount of work that goes into the post-production. Wonderful.
Winner, that's made by very hardwork plus genius brain. Salute.
wow great video, thank you so much for making this for us :)
Ah, sorry I didn't get that. No, all of the spheres we shot from three levels, from the street, from about 150' in the air via man lifts and from building rooftops. Each location was in turn shot in the morning, afternoon and evening to give us the most flexibility when matching the live action.
Hope that answers your question.
On the contrary, every shot of Hulk, the Aliens and all of our Iron Man shots are fully CG... And many with Thor, Black Widow and Hawk Eye as well.
too sick
unbelievable! awesome..
I'm happy ILM are showing this and educating the audience to show that the majority of films are made up of mostly vfx and 3d content. A lot of the time the actors and environments are recreated and animated in 3D without people knowing. The artist that produce this are not getting the recongnition they deserve, just like what's happened with 'Life of Pi.'
Some very cool CGI. And the first film to get do justice to the Hulk - was a bit of a wet blanket in the previous films! :P
really amazing : )
Amazing
the detail placed in the little things is simply amazing.
Absolutely love the fact you highlight the little details like the reflection in Hulk's eyes. It's attention to detail like that which absolutely sells all of these effects. I couldn't believe the city aerial shots were completely CG. Mindblowing.
Is math involved in this?
Will it take long to learn how to do visual effects?
What could i download to start doing this?
Sorry i dont know much about these effects but they look so good i want to learn how to do something like it ( Obviously wont come close to this ) and where could i read more on visual effects?
To make special effects start out by buying after effects or creative cloud. You can get discounts on the software if you're a student so it's $20 per month. Look up tutorials on how to use the software on youtube. To make CGI you can use blender which is free or 3ds max which is free if you're a student. It will take a lot of time and practice to learn how to use the software. Look up corridor digital. They are really good at doing this kind of stuff and have some tutorials too.
Would recommend you start off learning a program called 'Cinema 4D', find some basic tutorials on youtube.
Wooo!! all is 3D!!! :) o.o i´ve to take some 3D classes
You know what the best part is? Being able as a viewer to absorb 2 years work by hundreds of artists in about two hours.
I'll sit through the credits to honour that work...even without the Marvel goodies usually slapped on the very end. (but I love that too) thanks to all involved. Can't wait to see Pacific Rim.
I honestly must say, I respect the amount of quality workmanship you guys/girls put into these INCREDIBLE movies I've seen so far. I salute y'all!
And here I thought Transformer's CGI breakthrough can't be topped...
Then you need to watch transformers more closely lol
4:28 ouch :)
How cool is it that they actually answered the questions on their equipment and software!
Even though I'm a bigger fan of practical effects, this studio did a great job with the CGI. Kudos.
LMFAOOOOOOOO
The final scene xD
Wow. FFS, so basically this whole movie was 3d animations?
no they built a real flying ship for the movie and also blew up manhattan
no, don't believe this video, the hulk was real
I just love how you guys go right into the finest amount of detail. like the reflection in hulks eye OMG
You guys never cease to amaze me.
I want the same computer to get my render
what is the song at 0:56
Assuming you're referring to the flyings shots of Iron Man and the attacking aliens, the answer is no. Those shots were created virtually based on a series of photo shoots we did in New York City over the course of a number of weeks. There are too many flight restrictions in New York City to allow shooting the types of plates we needed for these sequences so we developed alternative methods to generate photorealistic environments.
This makes me wanna watch The Avengers in the big screen again! Awesome job, guys. Your Oscar nomination is well deserved.
M I N D B L O W N
PUNY GOD !
I didn't see Life of Pi yet, but I think The Avengers deserves the Oscar for best visual effetcs.
You guys are the best and most amazing people in the world..without you guys..hollwood will be fallen apart or even..never exist.... i hope you guys all the best and wish u guys finally get what u guys needed.
I thought these were all practical effects.
Hagen552 is right. Effects for effects sake typically result in a mediocre film. Add a solid story and great acting and then you have something.
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Even the Behind the Scenes is EPIC!
Hats of to the software engineers and Animators - Pure genius!
lucky guy 3:02
0:31, at the movie, I tought Black Widow was NOT CGI, wierd
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yeah, i get it, thanks
That's the sign of a good effect, isn't it? :D
This is why I love ILM. You almost never see these kinds of videos, and ILM seems to release a new one very frequently, and they're always great fun to watch. Keep up the amazing work!
its not just you visuals that are amazing, but its your breakdowns as well... i must say thank you for giving me inspiration and knowledge of your processes