THE VIDEO SHELF · visual effects perception
Why CG Sucks (Except It Doesn't)
RocketJump Film School argues that we only notice bad CG while great CG is invisible, so CG seems to be everywhere ruining movies when it often is not.
Why HN readers recommended it
Used as a counterpoint whenever commenters claim CGI always looks fake.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- RocketJump Film School
- Topic
- visual effects perception
- Format
- commentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 7
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2017–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Computer graphics are already better than a lot of people realize, because now you only "see" the bad effects. The good effects you often don't notice. Highly relevant YouTube video: [VIDEO] While they may not quite be there yet, I think a lot of the …
jerf on Hacker News · 2017-06
In The Algorithms Behind Moana’s Animated OceanRelated video about why people think CGI sucks or is still in the uncanny valley: [VIDEO] Basically we consider CGI bad because we only see bad CGI. If it's used properly and the director/creator understands its limitations we either don't notice it or use our …
rdoherty on Hacker News · 2017-10
In Goodbye Uncanny Valley [video]This video from a few years ago is a great counterpoint: [VIDEO] It's not defending all CGI, just arguing that we only notice it when it's bad. It's basically a toupée fallacy
vlunkr on Hacker News · 2022-02
In Over-reliance on CGI in movies
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.