Subscribe to Corridor Crew: kzread.info Watch Slicing Adam Savage's Nose - Can VFX Beat Doing it for Real? kzread.info/dash/bejne/k4J-s8arpaqnktY.html Which scene we should take on for the next Practical vs. FX Challenge? Which scene recreation -- practical or FX -- do you think took longer and/or looks better?

@eninkam

Жыл бұрын

This is amazing, love that you and Corridor are working together on things like this, hope to see many more, this could be the Superbowl of practical vs digital effects, its amazing fun to watch and looks like you all had a blast!

@mrwigley9883

Жыл бұрын

I always wondered how they got that shot and your attempt is awesome and answers so many questions but, I have one question for you Adam. I kept wondering why you didn't attach the hose directly to the spring so the blood would shoot through it instead of installing it to the side? Did you think of it and decided it wouldn't give the affect you wanted or something else? It seems as if it would have been such a clean installation, and would atomize the spurt at the end through the spring when it bent adding another affect to the blood spurt? Also, can you super heat the hose and stretch it out like you can do with acrylic or glass to get a fine tip?

@eninkam

Жыл бұрын

How about the Alien Chestburster scene for an effect, its a lot of work I imagine but pretty iconic and I think presents some unique challenges The parting of the waves from the 10 commandments could be interesting to re-do in this day and age too. The head bursting scene from scanners could be cool I'd like to see something from Mary Poppins or the wizard of oz too but I can't think of which scene would lend its self well to this but I'm sure there are many.

@tamaraf69

Жыл бұрын

Perhaps Mike from Props to History might have recently run across your knife as he did a few visits to some locations. Here's his youtube channel (kzread.infofeatured) You never know. I'd recommend sending him a message.

@Leo2000___

Жыл бұрын

Although I love corridor's VFX which they do amazingly well, you just cannot replicate the authenticity of practical effects. The reaction was in real time vs the VFX scene preparation, you have that slight delay in reaction. If you have to count in real film shots, you can imagine the amount of takes you have to do for such a scene to get it perfect for post/VFX editing.

SO happy we got to work together on this project! It was fun to replicate the actual effect! I'm looking forward to doing more of these collabs!!

@Bad_Wolf_Media

Жыл бұрын

Did you guys do the editing on the vid for Tested? The style's just different enough from the regular stuff they post, so I figures I'd ask.

@TheMaster375

Жыл бұрын

@@Bad_Wolf_Media Nah, they have a new editor - Tested mentioned it in a comment a couple videos back

@johngrimble3050

Жыл бұрын

Yes please, more please!

@quanny3324

Жыл бұрын

Oh man I would love to the T2 arm scene done!

@Grasfh

Жыл бұрын

Love you guyssss

What an awesome time!! Adam it was a blast working on this project with you! It's so cool to watch this video with the context that this happened BEFORE we tried doing the actual shot!

@davidpowers746

Жыл бұрын

I saw your thumbnail earlier. I'm glad I watched this first. Also, Adam is right. This could be the start of a beautiful friendship. Make more of these.

@UrikaTractor

Жыл бұрын

hi wren

@alobowithadhd6191

Жыл бұрын

The little spray of blood you caught and your glare really sold it, Wren! Plus the delayed reaction to Adam’s comment made it feel a bit more realistic. Good job CC! Excellent work to you too, Adam!

@pattyprolapse

11 ай бұрын

YEAH, REALLY LOVE THE WORK YOU AND YOUR CO-WORKERS DID FOR BLACK RIFLE COFFEE. NOW WHEN I THINK OF CORRIDOR CREW I THINK OF KYLE RITTENHOUSE. AMAZING PEOPLE ALL AROUND. YOU SHOULD BE SO PROUD TO BE PART OF THAT WREN. ARE YOU PROUD? I'M PROUD FOR YOU.

@rogerstalder7184

10 ай бұрын

Its been 1 Year now. we need another challenge.

Here’s an idea for another Digital vs Practical FX: spaceship explosion. Adam builds a small ship from scratch with styrene and kitbashing, and then they set off a small slo-mo pyro charge explosion of the model as the actual “film shoot”. The CC guys have to make a small ship from scratch and do the explosion digitally.

@DigitalGus75

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, this one… it has all the elements - model building first, then an effects shot - for both digital and practical. But they need to start with a storyboard…

@christianwilson5287

Жыл бұрын

Would love to see this one!!!

@SampoPaalanen

Жыл бұрын

Well issue here is that there's few things that scale poorly explosions being one of those things, so if we'd want to give the practical effect a fair shake the model would have to be really big or the actual ship being tiny (as in too small to fit a person inside it tiny), otherwise the CGI will look better every single time due the explosions looking too small. A good practical effect is like a magical trick you know it's fake but you can't say exactly how they did it easily (unless you got a background in practical effects as then you know the tricks), but that means working with the limits of the craft and that means knowing for example what size can you make something for it to look good on camera (it might not look on set but what the camera sees and what the human eye sees are different) and still be cheap enough to be practical.

@anonymousaccordionist3326

Жыл бұрын

@@SampoPaalanen As a general rule, to scale explosions and flame for miniature you shoot at a higher frame rate and slow it down after to convey the scale.

@christianwilson5287

Жыл бұрын

@@SampoPaalanen don’t worry this is something corridor has gone over many times with their react videos

Practical vs Digital: Iron Man 1, Pepper Pots sticking her hand in Tony's chest to repair his reactor!

@guitarhero8110

Жыл бұрын

is there a behind the scenes for that shot? Never knew exactly how they did that.

@NicholasLolin

Жыл бұрын

@@guitarhero8110 They had RDJ at an angle so that they could connect him to a prop torso with the slot for the reactor. Pepper was reaching into a prosthetic torso's hole while acting with RDJ kinda sat at an awkward angle to sell it all together

@Szlater

Жыл бұрын

That’s a great call!

@alexwoodhead6471

Жыл бұрын

YYEEEAAAASSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!

@eternalproductions

Жыл бұрын

@@guitarhero8110 it was practical mostly , the body from the neck down was a prosthetic and RDJs head was exposed and then i think digitally connected to the body , it's basically like that magic trick where they saw someone in half and separate the two halves

Love seeing Wren and Niko in the cave!! Very exciting, very cool!! Love both of your channels!! Can’t wait to see more collaboration between you guys!!

@tested

Жыл бұрын

Us too. We really had fun.

@SpartansGamerz

Жыл бұрын

@@tested Can't wait for more!!

@darkwaterlythops

Жыл бұрын

Your practice of labeling everything makes me think of someone learning English or working their way back from a TBI. 😂

This was a wonderful collaboration! Would watch more versions of digital vs. practical VFX videos with them, love the Corridor Digital team.

It turned out so good. Also Wren's mobster face killed me.

Now of course, Adam went through all this trouble matching up the tip from one knife with the blade of another and gradually grinding them to fit together because no matter what tool you use to cut off the tip of something, the missing kerf from where the tool went through the workpiece will prevent that cutoff from matching up seamlessly if you put it back on. What I suppose, though, given the "keep it as simple as possible" philosophy of the 1970s propmasters, is that because hardened steel is so much of a hassle to cut through in the first place (as Adam once again demonstrated with his bandsaw troubles), the original maker simply clamped the tip in a vice and SNAPPED it off, no cutting and fitting necessary. The uneven curve of the break point looking less like a conspicuous perpendicular angle would then be a happy accident. Delightful build either way! But that probably would have saved Adam about an hour on the challenge timer, haha.

@SCRNSH0T

Жыл бұрын

Wow that’s such a good take, you could very well be right

@Midnotion

Жыл бұрын

The curve on the blade looks like it matches the planned movement of the actor, so that when flicking the knife, the cut edge maintains contact with the edge of the nostril as closely as possible to encourage the illusion.

@NotTheStinkyCheese

Жыл бұрын

That has got to be the tough part of replicating effects from movies. Unless you've got the creator on hand you'll never know if certain aspects were by design or a happy accident. Also consider that the original was a cheap knockoff of the knif that Adam was using... so it might have been a bit easier to cut....

@jeradw7420

Жыл бұрын

@@NotTheStinkyCheese I was going to add that bit. Adam speculates the original prop used cheap knives which are generally made with cheaper and softer steel. Cutting those blades would have been easy.

@threepe0

Жыл бұрын

oooOOOoo this is why I love the comment section of Adam's videos. Thanks!

I’ve wondered about this effect since seeing it as a teen in the ‘80s and did the *exact* same rewind->freeze frame analysis back then, too! This was fantastic!

@Saka_Mulia

Жыл бұрын

Play - Pause - Play - Pause - Play - Dammit - Rewind - Play - Pause - Play - Plause - Dammit!

@Dargonhuman

Жыл бұрын

@@Saka_Mulia Ah yes, teenage me knew that struggle all too well trying to see tiddies and 'tang back in the 90s...

"I have a knife, loaded with water..." Never in a million years would I have imagined anyone saying this.

@nfnworldpeace1992

Жыл бұрын

never have i ever seen a man drill a nostril in his younger minion looking self :P

This could be a whole channel by itself. Practical vs VFX. Awesome

this such a great series concept, id love to see cgi space ships vs practical model ships

@tested

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion!

@callsignapollo_

Жыл бұрын

This is the one that i think would be so interesting, as well as potentially doing an old school firecracker mini explosion vs a vfx rendering, really put nuke and some of the other fire fx software they use to the test

Losing a part while working happens too many times to all of us builders. Love that he left that in!

i love how no mater how many times Adam finger combs his hair, it always springs back to it's original form :)

The gentle fade in of the timer when the knife tip flew off was such a brilliant touch. *chefs kiss*

The timer should be a standard. To watch Adam work in such speeds is mesmerizing- and educational.

I just saw the Corridor Crew video!! I absolutely love you guys keep doing these COLAB videos!! To see both sides of VISUAL EFFECTS, as one who studied CGI animation, what a blast with these videos!!

Love the collab between Adam and Corridor Digital. Loved seeing you on their couch and them in your "cave"! :)

I would love to see this again! It's a great way to see the strengths and weaknesses of both effect styles. A couple interesting head to heads I would love to see are, bullet squib vs VFX bullet impact, make up and prosthetics vs VFX appearance manipulation, and pyrotechnics vs VFX explosions.

@AugmentedSmurf

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, I love every single one of these ideas. Another one to add to the pile would be those sparking paintball bullets that they use for spark bullet hits vs VFX sparks in composition. Though, I feel that with Fenner being on the team and them using Nuke in their composition pipeline, Corridor Crew may honestly knock any composition challenges out of the park.

@AugmentedSmurf

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, I love every single one of these ideas. Another one to add to the pile would be those sparking paintball bullets that they use for spark bullet hits vs VFX sparks in composition. Though, I feel that with Fenner being on the team and them using Nuke in their composition pipeline, Corridor Crew may honestly knock any composition challenges out of the park.

Watching the effect from the film, it's so startling! It's stunning. I enjoyed watching Adam remake something so sick!

As CG enjoyer I'm gonna say... practical looks so f-ing good. The flinch is so natural, the blood is not static, it "bleeds", gets in the mouth/teeth/hair, the "surprised" blinks on both "actors", the knife-tip small *clink and small little "ah" sells the "cut" so real. I myself flinched and blinked like 6 times in a row rewatching it xd really nice job on this one

@jokybones

Жыл бұрын

Digital is mostly a problem solver... And the two together saved the better shot so ... Love the combined version the most

The "final shot" was SO amazing! I really wasn't expecing it to be that good.

@Legionnaire726

Жыл бұрын

It really was a great shot, showed how much Mr savage knows his craft.

please do more with corridor. You are my hero, and they are my hero in the SE field.

Adam says "etcetera" right! He just gained another drop of respect in the absolute pool of respect I already have for the man.

I can't wait for the next Digital vs. Practical. This is such a cool idea and you guys are the perfect team to do it.

Awesome challenge. You guys need to do more of these. I think it would be fun to choose a skill in your mastery, a skill in the Corridor Crews mastery, and then neutral ones that neither has done before. I think in the end that showcases both of you working in and out of your comfort zone and using your distinct library of experiences to get through the task.

@tested

Жыл бұрын

Great suggestion.

That is the cutest Kant-twist clamp I've ever seen!

I enjoyed every minute of this ODB. When the moment of truth arrived I legitimately recoiled in both shock and delight. Well done.

This is definitely a trending series in the making. Super stoked to what you guys can come up with for future practical vs. vfx episodes!

As a long LONG time Mythbusters fan and Tested fan when I found it years ago and also a long time Corridor Digital fan, been over a decade for both now I've realized. Lol these collabs have been so surprising and SO cool, seeing two of my favorite channels working together on fun stuff is something I never thought I'd see! I hope there will be many more in the future cause these are amazing!

@Dargonhuman

Жыл бұрын

It's really special to see since they both have such a passion for their respective craft _as well as_ deep abiding respect for the other craft. This is the textbook definition of friendly rivalry.

OMG yes, please more Digital Vs. Practical!

The SIX consecutive sniffs of the funky blood made me chortle like an idiot

Can't remember when I had more fun watching my two favorite KZreadrs. I'm off to watch the Corridor Crew! Thanks, Adam!!

This channel gives me the feel of what it may be like to work in an environment like ILM. It's like a free training course and some hang out time with one of my favorite humans. Such great content.

38:17 Another one of those priceless moments with Adam Savage, haha.

I think part of it is the fact that having practical effects is that it also makes it more real for the actors

so fitting given the 40th anniversary of The THING! What a fantastic movie and unforgettable special effects

@LiamYager

Жыл бұрын

Don't get me wrong I love how accessible visual effects are today. There are numerous resources on KZread. But I would love to see more veteran prop and practical effects guys share their knowledge to a community that may feel like it is either this or that. Inspiring a new generation of practical effect artists.

This is the collab we dreamed of

@tested

Жыл бұрын

Us too! Looking forward to the next.

No brainer....something with Star Wars practical vs. vfx spaceship models!

Adam, your so darn entertaining and your story telling is hilarious 😂 to watch! Please keep teaching ‘ye viewers’ so many cool secrets from ‘ye Cave’. Keep the showstoppers rolling 😮 And don’t forget… GO COVENANT BLOOD ❤

This and the Corridor Crew's video were amazing. I can't wait to see more of that. Loved the challenge of practical vs. digital.

These types of collab are just so heartwarming and neat! Old school sharing knowledge with new school (and viceversa) is just what we need! Love to see more!

I worked on a film with Jon Alonso and got to talk to him about this particular Chinatown scene and how the knife worked. Thanks for doing this video and reminding me of how fortunate I was to get those moments with him. I was a nobody and he chatted with me for quite a long time. Very lucky and he was one of those old hollywood guys for sure. It was a hinge Adam, that's what Jon Alonso the DP told me.

The Alien Chest burster would be a great video to watch Adams dive in a and solve. One of my all time favorite movies.

Really impressed at 23:57; It takes a lot of skill to make tapering shapes fit that well

Wren trying to look tough is always so adorable

REALLY LOVE ALL THE WORK CORRIDOR CREW DID FOR BLACK RIFLE COFFEE. NOW WHEN I THINK OF CC I THINK OF KYLE RITTENHOUSE. AMAZING PEOPLE ALL AROUND. YOU SHOULD BE SO PROUD TO WORK WITH THEM AND ALL THE THINGS THEY REPRESENT.

My worlds have collided. Adam, who inspired me to be a maker; and Corridor, some guys I quite literally owe my career change to.

I was a long fan of Adam since Mythbusters, and I discovered just recently the Corridor Crew guys, and I am absolutely hooked. What a pleasure to see this collab :)

Seeing the iconic chest bursting scene redone and compared with practical effects and VFX would be super cool. Sounds like a large project, so probably not doable, but I would watch that in a heartbeat!

This needs to be a series! Physical vs Digital: Season 1

Man.... watching my Idol and a group of people I've been following for over a decade collaborate is such an amazing feeling! I think this was a match made in heaven! keep it up and I can't wait to see what you guys are up to next!

@christianwilson5287

Жыл бұрын

Couldn’t have said this better! Right there with you man!!!

Love the collabs with Corridor Crew! Thanks for all this great content!

@tested

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I hope this is the start of many Corridor and Savage collaborations.

You should definitely do a whole series of these with the Corridor Crew. It would be awesome!

Loved this video Adam. You working with Corridor is a match made in FX heaven!

The switchblade of course makes me think of the T2: Judgement Day scene where Arnold's T-800 does the big reveal to Dyson, slicing the skin off his arm and pulling it off the metal endoskeleton. Maybe a bit too similar, but it seems like a small enough scale for a CG vs practical video. I feel like this Chinatown shot being dependent on a single prop makes it an exceptionally good candidate for a competition between practical and digital. Everyone can think of great visual effects shots, but it's going to take some special ones to really fit into something of this scope.

Please do more projects with Corridor. Love seeing good people work with good people.

Ok this might be one of my new favorite episodes. It was a TON of fun to watch here and then watch Corridor Crew's video doing the digital version.

Hey, Adam. I have an idea for another practical effects one day build. The scene from Predator where Bill Duke (Mac) is shaving, and he cuts himself while they're waiting for the Predator to walk into their trap. This practical effect is done so well, that it never even crosses your mind that he isn't really cutting himself.

This was a great collaboration! I'd love to see more practical vs CG effects videos! car accidents are a good one that have made a huge leap in the digital effects arena over the last couple of decades. I know, that's probably a bit more expensive than a couple of stiletto knock-offs, but it would be nice to see!

Cant stop smiling watching this and Corridor crew! Would be interesting to see something like an arm being chopped off in Practical vs CG! fake arm vs green screen etc. (or any other body part for that matter!) Or explosions of small scale props vs CG? Cannot wait to see more of these!

what adam makes is impressive but what really blows my socks is that he has EVERYTHING in that cave

Haha after taking several deep sniffs of the blood... "It doesn't smell awesome." - but you kept going back for more 😂

Adam, you're so entertaining, charismatic, and educational. Just watched the Corridor video and hopped over to your channel to check out your part of the collaboration. Super cool! Thanks so much for the effort and passion you put into the entertainment and education of others. Much love to you.

We need a practical vs digital series!!!! Corridor and Adam are the perfect representatives for each. Adding in the old vs new in both techniques, ages is just the cherry on top

The collaboration between your channels is my favorite content on KZread. Please do more!!

Loved the result! I didn't think it could look so real.

Loved this build! You should try some practical effects from the original EVIL DEAD movie vs new digital effects!

YESSSS!!!! PLEEEEASE DO MORE OF THESE!!!!

Mmmh real metal! 😊 Even steel! 😃 Love it when there is metal involved! 🥰

I think a simple in/out bullet squib would be a good challenge. (Django unchained killing candy's men) has the best in/out squibs with the light, volume, and color of blood. Its also not well document on KZread (safety, what to do/not do, where to be trained in squibs or how to use air compression squibs) there are some videos but few by professionals. A good alternative challenge would be air whip tentacles (from make up to movement).

Awesome video! If there was another practical vs. digital collaboration I would love to see the hobbit effect (small person interacting with a big person) practically from the original LotR with forced perspective sets and how they did it digitally from the new Hobbit series.

Adam's comment about his hair is quite funny. His hair is one of his defining visual features! It perfectly accents his manic, excited giddiness. He is a bit of a mad scientist and the fact that his hair seems to agree makes me happy! Looks good on him!

@Jcush21

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. 🙂

Norm, I really want a tour of the cave. This guy is my hero.

Give those great kids a bump! I love to see you guys collaborating!

I love this! I shared this suggestion on the Corridor Crew channel but thought I'd drop it here too: I'd love to see a practical vs digital contest based around some use of miniatures (a backdrop/stage, a vehicle, etc) to see how both approaches tackle that challenge and how it turns out. Thanks for the amazing collaboration!

@georgebeswick7549

Жыл бұрын

Ohhh that could be interesting, but not sure how much time it would take out of Adam's days compared to Wren and the rest of the VFX artists

@JustinFike

Жыл бұрын

@@georgebeswick7549 Yeah I'm not sure how to make it fair. Maybe Adam could have a small team to help him?

@c0deb245

Жыл бұрын

Star wars space ship shot or independence day style building explosion would be awesome.

One of the best screenplays ever to come out of Hollywood.

This could be a TV show. Two crews. One vfx, one practical. In each episode, both crews are challenged to reproduce one iconic movie scene. Audience decides who won.

Both this and the related corridor crew video popped up on my page at the same time. I spent 5 minutes staring trying to decide which to watch first. I am spoiled today.

@huxm5259

Жыл бұрын

The answer is: yes

Came over after seeing the Corridor video. Love this concept! Looking forward to more practice vs. digital challenges!

Practical effects are the hallmark of a great movie.

Crushing the AT-ST head with 2 logs from Return of the Jedi. I'd love to see that effect practical 1983 style vs modern CGI

What if you guys did something old school from a a Buster Keaton or Charlie Chaplin film?

Very cool! Ideas for future comparisons: Anything from Star Wars IV, V, or VI where they took a perfectly good practical effect and replaced it with a crappy CGI one in the "special" edition. Take your pick. (If Lucasfilm lets you get away with it.)

@LinkinMark1994

Жыл бұрын

I’d love to see his take on episode 4 Jabba and make it more faithful to the puppet from episode 6

Honestly amazing seeing how the pros make our movies look real. It would be awesome to see you guys recreate a star wars-like entry scene for the millennium falcon or something in both practical effect and CGI!

Holy moly Adam..😮😮

Great Movie!! This was a riveting video! Brilliant job Adam! I really enjoy your interractions with The Corridor boys! 👏👏

I am surprised that those automatic knives, i.e. switchblades, are legal in the state of CA; CA is typically known for outlawing about everything.

@GabbageFilms

Жыл бұрын

They aren’t exactly. Illegal to carry, possess in public, sell or give away. Don’t know what that actually means in terms of owning one in your home, or if dulling it changes anything.

@darkindy

Жыл бұрын

The fact they are illegal to sell, is probably more the reason why cheep knock offs are no longer flooding the market. There is no market to speak of.

This HAS to be a new thing. I loved this. Please do more.

"always going to be better in general" hits a lot like "50% of the time it works every time"

LOVE THE FACT THAT WE STILL HAVE PRACTICAL FX. IT GIVES A SENSE OF HOMAGE AND REVERENCE TO WHATS GONE BEFORE. HAVE TO SAY THOUGH. I TRIED CHINATOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME. DIDNT LIKE IT AT ALL :(

I do CGI and small practical effects like this are almost always faster and better. CGI has its uses but it is overused by certain companies because they don't want to pay union workers like set and costume designers and prop masters. Digital art is not yet a union job sadly. I don't want to be making some actor's costume half digital because the costume department was given five hours and $20. I'd much rather be making things practical effects have a hard time with like transformation sequences or impossible stunts.

That look on Adam's face at 38:19 is PRICELESS

There aren't many movie moments that make me look away..... but Chinatown does.

Getting shot by an arrow. Practical vs VFX Maybe getting shot by bullets. (Prob not youtube friendly) Glass smash.

@tested

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the suggestions!

Adam: "Can you see me here? You can!" Adam is now the Bob Ross of Special Effects

The sheer confidence of Adam dumping out a box of rolly things onto a table with no barrier to keep them from falling off. Right after he says he hates when things fall on the ground and get lost. I can't 😂

"I put the thing I wanted back, and kept the thing I didn't." And there is the Adam Savage we all know and love!