Hey Everybody! I´m planning to recreate some more famous Movie FX in the Future. What would you like to see me doing ???

@ashokkumarganesan3927

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome work Try making 360° camera work with any amazing visuals.

@ashokkumarganesan3927

5 жыл бұрын

Like in 2001 A Space Odyssey

@PracticalEffectsGuy

5 жыл бұрын

@@ashokkumarganesan3927 what effect exactly do you mean by that ? :)

@kayEnt3rtainm3nt

4 жыл бұрын

How about the final shot of the impossible chapel in Nostalghia?

@michaelshepherd6860

4 жыл бұрын

The water column from Abyss.

You forgot to mention a genius part of the shot in the movie. They reversed/flipped the entire set (as in rebuilt it) for the mirror shot.

@santiagogeringertueros7791

8 күн бұрын

Didn't they just horizontally flip the shot? Making it an actual reflection?

It's even more mindblowing to know that this shot was so simple.

@PracticalEffectsGuy

5 жыл бұрын

totally with you there!

@RmDIrSudoSu

5 жыл бұрын

As a photographer I knew it was something like that, but I wanted to see if it was the case. But usualy the most mindblowing shots are always pretty simple tricks done extrêmely well. I remember that when I was at school, we had to make a commercial for a product. I was asign a parfume product, and the teacher was really like "what the hell is he doing" while I was in the studio, until she saw what I made with it afterward. It's the same for every form of art, in music, usualy when you look at a Beethoven/Brahms/Elgar/Debussy/Ravel/Bach/... piece, the structure of the piece is simple, the melody is easy to sing and the harmony is so well made that it looks easy, but making something like that is far from easy. ^^

Finally, a video that explains it. Thanks. It was driving me crazy

@PracticalEffectsGuy

5 жыл бұрын

You´re welcome!

@jedidiah930

3 жыл бұрын

ikr man😂

It’s a shame people with quality content like this get lost in the KZread video limbo

@4partmedia

4 жыл бұрын

With 1:30 wasted on an "intro".. I can clearly understand why it's buried deep down .

@BartleyTroyan

Жыл бұрын

Same as it ever was. Sadly the Internet hasn't solved many of our problems and has exacerbated other ones.

How do you not have tens of thousands of subscribers? Your content, production, and execution are such high quality. Best wishes!

@PracticalEffectsGuy

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your kind words! means alot to me !! and maybe we´ll get there someday :)

My mind had been blown by this shot for years (not a director or super into cinematography so I never really looked into it) but who knew it was so relatively easy for such an iconic shot. Kudos, subbed.

4:20 SANDBAGS MY DUDE

Bob Dylan: "Life isn't about finding yourself or finding anything, life is about creating yourself."

@PracticalEffectsGuy

3 жыл бұрын

That's lovely!!

Amazing!!! Love you both

I always loved that shot!

I appreciate you effort man 👍 Keep sharing knowledge

Thanks for that closing remark. "You just have to stay curious and find out how things work. And get creative yourself."

@PracticalEffectsGuy

3 жыл бұрын

You´re welcome! I´m glad if it inspires just a little tiny bit! :)

This was just awesome! I love that movie so much. Two minor quibbles. There's no spilled popcorn in your gaffer tape scene. :-P And you can't cast a shadow on a decent mirror. That's not how mirrors work, LOL. When I was much younger, say, 27 years ago, I tried to figure out how this shot could be made with 100% practical effects. What I came up with is a rig where the medicine cabinet was float-mounted to the front of the camera at a 45º angle, and the whole running scene is filmed through the mirror. Upon reaching the bathroom there's a magnetic mount where the mirror sticks to the bathroom wall (releasing the camera mount), and the actress can open it. Of course, in _Contact,_ the angle isn't 45º but it would be a cool shot to do anyway. Cheers!

@PracticalEffectsGuy

Ай бұрын

haha! gosh.. that´s a next level channel or format, to do such effects 100% practical. Always bugs me, that most of the time you still end up with after effects comps, green screen or something like that. would love to see your attempt. you´re absolutly right. that must work! x) thanks for your comment! greatly appreciate it! cheers!

@FlatEarthMath

Ай бұрын

@@PracticalEffectsGuy Upon re-reading my original comment, I may have given the impression that I actually did it. I apologize! I meant to say "what I came up with _in my mind_ was..." LOL. I thought your recreation of the mirror scene was really, really good. 🙂

@PracticalEffectsGuy

Ай бұрын

@@FlatEarthMath all good i didn´t get it this way. but it´s never too late to do something xD hehe. thx mate x)

I love this video, thank you! It is one thing to read explanations and quite another to see a practical example. I love how it turned out too, awesome work :)

@PracticalEffectsGuy

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly my opinion. If you see it or even do it yourself it´s a different world. Glad you enjoyed it Thanks for your comment! :)

What great channel guysss!!!

117 people can't understand the trick even after this great tutorial.

Great explanation, thanks!

thank you. finally a video that actually explains properly how this was shot

@PracticalEffectsGuy

5 жыл бұрын

You´re most welcome! Glad i could help!

Wow, great video 👍

Great breakdown man! Just one question, why are u mentioning the pan to emulate the opening of the mirror? I don't see that shot in the final scene 😂

Thank you for creating and sharing this~♡♡

And finally you explains it,thanks alot bro

@PracticalEffectsGuy

5 жыл бұрын

You´re welcome!

Loved that scene ,you clever Bastards!!

@PracticalEffectsGuy

5 жыл бұрын

thx man ! :D

cosmos is geil ! Unterschreibe ich dir sofort :D

amazing video. and not forced to be the almighty 10 min. can i guess you guys are german? based on the accent and the beatiful "NEIN" when the light fell? =)

@PracticalEffectsGuy

5 жыл бұрын

thx dude! haha :D busted... yes we´re from germany!

Nice work 👍

very cool! thanks!

already know, but haven't try to remake it yet. liked

Amazing

How did I only find you now?!

The one thing I think might be off is that "mirror shadow". I don't think a mirror surface, unless it has a LOT of dirt or dust atop it, is gonna have a visible drop shadow.

Are we just going to ignore that cliffhanger ending? Am I the only one worried about that light?

@MsDevilbunny007

3 жыл бұрын

It was definitely broken :')

Thank you for this video

Perfect!

Good knowledge

Ur videos r of top notch buddy 👍🏼keep up d good wrk👍🏼👍🏼

@PracticalEffectsGuy

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Glad you like it! :)

Thankyou so much for this video. I was looking for this trick ever since i saw contact.

@PracticalEffectsGuy

6 жыл бұрын

You are most welcome good sir !

excellent bro! you have a new follower

@PracticalEffectsGuy

5 жыл бұрын

thx man ! appreciate it :)

I was watching Contact and paused it to FINALLY figure out how this was made.....now back to the movie.

@PracticalEffectsGuy

3 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

Ha, funny parody. Nice job!

Nice explanation! i guess it is quite easy today, but how did they do it in 1997 ?? was already computer graphic that advanced?

The intro music sounds like a 2002 cellphone ringtone.

@PracticalEffectsGuy

6 жыл бұрын

true that :)

Thanks!!

Cool man!

@PracticalEffectsGuy

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much man ! :)

Such an old movie, but still great 😂😂

@PracticalEffectsGuy

7 жыл бұрын

totally agree! :)

GENIO

Nice! Having seen recent explanations by the director, looks like the only thing you didn’t do was build a full mirror flipped set to shoot on 😊

@PracticalEffectsGuy

Ай бұрын

oof... didn´t even know they did that. that´s wild !!! xD

@PaulForeman-indievisuals

Ай бұрын

@@PracticalEffectsGuy this one 😊 kzread.info/dash/bejne/eoWG15ucqpiyaag.htmlsi=67gkOGnkW_nxWaDq

The genius of the shot is, the person who conceived it to begin with. "Easy" when you know how.

THANK YOU! ❤️

i Love u work

Thank you so much. Another mirror trick that f me up is the one in Dua Lipa's Physical MV. I understand it more by watching your video.

keep on digging

super explain

Nice work! I want to ask where can I find the dirt on the mirror effects.

@PracticalEffectsGuy

3 жыл бұрын

i just photographed my shower glass door with some chalk on it in front of a black background and used the right Blending Mode in AE. But any window or glass surface will do.

This can also be done without video editing using a camera dolly with cabinet built on the dolly and the camera pointed at the glass.

Wow, this was a mindblowing shot in 1996. The entire theater was silent for this and the opening zoom out. Thank you for explaining it.

thank you sir

Кто придумал этот эффект - просто гений! Очень оригинально и креативно...

@PracticalEffectsGuy

6 жыл бұрын

I´m totally with you there.. it´s so simple but so effective.. that makes it genius!

FYI, they recreated this now-iconic mirror shot almost exactly the same way at the very beginning of Consecration (2023) because it is the same actress, only now she is an adult. It happens at the 4-minute mark!

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you can see in Contact the different posture of the fingers and the hand when they are close to the mirror.

@PracticalEffectsGuy

5 жыл бұрын

yeah exactly !! if you look really close you can see it.. but it´s way better than the mirror shot from suckerpunch!! Take a look at that if you haven´t seen it :)

the final effect it's the best :D 4:19

I'm still convinced that any normal cameraman could reproduce this easier, by memorizing the set's floorplan, then shooting the scene from the mirror of the medicine cabinet itself, to which he'd be attached. The last part of the scene is just a short zoom out. I'm even convinced THATS how Contact did it; and they're just lying now. Look at the lighting difference of that shot from Contact; it's different because they shot it from the glass, like I'm suggesting. Would you have to make a rig? Yes. But what's a steady-cam, but a rig. ...So to be clear, I'm saying it was all done "in camera" with no greenscreening et. The trick was getting the cameraman to memorize the floorplan, and sticking him into a rig that houses the medicine cabinet. He'd have to be at an angle, so he doesn't show up in the mirror, but that angle also allows him to see in enough whats actually in front of this rig.

Great video, any chance you can explain how you achieved the dirt layer?

@PracticalEffectsGuy

3 жыл бұрын

I photographed my shower door out of glass with chalk on it, infront of a black background and used the right blending mode in AE. So just find a window or any glassy surface and shoot it x)

@TheEffectsMaster11

3 жыл бұрын

@@PracticalEffectsGuy perfect!! thank you so so much!

The nod of understanding 4:05.

Thanks

Your accent is soooo german! Great vid thanks!

Hello from Russia. Nice work, pal!:)

@PracticalEffectsGuy

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much man! :) Cheerio from Germany !

what a way to start a video with anxiety

good job bro

@PracticalEffectsGuy

7 жыл бұрын

thank you very much man. really appreciate it !

ahaahhahahahaahhah nice shot :D

You can do this without any compositing what-so-ever on any camera. Just anchor the camera to the medicine cabinet and rip the medicine cabinet out of the wall and mount them together as one rig. Walk ahead of your subject filming in the same direction you're both walking and filming into the mirror. Never let the camera see the sides of the mirror (anchored, remember)...then when you get to the end of the shot, just stop the mirror in a designated location and pull the camera away from it. I did this with my cel-phone and several video cameras and it's identical to Contact, without an ounce of post-work...It just requires the MIRROR GO WITH THE CAMERA! The mirror does NOT have to be very heavy. The glass can be thin plastic and the rest can be cardboard. So having a fake mirror rigged to a lightweight camera is more than feasable.

hammergeil

nice

P E T E R M C K I N N O N

What I want to know is how they did the beach scene. How'd they find an alien who so perfectly resembled David Morse, and how did they know he'd resemble Ellie's dad? That's pretty shocking.

man, WOW

@hussainbohuliga3613

7 жыл бұрын

Can made step by step tutorial?

Прикольно. Спасибо.

Starts at 1:55

@reng935

4 жыл бұрын

you're a life saver

Welcome to Schiller Visions

I think the lady should be looking straight into the camera but other than that it was great

@PracticalEffectsGuy

6 жыл бұрын

Geez you´re right.. that could have more impact. Didn´t thought about that ! Thanks dude :)

Which program is used in this scene?

@PracticalEffectsGuy

5 жыл бұрын

After Effects 2015.3 for Compositing and Premiere Pro for Editing

@ohno6825

5 жыл бұрын

WolffVisuals Thank youuuw

this looks like a nice attempt to recreate but after watching the OG clip and then this its def not close enough imo :P her head was still in frame when she went into the cabinet and her hand didn't look strange like it did for you

@PracticalEffectsGuy

4 жыл бұрын

I totally agree! Its Not a perfect recreation, but i think it captured the idea of the effect.. So i'm good with that! But thx for your comment :)

@DanksterPaws

2 жыл бұрын

I actually think the hand looks better on the recreation. Especially since the OG has that very obvious mismatching sleeve.

oh thanks God I can sleep now.

Video starts at 2:17

@aguilacahc000

4 жыл бұрын

FUCKING THANK YOU

Please someone explain? all i see is a girl running up to a cabinet and opens it, what should i be seeing or not seeing??

Should have had a grip to secure that light

How did they do this in 1997? In 1997, I was playing with MS Paint and surfing AOL at the speed of a sloth.

@PracticalEffectsGuy

3 жыл бұрын

You better don't watch Jurassic Park ...

HOW DO YOU DO THE DURT ON THE MIRROR??

@PracticalEffectsGuy

6 жыл бұрын

I actually took a picture of my shower glass door infront of a black background. It had a few slight chalk stains on it. Then i imported it in After Effects and changed the blend mode to get rid of the black. I think it was multiply or screen. And last i tracked the edges of the mirror to get the movement right. that´s it! Hope that helps!

6 жыл бұрын

WolffVisuals Genius! Thanks for the video! I'm not really a effect guy, I use mostly final cut, but I will probably try that! Thanks!

@PracticalEffectsGuy

6 жыл бұрын

You´re welcome :)

1:25 🤣

I fucking knew it a green screen with two shots.

My guess was that the mirror was attached to the camera and it filmed the whole shot through the mirror. And at the end camera and mirror are separated. Wouldn't that be possible too?

@PracticalEffectsGuy

3 жыл бұрын

wow... i like how you´re thinking. actually it would be possible i guess.. which would make it a completely practical shot also. hmmmm....

@DanksterPaws

2 жыл бұрын

I dont underdtand how that works. Like the camera is in the cabinet and behind the mirror? The camera would be blocking its own reflection if it was attatched to the mirror

I LOVE LAMP?

@PracticalEffectsGuy

6 жыл бұрын

what do you mean with that ?

1:50 to get through all his bullshit

I like how you ruined the scene _before_ you explained it.

@sissawi606

3 жыл бұрын

I like how you're an idiot

Was ending a joke, or did she really fell? T_T

@MsDevilbunny007

3 жыл бұрын

No I really fell :'D

@ScienceDiscoverer

3 жыл бұрын

@@MsDevilbunny007 Awww, that seemed a nasty fall! Hope you ended up better than lamp :D

@ScienceDiscoverer

3 жыл бұрын

@@MsDevilbunny007 But even your unintentional fall ended up very dramatic! And could be made into separate story video!

@MsDevilbunny007

3 жыл бұрын

@@ScienceDiscoverer Haha thanks! It felt pretty dramatic, too xD But other than that I was alright :b

Skip the intro 1:50

At 00:26 we can see Eva look down for her mark. (oopsie)

tilt-shift lenses would make it too.

@PracticalEffectsGuy

5 жыл бұрын

please elaborate!

@rafaelthetall

5 жыл бұрын

@@PracticalEffectsGuy the 'no camera mirror' is a very old and famous photography trick and uses a tilt-shift lens. basicaly it is: place the camera just out of the mirror reflection, place the subject in such a fashion it is framed by the mirror and correct the perspective. it can be done in post by correcting the perspective of the mirror too but will end with some focus artifacts (slanted focal plane) and is 'less techincal'. check this for a more visual example www.the-digital-picture.com/Canon-Lenses/What-Is-a-Tilt-Shift-Lens.aspx

@rafaelthetall

5 жыл бұрын

@@PracticalEffectsGuy got it?

@PracticalEffectsGuy

5 жыл бұрын

@@rafaelthetall That´s unbelievable !! i never had the chance to work with a tilt shift lense.. but clearly that blows my mind. Thank you very much for this comment! I will look deeper into that since i can´t fully understand how and why that works until i tried it myself xD

@rafaelthetall

5 жыл бұрын

@@PracticalEffectsGuy you can 'emulate' this very well in after. get a dlsr with a good travel lens (like a 18-200 or 27-300) so you have enough zoom to frame the approach in tele and frame the mirror in wide. take in account you will have to cut some to compensate for the perspective correction so make the wide very wide . in after adjust the perspective so the mirror looks 'square'. one thing: the aproach path will not be perpendicular to the mirror but a bit skewed. done