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The techniques used to film scenes are just as important as the technology itself, as this is what makes the film ‘flow’. When filming first started the used a fixed camera and the people stood in front of it acting out what they want. The problems with this are that sometime they wonder out of frame and you have a fixed background. Then cameras were put on a stick to be moved around, then from there on to a crane. When the camera was moved from a stick onto a crane, it was a big development as the filmmakers had more control over what they could do and show with the camera. So each new step with techniques is just as important as with technology. But without technology a lot of filming techniques wouldn’t be possible. This is why I am writing about both of these things along side each other.
The new filming techniques and technologies help create new stereo types and generic conventions. This is especially the case is science fiction moves, because they can do things that wouldn’t be possible in real life. Where as if they did some things in a western it would look out of place, because of they age and stereo types assoated with them.
Computer Generated Images (CGI)
This is one of the most used recent developments in filmmaking. CGI is mainly used to create special effects that can’t be done in real life or without a lot of expense. Nearly every film that comes out now has used CGI in one way or another. CGI isn’t only used to create special effects though; a few films have been made only using CGI. One of the recent films that has been entirely made using CGI is Final Fantasy.
In the matrix CGI is used in a number of way to create a number of effects. To create some of these effect however new camera techniques had to be devised. CGI wasn’t only used to make things appear on screen, it was also used to make things disappear such as wires, although a lot of people don’t see this as CGI. In the matrix when Neo is fighting in the Matrix for the first time wires are used to make them appear to be able to jump like super humans. Then to make the wires disappear CGI is used to recreate the background.
The main place that CGI is used in films is to create effects such as explosions or something morphing into a different shape. In the Matrix both these effects are used, but the most used is the explosions. To create these explosions they first filmed a real explosion in a controlled environment, then fed this data into the computer. Next they filmed the set (with or without actors) and then fed this into the computer. The computer can then mix the two different shots together to create the desired effect. With advanced computer software they are able to manipulate the explosion and the background as they please, adding graphics, taking things away, and making the explosion seem bigger or smaller among many other things.
With the help of CGI film makers are able to do things such as make virtual cameras so that the action moves forward in time, while the camera moves backwards in time. (See camera techniques for more info).
One of the main and best uses of CGI in the Matrix is to create the effect of characters such as Neo seem superhuman, they do this by using Bullet Time (See camera techniques for more info). But once they have done the filming of the move that they manipulate time in by slowing it down or speeding it up, they the get the CGI to fill in the missing camera shots so that the film runs smoothly. The computer does this by looking at the pictures and see what has changed, it then creates a series of pictures that go in between the shots to make them appear as if they are moving from one position to an other. Then the background is then changed so that they appear to have done something on a roof, where as they have really done in a studio floor.
When something disastrous such as an actor dies while they are still filming, they are still able to make the film without them because of CGI, this happened in The Gladiator. Instead of starting again and using another actor they just took the existing film they had of the actor and fed it into the computer. The computer was able to create the actor using CGI.
Camera Techniques
For year’s common camera techniques such as pan, still, zoom and elapsing have been around, but all these techniques have their limitations to what they can show. Filmmakers always want new and exciting way to show exactly what they want to show. In order to be able to do this they have to come up with new ways of filming themselves. The main technique that I am going to cover is Bullet Time. The makers of The Matrix devised bullet time.
Bullet Time allows the filmmakers to pan around something such as an actor, as slow as they like so that they can show as much as the action as possible. For example when Neo is fighting an agent on the roof and bullets are fired at him the camera pans around him and slows right down. It slows down so much so that we can see the bullets moving.
They will start off by filming the scenes that will use bullet time with normal cameras. Next they scan the film into a computer, then using a laser guided system they map out the movements to be capture in the final scene. Around the mapped path they pace still cameras, which each take one picture. The frame rate of the cameras is determined by how much time of a certain action sequence they want to capture. Once they have done the action scene they then scan the still pictures into a computer. The still pictures then read similar to cell in animation. The computer then creates pictures that go in between each still, this are called ‘interpolation’.
So the answer to my question 'Does technique come about because of technology or does technology come about because of technique?' I would say neither is true in a way. Technology and technique can not exist without each other. So I would say both technology and technique come about because of an idea, an idea in the filmmaker’s head! What do you think?
The new filming techniques and technologies help create new stereo types and generic conventions. This is especially the case is science fiction moves, because they can do things that wouldn’t be possible in real life. Where as if they did some things in a western it would look out of place, because of they age and stereo types assoated with them.
Computer Generated Images (CGI)
This is one of the most used recent developments in filmmaking. CGI is mainly used to create special effects that can’t be done in real life or without a lot of expense. Nearly every film that comes out now has used CGI in one way or another. CGI isn’t only used to create special effects though; a few films have been made only using CGI. One of the recent films that has been entirely made using CGI is Final Fantasy.
In the matrix CGI is used in a number of way to create a number of effects. To create some of these effect however new camera techniques had to be devised. CGI wasn’t only used to make things appear on screen, it was also used to make things disappear such as wires, although a lot of people don’t see this as CGI. In the matrix when Neo is fighting in the Matrix for the first time wires are used to make them appear to be able to jump like super humans. Then to make the wires disappear CGI is used to recreate the background.
The main place that CGI is used in films is to create effects such as explosions or something morphing into a different shape. In the Matrix both these effects are used, but the most used is the explosions. To create these explosions they first filmed a real explosion in a controlled environment, then fed this data into the computer. Next they filmed the set (with or without actors) and then fed this into the computer. The computer can then mix the two different shots together to create the desired effect. With advanced computer software they are able to manipulate the explosion and the background as they please, adding graphics, taking things away, and making the explosion seem bigger or smaller among many other things.
With the help of CGI film makers are able to do things such as make virtual cameras so that the action moves forward in time, while the camera moves backwards in time. (See camera techniques for more info).
One of the main and best uses of CGI in the Matrix is to create the effect of characters such as Neo seem superhuman, they do this by using Bullet Time (See camera techniques for more info). But once they have done the filming of the move that they manipulate time in by slowing it down or speeding it up, they the get the CGI to fill in the missing camera shots so that the film runs smoothly. The computer does this by looking at the pictures and see what has changed, it then creates a series of pictures that go in between the shots to make them appear as if they are moving from one position to an other. Then the background is then changed so that they appear to have done something on a roof, where as they have really done in a studio floor.
When something disastrous such as an actor dies while they are still filming, they are still able to make the film without them because of CGI, this happened in The Gladiator. Instead of starting again and using another actor they just took the existing film they had of the actor and fed it into the computer. The computer was able to create the actor using CGI.
Camera Techniques
For year’s common camera techniques such as pan, still, zoom and elapsing have been around, but all these techniques have their limitations to what they can show. Filmmakers always want new and exciting way to show exactly what they want to show. In order to be able to do this they have to come up with new ways of filming themselves. The main technique that I am going to cover is Bullet Time. The makers of The Matrix devised bullet time.
Bullet Time allows the filmmakers to pan around something such as an actor, as slow as they like so that they can show as much as the action as possible. For example when Neo is fighting an agent on the roof and bullets are fired at him the camera pans around him and slows right down. It slows down so much so that we can see the bullets moving.
They will start off by filming the scenes that will use bullet time with normal cameras. Next they scan the film into a computer, then using a laser guided system they map out the movements to be capture in the final scene. Around the mapped path they pace still cameras, which each take one picture. The frame rate of the cameras is determined by how much time of a certain action sequence they want to capture. Once they have done the action scene they then scan the still pictures into a computer. The still pictures then read similar to cell in animation. The computer then creates pictures that go in between each still, this are called ‘interpolation’.
So the answer to my question 'Does technique come about because of technology or does technology come about because of technique?' I would say neither is true in a way. Technology and technique can not exist without each other. So I would say both technology and technique come about because of an idea, an idea in the filmmaker’s head! What do you think?
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The techniques used to film scenes are just as important as the technology itself, as this is what makes the film ‘flow’. When filming first started the used a fixed camera and the people stood in front of it acting out what they want. The problems with this are that sometime they wonder out of frame and you have a fixed background. Then cameras were put on a stick to be moved around, then from there on to a crane. When the camera was moved from a stick onto a crane, it was a big development as the filmmakers had more control over what they could do and show with the camera. So each new step with techniques is just as important as with technology. But without technology a lot of filming techniques wouldn’t be possible. This is why I am writing about both of these things along side each other.
The new filming techniques and technologies help create new stereo types and generic conventions. This is especially the case is science fiction moves, because they can do things that wouldn’t be possible in real life. Where as if they did some things in a western it would look out of place, because of they age and stereo types assoated with them.
Computer Generated Images (CGI)
This is one of the most used recent developments in filmmaking. CGI is mainly used to create special effects that can’t be done in real life or without a lot of expense. Nearly every film that comes out now has used CGI in one way or another. CGI isn’t only used to create special effects though; a few films have been made only using CGI. One of the recent films that has been entirely made using CGI is Final Fantasy.
In the matrix CGI is used in a number of way to create a number of effects. To create some of these effect however new camera techniques had to be devised. CGI wasn’t only used to make things appear on screen, it was also used to make things disappear such as wires, although a lot of people don’t see this as CGI. In the matrix when Neo is fighting in the Matrix for the first time wires are used to make them appear to be able to jump like super humans. Then to make the wires disappear CGI is used to recreate the background.
The main place that CGI is used in films is to create effects such as explosions or something morphing into a different shape. In the Matrix both these effects are used, but the most used is the explosions. To create these explosions they first filmed a real explosion in a controlled environment, then fed this data into the computer. Next they filmed the set (with or without actors) and then fed this into the computer. The computer can then mix the two different shots together to create the desired effect. With advanced computer software they are able to manipulate the explosion and the background as they please, adding graphics, taking things away, and making the explosion seem bigger or smaller among many other things.
With the help of CGI film makers are able to do things such as make virtual cameras so that the action moves forward in time, while the camera moves backwards in time. (See camera techniques for more info).
One of the main and best uses of CGI in the Matrix is to create the effect of characters such as Neo seem superhuman, they do this by using Bullet Time (See camera techniques for more info). But once they have done the filming of the move that they manipulate time in by slowing it down or speeding it up, they the get the CGI to fill in the missing camera shots so that the film runs smoothly. The computer does this by looking at the pictures and see what has changed, it then creates a series of pictures that go in between the shots to make them appear as if they are moving from one position to an other. Then the background is then changed so that they appear to have done something on a roof, where as they have really done in a studio floor.
When something disastrous such as an actor dies while they are still filming, they are still able to make the film without them because of CGI, this happened in The Gladiator. Instead of starting again and using another actor they just took the existing film they had of the actor and fed it into the computer. The computer was able to create the actor using CGI.
Camera Techniques
For year’s common camera techniques such as pan, still, zoom and elapsing have been around, but all these techniques have their limitations to what they can show. Filmmakers always want new and exciting way to show exactly what they want to show. In order to be able to do this they have to come up with new ways of filming themselves. The main technique that I am going to cover is Bullet Time. The makers of The Matrix devised bullet time.
Bullet Time allows the filmmakers to pan around something such as an actor, as slow as they like so that they can show as much as the action as possible. For example when Neo is fighting an agent on the roof and bullets are fired at him the camera pans around him and slows right down. It slows down so much so that we can see the bullets moving.
They will start off by filming the scenes that will use bullet time with normal cameras. Next they scan the film into a computer, then using a laser guided system they map out the movements to be capture in the final scene. Around the mapped path they pace still cameras, which each take one picture. The frame rate of the cameras is determined by how much time of a certain action sequence they want to capture. Once they have done the action scene they then scan the still pictures into a computer. The still pictures then read similar to cell in animation. The computer then creates pictures that go in between each still, this are called ‘interpolation’.
So the answer to my question 'Does technique come about because of technology or does technology come about because of technique?' I would say neither is true in a way. Technology and technique can not exist without each other. So I would say both technology and technique come about because of an idea, an idea in the filmmaker’s head! What do you think?
The new filming techniques and technologies help create new stereo types and generic conventions. This is especially the case is science fiction moves, because they can do things that wouldn’t be possible in real life. Where as if they did some things in a western it would look out of place, because of they age and stereo types assoated with them.
Computer Generated Images (CGI)
This is one of the most used recent developments in filmmaking. CGI is mainly used to create special effects that can’t be done in real life or without a lot of expense. Nearly every film that comes out now has used CGI in one way or another. CGI isn’t only used to create special effects though; a few films have been made only using CGI. One of the recent films that has been entirely made using CGI is Final Fantasy.
In the matrix CGI is used in a number of way to create a number of effects. To create some of these effect however new camera techniques had to be devised. CGI wasn’t only used to make things appear on screen, it was also used to make things disappear such as wires, although a lot of people don’t see this as CGI. In the matrix when Neo is fighting in the Matrix for the first time wires are used to make them appear to be able to jump like super humans. Then to make the wires disappear CGI is used to recreate the background.
The main place that CGI is used in films is to create effects such as explosions or something morphing into a different shape. In the Matrix both these effects are used, but the most used is the explosions. To create these explosions they first filmed a real explosion in a controlled environment, then fed this data into the computer. Next they filmed the set (with or without actors) and then fed this into the computer. The computer can then mix the two different shots together to create the desired effect. With advanced computer software they are able to manipulate the explosion and the background as they please, adding graphics, taking things away, and making the explosion seem bigger or smaller among many other things.
With the help of CGI film makers are able to do things such as make virtual cameras so that the action moves forward in time, while the camera moves backwards in time. (See camera techniques for more info).
One of the main and best uses of CGI in the Matrix is to create the effect of characters such as Neo seem superhuman, they do this by using Bullet Time (See camera techniques for more info). But once they have done the filming of the move that they manipulate time in by slowing it down or speeding it up, they the get the CGI to fill in the missing camera shots so that the film runs smoothly. The computer does this by looking at the pictures and see what has changed, it then creates a series of pictures that go in between the shots to make them appear as if they are moving from one position to an other. Then the background is then changed so that they appear to have done something on a roof, where as they have really done in a studio floor.
When something disastrous such as an actor dies while they are still filming, they are still able to make the film without them because of CGI, this happened in The Gladiator. Instead of starting again and using another actor they just took the existing film they had of the actor and fed it into the computer. The computer was able to create the actor using CGI.
Camera Techniques
For year’s common camera techniques such as pan, still, zoom and elapsing have been around, but all these techniques have their limitations to what they can show. Filmmakers always want new and exciting way to show exactly what they want to show. In order to be able to do this they have to come up with new ways of filming themselves. The main technique that I am going to cover is Bullet Time. The makers of The Matrix devised bullet time.
Bullet Time allows the filmmakers to pan around something such as an actor, as slow as they like so that they can show as much as the action as possible. For example when Neo is fighting an agent on the roof and bullets are fired at him the camera pans around him and slows right down. It slows down so much so that we can see the bullets moving.
They will start off by filming the scenes that will use bullet time with normal cameras. Next they scan the film into a computer, then using a laser guided system they map out the movements to be capture in the final scene. Around the mapped path they pace still cameras, which each take one picture. The frame rate of the cameras is determined by how much time of a certain action sequence they want to capture. Once they have done the action scene they then scan the still pictures into a computer. The still pictures then read similar to cell in animation. The computer then creates pictures that go in between each still, this are called ‘interpolation’.
So the answer to my question 'Does technique come about because of technology or does technology come about because of technique?' I would say neither is true in a way. Technology and technique can not exist without each other. So I would say both technology and technique come about because of an idea, an idea in the filmmaker’s head! What do you think?