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I loved the HBO animation when I was a kid, and I've seen that behind-the-scenes video a number of times since. Conceptually I get the idea, but I'm still baff
by drblast 9y ago
I loved the HBO animation when I was a kid, and I've seen that behind-the-scenes video a number of times since.
Conceptually I get the idea, but I'm still baffled as to how they composite all that together to get the final polished result, especially the fiber optic spinning lights with "lens flare" effects at the end. It looks completely computer generated.
- jdboyd 9y agoI believe that predated digital compositing being used. However electronic analog compositing is still much easier than film compositing (like what was used to combine passes for Star Wars). For instance, blue and green screen was originally for video. You would do it using an Ultimate brand device that was completely analog. That device launched in 1976, but it's creator had been building a analog compositing devices since at least 1964 when he won an Oscar for it. If you are curious about how it worked, I would imagine patents can be found and read. Ultimatte just generate an alpha channel (then called a key and it was actually a separate b/w video signal). Other devices would act in the key to combine the foreground and background together, etc.
- buzzybee 9y agoReal-time video composites were achieved on analog hardware such as Scanimate [0] starting around the 1970's; traditional film matte techniques [1] had also been used for well over a generation by that point and a travelling matte would suffice for compositing that image. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHjkMThH0aE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHjkMThH0aE [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matte_(filmmaking) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matte_(filmmaking)