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It's fascinating that something like that is being built at a time when most blockbusters are essentially animation films.
by Maken 3y ago
It's fascinating that something like that is being built at a time when most blockbusters are essentially animation films.
- lapetitejort 3y agoAnd we are seeing the backlash to that, hence real sets struggling to be built up in time before movie-goers are permanently soured on blockbusters.
- ninth_ant 3y agoA lot of viewer time — and thus money — is coming from serial shows these days. There are a tonne of mid and high-budget shows that are set in grounded settings which can utilize sets like this.
- Philip-J-Fry 3y agoGround breaking CGI used to be a selling point because you do things that weren't before possible. Nowadays everything is more or less possible in CGI and it has lost its appeal a bit. Now it's appealing to advertise the fact you're doing things for real.
- brandall10 3y agoRight, both Nolan and Gerwig made a point of that this summer. And Cruise has been making a point of that for awhile now.
- echelon 3y agoCGI is sometimes cheaper, and usually logistically simpler. "Fix it in post" lets you wrap up the production sooner and spend less time on set.