{"id":427625,"date":"2022-04-06T20:38:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T17:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-we-should-embrace-special-effects-that-dont-look-real\/"},"modified":"2022-04-06T20:38:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T17:38:42","slug":"why-we-should-embrace-special-effects-that-dont-look-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-we-should-embrace-special-effects-that-dont-look-real\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why We Should Embrace Special Effects That Don&#8217;t Look Real"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2780d14780b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2780d14780b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-we-should-embrace-special-effects-that-dont-look-real\/#%E2%80%9CWhy_We_Should_Embrace_Special_Effects_That_Dont_Look_Real%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Why We Should Embrace Special Effects That Don&#8217;t Look Real&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-we-should-embrace-special-effects-that-dont-look-real\/#Watch_%E2%80%9CRealism_and_Fantastic_Cinema%E2%80%9D\" >Watch \u201cRealism and Fantastic Cinema\u201d:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-we-should-embrace-special-effects-that-dont-look-real\/#Who_made_this\" >Who made this?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-we-should-embrace-special-effects-that-dont-look-real\/#More_videos_like_this\" >More videos like this<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-we-should-embrace-special-effects-that-dont-look-real\/#Recommended_Reading\" >Recommended Reading<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhy_We_Should_Embrace_Special_Effects_That_Dont_Look_Real%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Why We Should Embrace Special Effects That Don&#8217;t Look Real&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-media \">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/special-effects-dont-look-real.jpg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Special Effects Dont Look Real\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/special-effects-dont-look-real.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/special-effects-dont-look-real-768x401.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/>                            <\/figure>\n<p>        <!-- START BYLINE --><\/p>\n<div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\">\n            By\u00a0Meg Shields\u00a0\u00b7 Published on April 6th, 2022\n            <\/div>\n<p>        <!-- END BYLINE --><\/p>\n<p>        <em>Welcome to The Queue \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we\u2019re watching a video essay that unpacks the question of why we\u2019re so obsessed with special effects that look like the real world.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>One consequence of being Very Online is a desire to couch a potentially spicy opinion in as many qualifiers as possible. I think the hope is that, much like a pillow fort or a very thick down jacket, the qualifiers will shield you from bad faith volleys aiming to undermine your point with a barrage of\u00a0 what about ___s?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll show my cards right off the top: I\u2019m in thorough agreement with the author of today\u2019s video essay. Though, if you\u2019re familiar with my other column here at <em>Film School Rejects\u00a0<\/em>where I specifically talk about the magic of special effects (often the practical kind), this should come as no surprise. They may be more expensive and time-consuming (or wasteful or dangerous), but practical visual effects will always feel better than their digital surrogates. I mean a number of things by \u201cfeel better.\u201d Practical effects have a visceral quality that makes them more endearing, memorable, and iconic than any CGI counterpart. They exist in the world, and that makes them feel that much more alive. And their physical limitations force their creators to find creative solutions that endow them with that much more lividity.<\/p>\n<p>As the video essay below lays out, fantasy is one of the most enduring genres in cinematic history. But fantasy films, the kind that break box office records, have adopted a stance towards special effects that flies in the face of the genre\u2019s ostensible purpose: to transcend reality, not replicate it. There is a prevailing popular attitude towards special effects that the \u201cmore real\u201d they look the better. That old fantasy films are fake-looking and rife with obvious, seam-filled trickery. Personally, I\u2019ll take a legible matte painting over a glut of computer-generated detail any day of the week.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s nothing inherently wrong with <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lying documentary realism to fantasy films. But there\u2019s something fundamentally rotten about documentary realism becoming the genre\u2019s standard, as far as popular filmmaking is concerned.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Watch_%E2%80%9CRealism_and_Fantastic_Cinema%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>Watch \u201cRealism and Fantastic Cinema\u201d:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Realism and Fantastic Cinema - The Index: Episode 16\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rchBnGZQNRY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_made_this\"><\/span>Who made this?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\" data-inc=\"3\">This video essay on how the pursuit of realism in special effects is hurting the fantasy genre is by <strong>APLattanzi<\/strong>, a freelance filmmaker and illustrator who hails from the Philadelphia area. You can subscribe to them on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/enemyofbohemia\/videos\">here<\/a>. Their essays cover a large swath of topics, from film scores to short films. You can also find them on Letterboxd <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/letterboxd.com\/aplattanzi\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_videos_like_this\"><\/span>More videos like this<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>        Related Topics: Sci-Fi, The Queue<br \/>\n        <!-- AUTHOR BOX --><\/p>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/meg.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Meg Shields is the humble farm boy of your dreams and a senior contributor at Film School Rejects. She currently runs three columns at FSR: The Queue, How&#8217;d They Do That?, and Horrorscope. She is also a curator for One Perfect Shot and a freelance writer for hire. Meg can be found screaming about John Boorman&#8217;s &#8216;Excalibur&#8217; on Twitter here: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheWorstNun\">@TheWorstNun<\/a>. (She\/Her).        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>        <!-- START RECOMMENDED READING 1 --><\/p>\n<section class=\"recommended py-5\">\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Recommended_Reading\"><\/span>Recommended Reading<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<p>                <!-- END RECOMMENDED READING --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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