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Sam, Niko, and Jordan break down some of the best (and worst) visual effects in some of your favorite spooky films! It's Morbin Time!
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00:00 Welcome to VFX Artists React
00:51 Ghost Ship
03:56 Shaun of the Dead
07:09 Bram Stoker's Dracula
10:03 Morbius
12:42 Bollywood Superman
14:49 Thanks For Watching - Zábava
That CGI Morbious shot was brutal. So much work and time and money just to be covered with dark fog
It's incredible how dark the final shot was (~@11:14). Even with the buildup I expected it to be several times brighter than the final shot was lmao.
Seriously wasn't that bad most of the time dawg
Okay... I'm kinda bent that THIS was what they chose to pick apart and NOT the amazing transitions between normal Michael and Vampire Michael's face
Meh.. as an EE engineer & network administrator, I am always more indignant that all those super intricate cabling both electrical & network are hidden away so noone appreciates how complex & how much hard work went into designing & building that.. at least CGI is just literally sitting down & drawing stuff on a computer. Okay that's my rant done 😊
It was the horror for them
The Dracula effect is literally textbook 'Smoke & Mirrors'
Right!? I guess it's a cliche for a reason.
right?? I even got a bit emotional seeing these old techniques used so masterfully in such a recent film. I'll definitely watch Bram Stoker's Dracula again for the effects alone (I could barely stay awake when I watched it for the story)
wow, i didnt think of it like that, that makes the scene even more awesome
I hope anyone who worked on Morbius can reach out. That was so painful seeing all of that impressive work covered in darkness.
I know! I actually flinched at the final shot
Fun fact: The guy playing the South Indian Superman is the grandfather of the guy who played Bheem in RRR. He was also one of the most influential Telugu actors who worked in 300+ movies during his career, and also served as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
Ok
What does the h stand for?
@@d.jparer5184hinduman
@@d.jparer5184Hope.... I think....
I can understand you are proud of NTR's achievements but no one gives a flying f**k
The bollywood superman jumping through the window was the best thing I've seen for a while.
Not Bollywood 🙃
@@mbird500 is it Turkish? They seem to have made several copycat movies like this.
@@ourkevingthey literally said, it's South Indian
@@ourkeving no, its Tollywood. which is the Telugu language movie industry in India.
Bollywood > Tollywood
I work on production in VFX and its SO sad to see the final shot from Morbius. I can only imagine how many MONTHS and hundreds of artists worked on that environment and look dev to then have it end up super dark and covered in smoke. That's something that really annoys me on the vfx pipeline - how much time we waste on first steps without an actual plan of how much will be visible at the end. With better planning things could go much faster, without wasting so many artist's time and talent...
After that full render, every freeze frame looks amazing up until the last one where everything turns dark. Fog looks immaculate, skipping forward a few frames, a little more dark but with the light from the top shining through? Looks incredible. Then bam. Complete darkness. The background lights in the tunnels basically disappears.
I can only imagine that the director tried to "push viewers focus on the important points" or something... but do they ever show the arena or hideout or whatever that scene was without the darkness etc? Just for building an athmosphere or simply to get a better feel/vibe of the location they are doing whatever action they are doing ... maybe the dircetor (or whoever made the decisions) had an uncalibrated monitor? Something where gamma or contrast was off and everything was too bright for him/her? xD @@MiniMackeroni
Definitely the reason companies like Disney don't make movies in the old animation style anymore. They can't handle the idea of having a vision from the start that can't be easily changed and won't take that risk which is unfortunate because they should
So, you work in VFX and never thought that their display might have the wrong settings to watch this movie?? I can see everything, all the visual information is there, i setup my settings to have better Gamma and tone mapping, etc. if you went to the theater to watch this movie you didn't have any problems seeing everything in the dark scenes.
I'm of two minds here. Yes, the visible amount of detail in the final comp makes the complexity of the elements look unnecessary, but it's not the job of the director, cinematographer, editor, or even the compositor to show off the work. Their job is to tell the story.
On the other hand, the "I can't visualize it until you build it" approach has always been wasteful and some of our greatest filmmakers are guilty of it. Check out stories of Kubrick driving his set builders crazy on 2001, to the point where they started hiding all unfinished work from him on the soundstages.
I’d love to see these guys touch on Annihilation. Whether it’s the bear scene, anything the lighthouse, or even just the shimmer itself. Gorgeous movie.
I’m pretty sure they did that one last year
They reacted to it already
@@jssw3404link please?
Don't these guys add tags to their videos? Searched 'Annihilation Corridor Crew' but it doesn't seem to be finding it. 🫤 I remember seeing them review scenes from it.
Very glad how the conversation has turned around Annihilation. When it came out, most people hated it but It has always been one of my favorites
The green mist effect in Dracula is called a "Pepper's Ghost". It's an old practical effect that was used in theater, and has since been adopted in all types of media. Disney is using this exact technique to make the ghost appear in the Haunted Mansion ride.
Imagine working for 3 months on this Morbius shot, only to watch the release year after and have your entire scene be 90% obscured
Finally, more morbius. Can't have a halloween special with morbin everywhere.
It's morbin' time!!
One of the movies of all time!
@@LuisSierra42yes it's morbin time
more bius
I'm morbin all over the place.
The reason his pants fell down is because he's wearing a traditional tuxedo that is held up by suspenders. Those trousers were higher waisted and so looser, sometimes coming up to the bottom of the ribs. If the suspenders are cut it's likely the pants would fall down.
Ghost Ship traumatised me as a kid. You guys reviewing that opening scene had me reliving my childhood terrors!
Channel surfing at my dad's house I happened to catch that scene when I was the only one awake and really traumatized myself
this was me with the first chucky movie as a kid LOL, channel surfing while i was alone in the house and family was in the yard chilling and saw a movie with kids named "childs play" and thought it was gonna be a cool kids movie and got traumatized@@alexkramerblogs
Bro, just watching these short snippets of it is traumatizing me NOW. I skipped ahead, and I NEVER want to see that again.
Saw it the first time today, gave me heavy "Saving Private Ryan" opening scene vibes lol
Shaun of the dead is such amazing movie, can't never get tired of it
its perfect
Double negatives, can't not live without them.
Hot Fuzz with the same actor and I think same production team is way way better. Compartively Shaun of the Dead is laughable, the most unfunny garbage.
@@officialnoononYou're very wrong, or you don't actually get British humour.
@@skepticalbadgeryeah I don't know what's up with that guy; Shaun of the Dead is the GOAT.
Did Edgar Wright get better with time?
Probably.
Is Shaun of the Dead still a masterpiece?
Absolutely.
FYI, N.T. Rama Rao's (The Superman guy) grandson NTR Jr. was one of the protagonists in RRR. Also, NT Rama Rao went on to become his state's chief minister in real life.😂😂😂
Actual fun facts, nice
The Shaun of the Dead effrct was covered on the DVD and bluray.
In addition to what you guys figured out, there was another element that was just meat looking elements on a board on a screen so that's how you get the effect of her guts sliding back into the hole.
Basically a guy lifting a board up against a green screen and meat falling in as its simulated being pulled off the pipe.
Nothing major but it is another element to the shot
The beginning of Ghost Ship probably felt like Final Destination on a cruise ship. That would actually be a great setting for a Final Destination movie 🚢🛳🎥😱
There was a script doing the rounds a little after Final Destination 2, which was set aboard the final journey of a historic train line around snow-covered mountains, and had a substantially older group of characters, and I'll always be disappointed that this was never filmed. It read so much better than all the teen and twentysomething led movies of the time, making it stand out all the more. Having seen the last few films in the series, which seem to get worse with each instalment, I can't say I am particularly enthused about the franchise returning, especially with the title Bloodlines, which will always make me think of the crappy DC Comics cross-over.
It's funny because in the early days of CZcams, there were fake trailers for final destination 4 all over the place using the ghost ship scene
Mass respect to Mr. Coppola and all the people who figured out how to do Dracula without computer fx!
It was Francis Ford Coppola's son Roman who was the visual effects supervisor on Dracula.
Didn't Roman Coppola have a cameo in The Godfather? His brother Giancarlo Coppola and his sister Sofia Coppola make cameo appearances, too.
@@Crunchy_PunchNice nepotism Francis
@@Simp_Zone The Coppola family is filled with nepo babies.
I love when director said its morbin time and morbed all over the vfx shots that took 100s of hours to create.
Actually, it took ten trillion morbillion hours to render those shots
Release the Brighter Cut!
Daniel Espinosa: It's morbing time!!
Speaking about Morbius, that's perfect example of drowning money. Those dark scenes could've been done for a fracture of what the cost was and have the same result. I also agree with Nico about wasting peoples time and talent.
As south Indian myself, I can feel the passion of these 80's and 90's artists just wanting to do fun stuff without having any knowledge, tech or money to do so. And the people who only have access to these are gonna watch them. This is why family drama's and other similar grounded works have the higher popularity. But this early need for excitement lead to these unrealistic but exciting movies that kinda defined the action movie scene.
I'm so happy to see you guys just having a good laugh at these... they paved the way to the current movie industries who can now make genuine movies and have a unique identity of being absurd
BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA is a masterpiece. So glad to see it getting represented!
dracula mirror shot was so good. and morbious was so heart braking. i think this was so brutal that cgi artists cursed this movie to fail.
I would love to see you guys do a special episode on like lighting/color grading and why modern Hollywood is doing it bad. Like, compare newer movies and older ones and such. Cause, all I could think watching that morbius clip was like I remember actually being able to see movies like underworld back in the day, they were able to convey "it dark" without blacking out the screen.
Not just darkness, but reduced color space. What's you folks' take on "peach & teal" grading? And why do some studios retroactively apply it to older films?
Along those same lines, I'd like them to point out how in modern movies when they film in the daytime and then just darken everything and pretend it's night. Versus in the past when they actually filmed at night and strategically lit the set/actors practically so it looks good.
@@wavion2 yet another casualty of film casts and crews being given appallingly short filming and production schedules. actors, writers, fx artists, animators, even the viewers suffer just so shareholders and executives can feed their profit addiction.
@@wavion2Its funny because in the really old times, they used to film with day light and pretend or their best to pretend it's night.
@@wavion2 Day for Night shooting isn't a new thing. There'd be just as many examples from older films as newer films. I'd argue it would have been more common in older films where they actually shot on film stock, as you need a lot of light to film at night. Some productions wouldn't have been able to afford it. Others just use it as a stylistic choice.
Man they are spot on. Watching morbius at home is so awful. It's so black and dark u literally can't tell whats going on even on my $2,000 tv. It was bad in theater too but u could at least make out what's on the screen. Craziest part is I watched this movie twice lol
For some reason, modern movie photography is actively hostile to the audience. Your choice in lighting is either so dark you cant see anything or shadowless, overcast daylight.
@@driver8skAng Lee's Hulk was that way too. dark on dark through nearly half of the movie.
I watched this as a tiny .gif on my laptop. Glad to know I missed nothing.
Deep Rising (1998) has a mix of early generated CGI monster and one of the most gruesome scene with Billy "exiting the creature" that I still can't figure out how they did.
It's a fascinating story. Done entirely by hand by like 1 or 2 guys. ILM tried to farm it out to a bunch of smaller studios but nobody could actually pull it off until David Stinnet at Blur Studio took it on. The hand was fully CG but the face was a layered effect done manually. One of the most impressive CG shots in history imo.
That shot still holds up today. The rest of the CGI less so
It's such a disgusting effect, it's great. It was only years later I found out that it was a Stephen Sommers, of The Mummy fame, film.
I watched Bram Stoker's Dracula for the first time this summer and the practical effects blew me away; it's amazing.
The new Doctor Who series is coming to Disney+ soon. I'd love to see some breakdowns of the (frankly, often pretty dodgy) CGI from older episodes.
The CGI has got worse over time, if anything.
@@skepticalbadger Yes and no. I'm just rewatching series 3 and 4 and it's definitely a step up from 1 and 2. But then I also remember the Sea Devils episode from last year and that was SO bad.
@@FriedlichChiller I think it's more fair to say that the CGI quality is a rollercoaster.
...But also the CGI being a bit shonky has a certain appeal to it. Like you can see an obviously-fake sci-fi monster lumber into frame, and tell right away that you're watching an episode of Dr. Who.
@@tbotalpha8133 Oh, yeah. 100%! And I don't mind some wonky cgi in an otherwise great episode.
The CGI for the pre-HD episodes was way too blurry for there to be much to see. It wasn't great, but it was also made for pre-HD, pre-digital televisions.
It would totally be a hilarious Corridor challenge to see who could make the funniest VFX reel.
That Ghost Ship opening terrified me when I was a kid, way to resurface the trauma guys! 😅🤣
I was recently re-watching The Night House (2021) with Rebecca Hall, and it's one of my favorite horror films. One of the reasons I love it so much is its sparring use of special effects, but when it DOES use it, it's used SO well. I don't know if Corridor Crew covered it yet, but if not, it's so good.
So happy you covered Bram Stoker's Dracula! There's great creature work in that one too. Also Indian Superman reminds me of Italian Spiderman, nice!
That Morbius was ridiculous. in that finale sequence it was so dark and messy I couldn't tell where they were or what the hell was going on.
SO GLAD you guys covered Dracula. I’ve asked for at least a year!
Glad you finally did Bram Stoker's Dracula. Not only is it my favorite Dracula movie but it's one of the best practical effects showcases.
Yeah, I feel like they could get a full episode out of Dracula; there are just so many cool trick shots.
I just like how Keanu Reeves pronounces "Byudapest"
Quick trivia: The Superman is played by real life grandfather of Bheem from RRR - NT Rama Rao
that one dracula shot is literal smoke and mirrors
Splice (2009) has a good mix of practical ans digital fx, it deserves a review in your show ❤
I remember watching Ghost Ship for the first time. I was unsure how I felt until that first dance scene, then I knew it would be great.
how far into the movie is it?
@@_Rick___Grimes_ not far in at all, it’s one of the first scenes. It’s been a little since I watched it though
Love the scene where the lady gets caught on the hook
4:30 Broooo that "YEAAAahhhhhHhH" was actually impressive as hell lol nicely done dude
Coppola used in-camera effects on a bunch of his movies. Check out the fire scene in The Outsiders, the selective color elements in Rumble Fish, the fantastic miniatures throughout One From the Heart, and if I'm recalling correctly, a "split screen" that's actually a split set in Tucker.
I actually unironically like the smoke trail effect for Morbius in the hit morbillion-dollar grossing Morbius movie. They kinda remind me of the soul after-image trail effect around the main character in some Castlevania games, i.e Juste from 'Harmony Of Dissonance'.
I recently rewatched the black eyed peas music video for Rock That Body, and I noticed some CGi in it that aged surprisingly well. That might be worth giving a watch.
Music videos would be an interesting topic. Especially with how some directors get their start in music videos.
Music videos are hard on CZcams because of the music claiming.
The Morbius mess-up is similar to how the studios messed up Alien vs Predator: Requiem; so much effort went into the design and sculpting of the predalien and Wolf only to barely see any of that work because of how dark the movie was.
I have worked in VFX compositing for 30 odd years now and was a pleasure to see your show a while ago now, and have become an avid fan. I have been lucky enough to work on some pretty cool films in my time and Ghost Ship, was a classic. I'm actually partially responsible for the Southpark decapitation and you're pretty spot on with the method. Things can always be improved but worked for the sequence. Was a while ago I know but just was looking through older eps. Classic. Thanks for the channel Guys. Keep it up!
4:30 im surprised they didn't make any reference to the scene in Death Becomes Her when Goldie Hawn stands up in the fountain after being shot. 😯
They've covered it before.
@Qmeister044 Qmeister044 I understand that but I still thought it would've got a passing mention since that is almost a shot for shot of the Death Becomes Her looking through the hole in the body. 😁 if you've seen it you couldn't help but think of it imo.
After seeing you analyze Shaun of the Dead, it really made me want to see you guys watch Death Becomes Her.
Such cool effects in that one
Love this format of seeing the build up and final one at a time!!! Different from the rest but I felt more engaged in the creation part seeing it start to finish for each person!
Finally, a precursor to Man Of Steel neck snap that deleted Zod 14:24
I absolutely adore Edgar Wright's filmography and camera work. You guys should check out the one-shot dance scene in Last Night in Soho cuz it is mindblowing
Your understanding comments about Morbius reminded me of Game of Thrones S8E3 "The Long Night" for which we instead got shade. When the audience widely and loudly complained that it was too dark, Fabian Wagner, the cinematographer, remarked: "A lot of the problem is that a lot of people don’t know how to tune their TVs properly." And also, "Game of Thrones is a cinematic show, and therefore you have to watch it like you’re at a cinema: in a darkened room." Then as a cherry on top, "I know it wasn’t too dark because I shot it." Silly us.
That was infuriating. I understand that some of it was a matter of not everyone having TV's with HDR settings at the time, like myself, but it was a problem perpetuated by the cinematographer for not aiming for a healthy middle ground. We didn't have any problems with the way earlier night battles had been filmed in the show. I had to turn my TV to the maximum brightness and contrast just to wring some sort of detail out of it.
@@Crunchy_PunchHaving a HDR TV was totally irrelevant. The heavy compression on the broadcast/stream meant that nobody could see any of that detail whatsoever!
Ghost ship was sooo good. The editing in the villain reveal scene scarred me but that edit is used so much now by content creators
That morbious darkness is a world away from the old school day filming the running a blue filter over the film
Often with penguin tuxedos you either have suspenders or the trousers hook onto the vest. Belts are for working people. So it makes perfect sense that his pants would drop
I knew I was way too young (9) to watch gostship with my mom. 🤣
thanks for getting me rid of my worst child-horror movie-trauma 🥰
also thanks for a lot of inspirations in my hobby/work, love you!😘
HAHA, same I watched the first few scenes but had to drop it because I was too scared
The green smoke effect is about as old-school as it gets with Coppola's request: it's an effect called Pepper's Ghost from the early days of modern theatre (1862 to be exact). Honestly, the fact they used that specific technique feels very deliberate.
Great episode guys
My favourite shot from Morbius was at the end where he high-fived Jimmy and the other orphans and told them to Never Stop Morbin
My issue with the Ghost Ship sequence was the differing heights of all the cuts.... the Captains head? Some people were cut at the waist, others at the chest? Sure you could argue there would be SOME difference in how tall some people were but the girl had to be at least as tall as most of those peoples chests, why didnt she loose her head? But its still a good creepy scene either way.
The wire was sweeping through people on a rising angle. People closer to it were cut low, further ones were cut high.
Murder by Numbers around 1h45m --- Had a great laugh at Ryan Gosling falling XD
I loved the part where Wren said "It's wrenning time" and wrenned all over the couch
Truly one of the moments in VFX artists react history
I would love to see you all react to VFX in music videos! Tool's Schism or Korn's Freak on a Leash would be fun ones, and I'm sure there are so many others that would be interesting to breakdown!😁
they tried. Turns out it is a copyright nightmare. There is almost nothing they can show. It is weird how movies aren't as vigilant as the music industry.
@@FablestoneSeries Ah, makes sense. I would have figured if some of these Reaction channels could get away with it, maybe they could too. ;)
So glad these VFX dudes agree that movies & tv shows being dark as hell for no reason is a bad thing. If you're gonna have scenes be very dark as a style, it has to be done right and with balance. Idk how. I can't give solid advice but I'm sure experienced people can.
Just realised… WE NEED AN EDGAR WRIGHT SPECIAL!
I loved the part when they morbed out and morbed all over eacthoer on the couch. Just like in my uncles wierd VHS collection that he just labeled them "Morbin time" on every tape.
Corridor crew never fails to clap my cheeks
You can totally see the wires in the tree drop kick. So good.
Ghost Ship was my of my most loved horror movies as a kid
Me and my dad laughed SO HARD when we watched that train scene in Dracula
That makes sad. It's a great shot.
Asking for 5th time: Please react to the movie "Total Recall" (1990). I think it's a pretty decent combination of practical and (early) CGI. There are a lot of other great stuff in this movie as well. (I believe you already reacted to the x-ray machine scene)
they reacted to it
Nevermind total recall, do eraser and the sixth day
Have they reacted to "An American Werewolf in London" yet? The transformation and make up is amazing!
Also Re-animator (1985)
I frigging LOVE this channel 💜
The opening of Ghost Ship is the best!
Thank you for the show.
Love how the Dracula smoke was literally smoke and mirrors
Oh hell yeah! I'd completely forgotten about that cool smoke effect.
I have never seen any of Morbius so the fact that those VFX looked great kinda shocked me. 😂
The pure VFX itself isn't what makes the movie complete garbage I regret watching, all that money had to go somewhere...
Oh my god, that Code of Honor thud-cut at 14:00!!!! I almost choked on my cereal and died, lolll
I really liked Ghost Ship. That opening really sticks in your memory.
That one frame pop in Shaun of the Dead when they had the perfect opportunity to do a wipe when the arm passes the pole 😢
The dance sequence in Last Night In Soho has some unbelievable stitching/blend of practical and VFX cuts. Would love to see a breakdown of it!
Im obsessed with watching yalls reactions videos to cgi. I love learning about all the tech and ridiculousness behind it, things most wouldnt notice!
Love Coppola's Dracula. Just watched tonight and I love all the old style effects; it captures my imagination in a more visceral way than most cgi.
love you guys ❤
The horse riding scene in Indiana Jones Dial of Destiny!
The pants falling down always made me lol
Some great and understated shots for a horror movie that I dont think have been covered would be What lies beneath. Some of those are quite old now but still work.
So a Pepper's ghost illusion. I love practical.
Sam's right, they did that to themselves. I feel so bad for everyone that worked on Morbius.
Bram stoker's dracula is so good. Love the effects work
I remember watching Ghost Ship with a friend of mine and we laughed for several minutes after the sequence because it was so ridiculous.
13:05 The South Indian Superman Actor's Grandson is the Main Protagonist in RRR - Jr NTR
I can remember seeing that scene from Ghost Ship on TV when I was about 9... Ah, the nightmares!
In Ghost Ship when the Captain's head starts to slide apart, he blinks his eyes.
In Shaun of the Dead, the girl with the hole reminded me of a great movie, Death Becomes Here, where a shotgun blows a wide hole in Goldie Hawn's body. Then you see Meryl Streep through the hole.
It'd be interesting to see you guys take a look at Walking with Dinosaurs from 1999. I was watching a more recent show in the same vein, and felt that while textures and lighting were much better, the quality of the animation and compositing with real animatronics from Walking with Dinosaurs still holds up today.
Looks like a cool arm wipe to transition to the actual pipe in that Shaun clip
Movie idea to review is some of the Evil Dead movies. There are so many unique shots like the mirror scene where he reaches out to himself and the camera no clipping would be interesting to go over.
COW SCENE FROM O BROTHER WHERE ART THOUUUU
Would love to see you guys break down some scenes from The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Classic early 2000s movie with lots of nostalgia for me, love the Nautilus and the car...
Can y’all talk about the opening boxing fight in Kights of the Zodiac? I caught a glimpse of it while my family was watching it and I was so invested in the fight choreography!
That Ghost Ship scene shocked me beyond belief when I saw it the very first time. Its too visceral.