The video discusses various techniques used in television and film production to create visually appealing and realistic effects.
1. **Green Screen Effects**: The video explains how hair and other elements in advertisements move as if they have a life of their own. This is achieved using green screens and suits of the same color as the background. The green ninjas are manipulated to move later in post-production. Wires, tubes, and other objects are used to move the hair of the models [Source: Video Transcript].
2. **Practical Effects**: The video also highlights that many elements in commercials, such as deodorant or spy commercials, are not added in post-production by computer but are all practical effects. The entire commercial is recorded with the background scenery, objects, and even the actor's costume manipulated to enter and leave the scene at the moment required [Source: Video Transcript].
3. **Bullet Time Effect**: The video discusses the bullet time or frozen moment effect, a visual effect that separates time and the spectator's space. A famous example of this is in the film The Matrix, where a child dodges bullets on the roof of the building. To achieve this effect, the subject is portrayed at different angles in two and three dimensions simultaneously. The scene is captured by dozens of cameras around the subject, and each photograph is combined to form an animated sequence in post-production [Source: Video Transcript].
4. **Chroma Key Effect**: The video explains how the chroma key effect is used to create the illusion of a scene being taken from inside a mirror. The original shot is of the girl extending her hand towards nothing, and in post-production, the camera is moved to one side to simulate the movement when the false mirror opens [Source: Video Transcript].
5. **Tubular Lens**: The video also discusses the use of a tubular lens that can enter unusual places such as the inside of a bottle, a book, a brush, and dozens of other places. This lens was used to make a commercial for a product [Source: Video Transcript].
6. **Practical Effects in The Exorcist**: The video explains how practical effects were used in the movie The Exorcist. The actress who played the possessed girl was replaced by a mannequin with a robotic head. The production team even added a little dry ice coming out of the mannequin's mouth to imitate breathing [Source: Video Transcript].
7. **Steam Effect**: The video demonstrates how the steam produced by the wheels of a train is created using dry ice powered by a coal blower. There is no train; it's just a car with wood and a camera mounted on it [Source: Video Transcript].
8. **Carriage Scene**: The video also shows how a carriage scene is created using a car with a wall with a window and curtains. The characters are sitting in cardboard boxes [Source: Video Transcript].
In conclusion, the video emphasizes that the effects in movies and commercials are not always expensive and impressive; sometimes, simple techniques are enough to create a believable and visually appealing scene [Source: Video Transcript].
1. The video discusses how certain television effects are achieved using green screens and post-production techniques.
2. The green screens are used to create the illusion of movement in hair and other elements in advertisements.
3. The green ninjas, or suits, are manipulated in post-production to match the background color.
4. Wires, tubes, and other objects are used to move the hair of the models.
5. The reality is that many elements in advertisements are created using practical effects, not computer-generated imagery.
6. The entire commercial is recorded on a green screen, with the background scenery, objects, and even the actor's costume manipulated to enter and leave the scene as required.
7. The commercial for jerseys involves placing outer cookies in a hydraulic press, and then placing each half of the chocolate bar and one of the two pieces of marshmallow in metal arms.
8. The bullet time, or frozen moment, effect is a visual effect that separates time and the spectator's space.
9. The bullet time effect is achieved by portraying the subject at different angles in two and three dimensions simultaneously.
10. The subject is hung from a cable to prevent them from falling when making the backward movement.
11. The subject's cape is moved by fans to give the illusion of movement.
12. Dozens of cameras are used to take images of every second of the process.
13. The images taken are combined to form an animated sequence in post-production.
14. The commercial for the jersey involves placing the outer cookies in a hydraulic press.
15. The commercial for the jersey involves placing each half of the chocolate bar and one of the two pieces of marshmallow in metal arms.
16. The commercial for the jersey involves moving the arms to give the illusion that the entire sandwich floats and comes together as if by magic.
17. The commercial for the jersey involves several takes since the chocolate did not melt properly.
18. The commercial for the jersey involves the use of a tubular lens that can enter unusual places such as the inside of a bottle, a book, a brush, and dozens of other places.
19. The commercial for the jersey involves replacing the actress who played the possessed girl with a mannequin with a robotic head.
20. The commercial for the jersey involves controlling the movement of the eyes of the mannequin with a robotic head.
21. The commercial for the jersey involves adding a little dry ice coming out of the mouth of the mannequin to imitate breathing.
22. The scene from the grand hotel in Budapest was recorded using a car with wood and a camera mounted on it.
23. The steam produced by the wheels of the train in the scene from the grand hotel in Budapest was created using dry ice powered by a coal blower.
24. The scene where the characters talk on board a carriage was recorded using a car with a wall with a window and curtains.
25. The scene where the characters talk on board a carriage was recorded with the characters sitting in cardboard boxes.