VFX Breakdown

Here's some VFX breakdowns from one of the most expensive blockbusters in history from AE+Tuts. I love seeing scenes get torn down like this because it's amazing to see the creativity it requires build such an illusion. Also, it's great to see what top notch compositors and modelers do underneath it all.

Harry Potter

Pirates of the Caribbean

King Kong


X Men First Class


I love seeing how bare a scene originally is and how it becomes transformed into a totally different world. People complain about VFX ruining films nowadays. It seems more people are inclined to look at the negative rather than to praise. Let's not forget those moments when you've seen a good movie that's transported you to another world and not for one moment did you see the wireframes and green screen, but instead you were fooled into believing that what was on screen was real.

Movies are basically one big illusion anyways.

This is one of the reasons I love film is because that clash of technology and art that makes it such a unique medium.