VFX and the Perceptual Realism of Cinema

Or: how VFX changed the way we think and do cinema, except they did not

Have Digital Visual Effects taken the cinema’s essence and ripped it apart?

The Evolution of Animation

“Animation is not the art of drawings that move but the art of movements that are drawn.” (Norman McLaren, 1968)

When CGI is used to deliver a visual masterpiece

In this essay I would like to analyse the french animated feature “The Little Prince” (2015) focusing particularly on how photography has been used in order to deliver a final product that uses the images above all to communicate.

The Grand Budapest Hotel

9/10

This is not a new film but I watched it again yesterday and everytime I have the pleasure to watch it I remember why I love it so much!

This movie is basically a story within a story. In fact it starts in the present with a…

The Hateful Eight

9.5/10

I watched The Hateful Eight the first day it came out, about a month ago, and I totally loved it! So I went back to the cinema a few days ago to have the pleasure to watch it a second time, and it was even better.

Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens

4.5/10

Star Wars was terrible, such a delusion, even worse than what I thought! Great VFX, very good photography as well as sound mixing and editing, and OK directing. Terrible acting, especially Daisy Ridley, and seriously…

Youth

8.5/10

Stravinsky once said that intellectuals have no taste. And from that…

Carol

8/10

Carol was different. I was expecting a great film full of contents and that was what I got. I was very satisfied with it but, nonetheless I was kinda shocked. In a good way. This film had a big impact on me. And this is so important with art (yes, movies are art) but it’s not much…

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

5.5/10

I love animations and visual effects so I love these type of films. The story isn’t excellent though. Pixar is absolutely better in this, but I love all these films, so I liked this one to, even if in a minor way. The most thing I…

Arrival

8.5/10

From Villenueve, director of Sicario, which I absolutely loved, and Prisoners, comes this outstanding…