Cubism For CG And Movies

Aidtopia writes "Computer Graphics pioneer Andrew Glassner has a cool page on virtual cinema. The Matrix Reloaded introduced us to virtual cinema--re-rendering live action to show it in a way that would be difficult or impossible in real life. Glassner takes this much further by using unusual (and physically impossible) camera distortions, morphing multiple points of view simultaneously in single continuous image. Could this be the next big revolution in film? How long until we see a movie done like this?"

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Original research paper

[diegoq]

You can read the original PDF paper here

google cache

[Wiggin]

It is looking a little slow already. So in case it goes down, here is a link to the google cache.

Oohhh, weird

[Anonymous Coward]

Reminds me of Panquake

http://wouter.fov120.com/gfxengine/panquake/

Cubism vs. Surrealism in Films

[aacool]

Films are a kind of dream in a way, as compared to the 'real' world. Directors constantly move between realism and surrealism as different perspectives to portray the real/unreal nature of films.

Cubism, being a movement in painting that attempted to depict a more complete illustration of the painted subject by showing it from a number of different perspectives, was influential in forming the visual depiction of many directors/photographers. Here is an analysis of Truffaut and Eisenstein making the same argument

Surrealism extended cubism into the fantastic world of dreams and provided a fresh perspective that allowed the auteur to look at what did not exist before, recreating reality, as it were.

Surrealism is not new - check out Salvador Dali's own rendition of the dream sequence in Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound in 1045.Here is a list of some films using Surrealism in some form to render their visions of reality

Roger Corman talks about Surrealism in his films

Here is a good list of surrealism in films