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Behind the Special Effects of Inception

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the yes-have-some dept.

Lanxon writes "Wired has a behind the scenes look at how Inception's reality-distorting special effects sequences were shot, in an interview with Chris Corbould — the man 'prized for his ability to stage a real-life tank chase in St. Petersburg (GoldenEye), to flip a working juggernaut down a narrow Chicago street (The Dark Knight), and to build a working Batmobile that can do 30-metre jumps without the aid of a single post-production pixel.'" Hopefully most of you who intend to see Inception have already seen it by now, so you don't have to worry about spoilers. It's getting pretty much universal praise.

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  1. Spoiler Alert by Haffner · · Score: 5, Funny
    It's all a dream

    Just kidding. No one knows what the hell happened.

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  2. That's Easy! by CajunArson · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wired has a behind the scenes look at how Inception's reality-distorting special effects sequences were shot

    That's easy, the just shot the whole movie with an iPhone 4 and invited Steve Jobs to the set.. all the reality distortion you'll ever need!

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  3. Re:Not much content by baturkey · · Score: 5, Informative

    There's more detail and pictures in this American Cinematographer article:

    http://www.theasc.com/ac_magazine/July2010/Inception/page1.php

  4. Re:Analog special effects are cool, but... by Minwee · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because the sad truth is that not once have I ever seen a CGI-rendered scene that didn't look utterly fake.

    I think the phrase you are looking for is that "not once have you ever seen a CGI-rendered scene that you could identify as CGI-rendered that did not look CGI-rendered."

    The ones that didn't look utterly fake looked real enough for you to assume that they were real. That's kind of the whole point, you see.

  5. Re:I am left wondering by Chysn · · Score: 5, Funny

    What on earth is a "working juggernaut"?

    I'm an unemployed juggernaut, you insensitive clod!

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