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[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

real artists thrive in constraints. an interesting character having an interesting story arc in an interesting place can all be done at any budget. throwing hundreds of millions at spectacle is missing the point.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There was a scene in a 70's movie that James Cameron worked on that needed a computer animated tracking shot of a city. They couldn't afford the computer time, so they put reflective tape on black painted blocks and manipulated the lighting levels to make it look like the shot was from a computer.

Maybe do more of that.

[–] thessnake03@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

They did the same thing in Escape from New York. The tech existed to make a wire frame nyc skyline when they flew snake in. But the GC was too expensive, so they built a model.