Tuesday, June 9, 2009

When True Art Aligns With Tech

This is absolutely beautiful. It is, in my opinion, the best cinematic released since Warhammer: Mark of Chaos two years ago. And guess what? It's from the same guys that did that one-DIGIC Pictures in Hungary.

These guys have a serious talent for staging shots and creating extremely beautiful lighting in their scenes - Lighting that actually hides details.... that is what I love about their work. There is super realistic stuff in there and much of it gets hidden in the shadows or blurred out of focus. Our minds are left to fill in the details, which is so much more enjoyable and engaging to watch.



The camera work is real world, and really feels like it was done on set, not in a computer. They are careful not to have speaking characters for more than a few seconds... so uncanny valley problems are minimized, which leads to another point. The scenes are full of human characters, and they all look fantastically real (minor exception to the females skin feeling a little plastic).


Thank you DIGIC for raising the bar - like it was not already high enough! I think you need to make features now - you could seriously compete with PIXAR I feel.
They did such an excellent job on shadow-to-light areas, bounce light, and highlights that blow out when they should. Beautiful cinematic Depth of field is present that feels very natural. The camera angles seem very artistically thought out, and the action flows like you would expect in any blockbuster movie made in the U.S.. I would pay to see a film of this caliber!

My hat is off to the artists at DIGIC Pictures! What they are doing over there is unique to the industry, something special. I look forward to seeing more of this kind of work.

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