FX in "Fantasia", long ago

slowtiger · Post by **slowtiger** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:26 am

http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=1975

Have a look at these rare and wonderful photos. See what they did and how they did it in the time before particle effects and bone rigs.

I especially like the snow flake effect. It is a completely mechanical solution, but follows the very same principles we use with motion paths and layer rotations. It's amazing!

Danimal · Post by **Danimal** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:29 pm

Very interesting, thanks for posting.

It's funny how in the olden days of film they had to come up with unique ways of accomplishing effects. Today everything's just done with CGI and quite honestly looks terribly cheesy and cheap.

JCook · Post by **JCook** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:24 pm

That is a fantastic web page. Now I want to see Fantasia again to remind myself of how good Disney used to be. They were absolute innovators.

I don't agree that everything done today with CGI looks cheesy and cheap. I think it depends on how you do it, and what your skills are. There are lots and lots of movies using CGI that are incredibly well done. In the old days there were also plenty of "cheesy and cheap" non-CGI special effects. It's just a tool that can be used well, or not, depending on the people using it.

Jack

Danimal · Post by **Danimal** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:51 pm

JCook wrote:It's just a tool that can be used well, or not

The "or not" would seem to prevail...

da2tha3 · Post by **da2tha3** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 1:31 pm

Are you saying all CGI looks cheap and cheesy?

Post by **Víctor Paredes** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:17 am

thanks for the link, slowtiger, it's fantastic.