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Sora (text-to-video model) Announced: Game Over for Filmmakers?

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2024-02-18

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8 mins read

The next (and insane) generation of AI-generated imagery has been announced, and now it aims to create videos. Meet Sora. Developed by OpenAI, and released for testers only, this technology can create…

An Apology to the VFX Community

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Yossy Mendelovich

2023-11-20

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This article is devoted to the VFX community. We, at YMCinema want to make an apology to the marvelous artists that were offended by our previous article. Although we didn’t mean to…

“Napoleon” is Another Practical (no CGI) Masterpiece

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Yossy Mendelovich

2023-11-15

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It seems that every acclaimed director is trying to do his best to make a ‘practical’ film, that contains low to none of CGI shots. Now it’s the turn of the great…

Oppenheimer Contains More Than 100 VFX Shots

Oppenheimer Contains Only 100 VFX Shots

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Yossy Mendelovich

2023-07-31

News

3 mins read

The acclaimed award-winning VFX company DNEG, which made the VFX shots for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, sheds strong light on the VFX side of the movie. It appears that Oppenheimer contains more than…

Christopher Nolan: “Oppenheimer Has Zero CGI Shots”

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Yossy Mendelovich

2023-07-09

Educate

3 mins read

Now it’s clear that the peak of Oppenheimer will be the Trinity nuclear scene. All of the film’s energy is concentrated on that scene. Admittedly, in a series of interviews, director Christopher…

Tom Cruise Taught Actors How To Operate Sony VENICE Cameras Inside Fighter Jets in Top Gun: Maverick

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Yossy Mendelovich

2022-04-15

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4 mins read

Here is a very interesting fact about Top Gun: Maverick. It appears that due to Tom Cruise’s instructions, no CGI effects were utilized, and all the crazy aerial shots are real. The…

The Lion King 2019 and the ARRI ALEXA 65

ARRI ALEXA 65: The Camera Behind The Lion King 2019

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Yossy Mendelovich

2018-11-27

Footnote

1 min read

According to IMBD, the camera used to shot The Lion King 2019 is ARRI ALEXA 65. That information (should it be accurate) can imply us that this remake is live-action and not 100%…

CGI

Sora (text-to-video model) Announced: Game Over for Filmmakers?

An Apology to the VFX Community

“Napoleon” is Another Practical (no CGI) Masterpiece

Oppenheimer Contains Only 100 VFX Shots

Christopher Nolan: “Oppenheimer Has Zero CGI Shots”

Tom Cruise Taught Actors How To Operate Sony VENICE Cameras Inside Fighter Jets in Top Gun: Maverick

ARRI ALEXA 65: The Camera Behind The Lion King 2019

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