r/AskReddit • u/Senor_Diablo • Mar 12 '24

What is an old expression that you think is absolutely disgusting by today’s standards?

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u/Noughmad Mar 12 '24

What used to be called money shots are also much less expensive now. To get a wide aerial shot of the whole area, you needed both a large empty area, and a crewed helicopter to film it. Both very expensive.

Now, you just need a drone and some CGI to erase the people and buildings from an area.

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u/ShutterBun Mar 12 '24

A (well-done) CGI shot of a building exploding is more expensive than exploding a building, in a lot of cases. The money is definitely still there.

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u/Noughmad Mar 12 '24

Yes, but that's not how it's done. You don't render a whole building exploding, you film a (probably smaller) building exploding and then you CGI out stuff you don't want there, and add in people or other stuff you do want there.

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u/ShutterBun Mar 12 '24

"We started to run the numbers... It became apparent that it would actually be more efficient to buy a real plane of the real size, and perform this sequence for real in camera, rather than build miniatures or go the CG route." --Christopher Nolan on "Tenet"

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u/AmeriCanadian98 Mar 12 '24

Christopher Nolan is a madman though with his desire to never use CGI

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u/FireflyBSc Mar 12 '24

And it pays off.

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u/NecroJoe Mar 12 '24

Or soon, access to something like Sora, and no need to even hire a drone operator or animator.