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1134 00:33:56,666 --> 00:33:58,067 We may have lost something. 1135 00:33:58,201 --> 00:34:00,202 The cut in lawrence of 1136 00:34:00,337 --> 00:34:02,371 Arabia where he blows the match 1137 00:34:02,506 --> 00:34:03,172 Out... 1138 00:34:03,306 --> 00:34:05,207 It is recognized that you 1139 00:34:05,342 --> 00:34:07,176 Have a funny sense of fun. 1140 00:34:07,310 --> 00:34:08,277 Well, that was a dissolve in 1141 00:34:08,412 --> 00:34:09,445 The script. 1142 00:34:09,579 --> 00:34:11,347 And if you'd been on a digital 1143 00:34:11,481 --> 00:34:13,015 As we are today, we would have 1144 00:34:13,150 --> 00:34:14,450 Only ever seen it as 1145 00:34:14,584 --> 00:34:15,684 A dissolve. 1146 00:34:15,819 --> 00:34:17,253 In those days, the film was 1147 00:34:17,387 --> 00:34:18,954 Butted together like that, just 1148 00:34:19,089 --> 00:34:21,390 With a direct cut, and so, when 1149 00:34:21,525 --> 00:34:22,358 We saw it, we thought, 1150 00:34:22,492 --> 00:34:24,527 "Wow, that's fantastic." 1151 00:34:24,661 --> 00:34:25,528 It just worked. 1152 00:34:25,662 --> 00:34:26,629 It just was magic, you know, 1153 00:34:26,763 --> 00:34:30,166 When you feel that feeling. 1154 00:34:30,300 --> 00:34:32,768 Digital is this unbelievably 1155 00:34:32,903 --> 00:34:35,805 Malleable plastic of imagery and 1156 00:34:35,939 --> 00:34:38,307 Sound, and that's seductive, 1157 00:34:38,442 --> 00:34:39,075 Because that's what we do, 1158 00:34:39,209 --> 00:34:39,742 You know? 1159 00:34:39,876 --> 00:34:43,079 We are sculptors of images and 1160 00:34:43,213 --> 00:34:43,813 Sound. 1161 00:34:43,947 --> 00:34:44,814 It's not that you can't do it 1162 00:34:44,948 --> 00:34:45,915 With film. 1163 00:34:46,049 --> 00:34:49,118 It's just that it's harder to do 1164 00:34:49,252 --> 00:34:51,687 That and make it look good. 1165 00:34:53,557 --> 00:34:54,824 As digital technology 1166 00:34:54,958 --> 00:34:56,225 Continued to grow, 1167 00:34:56,359 --> 00:34:58,260 Computer- Generated images, 1168 00:34:58,395 --> 00:35:00,830 Or cgi, were appearing more 1169 00:35:00,964 --> 00:35:05,201 And more in movies. 1170 00:35:05,335 --> 00:35:08,370 Visual effects, or vfx, have 1171 00:35:08,505 --> 00:35:09,972 Been part of filmmaking since 1172 00:35:10,107 --> 00:35:12,174 The earliest years. 1173 00:35:12,309 --> 00:35:13,609 Camera tricks, lighting 1174 00:35:13,743 --> 00:35:15,611 Techniques, elaborate models, 1175 00:35:15,745 --> 00:35:18,047 And lab processes have all been 1176 00:35:18,181 --> 00:35:19,648 Used to alter reality and 1177 00:35:19,783 --> 00:35:20,950 Enhance the moviegoing 1178 00:35:21,084 --> 00:35:22,685 Experience. 1179 00:35:22,819 --> 00:35:23,552 On many films, there are 1180 00:35:23,687 --> 00:35:24,386 A number of things that are 1181 00:35:24,521 --> 00:35:25,621 Depicted that you can't just go 1182 00:35:25,755 --> 00:35:27,857 Out and shoot, so the images you 1183 00:35:27,991 --> 00:35:28,824 Need to see need to be 1184 00:35:28,959 --> 00:35:32,128 Manufactured in some way. 1185 00:35:32,262 --> 00:35:32,895 Being a visual effects 1186 00:35:33,029 --> 00:35:34,330 Supervisor calls on you to 1187 00:35:34,464 --> 00:35:36,632 Understand a huge variety of 1188 00:35:36,766 --> 00:35:38,434 Different aspects of the world 1189 00:35:38,568 --> 00:35:40,069 Around us at any one time. 1190 00:35:40,203 --> 00:35:41,203 You've also got to understand 1191 00:35:41,338 --> 00:35:43,672 The physics of the way light 1192 00:35:43,807 --> 00:35:45,441 Reacts to different surfaces. 1193 00:35:45,575 --> 00:35:46,575 You've got to understand 1194 00:35:46,710 --> 00:35:47,243 Animation. 1195 00:35:47,377 --> 00:35:48,244 You've got to understand the way 1196 00:35:48,378 --> 00:35:51,080 People move, creatures move. 1197 00:35:51,214 --> 00:35:52,381 You have to be an artist and 1198 00:35:52,516 --> 00:35:54,416 A technician at the same time, 1199 00:35:54,551 --> 00:35:55,551 You know, and that's an 1200 00:35:55,685 --> 00:35:56,819 Interesting combination. 1201 00:35:56,953 --> 00:35:58,387 Originally, when effects were 1202 00:35:58,522 --> 00:35:59,722 Done, or for the first 100 years 1203 00:35:59,856 --> 00:36:01,157 That effects were done, 1204 00:36:01,291 --> 00:36:03,692 They were done, you know, with 1205 00:36:03,827 --> 00:36:06,562 Models and with film cameras, 1206 00:36:06,696 --> 00:36:07,630 And they were very sort of 1207 00:36:07,764 --> 00:36:09,632 Limited, what they can do. 1208 00:36:09,766 --> 00:36:11,700 But a lot of time and energy- 1209 00:36:11,835 --> 00:36:13,169 And people put a lot of work 1210 00:36:13,303 --> 00:36:14,570 Into being able to make the 1211 00:36:14,704 --> 00:36:16,639 Star wars films. 1212 00:36:21,311 --> 00:3