/ Shin Kamen Rider (2023)

Evangelion was to me best anime ever. Stunning design, top level script and incredible editorial cut. It blows up my head on that VHS days, and still is the best anime series I’ve seen. I’m not too much into robots, but this series catch my heart 100%.

Looks Hideaki Anno was behind different Evangelion animes and now is releasing this real life B Series Movie which looks very interesting to me. No idea about the script, but vfx has catch my eye.

/ All at once in vfx

First time I saw this videoclip I thought: wow, this people need to do a long feature. To me is the funniest videoclip I´ve ever seen. And vfx are incredible good.

Now, it has happen that they have become very famous.

Regarding the Vfx on “All at once…” it is an interesting aproach.

Of course the magic always comes not by the vfx, it comes because of story. It is a storm to say that just five people did the vfx. To me is not a surprise at all, as indie filmakers use to do all the time, but can be a precedent in industry. Real problem is not how many people are working on vfx as staf, real problem is who is managing that people, in other words: is there a brain behind manangmen or just a monkey with money in hands?

Here you can find some talk about the vfx.

And down the line, a very nice documentary behind the cams. This film is 99% coreography, as we watch in “Last Night in Soho”. All belongs to a complete dance including script, vfx and direction. Another strong influence of course is “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”.

/ Last Night in Soho, the right Vfx way

This amazing movie is what Vfx should be:

1. effective (feel as real)

2. invisible (you don’t know they are)

3. and creative (looks brand new).

As the movie is: a very creative and immersive experience. Actors are absolute great (unmissable Thomasin as scaried girl), photography is wonderful (“Old Boy” cinematographer), music, camera movements, choreography,… wooow.

Edgar Wright is a very creative director. The best is the way he plays with film genres and how he turns them into something new. I really enjoy all his films. Soho is a mix of Nightmare on Elm Street + Lynch + Back to the Future + Zombies + The Frighteners, and probably much more references than I know, but the great thing is that looks like something new, probably because his choreography and musical editing (as he demostrates on “Baby Driver”).

Here is a great link explaining DNG Vfx.

And here Edgar Wright breakdowns some sequences.

Great job people.

Thanks so much for create this.