Don Levy: A cinematic journey through visual effects

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Translator: Rahadiani Prasetianti Reviewer: Agus Ari Wibawa

Georges Méliès, sang sineas, ibarat seorang pesulap.

Kini, film terbukti merupakan bentuk nyata kekuatan magis.

The filmmaker Georges Méliès was first a magician.

Dengan kendali mutlak atas segala yang dilihat penonton,

Now movies proved to be the ultimate medium for magic.

para pembuat film telah mengembangkan sejumlah metode

untuk menyempurnakan ilusi mereka.

With complete control of everything the audience can see,

Film adalah salah satu wujud ilusi kehidupan,

moviemakers had developed an arsenal of techniques

terbuat dari proyeksi berurutan gambar diam,

to further their deceptions.

dan mereka memukau para penonton pertama Lumière bersaudara.

Motion pictures are themselves an illusion of life,

Bahkan penonton film masa kini yang berpengetahuan luas

produced by the sequential projection of still frames,

masih merasa takjub saat menonton film,

dan para sineas memanfaatkan eskapisme ini

and they astonished the Lumière brothers' early audiences.

secara maksimal.

Even today's sophisticated moviegoers

Orang-orang yang penuh imajinasi telah bersenang-senang dengan hal ini

still lose themselves to the screen,

selama lebih dari 400 tahun.

and filmmakers leverage this separation from reality

Giambattista della Porta, seorang cendekiawan Neapolitan

to great effect.

pada abad ke-16, meneliti dan mempelajari alam sekitar

Now imaginative people have been having fun with this

for over 400 years.

dan menyadari bahwa ia dapat memanipulasinya.

Giambattista della Porta, a Neapolitan scholar

Bermain dengan alam, dan persepsi kita akan hal ini,

in the 16th century, examined and studied the natural world

adalah esensi dari efek visual.

Maka, lebih dalam mengenai hal ini,

and saw how it could be manipulated.

Bidang Sains dan Teknologi

Playing with the world, and our perception of it,

dari Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

memperlihatkan suatu realita di balik ilusi.

really is the essence of visual effects.

So digging deeper into this

Efek visual dibuat berdasar segala prinsip ilusi:

with the Science and Technology Council

of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

asumsi, suatu hal yang sudah kita ketahui,

reveals some truth behind the trickery.

presumsi, suatu hal akan bersifat seperti yang kita prediksi,

Visual effects are based on the principles of all illusions:

dan konteks dalam realitas,

pengetahuan kita akan dunia sebagaimana kita tahu,

assumption, things are as we know them;

dalam skala itu.

Sekarang, faktor keempat menjadi suatu obsesi,

presumption, things will behave as we expect;

yaitu, jangan menghilangkan ilusi itu.

and context in reality,

our knowledge of the world as we know it,

Poin terakhir tersebut yang membuat efek visual

such as scale.

Now a fourth factor really becomes an obsession,

menjadi pencarian kesempurnaan yang abadi.

Dari perpindahan adegan yang digerakkan secara manual di era awal perfilman

which is, never betray the illusion.

And that last point has made visual effects

hingga pemenang Oscar hari Minggu lalu, berikut ini adalah beberapa langkah

a constant quest for perfection.

dan beberapa repetisi dalam evolusi efek visual.

So from the hand-cranked jump cut early days of cinema

Selamat menikmati.

to last Sunday's Oscar winner, what follows are some steps

Isabelle: “Sineas Georges Méliès

and a few repeats in the evolution of visual effects.

adalah orang pertama yang menyadari

I hope you will enjoy.

kekuatan sinema

Isabelle: "The filmmaker Georges Méliès

untuk menggambarkan impian.”

(Musik) [“A Trip to the Moon’ (1902)“]

was one of the first to realize that

[“Restorasi Pewarnaan Manual Original Tahun 2011”]

films had the power

to capture dreams."

(Music) ["'A Trip to the Moon' (1902)"]

["2011 Restoration of the Original Hand-Tinted Color"]

[“2001: A Space Odyssey’ (1968)“]

[“Pemenang Academy Award untuk Efek Visual”]

["'2001: A Space Odyssey' (1968)"]

[“‘Avatar’ (2009)“] Dokter: Bagaimana keadaanmu?

["Academy Award Winner for Visual Effects"]

Jake: Hei kawan.

[“Academy Award untuk Efek Visual”]

-Selamat datang di tubuh barumu, Jake. -Bagus.

-Kita lakukan perlahan, Jake. -Kau mau duduk? Baiklah.

-Bagus, lakukan pelan-pelan, Jake.

["'Avatar' (2009)"] First doctor: How are you feeling, Jake?

-Tidak ada ataksia trunkus, bagus. -Kau tidak merasa pusing atau semacamnya?

Jake: Hey guys.

["Academy Award Winner for Visual Effects"]

Second doctor: Welcome to your new body, Jake.First doctor: Good.

Oh, kau menggerakkan jari kakimu.

[“‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ (1972)“]

Second doctor: We're gonna take this nice and easy, Jake.First doctor: Well, do you want to sit up? That's fine.

Alice: Apa yang terjadi padaku?

Second doctor: And good, just take it nice and slow, Jake.

Well, no truncal ataxia, that's good.First doctor: You feeling light-headed or dizzy at all?

Oh, you're wiggling your toes.

[“‘Alice in Wonderland’ (2010)“]

["'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' (1972)"]

[“Nomine Academy Award untuk Efek Visual”]

Alice: What's happening to me?

[“‘The Lost World’ (1925)“]

["'Alice in Wonderland' (2010)"]

[“Animasi Stop Motion“]

["Academy Award Nominee for Visual Effects"]

[“‘Jurassic Park’ (1993)“] [Dinosaurus meraung]

[“Animasi Komputer”]

["'The Lost World' (1925)"]

[“Pemenang Academy Award untuk Efek Visual”]

["Stop Motion Animation"]

["'Jurassic Park' (1993)"] [Dinosaur roars]

["CG Animation"]

["Academy Award Winner for Visual Effects"]

[“‘The Smurfs’ (2011)“]

[“Perangkat lunak Autodesk Maya - Animasi Key Frame“]

[“‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ (2011)“]

Simpanse: Tidak! [“Nomine Academy Award untuk Efek Visual”]

["'The Smurfs' (2011)"]

[“‘Metropolis’ (1927)“]

["Autodesk Maya Software - Key Frame Animation"]

(Musik)

["'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' (2011)"]

Chimpanzee: No! ["Academy Award Nominee for Visual Effects"]

["'Metropolis' (1927)"]

(Music)

[“‘Blade Runner’ (1982)“]

[“Nomine Academy Award untuk Efek Visual”]

["'Blade Runner' (1982)"]

[“The Rains Came (1939)“] Rama Safti: Tamatlah.

Maharaja: Jangan khawatir. Tak apa.

["Academy Award Nominee for Visual Effects"]

[“Academy Award untuk Efek Visual - Tahun Pertama Kategori Ini”]

(Ledakan)

["'The Rains Came' (1939)"] Rama Safti: Well, it's all over.

Maharaja: Nothing to worry about, not a thing.

['Academy Award for Special Effects - (First Year of Category)"]

[“‘2012’ (2009)“] Gubernur: Sepertinya hal terburuk sudah berlalu.

(Explosion)

[“Animasi CG Kehancuran”]

["'2012' (2009)"]Governor: It seems to me that the worst is over.

["CG Destruction"]

[“‘Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’ (2003)“]

[“Massive Software - Pemunculan Kerumunan”]

[“Pemenang Academy Award untuk Efek Visual”]

[“‘Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ’ (1925)“]

["'Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King' (2003)"]

[“Penggunaan miniatur dan boneka untuk menggambarkan penonton”]

["Massive Software - Crowd Generation"]

["Academy Award Winner for Visual Effects"]

["'Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ' (1925)"]

[“‘Gladiator’ (2000)“]

["Miniatures and Puppets Bring the Crowd to Life"]

[“Animasi CG Koloseum dan Kerumunan Penonton”]

[“Pemenang Academy Award untuk Efek Visual”]

["'Gladiator' (2000)"]

[“‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2’ (2011)“]

["CG Coliseum and Digital Crowds"]

[“Nomine Academy Award untuk Efek Visual”]

["Academy Award Winner for Visual Effects"]

["'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2' (2011)"]

["Academy Award Nominee for Visual Effects"]

[“Diproduksi bersama Science and Technology Council Academy.”]

(Tepuk tangan)

[“Saat ini mungkin untuk mewujudkan hal yang paling mustahil.′ - Georges Méliès”]

Don Levy: Terima kasih.

["Produced in conjunction with the Academy's Science and Technology Council."]

(Applause)

["'It is today possible to realize the most impossible and improbable things.' — Georges Méliès"]

Don Levy: Thank you.