Don Levy: A cinematic journey through visual effects

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Prevodilac: Boško Eraković Lektor: Ivana Korom

The filmmaker Georges Méliès was first a magician.

Reditelj Žorž Melies je bio ponajpre mađioničar.

Now movies proved to be the ultimate medium for magic.

Filmovi su se dokazali kao krajnji medijum za magiju.

With complete control of everything the audience can see,

Sa potpunom kontrolom svega što publika gleda,

moviemakers had developed an arsenal of techniques

kinematografi su razvili arsenal tehnika

to further their deceptions.

da bi produbili svoje obmane.

Motion pictures are themselves an illusion of life,

Filmovi su sami po sebi iluzija života,

produced by the sequential projection of still frames,

izrađena od sekvencijalnih projekcija kadrova bez pokreta,

and they astonished the Lumière brothers' early audiences.

i oni su zadivili ranu publiku braće Lumier.

Even today's sophisticated moviegoers

Čak se i današnji prefinjeni bioskopski gledaoci

still lose themselves to the screen,

još uvek izgube u filmskom platnu,

and filmmakers leverage this separation from reality

a reditelji iskorišćavaju ovo odvajanje od stvarnosti

to great effect.

sa velikim efektom.

Now imaginative people have been having fun with this

Maštoviti ljudi se zabavljaju sa ovim

for over 400 years.

preko 400 godina.

Giambattista della Porta, a Neapolitan scholar

Đanbatista dela Porta, napolitanski učenjak

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

u 16. veku, istražio je i proučio prirodni svet

and saw how it could be manipulated.

i shvatio kako se njime može manipulisati.

Playing with the world, and our perception of it,

Poigravanje sa svetom, i našom percepcijom istog,

really is the essence of visual effects.

zaista je suština vizuelnih efekata.

So digging deeper into this

Tako da dublje proučavanje ovoga

with the Science and Technology Council

sa Savetom za nauku i tehnologiju

of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Akademije filmskih umetnosti i nauka

reveals some truth behind the trickery.

otkriva neke istine iza obmane.

Visual effects are based on the principles of all illusions:

Vizuelni efekti se zasnivaju na principima svih iluzija:

assumption, things are as we know them;

pretpostavka, stvari su onakve kakve ih poznajemo;

presumption, things will behave as we expect;

presumpcija, stvari će se ponašati kako mi očekujemo;

and context in reality,

i kontekst u stvarnosti,

our knowledge of the world as we know it,

naše znanje o svetu kakvog poznajemo,

such as scale.

kao skala.

Now a fourth factor really becomes an obsession,

Četvrti faktor zaista postaje opsesija,

which is, never betray the illusion.

a on je, nikad ne izdaj iluziju.

And that last point has made visual effects

I ta poslednja tačka je načinila od vizuelnih efekata

a constant quest for perfection.

konstantnu potragu za savršenstvom.

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

Tako da od ranih dana i ručno-navijanih "jump cut" rezova filma

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

do prošlonedeljnog dobitnika Oskara, ono što sledi su neki koraci

and a few repeats in the evolution of visual effects.

i poneka ponavljanja u evoluciji vizuelnih efekata.

I hope you will enjoy.

Nadam se da ćete uživati.

Isabelle: "The filmmaker Georges Méliès

Izabel: "Reditelj Žorž Melies

was one of the first to realize that

je bio jedan od prvih koji su shvatili da

films had the power

filmovi imaju moć

to capture dreams."

da uhvate snove."

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

(Muzika) [" 'Put na Mesec' (1902) "]

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

["2011 Restauracija originalne ručno nanošene boje"]

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

[" '2001: Odiseja u svemiru' (1968)"]

["Academy Award Winner for Visual Effects"]

[" Dobitnik Oskara za vizuelne efekte "]

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

[" 'Avatar' (2009)"] Prvi doktor: Kako se osećaš, Džejk?

Jake: Hey guys.

Džejk: Hej ljudi.

["Academy Award Winner for Visual Effects"]

["Dobitnik Oskara za vizuelne efekte"]

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

Drugi doktor: Dobrodošao u tvoje novo telo, Džejk. Prvi doktor: Dobro.

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

Drugi doktor: Uradićemo ovo lepo i polako, Džejk. Prvi doktor: Dakle, da li želiš da sedneš? Dobro je.

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

Drugi doktor: I dobro, samo lepo i polako, Džejk.

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

Pa, nema trunkalne ataksije, to je dobro. Prvi doktor: Osećaš li bilo kakvu malaksalost ili vrtoglavicu?

Oh, you're wiggling your toes.

O, mrdaš prstima na nogama.

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

[" 'Alisa u zemlji čuda' (1972) "]

Alice: What's happening to me?

Alisa: Šta mi se to dešava?

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

[" 'Alisa u zemlji čuda' (2010)"]

["Academy Award Nominee for Visual Effects"]

["Nominovan za Oskara za vizuelne efekte"]

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

[" 'Izgubljeni svet' (1925)"]

["Stop Motion Animation"]

[" 'Stop motion' animacija"]

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

[" 'Park iz doba Jure' (1993"] [Rika dinosaurusa]

["CG Animation"]

["CG animacija"]

["Academy Award Winner for Visual Effects"]

["Dobitnik Oskara za vizuelne efekte"]

["'The Smurfs' (2011)"]

[" 'Štrumpfovi' (2011)"]

["Autodesk Maya Software - Key Frame Animation"]

["Autodesk Maja Softver - 'Key Frame' animacija"]

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

[" 'Uzdizanje Planete majmuna' (2011)"]

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

Šimpanza: Ne! ["Nominovan za Oskara za vizuelne efekte"]

["'Metropolis' (1927)"]

[" 'Metropolis' (1972)"]

(Music)

(Muzika)

["'Blade Runner' (1982)"]

[" 'Istrebljivač' (1982)"]

["Academy Award Nominee for Visual Effects"]

["Nominovan za Oskara za vizuelne efekte"]

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

[" 'Stigle su kiše' (1939)"] Rama Safti: Dakle, sve je gotovo.

Maharaja: Nothing to worry about, not a thing.

Maharadža: Ništa za brigu, ništa.

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

["Dobitnik Oskara za Specijalne efekte - (prva godina Kategorije)"]

(Explosion)

(Eksplozija)

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

[" '2012' (2009)"] Guverner: Čini mi se da je najgore prošlo.

["CG Destruction"]

[" 'CG uništenje' "]

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

[" 'Gospodar Prstenova: Povratak Kralja' (2003)"]

["Massive Software - Crowd Generation"]

[" 'Massive Softvare' - stvaranje mase"]

["Academy Award Winner for Visual Effects"]

["Dobitnik Oskara za vizuelne efekte"]

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

[" 'Ben Hur: Priča o Hristu' (1935)"]

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

["Minijature i lutke oživljavaju publiku"]

["'Gladiator' (2000)"]

[" 'Gladijator' (2000)"]

["CG Coliseum and Digital Crowds"]

["CG Koloseum i digitalna svetina"]

["Academy Award Winner for Visual Effects"]

["Dobitnik Oskara za vizuelne efekte"]

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

[" 'Hari Poter i Relikvije Smrti 2. deo' (2011)"]

["Academy Award Nominee for Visual Effects"]

["Nominovan za Oskar za vizuelne efekte"]

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

["Proizvedeno u saradnji sa Savetom Akademije za nauku i tehnologiju."]

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

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

[" 'Danas je moguće shvatiti krajnje nemoguće i neverovatne stvari.' - Žorž Melies"]

Don Levy: Thank you.

Don Levi: Hvala.