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Captain Disillusion · explainer · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Captain Disillusion explains the visual effects behind the Back to the Future trilogy. He covers ILM's motion-control, computer-controlled camera work and clever pre-CGI tricks.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a succinct documentary on motion control and practical-effects ingenuity.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “is a really good yet succinct documentary on it”

    Succinct documentary on camera fixtures in Back to the Future

    Cthulhu_, 2020-02 · Strong recommendation · in “Real-time, in-camera background compositing in The Mandalorian”

  2. “is a good recommendation”

    How Back to the Future pioneered computer-controlled cameras

    ZeroGravitas, 2024-11 · Recommendation · in “A pretty visualisation of the European power grid (2022)”

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Topics: vfx, back to the future, motion control, ilm, practical effects

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