Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning | This CGI will self-destruct in 5 secs | VFX Notes Podcast Ep 54

(Chapters available) This week we continue with our series of episodes about this year’s Oscar nominees for Best VFX. We discuss Mission Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, talk about the marketing hype, the ’NO CGI’ debate and break down the major VFX scenes from @ILM. There are also 2 rants in the episode, sorry! Enjoy. Chapters: 00:00 - intro 01:17 - brought to you by Backlight 01:59 - Podcast begins 03:27 - review of the film 07:33 - too much hype 08:55 - the marketing of the film 11:14 - the AI concept was better than the stunts 14:10 - the director’s previous movies 17:41 - great characters 20:15 - Rome 24:16 - ’It was all shot for real!” 27:33 - Rome VFX by ILM 28:08 - at least they credit most artists 30:39 - the bike jump 38:29 - the train sequence 39:51 - the BTS only show the practical work 40:49 - mini ‘rant’ time about the ’no-CGI’ 45:06 - the bridge explosion 48:38 - ‘rant’ part 2 53:22 - a b