by orz » Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:30 am
<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>anyone produce a declared fake video in the next two weeks as good as this one and i'll eat my words<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br>No, that's no good, and here's why:<br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>However realistic a special effect I were to create, it wouldn't look "real" to you without the context.</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br>I could make a UFO video far more realistic than this, but we'd all know it was fake... the fact that this is presented as "mysterious UFO footage" on a UFO site lends it an air of credibility that 'sells' the otherwise not so great FX shot. <br><br>I mean, we've all seen incredibly realistic effects in hollywood movies, but we don't accept them as 'real' because we know we're watching a fictional movie.<br><br>likewise if you saw the exact same effect as in this clip in some cheapo TV movie about UFOs you'd probably think it looked cheap and unconvincing.<br> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=orz@rigorousintuition>orz</A> at: 8/10/06 2:46 am<br></i>