Mad Max: Fury Road Video Essay Breaks Down The Digital And Practical Effects
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)hasreleased a new video essay from author and film critic Matt Brown, which breaks down the use of practical and digital effects in director George Miller's acclaimed 2015 action movie, Mad Max: Fury Road.
In the short video essay, Brown discusses what he calls the film's «maverick reputation» amongst cinephiles for its use of practical effects. Mad Max: Fury Roadhas consistently been lauded for its daring and dangerous practical stunt work and special effects. However, Brown is quick to point out that despite the heavy use of practical effects, almost every frame of the film has been digitally altered in some way. In the video essay, Brown asks why this works in Fury Road, but not in something like Star Wars: Episode 1 — The Phantom Menace,which despite its reputation for overused CGI, actually features more practical effects than most films.
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Brown also makes the comparison between Gollum from Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogyand Jar Jar Binks. Both characters were entirely digitally composed, but one is considered to be an embarrassment to the franchise, and the other was lauded as an achievement in visual effects. The Star Wars franchise developed such an intensely negative reputation for its reliance on CGI that much of the marketing for the first sequel film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, focused on director JJ Abrams's use of practical costumes and sets, despite the fact that the sequel films also heavily relied on digital effects like most modern blockbusters.
In the video essay, Brown asserts that while there seems to be some inconsistency in audiences' reactions to digital vs practical
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