That is awesome. The making of is really mind blowing. I find it interesting that the thing that seems to really nail the realism is when they introduce the lens depth of field to the shot. The grading and shadows etc, obviously give it the realism but when they shallow up that depth of field. My brain just says, "this is a real space that they shot with a camera."

Thanks for the link

Please watch it fullscreen on Vimeo.

This really makes a huge difference.

I must be very out of touch and or naive. As I watched the first video, I didn't understand what parts were being computer generated. So I gave up and watched the secong, "compositing etc., and so I get it I guess, every single element of the video is not real, from a live shot perspective. Amazing.

Rome wasn't built in a day and neither was this footage.

Excellent

Alex Roman (the creator):

There are a few non-CG elements in the shortfilm: photographer (shot on greenscreen), pigeons, timelapsed growing flowers, flying airplane and sky backgrounds.

OK, then it's a 99.99% CG video. Regardless, it's a stunning piece of art.

It certainly is (and I wasn't nitpicking, just responding to the previous poster).

Unusual for one person to have so many different skills, I hope he gets "discovered" so he can make more of these, perhaps as part of bigger stories.

I just downloaded the .MP4 HD version via torrent and played it back on my PS3 through the 42" LCD in my office. WOW!!!

wow!

John,

That's really incredible and somewhat of a mini-me Avatar.The more I see of CGI, I'm beginning to think that as projected 3D becomes more prevalent, traditional video with digital cameras will disappear, except at the consumer level. People have been amazed that rather primitive DSLRs have given traditional digital camcorders a run for their money. But wait until their desktop can be used to create a whole movie via CGI. If you can eventually model real live people, you won't even need to green screen them in.

I'm also curious how many people have tinkered around with CGI on their desktop computers. I've played around with both Poser and the freeware Blender (using AE and the training video from Video Copilot called The Bullet). But, unfortunately, I eventually got frustrated, since my PC isn't really fast enough (and I'm not creative enough) to do much other than rather minimalist videos. Maybe next year, when I buy that elusive dual Xeon workstation (Hah!).

John, is the torrent mp4 the same file I can download off vimeo?

Yes, it appears that the MP4 from Vimeo and via Bit Torrent are the same file.

But wait until their desktop can be used to create a whole movie via CGI

We're quite a ways from there, I can tell you that. There's a reason you see hundreds of names in a Pixar movie's credits.

Awe-inspiring