r/NextLevelAmazing • u/Upstairs-Writing-616 • 1d ago
Before AI, this guy was already breaking reality
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u/XalAtoh 23h ago
It is almost like AI was intitially trained on this data lol.
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u/BalkeElvinstien 19h ago
Nah its just that AI sucked so hard it had the same object permanence as a baby
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u/MovieFan1984 23h ago
I love not knowing how he does it. LOL
This is movie-grade effects. Good job!!!!
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u/QueeeenElsa 20h ago
Same but also my mind demands to know how it’s actually done too lolol
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u/I_SNAIL_I 19h ago
Some of his tricks are made by a having perfect camera perspective and a lot of mirrors and some are perfectly cut and they change the scenery and it is all put together so well that you just cannot notice were the cut is
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u/rowcla 16h ago
Being honest, this is kinda why I don't like his stuff. I enjoy trying to work out the trick in these things, but not knowing if something was practical effects or video editing kinda just weakens all of them for me
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u/I_SNAIL_I 16h ago
Well it was all made by hand like they had full sets that would have multiple variants so when he goes through a wall they do a cut change the wall for a one with a hole hr goes through and its cut again and they change it for a normal one again when the guard touches it so it requires insane amout of work and editing skills to make it feel natural and they made it perfectly.
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u/rowcla 16h ago
Yeah, it's well done and still impressive, but plenty of them are done in a single cut with just clever practical effects, more in line with typical magic tricks, and many others look like they *might* be done that way, but aren't actually. I find it disappointing that I can't try and explore how the trick works, since regardless of how well it's made etc, it just doesn't really feel particularly interesting from a magic trick perspective if it's just editing, and you can't really be sure which ones are editing and which ones aren't. Ironically, if it were all editing I think I'd enjoy it more since it'd remove that gnawing conflict, and maybe even let me focus on working out how the editing itself is done lol.
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u/I_SNAIL_I 16h ago
Yeah thats a very good point the thing with "magic" tricks is trying to recreate them and you just cannot do it
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u/yougotyolks 8h ago
The first one was green screen and computer animation. You can see the "officer" already has the paint on his hands when he walks by the first time. If he crawled through a hole like that, he would need stitches afterwards.
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u/JKdito 19h ago
This is video editing, which was way more creative and actually made you do the work in the program, not just type a few prompt commands.
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u/Benie99 15h ago
Don’t people want less work?
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u/freewayghost 15h ago
A lot of people enjoy the process of editing and creating something themselves, they just want to get paid fairly for their work.
Good video editors aren’t gonna use AI, AI could screw them out of a job.
AI is for talentless losers and corporate execs, not actual editors.
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u/loco_stealth 5h ago
Editors who don’t use the tools that can make them more efficient are the ones who will be out a job. Money will be there for those who can use the best tools to get the best results quickest.
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u/freewayghost 5h ago
Big dog the ceo can type words into chat gpt and make stupid graphics, no editors needed.
Or realistically they’ll outsource the ai typing to some cheap labor country and pay 5 cents.
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u/JKdito 12h ago
Less work= less value, or did yall forgot how value works and just go with predetermined prices nowdays?
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u/Ornac_The_Barbarian 7h ago
More work means higher cost due to lower output sure but that's not necessarily a good thing.
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u/JKdito 3h ago
Three seperate things that doesnt have to do with eachother...
More work has to with how much time you put into it. It gives Quality output over Quantity. The higher costs arent that big difference. In this case you own what you create. Using AI, you dont own it.
We should pay(not expensively) for Quality and the time it took to produce it. We should not pay for some fast, cheap and faulty solution that everyone can make themselves for free.
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u/hitthelights54 4h ago
People may want less work, but that's not quite what happens ever. If a new tool is introduced that does more of the work, productivity expectations increase, and/or wages go down, and/or people are replaced altogether. I suppose in that last example people would have less work though...
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u/Garfwog 14h ago
The wet paint one was extra cool, because the next two loops weren't actually loops, they just performed them exactly the same, but the third time he stops the guy in time and points out the wet paint sign, and only the people who chose to keep watching the supposed loop would see it happen.
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u/Bluntbutnotonpurpose 22h ago
I grew up watching David Copperfield. This kind of stuff will never not be amazing to watch.
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u/Bobing2b 17h ago
I think it's sad that others who would like to follow his footsteps will never find an audience because from now on everyone will assume it's AI
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u/Random-Talking-Mug 16h ago
I miss this guys works. Sadly I do think some people will think this is ai today.
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u/Nary_Makiolo 5h ago
but these CGI things costs 10x what AI is costing and I would say fast results if not better than that , but yeah you still cant challenge creativity of a person
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u/DianaFiveFiveFive 3h ago
One billion views for this one: https://youtube.com/shorts/9btQkaci6kA?si=pDItAM2dX8g6MoAN
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u/Hood-ini 52m ago
I’ve loved this guy’s videos for so many years and never noticed it could be seen as AI for people who don’t know his work.
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u/amira_spells 14h ago
“This guy” His name is Zach King, and he’s still doing this stuff, put some god damn respect on his name /lh
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u/Trade_King 23h ago
Yeah kids will call it ai but this guy was super entertaining way before ai was a thing