How this Tom Cruise sci-fi blockbuster revolutionized front projection years before The Mandalorian, filming a location set three-thousand feet into the sky without using any digital effects.
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Note: While this video sources the 1080p Blu-ray transfer of Oblivion for its clips (as I think it looks better on more devices than the new UHD transfer), it is being uploaded in 4K format to take advantage of Youtube's UHD codec, allowing for less compression of details such as fine noise and film grain.
Source Links:
Creating an In-Camera World
We Are Movie Geeks - Watch Oblivions’s Bubbleship In Action
https://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2013/03/watch-oblivions-bubbleship-in-action/
GMUNK - Oblivion GFX
https://gmunk.com/Oblivion-GFX
fxguide - Inside Oblivion
https://www.fxguide.com/fxfeatured/inside-oblivion/
The Sky Tower
American Cinematographer - Oblivion: Surviving the Future
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17PYkAP-f4n7sOaqedy2F9zimV6RnszoW/view?usp=sharing
Definition Magazine - Earth Bound: The Oblivion Movie and How to Avoid Blue Screen
https://definitionmagazine.com/features/earth-bound-the-oblivion-movie-and-how-to-avoid-blue-screen/
Film and Digital Times - Claudio Miranda, ASC on “Oblivion”
https://www.fdtimes.com/2013/03/29/claudio-miranda-asc-on-oblivion/
Film School Rejects - How Does Rear Projection Work?
https://filmschoolrejects.com/rear-projection/
The Prop Gallery - 2001: A Space Odyssey - The Dawn of Front Projection
https://www.thepropgallery.com/2001-a-space-odyssey-dawn-of-front-projection
Projection Lights and Staging News - Lighting ‘Oblivion’ with a Projected Sky
https://plsn.com/featured/featured-slider/lighting-qoblivionq-with-a-projected-sky/
First Showing - Interview: 'Oblivion' Director Joseph Kosinski on Sci-Fi Filmmaking
https://www.firstshowing.net/2013/interview-oblivion-director-joseph-kosinski-on-sci-fi-filmmaking/
Modern Front Projection
American Cinematographer - The Mandalorian: This Is the Way
https://theasc.com/articles/the-mandalorian
Timestamps:
00:00 The Rise of the Blue Screen
01:43 Creating an In-Camera World
05:48 The Sky Tower
11:51 Modern Front Projection
13:18 It Makes a Difference