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Did we really see what we thought we saw? Robert Legato creates visual illusions (effects) for movies so good they (sometimes) trump the real thing - thinking deeply both about vfx's expanding tech power and the truly new creative processes that can result.
Legato won his first Oscar in 1998 for his work on James Cameron's Titanic, after several years in television supervising effects on two Star Trek series.
His 2012 Oscar win for Hugo, the 3D film about an orphan boy who lives alone in a Paris train station, underscores his fascinating partnership with Martin Scorsese - doing digital effects on documentaries and new classics like The Departed.
He's worked with the big effects houses like Sony Imageworks and Digital Domain, but is now fascinated with the nimble new workflows made possible with digital tools. He designed the "virtual cinematography pipeline" that let James Cameron shoot Avatar like a feature film, not a software project. We know that fx can create new worlds - but how can these tools unlock new creativity?
In this warm and funny talk at TED, Rob shares his vision for enhancing reality on-screen in movies like Apollo 13, Titanic and Hugo. Enjoy the video!
*by andreascy*
