“Forrest Gump” is a monumental 90s Hollywood movie in which master director Zemeckis uses the latest technology to portray the “American picture.”

The visual revolution brought about by Robert Zemeckis

The mid-1990s was a revolutionary time when CG was unleashed on the world of film. The pioneering work was, of course, Spielberg's `` Jurassic Park '' (1993). The moment we laid eyes on those dinosaurs, we knew we were stepping through a new door in film history.

On the other hand, the great thing about Forrest Gump, which was released the following year, was that it did not make the audience at the time aware that they were just passing through a historical door. Zemeckis never gets overly pretentious and uses CG as a practical tool to tell the story. That was a big feature.

For example, CG is essential for changing the color of the sky, for showing the crowd at an anti-war rally increasing to tens of thousands of people on a computer screen, and for depicting the physical characteristics of Ensign Dunn, who lost both legs in the war. It became a thing. Furthermore, what makes this film so legendary that it will be engraved in our memories is the method of blending Forest's appearance The Natural into the documentary footage that features past presidents, John Lennon, and others. .

"Forrest Gump" (c)Photofest / Getty Images

Specialized staff were called in to visualize this scene long before filming began. They then dug up a large number of relevant video materials and conducted detailed simulations to determine which scenes should be used to create the ideal video. As a result, Forest Gump not only blends into the video, but also allows the other person to speak their lines, creating the illusion that they are communicating with each other in a real way, creating an unprecedentedly magical video. is.

If everyone in this era had tried to use things the way Spielberg did, the possibilities for CG might have been limited. I think it was precisely because of Zemeckis's creative power that he demonstrated in a more concrete manner the high level of practicality of CG, people gained a deep understanding of CG, and the future prospects for it expanded dramatically.

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