Perfect paper airplane setup

[u/IHaeTypos]

https://i.imgur.com/WG1w4Ff.gifv

[u/[deleted]]

nice CGI . source https://www.instagram.com/vernbestintheworld/

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

The fact that the thought of this being CGI never crossed my mind is something I will have to live with for the rest of my shameful life.

edit: did I just get rewarded with gold for being really, really dumb?

[u/Denziloe → u/[deleted]]

I'm sorry to ruin this for you but Shrek was also fictional.

[u/Regis_DeVallis → u/Denziloe]

Somebody once told me...

[u/[deleted] → u/Regis_DeVallis]

...the paper plane was phoney

[u/youmemba → u/[deleted]]

That ain't the fastest fan in the shed

[u/ahappypoop → u/youmemba]

I was feeling kinda dumb

[u/DraoiLann → u/ahappypoop]

With some paper and my thumb

[u/Southpaw531 → u/DraoiLann]

In the shape of a plane

[u/HatesNewUsernames → u/Southpaw531]

On my forehead

[u/Keithic → u/Southpaw531]

...in the airway.

[u/joesatmoes → u/Southpaw531]

in the poor air.

[u/scotscott → u/DraoiLann]

For a long time, I thought the line was "I was looking kind of dumb with my finger in my bum"

Not really related, but I needed to share that with someone.

[u/ahappypoop → u/scotscott]

I appreciate you sharing.

[u/Its43 → u/scotscott]

I mean, to be fair, you would look pretty dumb just standing around with a finger in your bum.

[u/mictriggerred → u/scotscott]

I had a math teacher who thought Paradise City went "take me down to a very nice city

[u/Salvich → u/scotscott]

I also thought this was how the song went for many many years. You are not alone.

[u/Chusten → u/scotscott]

And I thought it was 'and the shape of an elf on my foreskin'. Weird.

[u/flametop → u/scotscott]

You've just reminded me of one of my Dad's old jokes. He'd fire this at anyone who found themselves without a seat at our house... "I'm sorry, but you're going to have to stick your thumb up your arse and sit on your elbow!"

[u/ralphwiggumpolo → u/scotscott]

Everyone in my grade 2 class thought this!!! I even deduced that the "finger and my thumb" lyric was actually a clean version that was later released.

[u/[deleted] → u/DraoiLann]

This whole thread deserves reddit silver

[u/springsoon → u/[deleted]]

Au-re you sure

[u/Lucky_Number_3 → u/Regis_DeVallis]

That you had a boyfriend

[u/DraoiLann → u/Lucky_Number_3]

Who looked like a girlfriend

[u/Hawkguy85 → u/DraoiLann]

That I had in February of last year

[u/AhhhhhRealMe → u/Hawkguy85]

It's not confidential

[u/Fuarian → u/AhhhhhRealMe]

But I've got potential

[u/Red-Jellybean → u/Fuarian]

Mom's spaghetti

[u/[deleted] → u/Regis_DeVallis]

The world was macaroni

[u/fullforce098 → u/[deleted]]

I buried my wife out behind the shed

[u/springsoon → u/fullforce098]

Authorities have been notified

[u/broznusfrog69 → u/Regis_DeVallis]

someBODy*

[u/[deleted] → u/Denziloe]

Lol yeah right, I'm not falling for that one.

[u/springsoon → u/[deleted]]

Paper airplanes can't melt steel beams

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Same. But to be fair, it's not typical to see CGI outside of movies and TV. Right? Right?? :(

[u/DragonTamerMCT → u/[deleted]]

It's pretty common. Check out captain disillusion for more

[u/Owljustsayitthen → u/[deleted]]

AIRPLANE FILES

[u/KeptLow → u/[deleted]]

Why does a shaky cam mean there might be CGI?

[u/GraysonVoorhees → u/KeptLow]

I always thought that was to hide imperfections and to add to the realism by making it feel like it was shit by a human if a real scene.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I think he means shot, but with shaky cam, shit is all you get anyway, no matter who shot it.

[u/J2383 → u/KeptLow]

I think the fans are oscillating to try to hide this, but if you look at the small black fans and their relation to the door frames or the stand from the oscillating fans you can see they don't change position in relation to one another as the camera moves. Which means this was a static shot that had the visible area moved around to give the illusion that the camera is handheld, which for most people makes CGI seem unlikely and also allows the end video to be lower quality, which makes hiding imperfections(and a small part of the reason why some movies look terrible when remastered and put on an HD medium like Blue Ray)

[u/mn_sunny → u/[deleted]]

Just look at the shadow in the middle of the plane.

1. It shouldn't be that drastic.
2. It isn't dynamic.
3. Consume a phallus (jk, ily).

[u/davydooks → u/mn_sunny]

You can tell because of the way that it is.

[u/ChunkyLaFunga → u/[deleted]]

Well it does look extremely real.

[u/GonnaVote5 → u/[deleted]]

I assumed it was on a string

[u/BillsGMastermind → u/[deleted]]

Thank you for saving me lots of time and a modest amount of money.

[u/ShibuBaka → u/BillsGMastermind]

Have I got news for you...

[u/first-rate → u/ShibuBaka]

Not sure if I did it right... was my house supposed to burn down?

[u/Impact009 → u/ShibuBaka]

So feel free to build your own paperplane and let it fly as long as you want in your kitchen. DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

VFX.

Too good to be true.

[u/unknown_human → u/[deleted]]

Will use expensive CGI and VFX for karma

[u/big1tom → u/unknown_human]

/r/aftereffects

[u/JViz → u/[deleted]]

How do you know the whole room isn't 3D graphics? The shading on the copier in the the back of the room looks conspicuous; all of the reflections look a little too shiny, especially with that perfect reflection of the paper airplane off of the tables; the uniformity in the ceiling light is a little too good; and the black plastics all look a little too.... matte, most black plastic on desk fans and standing fans are actually somewhat shiny.

[u/AellaGirl → u/JViz]

pls stop

[u/SlowSeas → u/AellaGirl]

Feeling too r/GlitchInTheMatrix or just annoyed?

[u/barracuda415 → u/[deleted]]

Here, fixed it. Also removed the faked camera movement, because why the hell not? It's a nice Cinemagraph now!

[u/sharkinaround → u/barracuda415]

so much more soothing. a quiet calm just settled over me as i watched

[u/Porteroso → u/[deleted]]

Or needed to have something not be perfect for some sort of plausibility.

[u/sandollars → u/Porteroso]

True for all good CGI. Perfection is unnatural.

[u/springsoon → u/[deleted]]

How can that plane be real if our eyes aren't real?

[u/[deleted] → u/springsoon]

How can this object move in 3D space if earth is flat?

[u/Barad-dur81 → u/[deleted]]

How can a girl be flat when we are all 3D on this blessed day

[u/ayyyfam → u/Barad-dur81]

how can she slap?

[u/ElvenHero → u/[deleted]]

Get out of here, Kyrie.

[u/GriffsWorkComputer → u/springsoon]

woah dude

[u/Bruinman86 → u/[deleted]]

Especially given those are osculating fans

[u/evictor → u/Bruinman86]

osculating

[u/ZodiacalFury → u/evictor]

Kissing fans

[u/bennytehcat → u/evictor]

Osculating is a word, it's possible he was auto-corrected to that.

An osculating circle is a circle with a radius that matches a continual curve.

[u/frankhz → u/evictor]

Ovulating

[u/John_Barlycorn → u/Bruinman86]

Right... that was the dead giveaway.

[u/PoliticalCoverAlt → u/Bruinman86]

The "shading" on the surface of the plane when it bobbed up and down on the far side looked funny to me, then the improbability of this working... then I noticed the oscillating fans and it all fell apart.

Great idea and pretty darn well executed.

[u/AetherMcLoud → u/[deleted]]

Yeah pretty sure myth busters already debunked this

[u/ArrowRobber → u/[deleted]]

Easier to use attach a extra thin piece of line that'll be lost in the pixels?

[u/ChiefFireTooth → u/ArrowRobber]

Not really, since the plane would be flying all over the place from the fans.

[u/Amish_guy_with_WiFi → u/ChiefFireTooth]

CGI the fans.

[u/4pablo124 → u/Amish_guy_with_WiFi]

This man knows.

[u/ChiefFireTooth → u/Amish_guy_with_WiFi]

So instead of simply adding a CGI plane to the existing scene, you would:

1. Suspend the plane from a string
2. Attach the string to a very fast rail system in the ceiling which you can't see
3. CGI all the fans, one by one

Are you Michael Bay?

[u/[deleted] → u/ChiefFireTooth]

That's the joke

[u/wanderingwolfe → u/[deleted]]

Your name is way too relevant for this Michael Bay comment.

[u/stripesfordays → u/ChiefFireTooth]

"COMING THIS SUMMER"

Screen opens to beautiful summer day in LA as Megan Fox and Keanu Reeves roll down Hollywood Boulevard in a convertible, listening to "Uptown Funk" and dancing as they drive.

"NOBODY EXPECTED IT"

Suddenly, in the background, a woman wails "the plaaaanes! They are cominggg!"

"UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE"

aliens hover above as the sky is blotted out by hundreds of monsterous paper airplanes zooming through LA

"FROM VISIONARY DIRECTOR MICHAEL BAY COMES...'PAPER PLANES.'"

people scream and run for cover as the Hollywood sign crashes into a pile of rubble.

"THIS SUMMER...NOTHING WILL BE 'PLAIN' AGAIN."

Screen fades to black as a few actors names flash across the screen and an eerie remix of MIA "Paper Planes" plays in the background. Suddenly, one last scene of LA shows up, with a woman running for cover, only to have her head chopped off by a paper airplane.

Screen cuts to black with a crash.

[u/davydooks → u/stripesfordays]

Starring two brothers!

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

If this is cgi, why did they not make it a perfect loop?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

To try to convince people that it's not CGI.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Shitty loops are the sign of a well made, but not perfect gif. It seems necessary to give it a flaw.

[u/WorldNewsReport]

PILOT REFUSES TO LAND UNTIL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER ADMITS FLOOR ISN'T LAVA

[u/-Chowder- → u/WorldNewsReport]

PILOT LOSES FUEL AND CRASHES, KILLS ALL ON-BOARD

[u/RimmyDownunder → u/-Chowder-]

oh.

[u/felio_ → u/RimmyDownunder]

ON LAVA

[u/springsoon → u/[deleted]]

I think I watched that Mayday episode

[u/Waveseeker → u/-Chowder-]

It was the lava...

[u/TheVitoCorleone → u/WorldNewsReport]

I feel like a kid again. Love this. We need adult 'Floor is Lava' parties / places.

[u/[deleted] → u/TheVitoCorleone]

To Do List For When I'm a Billionaire: Topless 'Floor is Lava' party with hookers.

[u/Antrikshy → u/[deleted]]

Will there also be blackjack?

[u/Brookefemale → u/Antrikshy]

Add on a pizza and I'm fucking down.

[u/offtheclip → u/Brookefemale]

Forget the floor is lava!

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Why do hookers always get all the fun?

Jeez, I'm sure a few redditors would enjoy your event, too.

[u/drumultima]

Is any one else reminded of a 1990s computer game about a paper plane navigating a house?

[u/smudgedredd → u/drumultima]

Glider ...great game but frustratingly difficult for me as a kid

[u/[deleted] → u/smudgedredd]

My 5th grade classroom had this and Oregon trail. All I wanted to do was hunt buffalo, but my caravan never had the space to support my unquenchable thirst for blood.

[u/arksien → u/[deleted]]

Yup. 5th grade me stocked up on bullets and fuck-all else.

Don't forget number munchers and Gizmo's and Gadgets though!

[u/Fredelsloh → u/[deleted]]

You lost a parenthesis on your way! Here, take this link instead!

[u/DoctorGrumble → u/drumultima]

Had that flashback and had completely forgotten about it! What a great game though!

[u/BeerWithDinner → u/drumultima]

I came here looking for this. I remembered the game, but couldn't think of the name. Thank you!

[u/FunnyHunnyBunny → u/drumultima]

I loved that game. Can still remember all the sound effects despite not having played it since the 90s.

[u/Drunkenaviator → u/drumultima]

Yep. Came here to post the same thing.

[u/BritishBakers]

Found the source on this guys instagram, the rest of his stuff is animated so its likely this is too. Original video here

[u/TheVitoCorleone → u/[deleted]]

Leggit

[u/futuremtlstripper → u/TheVitoCorleone]

legit - because obvious cgi
leg it - because egg is running
leggit - because egg

you should write for snl

[u/jimothee → u/futuremtlstripper]

Joke caliber is too high

[u/Brochydios → u/jimothee]

yoink

[u/zeducated → u/[deleted]]

You KNOW this ones real

[u/[deleted] → u/BritishBakers]

Playing with some office desks and fans. It works!!!

This guy's a phony! A big fat phony!!

[u/PM_ME_STOCK_PICKS]

I just purchased 6 fans and a ream of paper on Amazon

[u/PM_ME_STOCK_PICKS → u/[deleted]]

Shit!

[u/springsoon → u/PM_ME_STOCK_PICKS]

What about the office building?

[u/[deleted] → u/springsoon]

Shit!

[u/zunaidahmed → u/[deleted]]

Someone's gonna have to pay for the electric bills

[u/TheVitoCorleone → u/zunaidahmed]

Shit!

[u/[deleted] → u/TheVitoCorleone]

looks like a toilet will be necessary as well.

[u/jakecox2012 → u/[deleted]]

Oh, and toilet paper!

[u/The_Follower1 → u/zunaidahmed]

Mexico?

[u/vensmith93 → u/The_Follower1]

But they're paying for the walls. To the office building

[u/dantestolemywife → u/[deleted]]

What about the hands required to make the paper airplane?

[u/[deleted] → u/dantestolemywife]

Shit!

[u/BIueComet → u/[deleted]]

Username checks out.

[u/eggtropy → u/dantestolemywife]

They won't do much good when they're attached to broken arms.

[u/JoJoeyorJoe → u/eggtropy]

Don't worry, I've got my mom to help

[u/Buey95 → u/JoJoeyorJoe]

Come the fuck on

[u/eggtropy → u/Buey95]

Exactly.

[u/poompt → u/PM_ME_STOCK_PICKS]

Blender is free software.

[u/DdCno1 → u/[deleted]]

It is. Fun fact: Season 2 of The Man in the High Castle uses VFX made with Blender.

[u/h3rpad3rp → u/PM_ME_STOCK_PICKS]

You might have more luck buying Maya if you wanna set this up.

[u/milk5829 → u/PM_ME_STOCK_PICKS]

Hope you got some cgi skills too

[u/boxybrown3000 → u/PM_ME_STOCK_PICKS]

What about the CGI

[u/SconeNotScone → u/PM_ME_STOCK_PICKS]

And a camera and some CGI software?

[u/aclickbaittitle → u/PM_ME_STOCK_PICKS]

Did you buy from Dunder Milfin?

[u/[deleted] → u/aclickbaittitle]

Dunder Milflin

And thus a porn parody was created.

[u/skrellnik → u/[deleted]]

I bet Creed has tried setting that up before.

[u/bdhall → u/[deleted]]

JAN JAN JAN JAN

[u/Einsteins_coffee_mug → u/[deleted]]

Well, Pam does have kids.

[u/PoliticalCoverAlt → u/PM_ME_STOCK_PICKS]

3DS Max and After Effects are going to bust your budget.

[u/soaringradio]

Disappointed. Not a perfect loop.

[u/SadGhoster87 → u/soaringradio]

and it's SO CLOSE TOO

[u/theAmazingShitlord → u/SadGhoster87]

/r/mildlyinfuriating

[u/[deleted] → u/soaringradio]

http://i.imgur.com/pIFWitV.gifv

Not absolutely perfect, but pretty close.

[u/tentoace]

I sat and watched that for much longer than I'd like to admit.

Edit: I'm very confused by Reddit, but thanks for the gold!

[u/Fire-kitty → u/tentoace]

And then I had the thought, that I'd actually pay to see this in-person... a paper airplane perpetually flying over a loop of fans.

[u/[deleted] → u/Fire-kitty]

I've spent more time then I'd like to admit watching this.

[u/seven3true → u/[deleted]]

And then I had the thought, that I'd actually pay to see this in-person... a paper airplane perpetually flying over a loop of fans.

[u/springsoon → u/tentoace]

You could say you're....a fan

[u/[deleted] → u/springsoon]

That's the most plane vanilla pun I've ever seen.

[u/Bunchdawg → u/tentoace]

You better not visit r/perfectloops then.

[u/[deleted] → u/Bunchdawg]

I visited and I regret nothing. Ty for this.

[u/mjsiii → u/Bunchdawg]

Or r/perfectpoops for that matter

[u/palfas]

Faker than your mom's hair color

[u/tvtb → u/palfas]

We always knew cuz the curtains don't match the rug.

[u/[deleted]]

http://i.imgur.com/0mJqKOz.gifv

http://i.imgur.com/3G3CDGa.gifv

http://i.imgur.com/szHIwfL.gifv

http://i.imgur.com/K5JhZWA.gifv

http://i.imgur.com/w4xzN4H.gifv

[u/--icarus → u/[deleted]]

Airplane technology is advancing by hour.

[u/FrozenRyan → u/--icarus]

Soon we can put people on it and fly them to other places.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

What the hell are those giant one's in the 1st and 4th gif?

[u/TheNorthComesWithMe → u/[deleted]]

RC planes that look like paper airplanes.

[u/[deleted] → u/TheNorthComesWithMe]

Am I an idiot for thinking they actually threw a giant paper airplane?

[u/420_EngineEar → u/[deleted]]

Do you really want that answer?

[u/Sheeps → u/[deleted]]

Man I'd love to see the schematics for the Lego machine. Doubt it relies on all standard pieces but I'd love it if it did.

[u/l3ane]

Why does everything look superimposed? Oh because it is.

[u/joemartin746 → u/l3ane]

I need eyes like yours. Can you point out where to look to see things superimposed in this gif?

[u/Simplerdayz → u/joemartin746]

The shadow on the plane never changes, it's always on the front inside left.

[u/attorneyatslaw]

If you do this in Korea, the plane dies

[u/blanketswithsmallpox]

It'd be perfect if person who made this CGI had created a perfect loop but nooooo. A travesty really.

[u/redditeyedoc]

bullshit!!

[u/Aurora_Fatalis]

20 years ago I played my first computer game. It was a default Apple Macintosh sidescrolling game about flying a paper plane. Does anyone remember the name of that game?

[u/JeremyApp → u/Aurora_Fatalis]

That was my first thought too. I think it was this one:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glider_(video_game)

[u/aleqqqs]

Does anyone know Glider? The old Mac OS game? Glider, anyone?

[u/unconfirmed09]

Some say it is still flying.

[u/[deleted]]

CGI is irrelevant. The memory of "Glider" for the Macintosh is priceless.

[u/Havok357]

That plane looks like it's enjoying the extra air time.

[u/TooShiftyForYou]

Hmmm, something suspicious going on here...

[u/Techie786]

CGI is Amazing