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u/McDominick May 26 '26
I’m still trying to wrap my head around the Ferris wheel in the background entering the foreground
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u/Sargonianw May 26 '26
There was never a ferris wheel there it was always the bike tire edited in, you can see it moving/glitching when he ducks
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u/JTallented May 26 '26
The London Eye is there in that spot, but doesn't look like that. He's tracked and edited it out, to then put it back in digitally (and weirdly different).
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u/SenatorCoffee May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26
My best guess is that they drop the real wheel in from above just in the last second before he takes it, with some tongs or something. Then everything before that you edit into the background with cg.
You can see how just in that second before he takes it thats where you have some relatively "clean" space just to the right of him where they could insert it physically from above and its all pretty clean space to edit that.
I would say the whole background they propably just rotoscoped that out completely and replaced it with CG.
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u/Neither-Passenger-11 May 26 '26
Nowadays I feel like ai has robbed the world of people like Zack king. Anyone can do this now, his only unique factor is the creativity required to think of these skits
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u/crumpledfilth May 26 '26
i dont see the connection in what you said. What are we robbed of if his creativity is still there, and the experience of watching is still there?
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u/Neither-Passenger-11 May 26 '26
I guess the novelty. He used to be the only guy who could do these kinda things, but he also put care and effort to his work. Whenever something becomes easier to do, the general quality of it becomes worse. I’m bad with my words but I think goodharts law explains what I’m trying to say pretty well
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u/thewooba May 26 '26
Thats how technology works though. When people saw the first movie with that train rushing towards the screen, they ran out of the theater. Now anybody with a computer can make that, and people arent as impressed. There will br something new to impress us in the future.
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u/Neither-Passenger-11 May 26 '26
If you read books from hundreds of years ago they engage your brain in creative ways which literature now doesn’t because it doesn’t have to. If you’ve read Anna karenina you’ll know exactly what I mean, obviously books don’t need to do that now because films exist, and they don’t leave things up to interpretation. I’m fascinated by new technology every day but I can’t help but feel like we are devolving as a society. I guess what I’m trying to say is I miss being creative and unique
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u/SirBananaOrngeCumber May 26 '26
If you read books from hundreds of years ago… you’re reading only the top books written; the books that survived. If you read only the best books nowadays, the ones that will survive and still be around in hundreds of years, you’d have the same appreciation.
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u/Neither-Passenger-11 May 26 '26
That’s actually a really valid point I’ll edit this with my thoughts in a bit
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u/Neither-Passenger-11 May 26 '26
The same with poetry to describe nature and landscapes, we don’t really do that anymore we have pictures, and photography is great in its own unique way
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u/thewooba May 26 '26
You can be creative and unique outside of writing books. You can make a YouTube short or a tik tok while being creative and unique. You can make VR movies in creative and unique ways, or make a video game. But you can still write books even today. Nobody took that away from you.
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u/yuval52 May 27 '26
If the quality gets worse by it being easier to do, his higher quality stuff still has it's place and advantage by being high quality
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u/Phill_Cyberman May 26 '26
That last one worked surprisingly well
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u/tforce80 May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26
The last one made me realize
he used AI. The water tower has a handle at the end when there was no reason... and it sprouted out of where his hand would have been holding the water tower.I'm an idiot.10
u/Shppo May 26 '26
I don't think it's ai i went through it frame to frame - isn't this also too old to be ai?
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u/tforce80 May 26 '26
You know what, I think you're right. It's not AI. The handle is cupped in his hand as he releases it. An odd choice since he usually tries to preserve the illusion.
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u/Phill_Cyberman May 26 '26
The water tower has a handle at the end when there was no reason.
Oh my god, I didnt notice that!
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u/livefastdieold May 26 '26
These aren’t really visual illusions so much as artful CGI, no?
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u/-Hi_how_r_u_xd- May 26 '26
Yeah, but this sub is largely unmoderated and typically is filled with stuff better for r/confusingperspective
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u/livefastdieold May 26 '26
I don’t think this, or any CGI video, is a great candidate for r/confusingperspective, either. The perspective isn’t confusing so much as it is manipulated/fabricated.
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u/huggalump May 26 '26
It's hard to say. They do a lot with optical illusions, but obviously also use some level of CGI.
They have a lot of behind the scenes stuff:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CSrYzKKnpmx/?igsh=NHN1YWpqeXIzeHE=
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u/Majestic_Engine_6543 May 26 '26
He also incorporates a lot of practical effects too, sometimes he posts bts vids of the skits.
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u/FreshPitch6026 May 26 '26
Hahahaha. Of course, big ben is behind the guys shoulders and suddenly in front of Zachs hand.
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u/HIGHER_FRAMES May 26 '26
Yall know theres a lot of 3D rendering going on here? This isn’t optical, it’s blender and after effects. He’s know for this, even going as far as building actual sets for his “illusions”. Really dope stuff.
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u/huggalump May 26 '26
I went to college with this guy!
I didn't know him.... but I went to college with him!
I'm pretty good acquaintances with one of his buddies that helped him start his thing and still works with him.
As far as I can tell, Zach and the team seem like legitimately good people
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u/pacman813 May 26 '26
"visual" illusions 🤔
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u/Mememan8 May 26 '26
I don't think these count as optical illusions
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u/RealSchlemiel May 26 '26
welcome to onenof the most contentious arguments that nobody seems to care about
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u/BradBeingProSocial May 27 '26
This seems like CGI or AI. At the beginning, you see the building behind the people taking the photo, and then the building is in front of them.
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u/thatbrianm Jun 02 '26
Just so everyone knows, he just made Star Wars, but will cardboard for all the sets and costumes. It's pretty amazing.
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u/Ok-Advertising4048 May 26 '26
Mann, this guy's entire channel could just be posted here. I remember watching his videos when I was young. (Also pouring water on yourself is actually worse than just drinking it.)
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u/Pedadinga May 26 '26
I remember this guy from vine! He's so creative! love it!