Why OBLIVION Refused to Settle For Green Screens

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. patreon: https://www.patreon.com/WatchingtheAerial twitter: https://twitter.com/watchingaerial letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/watchingaerial/ Music by Tyler Floyd https://www.tylerfloydaudio.com/ https://youtu.be/y51VUsotZe4 https://youtu.be/d3Eg9fo4c_M 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