Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI)

Today's topic is: Computer-Generated Art

Computer-Generated Art, or Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI), is art created with a computer. The images are always very realistic, and takes viewers to another dimension of the world (fantasy). Thus, almost all movies use CGI. There are 2 types of CGI: 2D computer graphics and 3D computer graphics. 2D CGI is used for text, backgrounds, and environments while 3D CGI is used for objects, figures, spaces, and environments. Though technology has gone really far, it takes a lot of work to make a movie as realistic as it looks. Still, all movies use CGI. So, how did CGI become so popular in the film industry? 

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CGI gained popularity in the film industry in the late 1990s, but its histroy goes back to the 1950s. The first film which used CGI was Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo in 1958. It was however, 2D CGI. The first 3D computer graphics was introduced after the release of a short computer animated film, “A Computer Animated Hand”, in 1972, by Edwin Catmull and Fred Parke. By the end of the 1970s, CGI was used in a few science fiction movies. As CGI continued to be used in movies throughout the 1980s and 1990s, it gained more and more popularity. More development was made to it throughout the years. By the early 2000s, CGI was used at a never-before rate. Today, CGI is used in numerous movies, video games, marketing, advertisements, television shows, and more. 

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The CGI is really an incredible invention. I can only imagine what the future of movies and animation will be... Let us know what you think in the comments!

 

From The Game Of Thrones.

Top: Original Scene

Bottom: Scene after CGI applied

From The Life of Pi

Top: Original Scene

Bottom: Scene after CGI applied

Lucas, George. “What is CGI? - Everything You Need to Know - NFI.” Nashville Film Institute, ?, https://www.nfi.edu/what-is-cgi/. Accessed 2 February 2022.

Pics: McDonald, Andrew, and Roy Peker. “What is CGI (Computer-Generated Imagery) & how does it work?” Discover | The Rookies, 5 April 2020, https://discover.therookies.co/2020/04/05/what-is-cgi-computer-generated-imagery-how-does-it-work/. Accessed 2 February 2022.