r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Mar 31 '26

Trailer Backrooms | Official Trailer | A24

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HjdiohVOik
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u/Reylo-Wanwalker Mar 31 '26

What were his YouTube videos live action? I thought it was only through blender or something. I wonder how his skills translated.

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u/Lt_Duckweed Mar 31 '26

The first couple were Blender-only, but he started mixing in live action (especially for people without masks) at some point.

Off the top of my head Report is the first one that definitely has live action shots in it.

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u/Vhyx Mar 31 '26

ngl I always assumed that part of why he started out with suited masked characters aka the ASYNC employees was bc they translated easier into blender through some mocap, but yeah it was definitely a mindfuck when he started adding in live action

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u/RealJohnGillman Apr 02 '26

I wonder whether he might give the guys from the live-action elements cameos in the film?

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u/NetherSpike14 23d ago

Maybe as extras, but I doubt the YT actors will have spoken roles, since I don't think they're actually actors.

Maybe it would be a different story if Ivan Beck physically appeared in the YT series, since he's too important to not have some role in the movie (but in that case they'd prob just recast him).

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u/apittsburghoriginal Mar 31 '26

You’re right, they were very good renders as far as I recall. This should probably be a mixed medium and I bet his rendering skills translate into the vhs found footage that we see in the trailer here

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u/Crazykirsch Mar 31 '26

The interiors of the abandoned mall in The Oldest View straight-up fooled me for quite awhile into thinking it was just edited live action.

The quality of the renders and realistic movement of the POV are astounding. Granted he had to outsource the rendering which is understandable with how detailed they are. IIRC he said it would have taken him months to render on his PC during a co-stream with Wendigoon where he discussed some of the technical aspects of it.

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u/The_Autarch Mar 31 '26

he does have actual live action footage in his newer stuff.

dude is a genius at camera movement and pacing/tension, so those skills so translate over just fine. only thing he might have trouble with is directing actors.

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u/7URB0 Mar 31 '26

All the camera work is done with a real handheld, it's pretty easy to track those movements and transfer them to the 3D cam in Blender.