Kyle Boatwright said...
I completely disagree. Even the best CG stuff is pretty obvious if you
know what you're looking at. The stuff in The Aviator, Independance Day,
etc. is obviously fake. This footage is the real thing.

KB

On the other hand, the fact that the props are all in sync (e.g. all the
Spit's prop's are rotating at the same speed and have the same
orientation,
same thing for the Mossies) can't be real...

KB


Heh, that was my reaction too. Same with everyone I've shown it to. If you
don't suspect that it's CG, it could get past you easily. Especially the
first few scenes in the mosquito video. But after those opening shots, there
are enough things just *slightly* off that it gives it away, like the light
that Brian mentioned, the dust kicked up at landing, or what looks (to me,
at least) like a regularly repeated grass texture.

Other than that, these items in the menu on his website lend suspicion...
Airplanes CGI
Lightwave

Pretty amazing stuff!

-Tony Goetz