l am an IT consultant and one of my clients ask me how do they make the fancy computer interfaces that seen on movies. for example the mask making machine's user interface in mission impossible or almost every movie the interface seen on computers are different from the ones we use. Are they specially made? is there themes that can be found free or paid? or is there a program that makes them.
l hope l makes myself clear. if anyone here can help it will be much appreciated.
thx
I don't know what most movies use but I suspect they are just using slideshows or some sort of flash video. They wont actually be making any software or interface. All that matters is how it looks. I have made pretty good fake interfaces simply on powerpoint. When someone clicks on a fake link a dialogue box appears but in fact it is simply a new slide.
Similar to those online simple flash games you can play.
Rob - UK
Rob - UK
I would guess they are animated and dropped in. In the past they would occasionally use Unix or Linux with an interesting interface that most people would be unfamiliar with. I'm not sure if they do that now or not.
Interesting side note, Jurassic Park had the hacker talking to a guy on the docks over his computer, he was clearly talking to a Quicktime moves. The progress bar runs across the bottom throughout the conversation. Most people didn't notice at the time. Those that did chuckled knowingly and still enjoyed the movie.
RJSchwarz
RJSchwarz
On set, we often don't have anything on the screens except green overlays with tracking markers for visual-effects to drop something in later.
When we do have real graphics, they are typically being fed by several computers off-set. Note that if they are CRT screens, you will have trouble with sync if your camera is running at 24fps or 23.98fps. If you have just one monitor, you can adjust the scanning rate on the monitor.
MOST LCD screens do not have this sync problem, though I have run into a couple that inexplicably do ( I don't get it either). With that, I can either adjust the monitor or "roll" the scan lines out if I have a camera with that capability (like an F900 or Digibeta).
Brian Dzyak
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Brian Dzyak
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http://www.whatireallywanttodo.com
http://www.realfilmcareer.com
He's talking about the "hi-tech", geeky-looking screens (Matrix-y, perhaps). These are simply CGI done with software. I actually know a guy in the city where I live who made some of these for the Transformers movies. Pretty cool.
