When I saw Black Swan I definitely came out of the theater more struck with the story and simple impact of the finality of the film which I had just watched rather than the effects I had seen. I never gave much of a second thought to the computer renderings which made the film seem more real with the one exception of the black swan transition dance sequence. There had obviously been some work done in that specific scene to make the action come to life.
Usually we like to believe that most of what we are seeing is movie magic resulting from tricks with cameras, lighting, and makeup to achieve the desired result. The video below takes us behind the scenes in a very simple way to explain to us that there was much more going on with computers in this particular movie than you would have originally thought.
If you have not yet seen the movie do not watch this effects video. Spoilers!
Below is a link to the original story from Rope of Silicon, Video included:
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/check-out-this-black-swan-visual-effects-reel
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