SBS On Demand
www.sbs.com.au

Watching this now live on SBS. It’s very confusing.

I cannot tell when actual footage is being used (AI colourised + cleaned up) or when it is re-enactments that have been re-colourised similarly to match. The program actively seems to not want me to be able to tell the difference.

It can’t possibly be all based on period footage. There is too much in too high of quality and resolution.

Most (but not all of it) has had its framerate increased to be smooth, so I can’t use that as a hint.

Sometimes the soldiers wave at the camera and the footage is a bit lower in quality. Other times they ignore the camera and look more like actors, but I can’t be certain.

Some of the equipment looks wrong period (gasmasks) but I can’t be sure. I really want to know now (I guess that means its a successful program in some ways). EDIT: Looks like the gasmask is legit!

Never thought watching a program on the SBS would unsettle me as much as this. I’ve seen AI colourised and interpolated footage, but not mixed with (what I think is) re-enactments in a way designed to stop you telling the differences.

EDIT: It’s hard to find info about this show, it has a generic name and looks like it was only released this year.

  • WaterWaiver@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Here’s a short excerpt with a lot of editing. I am not sure which parts are period or not and to what level the editing has been done.

    • Sphere in wall: anyone know what this is?
    • Periscope rising: unnatural movement, probably just because of AI frame interpolation?
    • Machinegun barrel wiggling from a bunker: footage is looped backwards and forwards.
    • Scene panning #1: possibly a still photo that has had the ocean animated, then panned left to right?
    • Scene #2: Real photo I assume.