Why did Transformers Look SO Realistic?

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
01:05 - How Michael Bay Influenced the Film's CGI
2:30 - The Power Of Reflections
4:26 - Squeezing Realism Out Of The Robots
6:00 - Art Direction + Dirt
7:13 - The Big Problem With Doing This
8:14 - Transformers had Incredible Practical Effects
8:38 - Brilliant
10:07 - What Actually was Practical?
11:44 - The Secret Weapon of Transformers
13:25 - Metal Faces Don't "Just Work"
15:24 - The Absurd Amount of Physical Detail Needed
17:06 - There's More to this Physical Detail than Meets The Eye
18:01 - Breaking Computer Animation
19:00 - Skeletons!
20:45 - Robot Brawlers
23:00 - Why The Transformers Were Barely In This Film
24:55 - Outro And Thanks
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