Awesome Debunking

Instead of debunking another intentionally deceptive video, Captain Disillusion takes a look at a strange visual anomaly that people noticed in a 2024 Saturday Night Live sketch. For some reason, the artwork in the background of the scene had to be rotoscoped and replaced in post-production, and Captain D. wants answers.

There’s a trend on TikTok where people have posted videos of typically populous locations that appear utterly devoid of people. They’re images straight out of dystopian science fiction, but they’re not real. Captain Disillusion explains the VFX techniques that go into producing these convincing “Empty World” illusions.