Vfx Update 2011

As you can see this photos of unfinished product,
the process are slowly getting in progress. There many challenges that I experience in terms of schedules and time. I learn many things from this course that I've taken in terms of lighting , modeling ,tracking , composition , and rendering. They are fun but they have different of characteristic of challenges.    

 The philosophical thing I've learn  is"screwing up is not a bad thing , its a learning experience". I really learn something from screwing up most of my life and I end up in the bright side.

The very bottom picture was the actual single render for the vfx project. I did play around with colour correct and the grain node

  This one was the fake one , the colour pass was  
   missing but it will be there soon.  

                                      Now this one is the complete and real VFX that Ive done.
I Finally done it, originally the lightning struck the car but i replace it with harp instead for simple reason but there is also i use harp because its an heavenly instrument. I never got to present this in class because of render problem but finally its over, I felt prod of myself after doing this project just for 2 months.
If you want to watch it in HD please click the link bellow,
http://vimeo.com/27944746

Raiden VFX Project

Plot
  When Benji drove home from work, he parked his car on the front of his garage. While getting off his car, his little sister were playing with a mystical hammer of thunder. She start swinging her hammer and pointing it on Benji's car. Suddenly his sister just summon an huge lightning with her mighty hammer and hit his car. The car is destroyed and burned making Benji drop his jaw.

Production

 
 This project will be shot and direct by Benji. It will take 15 to 16 weeks over all, it will be challenging and exciting for Benji to work on this pitch. Hopefully this VFX project will make it to the demo reels and recognize his work for his for his new career.




Reference

 

      This a good example as lightning effect, it its too powerful for a a real life footage. Just like the space tutorial that i checked from the Q drive (the space tutorial lecture 06) the way they make the tracker beam that hold the ship were made from particle, maybe i can use this technic for my lightning effects or i can composite it in Nuke.   

 Here is another really good example for car explosion, actually this video inspires me, because this is what really comes out from my head.  In this video you can see the the dynamic effects of bit and pieces of the car right after the lightning hits the car. Also Just like the first video the lightning will be run as particle or composite it in Nuke.

Props  and supplies

Props for the VFX is very important in the project. This includes 2010 Toyota Corolla XE Sedan, a Thor Lightning Hammer replica. 
Good thing I have some of them , really cheep and easy 
to spot them on the local stores. 
It is a big help to make my project look presentable and watchable.                        







Location 

The location will take place on the front of my driveway of my house. I just want to make it like a peaceful neighborhood feeling with car explosion will bring humor and appealing , if the audience are into action film. 

Ideas

The CG part of the VFX is when my little sister struck lightning and hit the car. I have to model the car itself and model bits and pieces for the blasted and destroyed effect right after the lightning hits the car. Bits a pieces will fly off by dynamics rigid body.

 That blue print of Toyota Corolla is way different than my actual car , in fact that blue print is 2006 Toyota Corolla. The one i own is 2010 Toyota Corolla. I can change the feature and make it look like the same exact model of my car.

Camera Set up Plan


 The car for all of this shot will be CG , because its really hard to match the real life car and CG .

                      Right before striking a lightning on the car, the camera will be behind the character while facing the car. Then the camera will move dolly to the left to make that cool parallax view.  Then it will cut to the next shot.

                                      This shot will basically the the anticipation shot. The camera will move dolly zoom to make that feel that she is ready to summon the lightning, inspired shot by Alfred Hitchcock . then cut again to the next shot

                       This will me the reaction shot and one of the main part of the VFX, it will be a steady shot but we all know there's no intense feeling for this shot. But when when it comes in Nuke, I'll basically add the camera shake node to feel that you are there. The shot should me wide and bigger for this one because for the camera shake effect.