Max in Film

[amckay]

Hey Kieron, hows things mate? You can chuck good ol George of the Jungle 2 in there, I ended up doing a lot more of the complex particle effects in max 3.1 as Maya's shaders were having a hard time replicating the quality needed from the director for doing a few really complicated (4+ million particles) smoke shots. As well as some procedural over the top bird poop.

2002 there's also good ol Seconds to Spare with Kimberly Davies and Antonia Sovado Jr. Lots of CG fire, explosions, rocket smoke, bombs, shockwaves, you name it. (oh man I really need to work on some real movies for once)


Shoot me please

[BrandonD]

"The Core" had lots of MAX work in it. The opening titles (former Blur guy Juan Granja), the crystal cavern (99% MAX at Frantic Films) and most of the effects animation elements for the Bridge sequence (myself at Computer Cafe).

[Ronski]

thanks for the replies guys :beer:

I think this is gonna be a lifetimes work :scream:

Kieron

[PeteDraper]

what do you mean "gonna be"?! :D though it already was!

Cheers for the chinwag earlier mate :) Glad to hear you're keeping busy!

cheers!

p

[izmal]

thanks Kieronh, this is a very useful site....:thumbsup:
i can show/recommend it to my students..(i'm a Tutor/Lecturer in a local college)Max is one of the preferred subject.:applause:

[makkbru]

Thru The Moebius Strip
Undisputed
Xmen 2
The Core
Panic Room
Quo Vadis
Check Into Disaster
The Imposter
Murder By Numbers
Kaena The Prophecy
Minority Report
Equilibrium
Lewis and Clark
The Majestic
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
AntiTrust
Jeepers Creepers
Swordfish
Driven
Tomb Raider
Cats & Dogs
Dr. DoLittle II
The Mummy Returns
Dr. T and the Women
Battlefield Earth
X-Men
Soul Keeper
Mission Impossible II
For The Cause
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
The Green Mile
Inspector Gadget
The Insider
October Sky
Armageddon
Deep Rising
I'll Be Home For Christmas
Soldier
Mighty Joe Young
Return To Paradise
Lost In Space
The Truman Show
Great Expectations
The Newton Boys
A Simple Wish
Con Air
Kundun
The Craft
The Crow 2: City Of Angels
Casino
Johnny Mnemonic
Virtuosity

got this list from http://www.discreet.com/products/3dsmax/

[Ronski]

thanks Makkbru, I've got most of that list on mine (another update is coming soon), I do prefer to get more information about what was actually done rather than just a list of films but thats the tricky bit ;)

Hi Pete, hey anytime :beer:

Cheers,
Kieron

[FClub_TDurden]

I love how everyone gets annoyed when people try to compare software...

then we get pages dedicated to show when Max was used in film.....:wip:

Im inspired to start a web page on how many movies have Electric Image used in them....

At least ILM uses that software

[gjpetch]

Couldn't see any mention of Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course. The Satelite, planet earth from orbit, sparks & all the other 3d in the film were done in Max.

See:
http://www.animallogic.com/film/collisioncourse/page2.html

[BrandonD]

I think the intention was more about dispelling the myth that MAX is for games only.

[Ronski]

indeed Brandon, when I did the list there was just about nothing on the web about what had been done & it was about changing that perception.

FClub_TDurden
Hey I'd kinda like to see one on Electric Image :thumbsup:

gjpetch
Thanks for the link, it doesnt mention Max on the site, do you know it was used on this sequence for sure?

Cheers,
Kieron

[makkbru]

well i guess you at least can put thru the moebius stip on the list... its animated...:-).... (not often max is used in animated films, so its worth mentioning)
http://www.3dgate.com/techniques/2001/010205/0205moebius.html

im relly looking forward to that movie... i love moebius... he is mainly making commics, but he had his fingers into the conseptual design in films like 5th element and tron(and we can only hope the animations will get just as good as in that:D )

[gjpetch]

Kieronh, it was most definatly all done in max, (but rendered in PRMan).

makkbru, I havn't heard anything about through the moebius stip for a long time, is it still in production?

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