[b]STILL EDITING…
CgTalk: FXWars! TRIBUTE
Note: Lets see who can guess all the films on the image…
FX WARS TRIBUTE
From wikipedia:
[/b]Visual effects (commonly shortened to Visual F/X or VFX) are the various processes by which imagery is created and/or manipulated outside the context of a live action shoot. Visual effects involve the integration of live-action footage and generated imagery to create environments which look realistic, but would be dangerous, costly, or simply impossible to capture on film. Visual effects using computer generated imagery (CGI) have become increasingly common in big-budget films, and have also recently become accessible to the amateur filmmaker with the introduction of affordable animation and compositing software[b]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_effects
Here are some examples:
[/b]Visual Effects: 100 Years of Inspiration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP_hAszQPgk
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THE CHALLENGE:
Render a realistic, forensic or fantasy type animation based on a classic PRE DIGITAL visual fx sequence. And here is the kicker, NO IN SPACE SHOTS. That will be part of a future FX challenge. This means that both the creation of the FX and their composites most have been done using traditional FX methods.
The entry with the best VISUAL EFFECTS will be selected by an open vote. (You may do the entry anyway way you want , an FX piece with live action, a synthetic cg entry or a hybrid. The winner will get bragging rights and a small banner designed by me.
Keep in mind that the entry can be set in ANY time period, and the style of the project can be either in a realistic or campy.
DATELINE:
February 15 , 2010
(After that You have TWO MONTHS and TWO WEEKSto do the challenge.)
NOTE THERE WILL NOT BE A VOTING PLUG
TYPES OF ENTRY:
You may do one of these types of entries:
-DIRECT TRIBUTE
Recrete a classic PRE DIGITAL fx sequence
-FREEFORM ENTRY
The core requirement for this type of entry is to have fun. Use the Classic FX sequence as a starting point.
-VFX BREAKDOWN
This would be the kind of entry that one would see for a detailed explanation pf how a visual fx sequence was done .Think Discovery Channel special But keep in mind the key thing that I expect to see in all entries is GOOD VISUAL EFFECTS…
Here is a great example from Digital Domain:
[/b][VFX Breakdowns - Digital Domain - Titanic](http://forums.cgsociety.org/)
[b]CHALLENGE SPECIFIC RULES:
* No work taken DIRECTLY from an existing tutorial. You may use an existing tutorial only for reference.
* You may use a pre existing model, as long as you give credit to the creator. If you cant model, use simple shapes, since we are interested in the simulation. (But teams are encouraged, and if you are a modeler, you can make your model available)
* You may provide a heavily edited animation with all the trimmings (hell add live action if you want), as long a you provide another PLAIN animation of a side view of the working SIMULATION of multiple explosions in the planet surface.
Voting:
We will select by an open vote the:
* BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The winner will get bragging rights and a small banner
designed by me.
GENERAL RULES:
* The animation and visualizations must have been done AFTER the topic has been announced.
* You may use stock previously shot footage for background plates and VFX elements.
* IF you use footage for a VFX sequence it must be raw NOT contain any Visual Effects.
* WIP are encouraged if they are posted in ANOTHER thread. Please provide a link to them on this thread.
* WIP thread should be posted on the FXWARS Forum forum and should follow
the following naming convention: FXWars! TRIBUTE ENTRY TYPE (TRIBUTE, FREEFORM, VFX BREAKDOWN), (Note: Group entries are allowed)
* It is Recommended that Final movies should be rendered at 320 x 240 or 640 x 480 in QuickTime* format (Sorenson Compression), but other resolutions and formats are allowed. * (The animation format is open for discussion.)
* The animation should follow the following naming convention:
MYNAME_FXWARS(RESOLUTION).mov. And please add your name at the beginning and end of the animation, and if you can, also add a small non disruptive watermark during the animation.
* If for some reason, you can't host movies, sequential images (Thumbnails size 160 x 120 ) are accepted.
* You are STRONGLY encouraged to add your entry to You Tube. If interested, please contact the Roberto Ortiz.
* Please add a brief text description about your piece.
* The artist also has to post total length of time it took and program used.
* Collaborative pieces are accepted and encouraged, but Teams entries must have a identifying banner and a name. Shot lists should be included with the entry.
* Individuals participating in a team CAN have their own individual entries.
* Post on this thread your link to your WIP thread and your FINAL piece.
* You can add multiple entries, as long as they have different WIP threads.
* Freelancers CAN participate in more than ONE entry
* All Teams members & Freelancers will get screen credit for in the title cards for participation
* Only participants who follow the rules and submit a final entry will be elegible for the voting process.
* The moderators reserve the right to taken down any thread.
DIGITAL ASSETS:
Here are the footage models and that are available for this challenge.
You may use your own models for the challenge,
but I am making some of my model available for those who wish to use them
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwareho…a83cc0414c0721b
A collada version of this model is avaialbe upon request
REFERENCE:
* Visual Effects: 100 Years of Inspiration
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP_hAszQPgk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP_hAszQPgk)
* The Visual Effects Society "50 Most Influential Visual Effects Films of All Time"
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z72jonE9zY8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z72jonE9zY8)
* Top 50 movie special effects shots
[http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/177...ects_shots.html](http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/177...ects_shots.html)
Industrial Light And Magic Tribute 1977-1989
now to decide what to do! Might I ask what movie that first picture with the burning building is from?
or a simular scene from some other movie 