It all started with a smlla film 12 years ago…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKSIdx11DnE
Tornado: CLICK ON THIS THREAD those who are looking for partners/teams
CgTalk: FXWars! TORNADO!
[i]From wikipedia:[/i]
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A[size=2] tornado is a violent, rotating column of air which is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a [/size]cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. Tornadoes come in many sizes but are typically in the form of a visible condensationfunnel, whose narrow end touches the earth and is often encircled by a cloud of debris
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado
The Fujita Scale
[left]F0 Gale tornado 40-72 mph [/left]
Some damage to chimneys; breaks branches off trees; pushes over shallow-rooted trees; damages sign boards.
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F1 Moderate tornado 73-112 mph
The lower limit is the beginning of hurricane wind speed; peels surface off roofs; mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned; moving autos pushed off the roads; attached garages may be destroyed.
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F2 Significant tornado 113-157 mph
[left]Considerable damage. Roofs torn off frame houses; mobile homes demolished; boxcars pushed over; large trees snapped or uprooted; light object missiles generated. [/left]
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F3 Severe tornado 158-206 mph
[left]Roof and some walls torn off well constructed houses; trains overturned; most trees in fores uprooted [/left]
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F4 Devastating tornado 207-260 mph
[left]Well-constructed houses leveled; structures with weak foundations blown off some distance; cars thrown and large missiles generated. [/left]
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F5 Incredible tornado 261-318 mph
[left]Strong frame houses lifted off foundations and carried considerable distances to disintegrate; automobile sized missiles fly through the air in excess of 100 meters; trees debarked; steel re-inforced concrete structures badly damaged. [/left]
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F6 Inconceivable tornado 319-379 mph
[left]These winds are very unlikely. The small area of damage they might produce would probably not be recognizable along with the mess produced by F4 and F5 wind that would surround the F6 winds. Missiles, such as cars and refrigerators would do serious secondary damage that could not be directly identified as F6 damage. If this level is ever achieved, evidence for it might only be found in some manner of ground swirl pattern, for it may never be identifiable through engineering studies [/left]
THE CHALLENGE:
Render a realistic, forensic or fantasy type animation of Tornado doing what it does best.
Think the good parts of the film TWISTER…and you get the idea.
HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF FILMED TORNADOS:
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[li]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEUXr6FMtWk&NR=1[/li][li]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEI2Mwp7X9Y&feature=related[/li][li]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCI1u05KD_s&feature=related[/li][li]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEI2Mwp7X9Y&feature=related[/li][/ul]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:
August 24TH
The announcement for this mini challenge will be posted in
TBD
(After that You have TWO MONTHS to do the challenge.)
The voting plug will be posted on AUGUST 26TH
TYPES OF ENTRY:
You may do one of these types of entries:
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[li][size=3][i][u]TRIBUTE[/u][/li][i][b][size=2]Think of the Tornado FX sequences from films like The Day After Tomorrow, Twister, Hancock or The Wizard of OZ.[/i]
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[li][color=white][u][color=darkorange]FREEFORM ENTRY [/u][/li][i][/color][/color][/i][i][size=2]The core requirement for this type of entry is to have fun.[/i]
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[li]FORENSIC ANIMATION[/li][b][size=2]This would be the kind of entry that one would see for a scientific explanation of a tornado…Think Discovery Channel special[/size][/b]
[/ul]But keep in mind the key thing that I expect to see in all entries is GOOD VISUAL EFFECTS…
CHALLENGE SPECIFIC RULES:
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[li]No work taken DIRECTLY from an existing tutorial. You may use an existing tutorial only for reference.[/li][li]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)[/li][li]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.[/li][/ul][color=white]Voting:
We will select by an open vote the:
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[li]BEST VISUAL EFFECTS[/li][/ul]The winner will get bragging rights and a small banner
designed by me.
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GENERAL RULES:
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[li]The animation and visualizations must have been done AFTER the topic has been announced.[/li][li]You may use stock previously shot footage for background plates and VFX elements.[/li][li]IF you use footage for a VFX sequence it must be raw NOT contain any Visual Effects.[/li][li]WIP are encouraged if they are posted in ANOTHER thread. Please provide a link to them on this thread.[/li][li]WIP thread should be posted on the FXWARS Forum forum and should follow[/li]the following naming convention: FXWars! TORNADO MY NAME,FUJITA SCALE(F1,F2,F3),ENTRY TYPE (TRIBUTE, FREEFORM, FORENSIC), (Note: Group entries are allowed)
[li]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.)[/li][li]The animation should follow the following naming convention:[/li]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.
[li]If for some reason, you can’t host movies, sequential images (Thumbnails size 160 x 120 ) are accepted.[/li][li]You are STRONGLY encouraged to add your entry to You Tube. If interested, please contact the Roberto Ortiz.[/li][li]Please add a brief text description about your piece.[/li][li]The artist also has to post total length of time it took and program used.[/li][li]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.[/li][li]Individuals participating in a team CAN have their own individual entries.[/li][li]Post on this thread your link to your WIP thread and your FINAL piece.[/li][li]You can add multiple entries, as long as they have different WIP threads.[/li][li]Freelancers CAN participate in more than ONE entry[/li][li]All Teams members & Freelancers will get screen credit for in the title cards for participation[/li][li]Only participants who follow the rules and submit a final entry will be elegible for the voting process.[/li][li]The moderators reserve the right to taken down any thread.[/li][/ul]DIGITAL ASSETS:
Here are the footage models and stills I am making 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
Of couse Partcipants may add their own models.
THE CHECKOUT PROCESS
The process to check them out is simple.
Post your WIP entry, the type of entry you wish to do and art asset you wish to use, post your model requests on this thread and
on the first page of your WIP thread.
Note these models and clips are not being put on the public domain.
They were specifically created for this mini challenge.
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[li][font=Arial Black]THE BACKGROUND PLATE[/font] LIBRARY[/li][color=white]MORE PLATES [/color]Coming Soon
[li]THE CLIP LIBRARY[/li][font=Verdana][size=2]i am in the process of digitizing the stock footage.
I will be offering previews of the available farm footage on YOUTUBE
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[li][font=Verdana][size=2][color=darkorange]FIELD1[/color][/size][/font][/li][/ul]
[/list]MORE SEQUENCES will be Coming Soon
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[li]IMAGE LIBRARY[/li][/ul]<<See Below>>[font=Arial Black]
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REFERENCE:
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[li]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEI2Mwp7X9Y&feature=related[/li][li]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upnIBFvhdlM[/li][li]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL2g3X1TsqA&feature=related[/li][/ul]PAPERS & Articles:
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[li]Twister Production Notes[/li][li]RIOT Smallville FX[/li][/ul]Tutorials:
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[li]http://cg-world.org/twister_tutorial[/li][/ul]-R
