Coming soon to FX Wars....

#1

Here are some ideas I am considering…

[ul]
[li]FXWARS: ZERO G[/li][li]FXWARS: Space Combat[/li][li]FXWARS: Stadium[/li][/ul]

#2

space battle sounds like a lot of fun!

#3

Zero G sounds the most fun to me :slight_smile:

Can be done with real-life footage. When doing space battles its mostly all CG…

#4

Zero G sounds good

#5

Stadium? of fire?

#6

Stadium! I’m not ready for space combat yet! :argh:

Mike

#7

now that i think about it, I am opting for zero g!!

#8

hereis another idea for a future challenge
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRaj94sRRTE`
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt_tZhpY6Os&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnzfeyc-bH4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHA7zJ-Mt80&feature=related

#9

what is zero g and stadium??

will the next one be only about fire?

I’ve been watching now pretty long the fxwars, it’s time to join one :slight_smile:

#10

I would also like to know what Stadium consist of?

#11

roberto, this came to mind seeing lots of people are asking about stadium, and then you linked a few fire vid’s

the day the earth stood still trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UULvGwjEpuA

has an helicoper shot of a stadium being torn apart by something, i think ive also seen a similar thing on someones show reel. Might be interesting to combind the two, have something like ‘structural disaster - stadium’ or even terror attack.

my 2 cents

#12

Guys not all is gloom and doom…

The fire videos are there because I want to do a digital fire challenge soon…

Ok let me explain what I have in mind for each possible challenge:
[ul]
[li]Stadium : (Digital crowds, Set extensions of filmed elements)[/li]Examples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjSGy97AlXg
We could do something as simple as film scenes of a highscool football
and ADD a stadium…
[li]ZeroG (Simulation of the effects of Micro gravity on elements)[/li]Examples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxDUSibU3SI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdAmEEAiJWo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaHLwla2WiI

[li]Inferno (Digital Fire Simulation)[/li]Think the movie Backdraft
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMDTLH2YEGY
[/ul]

#13

all right, thanks. then I’d vote for the stadium challenge :slight_smile:

#14

LOL, since you put it that way… INFERNO:D

#15

eh he he.

in that case i would say zero gravity sounds to be slightly different. Ive been doing tvcs with digital stadiums in them for months, there a bit of fun so id suggest them (im passing next round lol). Then again inferno does sound fun.

I remember seeing making of from ‘leather heads’ that showed alot of digital stadium extensions and digital crowds. Also the demo reel on the front page has a similar shot with digital stadium extension.

I think we need a few shorter fxwars, we had a few lately that seem to be major tasks and take alot of time and slowly escelated (i know it depends on the person and time they have avaliable) but things like earth goes boom, invasion, tornado were fairly large jobs to do (granted i only watched the first two, so i cant really comment, but they looked like big jobs) Things like, cannon fire, ocean, fireworks for example had alot more people participate in the challange due to the size of the FX (and most of the smaller jobs seem to get good feedback, if not better).

So after that ramble, Zero gravity does stand out with the "Simulation of the effects of Micro gravity on elements"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7fEHYkGxd0

water baloos in outa space, eheh.

my thoughts

#16

I agree completely. They have been looking like a lot of work (and it shows), actually more like something you would see a small team doing. :slight_smile:

As a generalist would have a better chance at the latest shots, a specialist would have a more difficult time, IMO. Just for the fact that the last few challenges have involved all disciplines ( they’ve been a complete shot/s ) and not just a specific effect.

#17

yeah, all im saying is mix up the levels of challenges, alternate them or somehting. I spent like almsot every day working on that darn tornado lol, alot of time.

and roberto, im 20, what else is there to a 20 yo besides doom and gloom :stuck_out_tongue:

#18

Ok here soe shorter fxWars ideas
[ul]
[li]The Gun Shot[/li][li]The Ray Gun[/li][li]Shrinking Ray[/li][li]The Flying Car[/li][li]The Cyborg[/li][/ul]

#19

ouch…I was really enthusiastic doing some crowds :stuck_out_tongue:

but ok, i can adapt. Flying car sounds interesting for me…but a model would be nescessary :wink:

#20

Ok let me say, I think second group of ideas is very “classical” and just like cannon ball,

On the other hand, first group is very hard to achive even if it has long time period (They seem easy if we are gonna do something very unprofy, especially inferno one)

I know critics are always easy to say til it comes to creation of new ideas :slight_smile: I dont have any idea at this point but this can similar to tornado, i dont mean in “class” way, I mean it in “quality” way…