Day After Tomorrow-ish effects sequence

[padawanNick]

So here's this special effects sequence I've been working on with a bunch of my PixelCorps friends. It's a sequence where two tourists are trapped in a cable car while Rio de Janeiro is overcome by a Day After Tomorrow-style storm.

http://www.jushhome.com/pxc/TEAMRIO_FXWARS_960x540.mov

For some info about what went into making this, you can check out this thread at CGTalk:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=266523

This is for a CGSociety "FXWar" so if you like it, you'll probably want to head over there and check out the other really cool (mmm bad pun :p )entries, too:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=282353

Have fun.

[DEDFX]

that takes way too long to d/l it, could you make it into 2 parts or something?

[maj_barnes]

It looked really good. But not realistic looking (kinda like a video game), but it was an amazing feat. I really liked the shot were you see the cloud come over the beach.

[padawanNick]

that takes way too long to d/l it, could you make it into 2 parts or something?

It's under two minutes, but the res is pretty high (even though it's actually only half res )

Here's a 1/4 res version that's only 13 megs (most of the detail is lost in all the compression, but at least it's watchable ):
http://www.pxc.muc3-austria.com/public/ ... 0_sor3.mov

It looked really good. But not realistic looking (kinda like a video game), but it was an amazing feat. I really liked the shot were you see the cloud come over the beach.

Thanks for the helpful feedback.
Yeah, there were a lot of shots that didn't polish up as well as we'd have hoped. The next time we do something like this, we'll need to plan on fewer shots that look totally real rather than 11 insanely complex shots. :p

Thanks again.

[John Groshko]

Better than anything I could ever do.
The opening shot was amazing, until you fly over thew city witch looked kidda weird (I think the perspective was wrong). But it was still proably some of the best CGI work I've on this forum.

[DEDFX]

The link is taking forever for me like past an hour, can someone help me here.

[maj_barnes]

Let it download, watch a movie. The Frightners is on.

[DEDFX]

PETER JACKSON.... I didn't really like that movie, except for the ending.

[rep22]

Get faster internet...lol

As for the video, I'm downloading it right now, should be done in about 15 minutes, I'll try to let ya know what I thought tonight. If not, tomorrow! Sounds as though it's an impressive sequence!

[Job]

Congrats for winning the fxwar! you guys have made a great entry, good luck with ur future projects

[FabianJansen]

Oooh nice one! Love the way the camera flies down to the surface of the planet, those're my fav kind of shots!

[Magic-Man]

impressive, keep up the good work

[ChemicalShamanII]

Totally amazing work, it looked incredible.

How many hours roughly went into this?

Oh by the way it downloaded in about 7 minutes for me.

cheers

CS