Monday, March 24, 2008
Fluid FX "Secrets" Revealed in National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Entertainment Engineering - Volume 5 Issue 3: For National Treasure: Book of Secrets (Walt Disney Pictures), Asylum Visual Effects delivered an array of visual effects from painting to set-extensions to digital doubles to building intricately detailed CG environments. Yet when it came to complex fluid fx, Asylum called-in the expertise of Mark Stasiuk at Fusion CI Studios. As a result, Asylum produced fluid fx not yet seen in feature film.
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It's almost disturbing how quickly technology is moving in the film industry. I watched a movie from a few years ago the other day and was shocked at how fake some of the CGI seemed. We've gotten so used to going to the movies and seeing things that look more and more real everyday, and it makes me worry for the future generations. What happens when we show our kids the old star wars and they don't want to watch it because it doesn't look real at all? Although, I guess by that time, perhaps George Lucas will want to reshoot and remaster some of it...
It is really interesting to see how the entertainment industry is forcing improvements in other disciplines, like computer science and engineering. Modeling fluids is a challenge for engineers, so it is impressive to see what Fluid FX was able to do for National Treasure. Hopefully some of the work they do can help fluid engineering as well.
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