Author: Zach Thomas

This week I worked more on visual effects. I started out at the beginning of the week working more on the base destruction shot. Since Avery and Chris were working on getting final renders for other visual effects shots I focused on a single shot that need more work than the others. As shots were renderedContinue reading

This week I worked on more visual effects stuff. I mainly focused on shot IRR_092,which is the shot of the base exploding in scene 01. It was a slow process because I was learning a lot about working with Nuke in 3D and about particles in Nuke. Also, the geometry in the reactor room sceneContinue reading

My main responsibility this week was animating shots from scene 01; progress was slower than I would have liked. I faced technical issues that made play blasting and scrubbing though the timeline extremely slow.  I also spent time at the beginning of the week locking camera so that Avery could render the background plates for  shotsContinue reading

This week I worked in Houdini to create a water simulation for shot IRR 240. When the Janitor kicks over a bucket of water spills out electrocuting the Superhero. Below is a render of the water simulation. Avery and I are planning to work further on the material for the water to make it look moreContinue reading