Update Sep 17 2011 This video was chosen as The PFhoe Project of The Year by the http://www.thepixelfarm.co.uk staff!!! I really can’t thank them enough! Go on and check the other great entries here http://www.pfhoe.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=282!
Note: There’s spoilers about the video in the text below.
The idea behind this video was born when I was reading something about space shuttle’s size (~56m) and then compared it to Puijo Tower (~75m). Also, listening to Muse’s Exogenesis Part 1 gave a strong boost for the motivation and I wanted to practice with the tools I’ve got, so live the project went. Actually the Muse’s song was also dispiriting as I would’ve loved to use the song in this video, but all the hassle & possible costs with copyrights forced me to leave it out from this as this was just a practice without any income. Anyway, if you know the song, think about the part where the drums & Matt’s singing starts and match it with the liftoff. That part always gives me goosebumps. Then again, the mood of the song is pretty serious so it might be just a good thing I didn’t use it here. Ah well.. enough of babbling. Luckily there was some great songs at www.jamendo.com so I managed to finish this in a satisfactory way.
Happy new year to everyone!!
Nathan Letwory
December 31, 2010 at 09:55
Nice video! So next up is a short movie about Kuopio being Europes Area 51?
Hannu Hoffrén
December 31, 2010 at 22:04
Ha! Will keep that in my mind.
Thanks for the comment!
ezpRado
January 17, 2011 at 13:54
Very nice! And I would love to watch it with Muse’s music.
I’m a Blender/AE user too and would love to know how you did the smoke for the liftoff.
Regards,
ezpRado
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Hannu Hoffrén
January 17, 2011 at 22:46
The whole smoke was made from two separate simulations (hill top & pillar) and comped together. The smoke pillar’s domain resolution was 300 (+Hi Res 1) and the cache size is about 39GB. The actual animation of the smoke wasn’t any special, only an emitter moving up.
Thanks for the comment!
Riko (VFX'n'3D)
February 5, 2011 at 13:32
Nice visual effects!!!
Hannu Hoffrén
February 5, 2011 at 13:38
Thanks Riko!