May 17th, 2010 / 8:59 pm
Film

Evidence of why there hasn’t been a good American film in 20 years

This is a half-scale, all CG simulation of the ‘elevator of blood’ from The Shining that I did just for amusement in spare hours. I never expected it to look exactly like the real thing. The RealFlow fluid sim uses only about 1.6 million particles and therefore appears thicker and ‘blobbyer’ than an actual water-like liquid at this scale. I think at least ten million particles would begin to look convincing, but since this took about a month to calculate and render on on I-7, 3.2gh quad core, it isnt practical to attempt more particles without a far more powerful and prohibitively expensive computer.

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25 Comments

  1. Ken Baumann—

      Hah! look down, we stupid

  2. jereme—

      i liked it better on vhs.

  3. Jurgen—
  4. jereme—

      mr. sabato can’t do this either:

      can he?

  5. jereme—
  6. reynard—

      we’re all going to hell

  7. E—

      State of the cinematic art aside, that is a sick (and probably tedious) 3D Max render. I would love to see that used in an experimental piece.

  8. Ken Baumann—

      Hah! look down, we stupid

  9. jereme—

      i liked it better on vhs.

  10. Jurgen—
  11. jereme—

      mr. sabato can’t do this either:

      can he?

  12. jereme—
  13. gena—

      “…..there hasn’t been a good American film in 20 years”

      i agree!

      japanese movies are where it’s at. :)

  14. Amelia—

      That’s the best chocolate fountain ever represented on film

  15. reynard—

      we’re all going to hell

  16. E—

      State of the cinematic art aside, that is a sick (and probably tedious) 3D Max render. I would love to see that used in an experimental piece.

  17. Jackson—

      I never liked that scene anyway

  18. gena—

      “…..there hasn’t been a good American film in 20 years”

      i agree!

      japanese movies are where it’s at. :)

  19. Amelia—

      That’s the best chocolate fountain ever represented on film

  20. zusya—

      fail. adaptation. mullholland drive. eyes wide shut. the list goes on. haven’t seen anything good lately though.

  21. Jackson Nieuwland—

      I never liked that scene anyway

  22. brittany wallace—

      what r u talking about avatar was awesome

  23. brittany wallace—

      what r u talking about avatar was awesome

  24. DN—

      Haha

  25. DN—

      Haha