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