{"id":39,"date":"2017-01-31T21:03:26","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T21:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hornbostelproductions.com\/wordpress-hornbostelproductions\/?p=39"},"modified":"2017-01-31T21:07:59","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T21:07:59","slug":"big-explosion-sequence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hornbostelproductions.com\/wordpress-hornbostelproductions\/2017\/01\/31\/big-explosion-sequence\/","title":{"rendered":"Big explosion sequence!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Date the below entry was originally posted \u2013 June 25, 2016. \u00a0If you don\u2019t know why the old copy was lost, check this post: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hornbostelproductions.com\/wordpress-hornbostelproductions\/2017\/01\/21\/ssl-integration-and-website-port-completed-mostly\/\">Website Port and SSL upgrade completed<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hornbostelproductions.com\/wordpress-hornbostelproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/digital-fire-test-gif-1.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42\" src=\"https:\/\/hornbostelproductions.com\/wordpress-hornbostelproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/digital-fire-test-gif-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s an effects test for my upcoming short video \u2018Averting Apocalypse\u2019, with fire simulation. The 3d physics simulations are increasingly high quality and large in scope, to the point where I\u2019m questioning whether miniature effects will have a place in my videos at all in the future. CG fire and explosion sequence Computer generated fire effects I mean, let\u2019s face it, there\u2019s something very satisfying about scale models going boom Derek Meddings\/Joe Viskocil style, but the materials required to do that well can add up to make that somewhat impractical. I may even fake the miniatures in some parts of \u201cTinyville Disaster 2\u201d, and that\u2019s a video which relies heavily on the charm of miniatures! I think \u2018Duel 2030\u2019 may have been my last big miniature-effects project in recent memory, and even that was loaded with 3d animation. I\u2019m getting closer and closer to a thorough integration of liquid effects, rigid body dynamics, and gaseous smoke\/fire effects all seamlessly interacting with a lot of detail and realism, which begs the question, why would miniatures be better? Let\u2019s face it, more CG and less real pyro is not only safer, it is less expensive, and that is a big plus when I\u2019m facing down the sheer number of shots I need to get done. I think going the CGI route would save over $250 in the case of [Fortress Siege 2] and $400 in [House Trek: TNG] and $130 in [Averting Apocalypse], $100 in [Video Heist], etc. It all adds up to several thousand dollars saved and that is significant in reducing the obstacles to getting the video projects actually done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date the below entry was originally posted \u2013 June 25, 2016. \u00a0If you don\u2019t know why the old copy was lost, check this post: \u00a0Website Port and SSL upgrade completed &nbsp; Here\u2019s an effects test for my upcoming short video \u2018Averting Apocalypse\u2019, with fire simulation. The 3d physics simulations are increasingly high quality and large &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hornbostelproductions.com\/wordpress-hornbostelproductions\/2017\/01\/31\/big-explosion-sequence\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Big explosion sequence!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0},"categories":[24],"tags":[65,66,67,34,59,60],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hornbostelproductions.com\/wordpress-hornbostelproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hornbostelproductions.com\/wordpress-hornbostelproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hornbostelproductions.com\/wordpress-hornbostelproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hornbostelproductions.com\/wordpress-hornbostelproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hornbostelproductions.com\/wordpress-hornbostelproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hornbostelproductions.com\/wordpress-hornbostelproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44,"href":"https:\/\/hornbostelproductions.com\/wordpress-hornbostelproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hornbostelproductions.com\/wordpress-hornbostelproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hornbostelproductions.com\/wordpress-hornbostelproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hornbostelproductions.com\/wordpress-hornbostelproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}