Lost Season 5 has just concluded, and this season had more VFX than any of the previous seasons, largely due to the “Smoke Monster”. But one of the most impressive scenes is the Ajira Airline crash:
One of the most complex scenes of Season 5 definitely was the crash landing of the 737-100 familiar to viewers of the show on a dirt airstrip in Episode 9. Featuring 43 shots mostly from the point of view of the cockpit the scene contained 50 billion polygons — a huge number compared to the average—with each frame taking five hours to render. “It s an example of having feature-quality aspirations on a television schedule ” says Suskin. “It was a challenge to get it out in time and make it as reasonable as possible.” Eden FX utilized a new LightWave 3D plug-in that allowed it to manage the vast amounts of data. “That scene would not have been possible without that plug-in.”
