Frantic Films VFX Battles John Woo’s ‘Red Cliff’

Frantic Films used an interesting particle system design to create the massive naval fleet of 2500 boats for John Woo’s Red Cliff movie.

Randall Hand 15 years ago Comments Off 635

Frantic Films VFX worked with John Woo on the visual effects for the upcoming ‘Red Cliff’ feature, the most expensive Chinese-language picture ever made. In particular, they pioneered some interesting technology to create a massive naval fleet.

“With shots that called for a fleet of 2,500 of the same 26-meter boats, giving each of the boats a unique ‘hand-crafted’ feel was both a creative and technical challenge,” explained Jason Crosby, VFX Supervisor, Frantic Films VFX. “We really wanted to avoid the repetitive look that comes from using the same CG model. To do this, we broke the boats down into components that were randomly assembled using a rule-based particle system called Thinking Particles, which also propagated and animated the fleet.”

via Frantic Films VFX Battles John Woo’s ‘Red Cliff’ – Frantic Films VFX – pitchengine.com.

Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a computer graphics programmer and news junky that's been working in the field for the last 15 years. He's responsible for visualizations generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, ytnef, mullion support in ParaView, and VizWorld.com.

Frantic Films VFX Battles John Woo’s ‘Red Cliff’

Randall Hand

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