Project Description

Guardian Fall

Inspired by the effects in the film The Dark Knight Rises, Guardian Fall follows the events of an accidental demolition and brings a surprising reveal to the culprits. Effects were done in Maya with Fracture FX, SOuP, and Chaos Phoenix plug-ins. Responsible for environment modeling, texturing and FX. Rendered with Redshift. Compositing was done in Nuke.

Original Concept - Christopher Nolan

FX - Emma Higueros

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Final Composition

Guardian Fall

Final composition and render. Environment modeled in Maya, textured in Substance Painter. Rigid bodies simulated with Fracture. Smoke simulated with Chaos Phoenix. Sparks simulated with Maya nParticles and controlled with SOuP. Rendered with Redshift. Composition edited in Nuke.

Reference

The Dark Knight Rises Clip

A clip from Christopher Nolan's film, The Dark Knight Rises. It was used as inspiration for the piece.

Breakdown 1

Composition and Effects Breakdown of Shot 1

Rigged explosion lines were set to emit two separate particles, one for the smoke and one for the sparks. Used SOuP to orient the particle direction and to time emission with an animated bounding object. The smoke particles had scale linked to lifespan to emit smoke only on the first few frames. These particles were later used in Chaos Phoenix to emit smoke from the rigged explosion lines.

Guardian Fall Maya Scene

A look into the scene and node graph with SOuP to set normal orientation for particle emission.

Breadown 2

Composition and Effects Breakdown of Shot 2 - Ceiling Collapse

Ceiling collapse used artistic fracture to define the shapes. Rigid bodies, simulated with Fracture, were broken into clusters that, depending on their impact force, would break once the hit the ground floor or stay together. Inside faces were used to emit particles for debris and a separate set of particles for a smoke simulation with Chaos Phoenix. Guardian free fall was simulated with Fracture to get interaction with rigid bodies.

Composition and Effects Breakdown of Shot 2 - Point of Impact

Point of impact used another artistic fracture on the ground where the guardian would collide with the floor. Clusters from the ceiling collapse emit debris particles on inside faces if broken. A separate particle pass was added to create smoke with Chaos Phoenix.

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