Flash Film Works - Dark Water


For this difficult shot, we took the original location plate of the washing machine and composited in various layers including additional washing machine foam, CGI water elements inside the tub, the green screen element of the girl screaming and a plate of her hand against glass originally shot for a different scene entirely. We then took the element of her head and warped it digitally to make it appear as though it forms itself inside the machine.

For this sequence of water running down the walls, we composited numerous layers of location footage featuring the girl, the empty room and several passes of running & dripping water.	For this sequence, the clear water running in the sinks was replaced digitally by an element of the dirty water running.

For this shot, the original plate (on the left) was shot with the shower door open. We cloned the door on the right and placed it over the opening, adding additional steam to make it seem as though the door is closed. We also changed the color of the shot to reflect the intended look of the sequence.

This shot was used in television commercials for the film, but was not included in the final cut of the movie. For this sequence, we created a CGI pipe interior that the camera was moving through at a fast speed. We composited in a location plate of Jennifer Connelly looking into the washing machine at the end of the pipe. We then added CGI rushing water into the pipe that runs through the pipe and eventually covers the frame. This was done using the program "Real Flow" as well as "Lightwave 3D."