THE GUARDIAN

 Flash Film Works worked on the  film "THE GUARDIAN" directed by Andrew Davis and starring Ashton Kutcher and Kevin Costner. We had the challenge of creating severe storm like sequences which involved creating the ocean, several ships and helicopters and even occasionally people in 3D. We broke new ground in water simulation using the Real Flow process.

More on our work on The Guardian can be found at the following websites.

Fusion-CI Studios

Real Flow

Computer Graphics World

 

 

For this sequence in "The Guardian" we created the entire ocean in 3D using Lightwave.  The ocean was created using a proprietary system we developed to create the look of the real seas. The cargo on the back of the boat was all hand animated to create the illusion of the motion as the stuff on the back of the ship is tosses about due to the storm. Many real water elements were composited as was actual rain elements. Additional water elements were created using the Real Flow program.

Glory Road on the internet movie database All Images Courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures

 

 

   

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