What is oobleck?
We needed the man to be swallowed by an expanding balloon.
Oobleck + Potato test.
Reversed footage of oobleck (cornstarch and water)
We had one chance at getting the shot.
It didn’t make the cut.
We explored the swallow in 3D.
METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS
We had 5.
When and how does a meteorological balloon burst?
The real pop.
We experimented with CG bursts.
Time Based Arts joined the project, recreating it from scratch.
BOYS
Two boys, two days before the shoot.
Damiano, on holiday with his family.
Leonardo, a local florist’s son.
Leonardo with Jarrett.
Leonardo with Luke.
MOTION CAPTURE
Mocap was use for movement data to turn the man into stone.
We dropped the idea.
But the mocap was fun to experiment with.
We looked at how it could be part of the dance section.
With the help of Samuel we tested shadows pushing particles.
Real dance movment used to guide the movement of AI dragonflies.