Recreating the Water Caustics Effect from Blade Runner 2049
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Publicado 2024-01-31
Crew:
Paul Koning
Ethan Gough
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0:00 Intro
1:29 Mylar
3:01 Bouncing Off Water
5:12 Shooting Through Water
8:15 Conclusion
Todos los comentarios (21)
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In the film, they used a built in 'pool' above the set and then used four point-light sources - lit from a position higher than the pool surface - all aiming at downwards angles. The waveform pattern reveals the depth of the water.
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Blade runner 2049 is really a masterpiece in set design and cinematography
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Man I became a big fan after watching your Oppenheimer recreation. Your hard work and persistence is just crazy! Keep doing this man!
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I wonder what kind of look you'd get by recording some ripples in a studio (or have them made digitally) and then using an old DLP projector to project the desired effect onto a wall?
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I wish I could have the through water effects in the movie just constantly playing on the surfaces in my art room forever.
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You could use a large mirror to bounce the caustics to where you want. If you positioned the spot light under the tank on the floor with the tank three feet above it, then suspend a reflective surface (like a flat mylar sheet lol) at a 45 degree angle above the tank, you can project those caustics onto a wall without hauling the water super high. Awesome video!
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Shooting a light into a point source into a satellite dish with foil on it will also make the light look even further away, which gives it a similar effect to the sun. Sorta like a parabolic reflector.
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This was really great ! Please take your time, don't rush and enjoy this if you ever do another video recreating effects, this was really cool
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simple solution: buy 10kg of liquid mercury (only ~$12000 dollars) and project the light source off of that. what you do with all that delicious mercury afterwards is up to you 😉🥴
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can't get over how great these videos are, as someone who loves cinematography but also has barely any money i love how you try to keep everything cost effective but also show that you don't even need alot of money too get great shots
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Your channel is so amazing. Just beyond description, the way you tell the story, no low attention span effects, amazing audio and of course visuals.
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Looking great man - always appreciate the effort you put in to these!
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What a BEAUTIFUL video dude! first time I didn`t skipped any part (not even clicked in 5 seconds annoucements) you had all my attention from the first to the last seconds.
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You could also do it with any shaped space by using recordings of caustics you want and throwing those on the wall with a projector. That way you can make the ripples clearer and bigger too. You won't get any distortion, even when the room is very small, the caustics will fill the entire space.
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This is great! You not only showcase interesting stuff, you talk about the thinking behind it. Well done!
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They may be hard to come by now but the old classroom Elmo projectors teachers used pre internet for showing notes can be adapted for this if you use a smaller light source as you have found. They can focus the effect and are what they used for the psychedelic colored oil backgrounds during concerts. Used to find them at resale shops dirt cheap. Brings me back to diy & film School days.
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Great video William! I really liked how you explained your process while testing this :)
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I've now watched your last 3 videos —found through the Oppenheimer one, of course. I used to be a pseudo film-maker —as quality-compared to the incredible work you're doing here— and I don't even work on this any more. BUT, all of this is so fucking dope and interesting to watch, from the editing and storytelling to the final results, that it's still super worth it to me. Well done. Props x1000.
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Thank you for the forbidden knowledge, this is a project I might do one day. Always loved those water shots from Blade Runner
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I'm absolutely loving your movie scene recreations. Hopefully your channel will grow along with your budget so you can tackle more challenging recreations. My suggestion would be to recreate older movies where practical effects were the norm. Think 90s nostalgic films like Independence Day, Dante's Peak and Stargate, or classics like 1974's Earthquake or the iconic 1956 The Ten Commandments etc.
