48 Hour Film Festival - Atomic Bomb

For the 2009 48 Hour Film Festival in Las Vegas, I worked on a short called "Don't Call Me Zombie..." It was lead by a talented group of students from ITT-Tech, but they asked me to help out in one simple way. They needed an atomic blast for the intro to the storyline. I worked around 10 hours on the effect before having to render the result out. The Render needed to be in true 1080i resolution, which meant I had to be done with the effect within the first 24 hours of the festival, so I could render it and then the effects team could composite it into the footage. It was a challenge, but I was able to pull it off.

In the middle of my busy schedule I did work on the 3D environment for the next two weeks. I worked on creating the cabin, desert and foliage effects so that the Nuke would have a 3D environment to call home.

I hope you enjoy the result...

Atomic Bomb