Elements: The Making of 'V&S'

This is the making of CG short film 'Vehicles & Streets' (2011) created by Zblur team.



Stills & more: http://www.behance.net/gallery/Elements-The-Making-of-V-S/2249196



The completed short is here: vimeo.com/29836774



Element One: STORYBOARD AND PRE-VISUALIZATION - 00:16

Element Two: TEXTURES, SHADERS, CONCEPT ARTS AND DESIGN - 00:57

Element Three: 3D MODELING AND TEXTURING - 02:06

Element Four: MATTE PAINTING - 04:22

Element Five: DYNAMIC SIMULATIONS OF VEHICLE BEHAVIOR - 04:45

Element Six: DYNAMIC SIMULATIONS OF VEHICLE DRIVER - 05:42

Element Seven: GASEOUS DYNAMIC SIMULATIONS - 05:57

Element Eight: LIQUID DYNAMIC SIMULATIONS - 06:31

Element Nine: RIGID AND SOFT BODY DYNAMIC SIMULATIONS - 07:16

Element Ten: PARTICLE SYSTEM SIMULATIONS - 07:29

Element Eleven: DYNAMIC SIMULATIONS OF VIRTUAL CAMERA - 07:59

Element Twelve: COMPOSITING, COLOR GRADING AND MASTERING - 08:17



Yes! The header images of 'Photorealistic CGI' groups is from here.

https://vimeo.com/groups/photoreal

https://www.facebook.com/groups/photorealistic



'Elements: The Making of 'V&S'' was featured on Strictly VFX:

http://strictlyvfx.com/the-making-of-vehicles-streets-by-zblur/

The CGBros Channel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql3ta4bwXUk

& The CG Motionbox:

http://www.cgmotionbox.com/2012/07/making-of-vehicles-streets/



FACTS & STATISTICS

- 'V&S' includes 17 shots (2K).

- Stuff members: 2 artists (Velichkov Bros.)

- Year of release: 2011

- In production: More than 3 years (due to repeated long-term interruptions and conceptual changes).

- Actual duration of the production: Less than 3 mounts.

- All pre-visualizations were made in January 2008.

- Almost all CG input renders were made in early 2010.

- There are more than 650 000 000 (650M) polygons (excluding millions of particles) included in one scene only. This exists in several scenes.

- There are between 250 and 300 layers (including passes, adjustments and FX) used in a single scene (in some scenes).

- Average layers: More than 180 per scene.

- No scene with less then 100 compositing layers exists.

- The longest shot lasts more than 35 seconds.

- There is a live footage in shot 8 (the car driver, which is played by Martin Velichkov).

- Ready made VFX or live footages have not been used.