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"The Midnight" is a concept trailer for a science fiction horror film. I really wanted to create something creepy and dark. Something crashes to earth at midnight and begins to grow exponentially consuming the world and feeding on life.
For this project i used C4D, Octane, After Effects and PTGUI. I waanted to experiment with C4D's voxel system (this is what i used to create the alien tenticles / goo).
Having completed a PreVis I knew where I wanted the CG shots to be. So I went out and filmed all my plates along with generating a number of HDRI’s. To create the HDRI’s I used a Sony A6500 camera with a 6.5mm fisheye lens.
I wanted the vines to interact with the environment, climb up building, wrap around poles and people. I figured the best way to do this was to recreate the environment in 3D trying to match the plate. This would allow me to easily place the vine splines wherever I wanted. It didn’t need to be anything amazing just a rough model.
I was responsible for all VFX and filming aspects of this piece.
