Unused Bagels

Several months ago I supervised a project called Speak and May the Plague Take You. This short film required some surrealistic imagery of giant clocks smashing into the ground, including an hourglass. After wrapping the project, I wrote this technical breakdown because I tend to forget everything. Since glass shattering is a somewhat common effect but not necessarily simple [...]

A two minute breakdown of shots created by Stephen Withers for the film “Speak and May the Plague Take You” dir. by Cody Duckworth. Creating the surreal falling clocks and hourglass vfx required extensive dynamics work in Houdini as well as a large amount of roto and comping.
Practical elements, including water and falling leaves/debris, were [...]