In Darren Aronofsky's latest film The Fountain he wanted to create a sci-fi flick without using CGI. Aronofsky sought out Peter Parks, a marine biologist who works with his own creation called the microzoom optical bench. Filming various liquids like yeast, baby oil, dyes, and other things mixed into a microliter of water. Who knew curry powder in water when magnified could look like an onslaught of flaming meteorites. "When these images are projected on a big screen, you feel like you're looking at infinity," says Parks. More about this unusually technique and the near-death of The Fountain can be read in this latest Wired article. Boy, Darren is sure out there. Now I really want to see this movie when it comes out on November 22nd.Making a space scene without CGI
In Darren Aronofsky's latest film The Fountain he wanted to create a sci-fi flick without using CGI. Aronofsky sought out Peter Parks, a marine biologist who works with his own creation called the microzoom optical bench. Filming various liquids like yeast, baby oil, dyes, and other things mixed into a microliter of water. Who knew curry powder in water when magnified could look like an onslaught of flaming meteorites. "When these images are projected on a big screen, you feel like you're looking at infinity," says Parks. More about this unusually technique and the near-death of The Fountain can be read in this latest Wired article. Boy, Darren is sure out there. Now I really want to see this movie when it comes out on November 22nd.Reader Comments
(Page 1)2. I saw it at the Toronto Film Festival - extremely well done and I liked it...however, it demands a second viewing and I do believe that a lot of people will be very dissapointed by this due to the fact that it isn't like what the trailers make it out to be. That's my two cents.
Posted at 6:42PM on Nov 2nd 2006 by Yash Keough
1. Hey, what about Werner Herzog's sci-fi movies like The Wild Blue Yonder? He has some pretty creative use of underwater footage and NASA stock footage.
Posted at 10:11AM on Nov 1st 2006 by Henry