405
was created by Bruce Branit
and Jeremy Hunt using
only consumer level computers, off-the-shelf software, and their
imaginative talents. This
short film was shot in two days on location on the busy I-405 freeway
in Los Angeles and Orange County. But it really came to be only
after three more months of hard work using computer graphics.
Much of the movie, featuring a DC-10 and a Jeep Grand Cherokee,
was created entirely inside these computers. There
are 62 shots in this 3 minute film and 42 of those shots are enhanced
with digital visual effects. Nineteen shots are entirely digital
creations, using no live action footage whatsoever. There is no
real airplane in this film. The DC-10 was created digitally in a
3D environment. Both cars in this film are also created digitally
using Lightwave
3D. Both actors were shot inside real vehicles, however, most
shots--including all of the old woman's scenes--were shot standing
still. Even the freeway backgrounds were created digitally and added
to the filmed footage later.
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