About
This film demonstrates the dangers of driving impaired. Many experts have found that driving while fatigued can be just as risky as driving while intoxicated. From 2018 to 2022, fatigue was a factor: in 24% of fatal accidents. in 24% of accidents that resulted in injury or death. We wanted to relate to students with cramming essays, exams and procrastination work. We wanted to raise awareness at the same time. #driversafe #awareness #impaireddriving
How it started
This project began with a side-angle car crash sequence. Our initial goal was to explore whether visual effects could be seamlessly integrated with live-action footage. After hours of setting up and refining a single scene and animation, we successfully produced a five-second crash shot. This success motivated us to build a narrative around it.
CGI/VFX Breakdown: How we shot the Crash Scene
We first parked the car diagonally in the garage so we could neatly hang a greenscreen next to it. We then used a smoke machine to smoke up the garage to give it the cinematic feel. 4 men shot: 1. Invisible Shard Thrower - someone to throw fake glass shards from outside the car into the passenger seat 2. Light-bar Man - Simulated the streetlights passing by 3. Videographer - Simultaed camera movement of a car crash scene 4. Actor - Acted being hit by a truck Then we created a fake crash simulation scene in blender. And combined it in post production with the raw clip
Credits
Actor: Ethan Choi Videographer: Michael Liang Director: Ethan Choi CGI/VFX + Post Production: Ethan Choi Light Man: Emmett Choi Shard Thrower: Evelyn Choi
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"We wanted to do something we never done before. USING CGI in our short films. We didn’t even know if it was possible. So we decided let’s try a car crash scene. We did the car crash shoot first and since it turned out well, we decided we would write a story AROUND it. Hope you enjoy the BTS" - Ethan Choi
Impact
This short-film was uploaded to Instagram with the intent of raising awareness about the dangers of driving tired. This short aims to relate to students procrastination with exams accompanied with excessive caffeine intake to last all nighters. It aims to display the stress and anxiety of a student.
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Written and Produced by Ethan Choi and Michael Liang
