SCAD Startup Branding Trailer

SCAD Startup is a 10 day competition in which teams of students create a mock-startup. This year, I created the branding trailer for the event.

The project was created using Houdini, Redshift, and Nuke. To create the FLIP simulation in the first shot, I used the Gas Target Force DOP to push the particles toward animated target volumes. To make the the simulation look better when slowed down, I added POP limit speed nodes to slow down the liquid in differenent areas in the scene.

In addition to the FLIP simulation, I create a procedural debris impact effect. By interpolating between normals oriented toward the center and normals oriented to Y+, I was able to control the direction in which points were displaced. I also controlled the amount they were displaced by utilizing ramps that adjusted and "distance from center" attribute.