We RECREATED the Nuclear Explosion from Oppenheimer with ZERO CGI

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  • čas přidán 20. 05. 2024
  • We recreated Christopher Nolan's nuclear explosion from Oppenheimer with zero CGI, along with a few other effects from Oppenheimer. With Oppenheimer's budget of $100 million, we had no clue if this was even possible. Through lots of experimentation and testing, it was surprising just how close we were able to recreate the practical effects from Oppenheimer without any VFX of our own. I still can't believe what we were able to do.
    A thank you to the people who helped make this possible:
    Paul Koning
    Anna Peerbolt
    Matt Baker
    Allie Salyer
    Selena Norihn
    Victor Vigil III (VVIII)
    Kaleb Bosworth
    M.H. Sterling
    All music in the video is from Artlist, appearing in order below. Get two additional months free with a yearly subscription! artlist.io/artlist-70446/?art...
    Ardie Son - Omega
    Tamuz Dekel - Blue Beings
    Ardie Son - Earth the Pale Blue Dot
    Curtis Cole - Odd Numbers
    Ardie Son - Rise to Revolt
    Ardie Son - The Art of Connection
    Ardie Son - Beacon of Light
    Ardie Son - Overcoming
    Ardie Son - Run with the Wolves (but I played it in reverse)
    All the effects were shot using a BMPCC4K.
    Lights from Aputure/Amaran:
    goaff.pro/williambaker
    0:00 Intro
    1:57 Effect 1
    4:00 Effect 2
    6:45 Effect 3
    10:38 The Nuke
    13:35 All Effects
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  • @nikhilvaddiraj3338
    @nikhilvaddiraj3338 Před 9 měsíci +6971

    Christopher Nolan needs to hire you

    • @WilliamHBaker
      @WilliamHBaker  Před 9 měsíci +695

      I wish!!🤞

    • @epikpencil
      @epikpencil Před 9 měsíci +283

      the difference is he had reference

    • @TomJones-wi4nh
      @TomJones-wi4nh Před 9 měsíci +53

      Or hunt Chris down for revealing his secrets :-)

    • @pvic6959
      @pvic6959 Před 9 měsíci +144

      @@TomJones-wi4nh LOL imagine. Hhes like "i asked for 100M in budget why are you revealing i only needed water and glitter???"

    • @AgentExeider
      @AgentExeider Před 9 měsíci +106

      @@epikpencil That's what would make him a steller apprentice. not so much in that he knows the tricks, but that he can see something, and come up with his own version of it. That's what you want in an appretice, intelligence, imagination, creativity and passion. You as the master simply pour your knowledge into them, and watch them bloom into their own.

  • @crashwebb4715
    @crashwebb4715 Před 9 měsíci +2164

    Can't believe you detonated an actual nuclear warhead to recreate this scene. Incredible dedication. Bravo William!

    • @play3r.wav.
      @play3r.wav. Před 9 měsíci +47

      can confirm, I was the nuke

    • @HulluJanne
      @HulluJanne Před 9 měsíci +8

      Cool, a ghost!

    • @Maxsteel_4014
      @Maxsteel_4014 Před 9 měsíci +15

      ​@@play3r.wav.
      Does that mean he blew you up?
      _Wait, that sounds _*_wrong_*

    • @IdentifiantE.S
      @IdentifiantE.S Před 9 měsíci +1

      Its impressive 😮

    • @throwaway756
      @throwaway756 Před 9 měsíci

      Indeed, one of the nuclear explosions of all time. 👏👏👏

  • @Milkymalk
    @Milkymalk Před 8 měsíci +144

    Miniature painters instantly recognize the swirling from effect 3 as metallic acrylic paint dissolved in water. Glad you figured it out!

    • @dwerg1
      @dwerg1 Před 3 měsíci +16

      My first thought before even watching that part was fine mica powder in plain water, that's the simplest and most common way to make that effect. I wouldn't be surprised if that's specifically what they used in Oppenheimer.
      It's called a rheoscopic fluid. Any particles with similar properties will work, like the pigment powder he ended up using.

    • @Milkymalk
      @Milkymalk Před 3 měsíci

      Funny that you write this comment less than one day after Steve Mould uploaded a video about using mica powder to visualise currents@@dwerg1

  • @andtipidee
    @andtipidee Před 8 měsíci +435

    I think it's kind of cool that for Effect 3, the materials used were just water and pigment powder; cheap and easy to obtain materials. It's cool how Nolan came up with such simple yet powerful ideas, despite his million dollar budget.

    • @vidyasagardaud8518
      @vidyasagardaud8518 Před 7 měsíci +15

      if you think about it, most of it must have been the actors

    • @RichyRich2607
      @RichyRich2607 Před 5 měsíci +65

      Why Nolan? Give some respect to the special effect guys.

    • @WV-HillBilly
      @WV-HillBilly Před 4 měsíci +5

      @@RichyRich2607 true, the special effects guys did follow Nolan's orders pretty well i guess...

    • @ben1ben2ben1
      @ben1ben2ben1 Před 4 měsíci

      @@WV-HillBilly Anyone who thinks Nolan is personally coming up with these practical effects is dumb as shit

    • @simplyrowen
      @simplyrowen Před 4 měsíci +24

      @@WV-HillBillyIt wouldn’t be Nolan’s job to experiment and come up with how to do the VFX and then just pass the cheat sheet to the effects team for them to just execute it. He then would effectively be doing their job for them.
      The VFX team’s job is to figure out and execute the director’s vision. Take a look at the credits for the movie, it’s Andrew Jackson and Scott Fisher. Nolan doesn’t have a credit in the VFX department. That’s not how it works. It’s incredibly rare that a director is involved hands on in the development of VFX.

  • @AvocadoAnimations
    @AvocadoAnimations Před 9 měsíci +13422

    My gosh this is was a joy to watch! Really shows what you can accomplish creatively with some clever thinking

  • @Officialjadenwilliams
    @Officialjadenwilliams Před 9 měsíci +6553

    astonishing work William

  • @vestrovg
    @vestrovg Před 9 měsíci +487

    12:43 is what made me absoloutly LOVE this, the way you and your team had the eye and taste to notice what was missing in the shoot to achieve the correct take is so amazing, so talented people

    • @WilliamHBaker
      @WilliamHBaker  Před 9 měsíci +23

      Thank you so much!! I’m so grateful to everyone involved and that we did this project!

    • @hengry2
      @hengry2 Před 8 měsíci +9

      it was really obvious, the movement was too quick was the first thing

    • @abbasmahdavi7133
      @abbasmahdavi7133 Před 2 měsíci

      quit yapping

  • @syjiang
    @syjiang Před 8 měsíci +225

    Hey for effect 1, if you want to generate a constant swirling motion in the fluid you can use a magnetic stirrer used in chemistry lab. The device looks like a kitchen scale, coupled with a cylindrical pill-shaped magnet stirrer. Its low profile and you can create a more consistent swirling motion in that larger tank. Just an idea for future effects.

  • @harshpreetsinghgill9101
    @harshpreetsinghgill9101 Před 9 měsíci +3053

    Someone show this to Disney. You do not need a high budget to make a fake CG effect all you need is creativity like Will and his team. Hats off to you guys

    • @maxpayne9139
      @maxpayne9139 Před 9 měsíci +70

      For some things you do need CGI. You can't make Hulk with practical effects

    • @unliving_ball_of_gas
      @unliving_ball_of_gas Před 9 měsíci +27

      ​@@maxpayne9139Oh really?

    • @NekoHibaCosplay
      @NekoHibaCosplay Před 9 měsíci +16

      *Michael Bay left the chat*

    • @LucienHughes
      @LucienHughes Před 9 měsíci +27

      To be fair, he's probably making more money from these youtube videos than a lot of industry VFX/SFX artists make on salary! Still very impressive.

    • @neurotic3015
      @neurotic3015 Před 9 měsíci +14

      @@unliving_ball_of_gas Yes lol, it'd be very, very difficult to make a good and real looking hulk with practical effects. 9 times out of 10, it'd almost definitely be better to do him with CGI.

  • @oxiphy
    @oxiphy Před 9 měsíci +1958

    For those wondering what the swirling effect is called, it's referred to as a rheoscopic effect. There's actually lots of products made with this on them.

    • @DrDrift-rl6cc
      @DrDrift-rl6cc Před 9 měsíci +25

      flashback to the apple iphone wallpapers from a few years ago..

    • @Lilly-Lilac
      @Lilly-Lilac Před 8 měsíci +5

      you can also use certain types of shaving cream, or so I'm told.

    • @dang3304
      @dang3304 Před 8 měsíci +24

      These weren't particularly difficult shots to recreate. The overly dramatic narration of the process they went through is frankly kind of annoying.

    • @averageday
      @averageday Před 7 měsíci +3

      I know all I kept on thinking was nail polishes

    • @IMelonBeats
      @IMelonBeats Před 7 měsíci +2

      @@dang3304 its not difficult to recreate but still impressive and fun to see them deduct how they did it.

  • @vusvis
    @vusvis Před 8 měsíci +147

    Recreating them is one, but coming up with it is another story. Massive respect to you guys as well as Nolan's team.

    • @FormOverFlair
      @FormOverFlair Před 7 měsíci +3

      Recreating an effect is harder.

    • @revenant709
      @revenant709 Před 7 měsíci +2

      @@FormOverFlair пфффф, любитель накидывать на вентилятор.

    • @MrTrollo2
      @MrTrollo2 Před 7 měsíci +8

      @@FormOverFlair for sure not

    • @FormOverFlair
      @FormOverFlair Před 7 měsíci +4

      @@MrTrollo2 For sure yes. Having an idea and unlimited creative freedom is easier then having to re-create an identical effect. Of course it is. Because you can NEVER perfectly re-create an effect. It’s practically impossible.

    • @MrTrollo2
      @MrTrollo2 Před 7 měsíci +10

      @@FormOverFlair this is like arguing it is harder to build a car now than before they existed. And that's completely unreasonable. But hey, it's ok if you can not appreciate creating and developing things, we need craftsmen.
      You might be right if you think one could just create anything. But they are trying to find something specific while not even knowing exactly what it is. That's a lot harder than to think about how to reduce production value on something that was already done and having a reference

  • @MrTshorts
    @MrTshorts Před 8 měsíci +64

    I never knew recreating effects looked so much like solving a murder mystery! I love it.

  • @rcnewman51.
    @rcnewman51. Před 9 měsíci +896

    This genuinely made me want to get back into film making and story telling. I haven’t felt that kind of excitement in years. Thank you.

  • @cinekitlist
    @cinekitlist Před 9 měsíci +979

    This is what CZcams is all about. Thanks for bringing joy and creativity into your workflow! Such a fun watch.

  • @melody3741
    @melody3741 Před 7 měsíci +18

    The swirly one made me so mad because I am 100% sure thats ultra fine glitter

  • @JnManuelAG
    @JnManuelAG Před 9 měsíci +1510

    You guys were so so close to the real footage. The Op special effects team should be proud. Keep posting here 👏🏽❤️‍🔥

    • @WilliamHBaker
      @WilliamHBaker  Před 9 měsíci +106

      Thank you! We put a lot of time into trying to nail it. There will always be things I wish I had done different, but I think we got close enough!

    • @owengibby
      @owengibby Před 9 měsíci +4

      I thought oppenheimer was practical

    • @pietrikoskoskos
      @pietrikoskoskos Před 9 měsíci +27

      @@owengibby technically it was, 78 years ago 💀

    • @netofsa4517
      @netofsa4517 Před 9 měsíci

      @@pietrikoskoskos XDD

    • @themysteriousgamers9616
      @themysteriousgamers9616 Před 9 měsíci

      it was practical, cgi means computer generated (green screens and the lot), so just because you do practical does not mean you can't use special effects or enhancements@@owengibby

  • @ssscout
    @ssscout Před 9 měsíci +2147

    amazing editing, and love the music you used

    • @bananablast23
      @bananablast23 Před 9 měsíci +7

      What editing? He said no cgi

    • @Ki-wy7dp
      @Ki-wy7dp Před 9 měsíci

      editing the video bro...@@bananablast23

    • @ssscout
      @ssscout Před 9 měsíci +38

      @@bananablast23 must be bait

    • @angelomedeiros7752
      @angelomedeiros7752 Před 9 měsíci +22

      @@bananablast23 do you think he shot all of that in one take? With these colors? And with an orchestra playing in the background?

    • @STONJAUS_FILMS
      @STONJAUS_FILMS Před 9 měsíci +2

      Amazing to see Nolan's explosion from Oppenheimer recreated without CGI! If you enjoyed these intricate details, you might appreciate a film I made using 4K Macro to explore life inside the womb. Similar techniques, NO VFX, different perspective: czcams.com/video/eYSu2ochlE4/video.html

  • @u.kw1461
    @u.kw1461 Před 8 měsíci +8

    Ya'll nailed it pretty well. Honestly interesting seeing the entire process. Well done

  • @Fairyhell
    @Fairyhell Před 8 měsíci +11

    This is what I love about visual effect. There are so many ways to achieve the same result

  • @1draigon
    @1draigon Před 9 měsíci +337

    This gives me even more respect for the original creators… imagining these things without having seen it before must have been hard, if I can’t even imagine recreating them this closely!

    • @XD1999cable
      @XD1999cable Před 9 měsíci +28

      Creating by zero is way hard, Nolan has budget (Well, actually universal has) but creating new stuff is quite expensive.

    • @MrTomyCJ
      @MrTomyCJ Před 9 měsíci +10

      There are actual real pictures of atomic explosions very similar to that one, so they did have a reference. The result is quite similar except for the dirt. That part I think was artistic freedom.

    • @illsmith5420
      @illsmith5420 Před 9 měsíci +4

      @@MrTomyCJbros talking about the og bomb creaters

    • @kidusyohannes4509
      @kidusyohannes4509 Před 9 měsíci

      but they (nolans team )have freedom b/c no one knowes this effects before

    • @maaiz1653
      @maaiz1653 Před 9 měsíci +2

      For interstellar , nolan had assistance from actual physicist who researched and wrote a paper on how the black hole would actually look like so that it could be recreated with CG . So I assuming they also did something similar which was simulate the explosion and then trying to recreate with practical Fx.

  • @MerchantIvoryfilms
    @MerchantIvoryfilms Před 9 měsíci +242

    Nolans team wasn't the first to use massive amounts oils and liquids, it was actually used for the first time on major scale in "Tree of life" during the birth of the universe. They replicated supernovas, nebulas, and massive explosions from stars using this method which Nolans team then used as a "massive" inspiration.

    • @CaptainComatose
      @CaptainComatose Před 9 měsíci +2

      Wasn't it used in "The Fountain" by Aronofsky too?

    • @jmasked5082
      @jmasked5082 Před 9 měsíci +11

      2001 Space Odyssey. It was Douglas Trumbull.

    • @mistrrhappy
      @mistrrhappy Před 9 měsíci +4

      "Cloud Tank Effects" have been in use for almost 80 years to replicate these sorts of phenomena. Look at Close Encounters of the Third Kind or the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark. The Ten Commandments used a variation of the same technique.

    • @MerchantIvoryfilms
      @MerchantIvoryfilms Před 9 měsíci +2

      @@mistrrhappy You didn't read my comment i said "Massive scale"

    • @HussainZiniya
      @HussainZiniya Před 9 měsíci +1

      Apart from the effects, i saw a lot of influence of terrance mallick in Oppenhiemer

  • @seeking_the_sun
    @seeking_the_sun Před 8 měsíci +8

    This was such a joy to behold. Also illustrates why we we feel this deep sense of reverence and awe at the real effects - the ingenuity and the resourcefulness that must have gone into it almost commands it.

  • @Rastox95
    @Rastox95 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Loved the passion you put into making this video, it really shows how much you love what you do!

  • @buckethead60
    @buckethead60 Před 9 měsíci +970

    I wonder just how long it took for the Oppenheimer team to do this in the first place without having any references to go off of.
    Great job on this as well, turned out really incredible

    • @WilliamHBaker
      @WilliamHBaker  Před 9 měsíci +156

      Me too! I imagine months of planning and testing. There are also a few more effects in the movie that I didn’t do, and I imagine what made it into the movie is only 50% or less of the things they got on camera.

    • @MrJoeCramer
      @MrJoeCramer Před 9 měsíci +9

      Maybe it took really long and was lot of work and thinking and creating and so on BUT it could be done very fast and wasn't a thing at all, cause when they done it there was nothing that could be wrong at all. It is only one of million version of how it could be done and every other version had/could been an also great thing/solution .... cause this isn't a recreation of a working thing like a PC or radio or else. It is just a creation of how something could LOOK like.
      I am sorry about my bad english and hope you get what i mean 😇

    • @appa609
      @appa609 Před 9 měsíci +16

      You're kidding right? There are reels and reels of nuclear test footage that they clearly referenced, though not very well.

    • @roberthunka
      @roberthunka Před 9 měsíci +11

      Saying they had no references to shoot these effects is kinda wild to me

    • @TheCookieCrisp
      @TheCookieCrisp Před 9 měsíci +8

      ​@@roberthunkahaha so true. People in the comments: "We have no footage of any atomic bombs ever recorded." Also, recreating something isn't really that hard. People are impressed with the simplest shit these days. Remember before CGI??? they did it this way! Haha

  • @conze3029
    @conze3029 Před 9 měsíci +2374

    All of the effects are amazing, but effect number 3 is absolutely unreal. There's literally almost no difference between yours and the original. Don't even get me started on how well made this video is as a whole. Best CZcams video I've watched in a while.

    • @z-beeblebrox
      @z-beeblebrox Před 8 měsíci +51

      Facts. Literally the ONLY difference I can find between their firestorm effect and the movie version is that the movie version was shot with a very slightly soft focus, which was probably benefited from having a very expensive camera

    • @priyanshplayz3021
      @priyanshplayz3021 Před 8 měsíci +17

      Dude if they had a little more budget they could’ve Made all of em perfectly same . The fact they did this with not even 1/10th of the movies budget is already astonishing beyond belief

    • @dexterdruboanimations-6403
      @dexterdruboanimations-6403 Před 8 měsíci +16

      ​@@priyanshplayz3021But the movie didn't use all of their budget on that particular scene, did they? I doubt if it evens 2% of the movie budget.

    • @13_cmi
      @13_cmi Před 8 měsíci +10

      I was yelling at my screen that it was just glitter or some mica powder. They definitely thought too hard on that one with all sorts of crazy soaps and oils.

    • @dhwanilvyas2608
      @dhwanilvyas2608 Před 8 měsíci

      ggs

  • @LilJollyJoker
    @LilJollyJoker Před 9 měsíci +3

    Such an amazing video! Shocked to see you only have 51.3K subs! You deserve more! Glad this video is blowing up!

  • @ASMRStrike1
    @ASMRStrike1 Před 7 měsíci

    Watched this right when the video came out, so happy for you man those views and that jump in subscribers is insane, you deserve it!

  • @Wunba
    @Wunba Před 9 měsíci +486

    Holy cow! This was an amazing video I’m astonished your channel isn’t larger! I think your ability to look at Nolan’s shots and figure out mostly how they were done is amazing. But it really goes to show why Nolan is the top of the game when he can just envision these things and make them into a movie! Can’t wait to see what else you come up with, extremely underrated channel!

    • @WilliamHBaker
      @WilliamHBaker  Před 9 měsíci +36

      No kidding! It wasn’t easy to recreate what Nolan did, but way more challenging to say “let’s find practical ways to represent quantum physics and nuclear explosions”

    • @victorleite221
      @victorleite221 Před 9 měsíci

      @@WilliamHBaker It turned out really good! Well done!! 🔥🔥

    • @420xo
      @420xo Před 9 měsíci

      why would it be? hes here trying to fake replicate nuke like a took

    • @oldmanballs
      @oldmanballs Před 9 měsíci +1

      So much melodrama

    • @KILLTHEREDDITOR
      @KILLTHEREDDITOR Před 3 měsíci

      Because his cheeks are too fat

  • @onlyoverkill
    @onlyoverkill Před 9 měsíci +1854

    Looks great man! Loved your storytelling. I think that third effect might have been done with mica powder! It flows and has a sheen to it. I’ve used it to create that effect before.

    • @akhiltrg4087
      @akhiltrg4087 Před 9 měsíci +29

      didn't expect you here matt. A surprise,to be sure but a welcome one 😂

    • @WilliamHBaker
      @WilliamHBaker  Před 9 měsíci +233

      I saw mica powder in the store too! I thought it was the same thing but should've gotten both to test!

    • @TheAbsolute-863
      @TheAbsolute-863 Před 9 měsíci

      :O

    • @mattsavage9960
      @mattsavage9960 Před 9 měsíci +2

      @@WilliamHBaker This was great. Subbed can you please re create the skinny Bob alien video as alot of people think it's real.

    • @name_69420
      @name_69420 Před 9 měsíci

      Hi there

  • @Atulkumar-sz6tg
    @Atulkumar-sz6tg Před 8 měsíci +8

    It was fantastic, seeing the amount of effort you guys put into it, that too without knowing if its gonna successful or not, is fantastic.

  • @jdkingsley6543
    @jdkingsley6543 Před 8 měsíci +21

    You guys just made me come close to going back into film making. This why so many people love Nolans work, whole categories of exploration and discussion happen around his art.

  • @mchsprod
    @mchsprod Před 9 měsíci +651

    When I started watching, I thought this was a large, well established film channel. I was surprised at the end when I read the comments and saw that you only had 11k subscribers. This video blew me away, and I’m excited to see what you’ll make next.

    • @Ustaleone
      @Ustaleone Před 9 měsíci +42

      Wait a minute. If he only had 11k subscribers when you posted this message 5 hours ago and he has 16k now. He gained 1000 subs every hour in the past hour? I guess the algorithm has blessed him. I wish CZcams channels had stocks 😂.

    • @WilliamHBaker
      @WilliamHBaker  Před 9 měsíci +51

      Thank you!! I’m excited to make more on CZcams!!

    • @thespankmyfrank
      @thespankmyfrank Před 9 měsíci +1

      Honestly, same. Thought it was an established channel! Great production and the end result was great.

    • @reilysmith5187
      @reilysmith5187 Před 9 měsíci

      That means he's probably part of some production team. All too often companies create the illusion of a one man show for extra clicks.

    • @cbsGD
      @cbsGD Před 9 měsíci

      @@WilliamHBaker 🙏🙏

  • @ChristianGenz
    @ChristianGenz Před 9 měsíci +296

    The simulated drama and suspense makes this feel like an unintentional parody. *Pouring water into soap while screaming enthutiastically* into a melodramatic voice over about the struggles of the experiments. It's actually hilarious 😂

    • @cinder3150
      @cinder3150 Před 9 měsíci +10

      9:00 😂

    • @WilliamHBaker
      @WilliamHBaker  Před 9 měsíci +18

      Dramatization doesn’t work for everyone!

    • @cgonz8
      @cgonz8 Před 9 měsíci +11

      Holy frick! What the Frick!?

    • @meriwoo7382
      @meriwoo7382 Před 9 měsíci +6

      @@cgonz8 holy fricking frick did you just say frick dude, what the frick

    • @Comrade_Santos
      @Comrade_Santos Před 9 měsíci +9

      I'm obliged to agree, that felt unnecessarily over the top

  • @mattdwmc
    @mattdwmc Před 8 měsíci

    This is INCREDIBLE!! More of this long form content please dude, much love

  • @nitobac
    @nitobac Před 8 měsíci +1

    This is the video of the year! Incredible work, so much passion, thank you for that!

  • @austinreed5805
    @austinreed5805 Před 9 měsíci +286

    As someone who’s seen Oppenheimer, this is insanely impressive. It looks so much like the effects in the movie. Well done!

    • @iheartcicada
      @iheartcicada Před 9 měsíci +21

      As someone who saw Oppenheimer as well, the nuke scene sucked and looked nowhere near the scale or magnitude of a nuclear bomb. It honestly made my laugh out loud in the theatre.

    • @brainwithani5693
      @brainwithani5693 Před 9 měsíci +6

      As someone who objects to the things that earned the R rating, I'm glad to see the special effects without having to sit through the movie.

    • @YourParas
      @YourParas Před 9 měsíci

      @@brainwithani5693r rated movies>>>>

    • @YourParas
      @YourParas Před 9 měsíci +18

      @@iheartcicada bro really said nuke scene sucked

    • @420xo
      @420xo Před 9 měsíci +2

      you mean the effects that lookl nothing like a nuke? congrats omg

  • @leobmaciel
    @leobmaciel Před 9 měsíci +202

    This is just AMAZING!!! Please keep on posting here on youtube 🔥

    • @WilliamHBaker
      @WilliamHBaker  Před 9 měsíci +6

      I will be! I at least want to post once a month! Maybe not quite to the scale of this vid though😅

  • @MultiPaolo3000
    @MultiPaolo3000 Před 8 měsíci

    I freaking love your videos and the passionate way you do make em. I feel the effort, congrats!!!

  • @harounsaifi9371
    @harounsaifi9371 Před 8 měsíci

    Awesome work guys, you killed it ! I love to see how passionate you are and your willingness to succeed ! Amazing results and great storytelling on the top of that ! Cheers mates !

  • @out_of_the_BOX
    @out_of_the_BOX Před 9 měsíci +292

    To be completely honest, I was starting to doubt after effect 2 since it wasn't as similar (but still insanely creative and more than I would be able to do ofc). But then you went and made what is basically the EXACT SAME effect for number 3. It's literally indistinguishable!!! I went back and looked at both effects and I wouldn't be able to tell you which was made by you, and which was from the movie! Outstanding work man, and all produced so beautifully in this video.

  • @mishtaromaniello8295
    @mishtaromaniello8295 Před 9 měsíci +83

    This is filmmaking in the truest sense. You guys represent the ingenuity of this art form. I can’t wait to see everything else you make.

    • @420xo
      @420xo Před 9 měsíci

      lying in its fulest. oppenheimer showed a fake nuke so whats it mean when someone replicates it?

    • @mishtaromaniello8295
      @mishtaromaniello8295 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@420xo The truest sense in that they are recreating images through experimentation- creating something that didn’t exist before, and technically still doesn’t exist in reality because it’s an art of illusion. Is there anything we make that wasn’t inspired by something we see?

    • @gownerjones1450
      @gownerjones1450 Před 9 měsíci

      Well technically, filmmaking in the truest sense is what the chemist at the factory does to literally make the film.

  • @bogdanbsk6301
    @bogdanbsk6301 Před 2 měsíci

    Easily the best video i've watched in a while. Congratulations and best of luck reaching your goals!

  • @user-eu6xm4xn5b
    @user-eu6xm4xn5b Před 8 měsíci

    astonishing work William. amazing editing, and love the music you used.

  • @TruthYouNeed
    @TruthYouNeed Před 9 měsíci +576

    This makes me admire chris nolan even more. To even think a bomb explosion can be represented by minuscule of events is mind blowing

    • @MC8596
      @MC8596 Před 8 měsíci +23

      That’s not representative of the nuclear explosion of trinity : not even a bit.
      That’s just a cinephile scene for people who don’t like CGI and that just made me feel like, once again, Nolan was saying to the spectator : look, I’m more a cinephile than you

    • @TruthYouNeed
      @TruthYouNeed Před 8 měsíci +28

      @@MC8596 well if it made 900mil in box office. He is doing something right

    • @avananana
      @avananana Před 8 měsíci +10

      ​@@MC8596Did you go to sleep with a wet pillow or what.

    • @personagrata111
      @personagrata111 Před 7 měsíci +7

      I highly recommend to watch atomic bomb scene from Twin Peaks by David Lynch, before oppenheimer this was really something unique.

    • @Garsnoos
      @Garsnoos Před 7 měsíci +7

      @@MC8596Yup. As a VFX artist I don’t get the hate for CGI. Many movies use it, TV shows as well. People just don’t understand all that is included in CGI or VFX. It is such a shame that big directors are spreading this kind of hate. At the same time they cannot survive without VFX artists. It’a the reason why I left the industry. We get the hate and disrespect, yet they can’t live without us… Good riddance

  • @rohandagar7761
    @rohandagar7761 Před 9 měsíci +289

    William, this was such a refreshing video I loved this so much. I wish I had a camera like this so I could also do experiments like this, again thank you for sharing this with us!~
    Keep it up

    • @WilliamHBaker
      @WilliamHBaker  Před 9 měsíci +11

      Thank you so much!

    • @SMGJohn
      @SMGJohn Před 9 měsíci +5

      Buy a RX100 Mark 4, it has slow motion and everything you need, maybe not as shallow depth of field as his, but just means you gotta stay further away with the camera and shoot more zoomed in.

    • @hakkinenfan
      @hakkinenfan Před 9 měsíci +3

      If anything, this video showed to me how I should never again say stuff like "if I only had those resources…" I was looking his cameras and lighting gear in envy too, but then again, you can surely make cool footage with the cheapest cameras, they just create their own vibe and lesser quality might help to hide some possible imperfections in the effects. Lighting… Regular bulbs and colored plastic from waste is my first idea. I refuse to see the restrictions anymore, only endless creative possibilities :) A great video, thank you!

  • @blasian4260
    @blasian4260 Před 5 měsíci +9

    Him:Proceeds to mix soap with water
    Everybody: Whoa!

  • @rne1223
    @rne1223 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Thank you for the tutorial, not only for how to make the effects ourselves, but more importantly on how to implement the full potential of storytelling in a youtube video. 100/10 👏👏👏

  • @ImNotMerzbow
    @ImNotMerzbow Před 9 měsíci +85

    the visual similarities are striking! great job guys

  • @peskyseagull
    @peskyseagull Před 9 měsíci +5

    Also all the “we did this, we did that” but the channel name being one guy and all the comments like “William you’ve achieved immortality” Jesus Christ

  • @preethi.y2218
    @preethi.y2218 Před 29 dny

    Just subbed with a single video.. never did that ever before.. lots of creativity.. tons of experiments.. Really a hats off to you brother..
    Literally made a short film..

  • @bibibiok5772
    @bibibiok5772 Před 9 měsíci +103

    This is genuinely so damn crazy. You'd expect people to try this like a few years after the film came out, not when it's barely been a month since release. Amazing stuff honestly.

  • @LS-sx5qo
    @LS-sx5qo Před 9 měsíci +32

    This is an absolutely amazing recreation of these effects. I hope you get the recognition you deserve.

  • @MoviesWithMarty
    @MoviesWithMarty Před 7 měsíci +1

    This was BEAUTIFUL. Stunning work William and the team!

  • @martincreton4286
    @martincreton4286 Před 5 měsíci

    I was deeply invested throughout this entire video because it reminded me of the process you go through as a filmmaker. The replay and comparison of the explosion especially made me laugh because it is so accurate.
    And using exclamations like "oh shoot" and "what the frick" reminded me of myself, because those are also the same exclamations I use.

  • @ithoughtso.7016
    @ithoughtso.7016 Před 9 měsíci +170

    how does this guy not have more subs
    the editing style is amazing, this video is set like the ones you'd see on a 500k subscriber channel. keep up the good work, man.

    • @golemraven7765
      @golemraven7765 Před 9 měsíci +2

      we would never watch the marvel CGI films anymore

    • @noelradhakrishnan4423
      @noelradhakrishnan4423 Před 9 měsíci

      Yeah it's unbelievable this guy have only 26k subs

    • @simonhicken3892
      @simonhicken3892 Před 9 měsíci

      Because he almost never uploads. His last video is from october 2021

    • @nickpinkowski
      @nickpinkowski Před 9 měsíci

      @@noelradhakrishnan4423 bruh, I've watched this 2 days ago when he had 3k subs, so 26k is already a lot from a single video 😂

  • @shubbi7169
    @shubbi7169 Před 9 měsíci +118

    this is sooooo fascinating, really love your work... the energy, the enthusiasm, the perseverance... and wow these shots are like soooooo freaking amazing.. Brilliant

    • @WilliamHBaker
      @WilliamHBaker  Před 9 měsíci +1

      Thank you so much! It was a passion project to say the least!

  • @benbiji2609
    @benbiji2609 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Perseverance, creativity and above all, your story telling skills. Pure genius!!

  • @gillesvanleeuwen
    @gillesvanleeuwen Před 8 měsíci

    Raally enjoying the dedication, the fun and the effort. Way to go!

  • @user-fy1vg4tf2k
    @user-fy1vg4tf2k Před 9 měsíci +96

    The highs and lows during the recreation coming in sync with the astonishing background music was enough to tranquilize me to look into the screen throughout the screenplay. You guys are master at storytelling. The music just intensifies the curiosity. Amazing work guys.

  • @mrray477
    @mrray477 Před 9 měsíci +40

    This is about to go viral, fantastic vid, great explanations and backing music to the beautiful shots!

  • @alexkhan1631
    @alexkhan1631 Před 9 měsíci

    This is what BELIEVING in YOU looks like. This was so beautiful that your thought process almost made me smile with an amaze in my eyes. May you achieve what YOU DO DESERVE.

  • @Jokester1338
    @Jokester1338 Před 4 měsíci +7

    Over the top for no reason at all

    • @JoeyFaller
      @JoeyFaller Před 2 dny

      Agreed, it was a cool video, but they made it seem like they were doing the most difficult and important work of all time. Felt a bit silly.

  • @ram749403
    @ram749403 Před 9 měsíci +24

    I think this is easily one of the best videos on CZcams and didn’t wanted it to end. Great work!

  • @davidsen5439
    @davidsen5439 Před 9 měsíci +8

    12:38 I thought my phone fked up

  • @SlenderLuchito
    @SlenderLuchito Před 8 měsíci

    Outstanding work! Admired the effort! LOVED THE EFFECT 3

  • @doohdedooh
    @doohdedooh Před 5 měsíci +1

    Pleasure meeting you the other night! Even better delivering that award.
    This is so cool to see all this!
    -The ups guy-

  • @cmcm7004
    @cmcm7004 Před 9 měsíci +34

    This is one of the best if not best youtube videos I have ever watched. The filmmaking in this is insane. Keeping the craft alive.

  • @SpiritSlayer1
    @SpiritSlayer1 Před 9 měsíci +168

    The editing for this video is amazing!! It’s almost like we’re watching a movie version of a CZcams video!!

  • @JusTANePAL1
    @JusTANePAL1 Před 7 měsíci +5

    The fact that Oppenhimer didn’t use CGI they literally used a nuke💀

  • @itscameronbloom
    @itscameronbloom Před 8 měsíci

    Incredible work! Loved the storytelling in the video too!

  • @starboy-np2gc
    @starboy-np2gc Před 9 měsíci +3

    Me: “expecting an actual nuclear explosion”

  • @nimishchoubey6906
    @nimishchoubey6906 Před 9 měsíci +14

    Your experimentation is seriously mind blowing on another level... I am sure thousands of people got inspired and also it definitely opened up a lot of creative doors in the minds your audience and pretty sure in yourself indeed. Keep inspiring .. This project is just an honour to watch .. Thank you and much respect ! :)

  • @ricardoalvesleite1809
    @ricardoalvesleite1809 Před 9 měsíci

    Amazing work!! WoW!! I hope that you and your team follow your dreams and talent to make that kind of incredible and pratical FX!!

  • @jaxxzattitude3635
    @jaxxzattitude3635 Před měsícem

    Oh my gosh you're bloody editing is so astonishing and just made me feel what actually you felt in making this vedion and every time you figuring out the effect I was like Come on go boy I was completely invested bro you're editing is absolutely superb

  • @theblacktruth
    @theblacktruth Před 9 měsíci +103

    I don't understand how you only have 2.7K subscribers. This was a masterful exploration and execution!

    • @nickpinkowski
      @nickpinkowski Před 9 měsíci +16

      Your comment is only 40 minutes old and he's already at 4k subscribers. CZcams's doing its magic! Well deserved.

    • @theblacktruth
      @theblacktruth Před 9 měsíci +4

      ​@@nickpinkowskiawesome! The algorithm is algorithming!

    • @dkas2690
      @dkas2690 Před 9 měsíci +3

      Your comment 2 hrs ago.
      His subscribers 2.7k.
      Now Subscriber's count is almost 6k.
      Indeed CZcams is a magical place.

    • @jsdp
      @jsdp Před 9 měsíci

      @@dkas2690 Now nearly 10k 5 hours after your comment!

    • @rudyd2054
      @rudyd2054 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Now it's 9K subs and your comment is 7h old

  • @Jossanchez2
    @Jossanchez2 Před 9 měsíci +170

    “The important thing isn’t if you can read the music. It’s if you can hear it. Can you hear the music, Robert?”-Niels Bohr
    Man, this is just awesome. Nolan needs to watch this video and give you an award for making art and science at the same time. This is inspiring because we don’t know how Nolan did those effects, but you took your time and patience to recreate it with different elements and the result is art. You didn’t give up. Congratulations, man. You can hear the music. 👌

    • @WilliamHBaker
      @WilliamHBaker  Před 9 měsíci +10

      Thank you! I really hope this somehow does get to Nolan! 🤞 That would be a massive career accomplishment.

  • @Bryan-hm2ch
    @Bryan-hm2ch Před 8 měsíci

    It’s beautiful, you know you’re really clever for figuring this stuff out.

  • @Bobwasgood
    @Bobwasgood Před 8 měsíci +1

    Imagine figuring out all the secret tricks of a 100 million dollar movie made by a legendary Director using around 10,000 dollars💀💀

  • @Zeus-vh2gv
    @Zeus-vh2gv Před 9 měsíci +34

    Brother seriously? 1Million views in just 1day? The work was really phenomenal. Hats off to you and your crew. I really hope you get to work in one of Nolan's future projects. I really loved the video. Was looking for a video to watch while having dinner but ended up watching to the end without my dinner. Really loved it. Great work. Good job.👏

  • @andrewmitchell5807
    @andrewmitchell5807 Před 9 měsíci +36

    The editing and cinematography tells this story in such an amazing way, this is unreal!

  • @antitheticalelysium413
    @antitheticalelysium413 Před 8 měsíci

    Amazing! Hope you keep making content like this!

  • @ChromaHeart
    @ChromaHeart Před 3 měsíci

    The absolute joy of discovery that's shared in this makes my heart incredibly happy. This gives me the same feeling I had when watching the in-depth documentary about ILM and all of the amazing work they had to do for so many films **by hand** ... While CGI is amazing in it's own right and has amplified many things over the years-- there's truly nothing like the 'old school' ways of illusion. It gives projects so much life and is so satisfying to complete after so many rounds of trial and error. That's really what creativity is about-- thinking outside of the box, and enjoying the process of creating something. You really can't beat the effect of the human touch within film or art. Absolute stellar video with fantastic editing and storytelling, bravo!!

  • @OfTwoLands
    @OfTwoLands Před 9 měsíci +26

    Congrats mate!! This shows talent, dedication and patience! Very impressive!

  • @Mr_Murp
    @Mr_Murp Před 9 měsíci +6

    Honestly, I'm beyond impressed with the outcome, you did an amazing job and you should be so proud of yourself. Just found your channel through this video and I'm excited to see what else you'll make in the future!

  • @user-fx6tq4it5n
    @user-fx6tq4it5n Před 8 měsíci

    this video was just brilliant, I don't even have the words to explain the feeling I am having watching this. Hats Off

  • @marcgrant2318
    @marcgrant2318 Před 9 měsíci

    this is fantastic! I got goosebumps and really emotional while watching your video.

  • @ekojar3047
    @ekojar3047 Před 9 měsíci +11

    I was going to say that one effective looks like when you mix pearl pigment powder into a clear paint. I'm glad you figured it out !

  • @kraseidon
    @kraseidon Před 9 měsíci +124

    It's not often that you watch a video that you think is revolutionary. As someone who loves the art and creativity that goes behind the lens, I'm so grateful that there are still people out there who respect cinema for what it is. You're an absolute mad lad. Keep on keeping on!

  • @huntsidway
    @huntsidway Před 5 měsíci

    BRAVO!!! Amazing analysis and hard work, and a fun video to watch. Best wishes on whatever you decide to do next. Some studio should hire you after this!

  • @MikkoRantalainen
    @MikkoRantalainen Před 8 měsíci

    Suberb work and flawless editing! You just got a new subscriber.

  • @tristfularcadia
    @tristfularcadia Před 9 měsíci +88

    I just want to say this was fantastic, not only the fact that you are able to recreate the effects on such a small budget. But your storytelling and the cinematography of this what is essentially a mini documentary is absolutely fantastic.I most definitely going to share this with everyone I know and you earned a viewer from this

  • @88eyeguy
    @88eyeguy Před 9 měsíci +6

    Beautifully done. I do appreciate that Nolan opts for practical effects wherever possible (though if memory serves the base effects have often been accentuated by CG) and it's always impressive to see what someone with an eye for detail, some good film knowledge, creativity, and a WHOLE LOT of patience can do when put to the test. Thanks to everyone involved for a wonderful video.

  • @WashedBeansInPot
    @WashedBeansInPot Před 3 měsíci +4

    12:52 I thought I my pc was tweaking for a sec

  • @teentraveler1790
    @teentraveler1790 Před 4 měsíci

    I love watching the reactions of y'all's breakthroughs during the process.

  • @froshtea
    @froshtea Před 9 měsíci +10

    Watching how you guys recreated the particle acceleration with safety pin really brings back memory to my days as a PA in an indie studio :') I forgot how much fun it is to recreate practical effects on a budget, how many NGs and bloopers we had because we messed up the timing on some background noise got in. You got yourself a new sub man! Really good stuff.

  • @Nametbd-vf5kn
    @Nametbd-vf5kn Před 9 měsíci +30

    This is absolutely phenomenal, huge well done to everyone who went into this, as a solo indie film maker myself those words you said at the end were so true and really hit as a one man band
    And also, after watching this I thought you’d have 100’s of thousands of subs… (as of writing) only 4.6 thousand, that’s insane you deserve so much more, including Nolan and his teams recognition of this, if you know of the story about Preston mutanga and his journey to animating scene for Spiderman across the spider verse I can see an extremely similar thing happening here if the right person sees it
    Yet again huge well done to you and everyone else on this, this was amazing!
    You earned a sub

  • @Ricky-Yuri
    @Ricky-Yuri Před 8 měsíci

    Incredible work guys! Very well done!

  • @sachinparihar8582
    @sachinparihar8582 Před 9 měsíci

    best video so far on the movie you guys literally qualifies to work with him and carry forward Nolans legacy

  • @Pollux7072
    @Pollux7072 Před 9 měsíci +3

    actually, there's another way to recreate the nuke scene with zero CGI

  • @spencerleava2502
    @spencerleava2502 Před 9 měsíci +3

    In terms of the liquid shots, you may want to try mica powder. I use dyed mica powders to make themed "potion" shots for D&D, its sold under the name "brew glitter". To me, it seems like a good candidate, you can buy it with different effects, some make wavy bands, some are opalescent, some are sparkly, some are dark. Just keep in mind it works best in an alcohol solution. I am pretty sure you would get a range of effects with a single solution based on how long you wait after you stir it as well.