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  • seawolf
    Junior Member
    • Mar 2003
    • 107
    #1

    Down Periscope Subs

    There was a scene in subs comedy, Down Periscope where a Los Angeles (improved) are trying to find the old diesel that sitting on the bottom of sea floor.

    what media do u think it was used ? 2 R/C boats or computer graphics.. ?
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    • casey thrower
      Junior Member
      • Feb 2003
      • 280
      #2
      There was a scene in

      There was a scene in subs comedy, Down Periscope where a Los Angeles (improved) are trying to find the old diesel that sitting on the bottom of sea floor.

      what media do u think it was used ? 2 R/C boats or computer graphics.. ?
      VIFX did the computer graphics for "Down Periscope". They weren't that hot, but all underwater and some surface shots were done on computer.

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        • seawolf
          Junior Member
          • Mar 2003
          • 107
          #3
          no R/C or model boat

          no R/C or model boat involved then ?

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            • casey thrower
              Junior Member
              • Feb 2003
              • 280
              #4
              no R/C or model boat

              no R/C or model boat involved then ?
              Nope. Models are going by the wayside. Cheaper to do CFX these days.

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                • seawolf
                  Junior Member
                  • Mar 2003
                  • 107
                  #5
                  hmm, http://www.subcommittee.com/forum/icon_question.gif , Casey what

                  hmm, , Casey what do u personally think about CFX, to modelling ? which will be more accurate ?

                  I mean, imho, I still prefer model for some scene

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                    • JWLaRue
                      Managing Editor, SubCommittee Report
                      • Aug 1994
                      • 4281
                      #6
                      Interesting discussion!

                      Is it really true

                      Interesting discussion!

                      Is it really true that models are more expensive than computer graphics or is it that CG is giving more flexibility in how the 'model' is used?

                      What prompted this question is that I was watching the 'extras' disc for Star Wars II and noticed that all of the CG characters were based on full 3D models. So the models were built in any case!

                      -Jeff
                      Rohr 1.....Los!

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                        • seawolf
                          Junior Member
                          • Mar 2003
                          • 107
                          #7
                          Interesting discussion!

                          Is it really true

                          Interesting discussion!

                          Is it really true that models are more expensive than computer graphics or is it that CG is giving more flexibility in how the 'model' is used?

                          What prompted this question is that I was watching the 'extras' disc for Star Wars II and noticed that all of the CG characters were based on full 3D models. So the models were built in any case!

                          -Jeff
                          ]http://www.subcommittee.com/forum/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

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                            • anonymous
                              #8
                              For what it's worth, when

                              For what it's worth, when I recently visited the USS Pampanito in San Francisco, one of the guides items of interest was that the Pampanito had been used as the shooting locale for the movie. Apparently some of the underway shots were made by towing it at speed in SF Bay. Some interior shooting was done as well. I'm not vouching for the accuracy of the statements ... next time I see the movie I want to check the sub against my photos. Small plug - of all the WWII subs I've visited, the Pampanito is the best organized exhibit. They give you a self guide recording and let you wander and linger to your hearts content. Everyone else hurries you through in "tour groups" you have to stay with for "insurance reasons".

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