Sometime in the mid-90s, somewhere in California....
"Ron, I'm gonna build a big ship...huge one...cut it into half ...tie people to the posts and railings on tht ship...then get a bunch of cranes and pull it vertical so that it looks like one half of a sinking ship....the tied people all sway, hanging on the threads they are tied to...its all natural...looks awesome...you capture it all using multiple cameras, edit it, post process it and lo, you have an awesome scene of a sinking ship...waddaya think?"
"You know James, its a ridiculous idea...its not gonna work...there's so much technology available...you should use it!"
"Technology schmecknology! I'mma make it work! You'll see..."
"Take my word James, you'll come back to technology later when it doesnt work out...and you'll have wasted money and time! Listen to me now, I know this stuff..."
"Oh you scientists know squat about art! You'll see"
6 months later....
"Yo James, hows it goin man?"
"You know what Ron, you were right...my goddamn idea was a boo-boo....it looked hideous..."
"I toldja didnt I!"
"Yeah! I put my foot in my own mouth...gimme your goddamn technology...lets see how it goes!"
A coupla years later in 1998....
Titanic smashes box-office records worldwide...
The people
Ron - Ron Fedkiw, my Special Effects professor (More info here)
James - James Cameron, Director
True story.
2 comments:
oh man.....
Very few lucky, get to meet and work with such people.
And you have the opprtunity of learning from this guy.
Being at nvidia and being visited the Headquarters at Santa Clara, I truly understand What you have been blessed with...
Thx for the comment Akash! It is indeed a stroke of tremendous luck that I am here! :)
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