By Ryan Parsons | Image property of Columbia Pictures.
Ghost Rider
Everybody knows CG has come a long way. So far in fact that most of us have become desensitized to a computer's ability to create realistic backgrounds, shots and effects. One challenge left for CGI is realistic elements; two of the hardest obviously being fire and water. Shrek 2 tackled water and now Ghost Rider has solved fire.
Movie Clip: Ghost Rider Fire Effects
When Columbia Pictures gave the greenlight to Ghost Rider they must have been at least a little nervous on how the burning skull and just about every other fire effect was going to be pulled off. Judging by the trailer and clips, Mark Steven Johnson has succeeeded beyond our wildest expectations. Since fire was such a challenge, Columbia has dedicated an entire video journal to discuss the effect.
Mark Steven Johnson claims that the CG fire simulates the real thing so well, that they could never predict what the hundreds of flames would do next. So real in fact that Nicolas Cage found himself getting burned by imaginary flame on multiple occasions. No joke.
Minding the sarcasm, Mark goes on to admit that the fire program did not react as well when Ghost Rider was moving quickly or falling. For these shots, the animators had to manually edit the fire frame by frame.
Ghost Rider opens to theatres on February 16th,
2007.
For the movie poster, trailers, stills, video journals, set pics, movie
info and synopsis, go to the Ghost
Rider Movie Page.
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