Campo Santo’s Matt Wilde has shared an interesting and in-depth blog post about the months-long process of creating realistic water for the In the Valley of Gods’ announcement trailer that is well worth a look if you’re in the VFX business.
– Matt Wilde explains how and why he endeavored for realistic-looking water in the trailer.
The end result is the gorgeous water found in a clip on Wilde’s full blog post.
“To bring the scene to life, we’d need nice-looking water, which wouldn’t be convincing if it didn’t react to the motion of the characters and surrounding geometry.”