Low Orbit
Feature film — 412 shots, CG & environments
01Creative brief
Create a wildfire that grows, behaves and threatens like the real thing, without ever putting cast or crew near open flame.
02The challenge
Fire had to interact with wind, terrain and buildings across long continuous takes, while staying readable for the audience and art-directable for the director.
03Approach & execution
Practical flame elements shot on a controlled stage were combined with large-scale Houdini pyro simulations. Low-resolution previews were approved for timing and shape before final simulation, saving weeks of render time.
