Inside INTERSTELLAR: Amazing In-Camera VFX Rebuilds the Black Hole!

[@dookieduuk9686]

From 2019, this black hole FX is pretty close to the real one "photographed" by connections of telescopes, thats amazing

[@rolandmine6693]

It’s actually the same if you bend the image in particular ways

[@yusufhrj]

This video is not a cgi, but full of photos from a big brain photographer, what a magnificent video!

[@chebroadnax]

Oh, wow! I remember your kickstarter! So awesome to see you still making the fantastical practical.

[@ACETransformed]

Amazing... Your hard work and end result are deeply appreciated.. Keep it going

[@gregsonfilm]

I'm not just amazed at the effects you create - BUT ALSO that you turn out these extremely well edited and well shot BTS videos that are little productions in and of themselves! Great work as always Shanks!

[@ShanksFX1]

Thanks Christopher Gregson , we put a lot of time and effort into the whole production process. If people only knew how much time was spent on creating a 4 minute video, they would think we were crazy. And they would be right !!!

[@pablodagostino3030]

I saw Interstellar last night and all through the film I kept thinking, "Man, I can't wait to see how Shanks recreates some of these effects!". Awesome job as always!

[@ShanksFX1]

Haha, nice ***** !!!

[@GaaraTheLord]

Brilliant work ! I love how the music fits the video especially at 2:43 :D

[@InsaneCoasterPOVS]

Omg just for a picture and you created a black hole this is just awesome

[@aviduser1961]

You guys created a fantastic image. The black hole was a real awe inspiring moment in the film. Seeing how it was created was fascinating. Thanks.

[@MAINFRAMELaboratories]

Don't get me wrong, the final product looks wonderful. However, the bends in the accretion disc are actually due to gravitational lensing, so it does look kind of unrealistic, as the lensing does not move with the camera, instead it is static in the accretion disc. Sorry but I'm a bit of a space nerd

[@StormsandSaugeye]

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[@ShaneOzouf]

I think it looks about as realistic as it could, remember, the black hole is spinning. The accretion disk will be spinning as well, it is actually a disk that surrounds the black hole, along its plane of rotation, like the rings around saturn, but you see it above and below due to gravitational lensing. Actually the lensing on a black hole is so powerful you can see all sides of the black hole simultaneously. It's basically a 2 Dimensional object in 3 dimensional space.

[@xplosives1752]

CuffRox oh yeah like the guy above me said it’s a spinning black hole meaning it would look like that

[@artdonovandesign]

It was a wonderful achievement in visualizing a black hole. Of course you should remember that it was a movie and as such, the director needed to make it a bit more dramatic and aesthetically pleasing for the viewing audience. But it really is a testament to Prof. Thorne and the entire creative team how thoroughly they've gripped the imagination of the world and also of scientists with this cinematic imagery. Those physicists such as Prof David Kipping and so many others are as intrigued with "Gargantua", as are we who are not professional physicists. Best Regards to you all, my fellow enthusiastic fans of science and astrophysics 🌞🌛🌟

[@AustinThomasFilms]

This is brilliant, clever, and absolutely amazing. Fantastic work!!

[@OneCheapEric]

Literally the coolest video I've ever seen on youtube.

[@InXLsisDeo]

Contrarily to what is widely reported by the american press, the black hole depicted in the movie is NOT a completely accurate depiction of a black hole. While it is true they made an accurate physical model of the BH, the simulation was slightly dumbed down for the movie. The correct view is in fact asymmetrycal with respect to the rotation axis of the accretion disk due to the Doppler effect. But they neglected this effect for the movie because they found out it would be too strange for the viewers. Kip Thorne actually acknowledged that to his colleague astrophysicist Jean-Pierre Luminet who made the first such simulations. However, the full simulation is used for their research papers. Here you can view simulations that account for this effect: Color Animation of a Black Hole with Accretion Disk Accretion Disk around Black Hole Another interesting video that helps understand what we see: Kerr black hole with thin accretion disk

[@ShanksFX1]

Really great links, thanks InXLsisDeo

[@thrustvectoring8120]

saymemtrYcal? Really?

[@ChristianJiang]

Very interesting videos!

[@EdgarFroes]

Pretty amazing. I heard the animation team of Interstellar worked alongside the engineer team to insert math equations into the animation in order to keep it's fidelity with the theory, and that the result took 100 hours to render.

[@ShanksFX1]

Saw Interstellar Movie last night and very much enjoyed it. 3 hours went by a lot quicker than I was expecting, and I also now know the name for the Black Hole in the film... "Gargantua"

[@newengland9thgen372]

DUNT SPOIL

[@Sma-v4y]

Han Solo dies!

[@burakhezar112]

3 hours went by for you but for the rest of us it was 120 years

[@jhonnyjimenez1978]

Absolutely incredible...! What an amazing talent this guy has! Well done bro !

[@sharvananenden6487]

Dude ur channel is pure gold!

[@sebanofear]

what a beautiful creative process

[@ShanksFX1]

Anyone know what filters you would use in AFTER EFFECTS to get the stars to curve and bend like it does when the Interstellar spaceship is traveling at the speed of light ? Liquify ? Bender ? or some kind of Distortion effect ???

[@dannjedi]

I think the Bulge effect might be what you're looking for (it's in the Effects menu under Distort). It's great for creating a circular distortion, and can be applied on an adjustment layer to effect everything below it. I'd try creating a 3D comp, with a multi-level starfield in the background. Then, move your camera to create the parallax effect, and apply the Bulge to an adjustment layer affecting everything except your starship element.

[@dannjedi]

Okay Shanks FX, you got me all curious to see if I could do it. I built a quick and dirty sample After Effects project to test this--turns out that a combination of the CC Lens and Bulge effects did the trick. I used a noise generator to make a quick starfield, which I duplicated and scattered in 3D space. I parented the center of the Bulge effect to a stand-in planet that I built, and then let the CC Lens filter just stay centered on the comp. Moving the camera gives a really nice result. Hit me up at [e-mail] if you're interested, and I'll be happy to send you the project file.

[@ShanksFX1]

Blaise Douros Yeah for sure, will do it right now !

[@ShanksFX1]

Blaise Douros Thanks for those After Effects, examples, that 2nd attempt really looked nice.

[@dannjedi]

You're welcome! I'm always glad for the opportunity to try something other than the usual corporate stuff I work on :)

[@squidrew1549]

Thank you PBS, very cool!

[@MelbourneShorts11]

Outstanding work once again.Well Done

[@JYT099]

I'd absolutely love to work in the field of special effects, and this video is truly inspirational. You've earned my subscription.

[@ProgressingStepxStep]

Man that's cool, can't wait to see the movie

[@JoshyHendoMan]

Anyone else surprised and delighted that he did this was a PC and not a Mac?

[@chipbrandstetter]

As usual...excellent work.

[@MakoHazard]

You have a great choice of music. Definitely getting some Nujabes vibes!

[@somethingtojenga]

This is really cool, but for one thing--when you have something as big as that black hole, the use of small elements is going to stand out. At the sizes we're talking about, the accretion disk would look a lot more perfect than that.

[@ShanksFX1]

Yeah pon33villin , nice observation, ours is a little soft. This was a choice, so ours would be noticeable different and have its own look and feel.

[@TheSharter]

That was awesome. I wish I had the time to add effects like this to my videos.

[@wraithwrecker_]

I applaud you. Excellent work.

[@josephoshea4342]

What’s interesting is that even though the CGI was the closest we’ve come to imaging a black hole, the film version didn’t even do it right. Since Gargantua was such a fast spinning black hole, it actually would have lensed light as a lopsided circle. Since Nolan didn’t want to have a lopsided looking black hole, he had the event horizon evened out to look like a perfect circle.

[@Bruh-zx2mc]

Nolan sucks. Talk about dumbing down a movie.

[@ZanyJIntPictures]

Awesome construction and imagination; back in the day, when GCI was a pipe dream, this here is how it was done... Take notes everyone!!!

[@hooplan77]

You are extremely talented. I commend you on your work.

[@JannikPitt]

Very cool and creative!

[@Stupchek]

Amazing dude!! one question, where can i find one of those camera stands that you had over the aquarium at 2:57? Also what did you use to recreate the smoke atmosphere, that looked soo cool!

[@ShanksFX1]

Thanks ***** for the smoke atmosphere... it was a simple fog machine and one of those orb shaped candle holders. I also used a fish bowl. For the camera stand, I believe your talking about a C-Stand, get a good one, it will last forever, Avenger is a good brand.

[@Stupchek]

Shanks FX Thanks, will definitely look into to those! :)

[@voixoffmasculine]

you made an excellent job with Rebuilding the INTERSTELLAR black hole!! Congrats!!! How long have you spent to achieve it? Space is your hobby or your passion?

[@JovanyMirada]

Really good, man. Thanks. You know? It would be greater if make another tutorial where you show how you did the animation in video of the black hole, like in the min 3:21.

[@ShanksFX1]

Jovany Miranda In depth breakdown coming on Tuesday !!!

[@JovanyMirada]

That will be great. Thank you very much. I'll be waiting for it.

[@ShanksFX1]

Jovany Miranda kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmSwqKCNprCAn9k

[@JovanyMirada]

I already seen it. Thank you very much, and very well done!

[@MrMarks101]

Looks even better then the one in the movie

[@francofx]

Haha no way man

[@arkomallick1593]

practical effects look fantastic when combined with cgi

[@JudgeMinty]

Great - inspirational stuff!

[@mudzy3713]

beautiful. well done!

[@artdonovandesign]

What a great video this is. Isn't Gargantua simply one of the most stunning visual elements in all of science fiction? I am completely obsessed with Gargantua and have been working in a 3D illuminated (and kinetic) sculpture of it.

[@nirmansarkar]

I feel really sorry for the people who created the actual cgi of this scene... it was much hyped ... and you guys nailed it

[@erodict5840]

+nirman sarkar Let's ee him recreate the wormhole

[@pendalink]

+nirman sarkar they had to have it be animated

[@stijnlinnen]

How does that spinning sparks thing work at 1:49?

[@WilliamAmyot]

Very cool!

[@justblondfilms]

What this is incredible ! Congrats

[@arsenic901]

Thats amazing. Great job!

[@endingalaporte]

I didn't know that they can work with real lamps, liquids. It's smart and it looks great :)

[@alexiscecilia-joseph4353]

Dude YOU-ARE-AWESOME

[@MithilLad]

AWSOME! not as good as the one on the Film but very close enough! Well done!!

[@tubenachos]

Nolan should've directed The Force Awakens, that would've been awesome to see.

[@Brickmaster202]

So god damn creative. Sharing this with my art teacher

[@GOWRISANKARAS]

Amazing, Sir!

[@wraine999]

The only thing mistaken here is the accretion disk must be next to the event horizon. There must be no gap between one another.

[@victor-yi1vh]

That's awesome!

[@danielvu7536]

Of course you can see a bit of distorted light around but it look like the a worm hole you saw inside the movie(assuming you saw it), just with a black spherical thing inside

[@charliedallachie3539]

I always figured they would look like that since a black hole (space time) is 3D in our reality and it’s bending the light/radiation behind it creating that visualization. It’s easier to depict it as 2D though

[@brunogbrito]

Where can we download your black hole desktop background?

[@ShanksFX1]

Bruno Brito www.flickr.com/photos/67924261@N07/sets/72157646809867953/

[@DominikBelancic]

Amazing!

[@vriansutaryadi2064]

you did a great job dude!

[@ChristianJiang]

Great job!

[@sharingamenicholas2293]

i can't found the music. its not the music what you write there

[@Muthukumar88]

Good One, Shanks! Impressive!!! :D

[@PatrikFilmMaker]

WTF AMAZING GENIUS

[@ERROR24016]

now, imagine how this would look animated (the black hole)

[@fifteenminute]

YES! this is so good!!!

[@towas1667]

I like when is a job good done. This is very interesting :))

[@Ontoe]

All practical effects? (though with digital compositing). Very awesome!!! Glad to see some people remember not everything needs to be done in Cinema4D :-P

[@ShanksFX1]

Tech & computers do have benefits !!!

[@francescosiro]

Supercool!! Rare tutorial

[@LukeMorphett]

That is fricken awesome.

[@CazoDK]

Wait, who created the black hole for the film?

[@TheYear-wi1cq]

Holy shit this video is well made. Subscribed immediately.

[@ShanksFX1]

Nice Jerber SPUDDA

[@TomaszWota]

Aye, that quality. :O

[@ERROR24016]

I will, too!

[@SpaceVoidStudios]

I love the music you used in this video. What's the name of it? I will try to look for it myself, but thanks in advance.

[@kocourisko3533]

soundcloud.com/bigfok/kawaii-instrumental

[@SpaceVoidStudios]

Martin Fajt Thanks for the link!

[@Luxuryball]

The CGI team actually had to encode the rules of relativity into the rendering software which is probably why you’d be really hardpressed to recreate the effect in AF or any other program.

[@baddogoficial]

better than original! You are a genius!

[@idiscovertv]

Brilliant :) top work!

[@CoryHeimann]

I would love for you to break down 1:38-1:44 how you shot and picked sound effects for it.

[@ShanksFX1]

Well Cory Heimann , not sure if you've seen our Steel Wool episode but u should check that out if you haven't, WARP SPEED with STEEL WOOL | SHANKS FX | PBS Digital Studios for getting the sound effects, I first try and figure whats needed... low end or high end. How does the SFX sit on top of the Music bed is another key component. If a sound effect doesn't seem to fit I always play with the Reverb & High / Low pass filters. Believe it or not that's the only filters I use. Also, I edit in 24 bit audio files, a lot better quality. Maybe we will do a SFX episode sometime in the near future.

[@marshall3026]

But how did you animate it?

[@ZhenLiZhao]

Damn never would have thought.

[@Knetterkoekje]

I love your channel so happy I've discovered it today :). Would I be free to use some of your footage for personal use as long as I credit you?

[@sabirahmed7782]

wonderful

[@gabdemiranda]

Just needed to make a gap under the "horizontal" ring (well, actually it's just one ring but the light distortion made by the black hole gravity creates the illusion of two weird shaped rings

[@ShanksFX1]

Can't wait to see the movie Gabriel Castro so I can have a better understanding of more elements that create the VFX in the film.

[@sharingamenicholas2293]

what is the song name

[@bernhardtsen74]

Must try some of this hot stuff!

[@funkmoose4404]

download link?

[@joelunderscorelime]

awesome!

[@가비-v2h]

It's so amazing!

[@almalone3282]

Looks like a mass relay

[@CazoDK]

What is the song called?

[@ShanksFX1]

soundcloud.com/bigfok/kawaii-instrumental CazoCraft

[@videoshowapp3493]

song name please

[@sadibarry]

amazing

[@fabadila]

Actually the black hole design of interstellar comes from difficult einstein formula. So they calculate carefully in order to meet the reality (based on einstein theory)

[@ethgraham]

impressive

[@DrOddRatedOpening]

Love it! What is the name of the music track? Can't seem to find it on Bigfok.

[@ShanksFX1]

+droddratedmoment Look for it in Sound Cloud , big Fok - Kawaii

[@DrOddRatedOpening]

Shanks FX Woot got it! Thanks Shanks! SUBSCRIBED FOR LIFE!

[@mytocrypt]

The black hole looks a lot like what people think TON 618 looks like.

[@PhilAEG]

The term "black hole" was coined by US astrophysicist John Wheeler in 1969 and for the first time depicted in a realistic way by French astrophysicist Jean-Pierre Luminet using a computer in 1979 ... that's 4 decades ago !

[@therewillcomesoftrains5070]

Да можно проще сделать чёрную дыру. налить в ванную воду а потом выдернуть пробку. Когда вода начнёт сливаться - разогнать рукой воду чтобы получилась воронка. Подсветить воду вокруг воронки. Можно добавить всякие круглые шарики - имитация лун и планет и вуаля !!! :)

[@cezayy]

very nice

[@hassantopkal9083]

your a freaking genuis dude! Im a future director and I would love to work with you on one of my science fiction movies!

[@oscarroque01]

Wow!!!

[@UltraCodex66]

GOD DAMMIT! I was looking thru BikFok´s Creating Teh Cosmos album- AND THIS VIDEO´S MUSIC ISNT THERE! Someone, please tell me whatr song is it :_(

[@ShanksFX1]

Shoot him an email via his website at BigFok dot com UltraCodex66

[@ShanksFX1]

UltraCodex66 soundcloud.com/bigfok/kawaii-instrumental