We RECREATED the Nuclear Explosion from Oppenheimer with ZERO CGI

We recreated Christopher Nolan's nuclear explosion from Oppenheimer with zero CGI, along with a few other effects from Oppenheimer. With Oppenheimer's budget of $100 million, we had no clue if this was even possible. Through lots of experimentation and testing, it was surprising just how close we were able to recreate the practical effects from Oppenheimer without any VFX of our own. I still can't believe what we were able to do.
A thank you to the people who helped make this possible:
Paul Koning
Anna Peerbolt
Matt Baker
Allie Salyer
Selena Norihn
Victor Vigil III (VVIII)
Kaleb Bosworth
M.H. Sterling
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Ardie Son - Omega
Tamuz Dekel - Blue Beings
Ardie Son - Earth the Pale Blue Dot
Curtis Cole - Odd Numbers
Ardie Son - Rise to Revolt
Ardie Son - The Art of Connection
Ardie Son - Beacon of Light
Ardie Son - Overcoming
Ardie Son - Run with the Wolves (but I played it in reverse)
All the effects were shot using a BMPCC4K.
Lights from Aputure/Amaran:
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0:00 Intro
1:57 Effect 1
4:00 Effect 2
6:45 Effect 3
10:38 The Nuke
13:35 All Effects

[@crashwebb4715]

Can't believe you detonated an actual nuclear warhead to recreate this scene. Incredible dedication. Bravo William!

[@play3r.wav.]

can confirm, I was the nuke

[@HulluJanne]

Cool, a ghost!

[@Maxsteel_4014]

​@@play3r.wav. Does that mean he blew you up? _Wait, that sounds _*_wrong_*

[@IdentifiantE.S]

Its impressive 😮

[@throwaway756]

Indeed, one of the nuclear explosions of all time. 👏👏👏

[@harshpreetsinghgill9101]

Someone show this to Disney. You do not need a high budget to make a fake CG effect all you need is creativity like Will and his team. Hats off to you guys

[@maxpayne9139]

For some things you do need CGI. You can't make Hulk with practical effects

[@unliving_ball_of_gas]

​@@maxpayne9139Oh really?

[@NekoHibaCosplay]

*Michael Bay left the chat*

[@LucienHughes]

To be fair, he's probably making more money from these youtube videos than a lot of industry VFX/SFX artists make on salary! Still very impressive.

[@neurotic3015]

@@unliving_ball_of_gas Yes lol, it'd be very, very difficult to make a good and real looking hulk with practical effects. 9 times out of 10, it'd almost definitely be better to do him with CGI.

[@Milkymalk]

Miniature painters instantly recognize the swirling from effect 3 as metallic acrylic paint dissolved in water. Glad you figured it out!

[@dwerg1]

My first thought before even watching that part was fine mica powder in plain water, that's the simplest and most common way to make that effect. I wouldn't be surprised if that's specifically what they used in Oppenheimer. It's called a rheoscopic fluid. Any particles with similar properties will work, like the pigment powder he ended up using.

[@Milkymalk]

Funny that you write this comment less than one day after Steve Mould uploaded a video about using mica powder to visualise currents@@dwerg1

[@andtipidee]

I think it's kind of cool that for Effect 3, the materials used were just water and pigment powder; cheap and easy to obtain materials. It's cool how Nolan came up with such simple yet powerful ideas, despite his million dollar budget.

[@vidyasagardaud8518]

if you think about it, most of it must have been the actors

[@RichyRich2607]

Why Nolan? Give some respect to the special effect guys.

[@WV-HillBilly]

@@RichyRich2607 true, the special effects guys did follow Nolan's orders pretty well i guess...

[@ben1ben2ben1]

@@WV-HillBilly Anyone who thinks Nolan is personally coming up with these practical effects is dumb as shit

[@simplyrowen]

@@WV-HillBillyIt wouldn’t be Nolan’s job to experiment and come up with how to do the VFX and then just pass the cheat sheet to the effects team for them to just execute it. He then would effectively be doing their job for them. The VFX team’s job is to figure out and execute the director’s vision. Take a look at the credits for the movie, it’s Andrew Jackson and Scott Fisher. Nolan doesn’t have a credit in the VFX department. That’s not how it works. It’s incredibly rare that a director is involved hands on in the development of VFX.

[@oxiphy]

For those wondering what the swirling effect is called, it's referred to as a rheoscopic effect. There's actually lots of products made with this on them.

[@DrDrift-rl6cc]

flashback to the apple iphone wallpapers from a few years ago..

[@Lilly-Lilac]

you can also use certain types of shaving cream, or so I'm told.

[@dang3304]

These weren't particularly difficult shots to recreate. The overly dramatic narration of the process they went through is frankly kind of annoying.

[@averageday]

I know all I kept on thinking was nail polishes

[@IMelonBeats]

@@dang3304 its not difficult to recreate but still impressive and fun to see them deduct how they did it.

[@AvocadoAnimations]

My gosh this is was a joy to watch! Really shows what you can accomplish creatively with some clever thinking

[@r1ght_653]

Glad to see a man with excellent taste making excellent work here !

[@shardinalwind7696]

Oh hey there!

[@thechosenone9847]

Go make ksi edits or smtg

[@urbanarchitect74]

@@thechosenone9847?

[@urbanarchitect74]

Also 5th reply

[@vestrovg]

12:43 is what made me absoloutly LOVE this, the way you and your team had the eye and taste to notice what was missing in the shoot to achieve the correct take is so amazing, so talented people

[@WilliamHBaker]

Thank you so much!! I’m so grateful to everyone involved and that we did this project!

[@hengry2]

it was really obvious, the movement was too quick was the first thing

[@abbasmahdavi7133]

quit yapping

[@syjiang]

Hey for effect 1, if you want to generate a constant swirling motion in the fluid you can use a magnetic stirrer used in chemistry lab. The device looks like a kitchen scale, coupled with a cylindrical pill-shaped magnet stirrer. Its low profile and you can create a more consistent swirling motion in that larger tank. Just an idea for future effects.

[@nikhilvaddiraj3338]

Christopher Nolan needs to hire you

[@WilliamHBaker]

I wish!!🤞

[@epikpencil]

the difference is he had reference

[@TomJones-wi4nh]

Or hunt Chris down for revealing his secrets :-)

[@pvic6959]

@@TomJones-wi4nh LOL imagine. Hhes like "i asked for 100M in budget why are you revealing i only needed water and glitter???"

[@AgentExeider]

@@epikpencil That's what would make him a steller apprentice. not so much in that he knows the tricks, but that he can see something, and come up with his own version of it. That's what you want in an appretice, intelligence, imagination, creativity and passion. You as the master simply pour your knowledge into them, and watch them bloom into their own.

[@Officialjadenwilliams]

astonishing work William

[@tripuranamanas6209]

woahhhoo the king of effects in reels himself replied !!!

[@netheriteop]

whos the greater william?

[@Rulos_69]

DAMN!!!

[@lietuvospatriotasnr1678]

Miguel?

[@semongko4013]

DAMNN!!

[@vusvis]

Recreating them is one, but coming up with it is another story. Massive respect to you guys as well as Nolan's team.

[@FormOverFlair]

Recreating an effect is harder.

[@revenant709]

@@FormOverFlair пфффф, любитель накидывать на вентилятор.

[@MrTrollo2]

@@FormOverFlair for sure not

[@FormOverFlair]

@@MrTrollo2 For sure yes. Having an idea and unlimited creative freedom is easier then having to re-create an identical effect. Of course it is. Because you can NEVER perfectly re-create an effect. It’s practically impossible.

[@MrTrollo2]

@@FormOverFlair this is like arguing it is harder to build a car now than before they existed. And that's completely unreasonable. But hey, it's ok if you can not appreciate creating and developing things, we need craftsmen. You might be right if you think one could just create anything. But they are trying to find something specific while not even knowing exactly what it is. That's a lot harder than to think about how to reduce production value on something that was already done and having a reference

[@melody3741]

The swirly one made me so mad because I am 100% sure thats ultra fine glitter

[@cinekitlist]

This is what KZbin is all about. Thanks for bringing joy and creativity into your workflow! Such a fun watch.

[@venkatnihar9376]

Agreed

[@conze3029]

All of the effects are amazing, but effect number 3 is absolutely unreal. There's literally almost no difference between yours and the original. Don't even get me started on how well made this video is as a whole. Best KZbin video I've watched in a while.

[@z-beeblebrox]

Facts. Literally the ONLY difference I can find between their firestorm effect and the movie version is that the movie version was shot with a very slightly soft focus, which was probably benefited from having a very expensive camera

[@priyanshplayz3021]

Dude if they had a little more budget they could’ve Made all of em perfectly same . The fact they did this with not even 1/10th of the movies budget is already astonishing beyond belief

[@dexterdruboanimations-6403]

​@@priyanshplayz3021But the movie didn't use all of their budget on that particular scene, did they? I doubt if it evens 2% of the movie budget.

[@13_cmi]

I was yelling at my screen that it was just glitter or some mica powder. They definitely thought too hard on that one with all sorts of crazy soaps and oils.

[@dhwanilvyas2608]

ggs

[@MrTshorts]

I never knew recreating effects looked so much like solving a murder mystery! I love it.

[@rcnewman51.]

This genuinely made me want to get back into film making and story telling. I haven’t felt that kind of excitement in years. Thank you.

[@Honestandbrokecameraguy]

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[@Honestandbrokecameraguy]

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[@Honestandbrokecameraguy]

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[@Honestandbrokecameraguy]

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[@arwo1143]

Nolan’s Trick was to ask the CIA for footage they have lying around from the tests….. Yes, they had color cameras with good resolution for things like that back then

[@JnManuelAG]

You guys were so so close to the real footage. The Op special effects team should be proud. Keep posting here 👏🏽❤️‍🔥

[@WilliamHBaker]

Thank you! We put a lot of time into trying to nail it. There will always be things I wish I had done different, but I think we got close enough!

[@owengibby]

I thought oppenheimer was practical

[@pietrikoskoskos]

@@owengibby technically it was, 78 years ago 💀

[@netofsa4517]

@@pietrikoskoskos XDD

[@themysteriousgamers9616]

it was practical, cgi means computer generated (green screens and the lot), so just because you do practical does not mean you can't use special effects or enhancements@@owengibby

[@blasian4260]

Him:Proceeds to mix soap with water Everybody: Whoa!

[@Jokester1338]

Over the top for no reason at all

[@JoeyFaller]

Agreed, it was a cool video, but they made it seem like they were doing the most difficult and important work of all time. Felt a bit silly.

[@1draigon]

This gives me even more respect for the original creators… imagining these things without having seen it before must have been hard, if I can’t even imagine recreating them this closely!

[@XD1999cable]

Creating by zero is way hard, Nolan has budget (Well, actually universal has) but creating new stuff is quite expensive.

[@MrTomyCJ]

There are actual real pictures of atomic explosions very similar to that one, so they did have a reference. The result is quite similar except for the dirt. That part I think was artistic freedom.

[@illsmith5420]

@@MrTomyCJbros talking about the og bomb creaters

[@kidusyohannes4509]

but they (nolans team )have freedom b/c no one knowes this effects before

[@maaiz1653]

For interstellar , nolan had assistance from actual physicist who researched and wrote a paper on how the black hole would actually look like so that it could be recreated with CG . So I assuming they also did something similar which was simulate the explosion and then trying to recreate with practical Fx.

[@buckethead60]

I wonder just how long it took for the Oppenheimer team to do this in the first place without having any references to go off of. Great job on this as well, turned out really incredible

[@WilliamHBaker]

Me too! I imagine months of planning and testing. There are also a few more effects in the movie that I didn’t do, and I imagine what made it into the movie is only 50% or less of the things they got on camera.

[@MrJoeCramer]

Maybe it took really long and was lot of work and thinking and creating and so on BUT it could be done very fast and wasn't a thing at all, cause when they done it there was nothing that could be wrong at all. It is only one of million version of how it could be done and every other version had/could been an also great thing/solution .... cause this isn't a recreation of a working thing like a PC or radio or else. It is just a creation of how something could LOOK like. I am sorry about my bad english and hope you get what i mean 😇

[@appa609]

You're kidding right? There are reels and reels of nuclear test footage that they clearly referenced, though not very well.

[@roberthunka]

Saying they had no references to shoot these effects is kinda wild to me

[@TheCookieCrisp]

​@@roberthunkahaha so true. People in the comments: "We have no footage of any atomic bombs ever recorded." Also, recreating something isn't really that hard. People are impressed with the simplest shit these days. Remember before CGI??? they did it this way! Haha

[@JusTANePAL1]

The fact that Oppenhimer didn’t use CGI they literally used a nuke💀

[@user-jq3lz6eb3k]

Nope

[@Fairyhell]

This is what I love about visual effect. There are so many ways to achieve the same result

[@MerchantIvoryfilms]

Nolans team wasn't the first to use massive amounts oils and liquids, it was actually used for the first time on major scale in "Tree of life" during the birth of the universe. They replicated supernovas, nebulas, and massive explosions from stars using this method which Nolans team then used as a "massive" inspiration.

[@CaptainComatose]

Wasn't it used in "The Fountain" by Aronofsky too?

[@jmasked5082]

2001 Space Odyssey. It was Douglas Trumbull.

[@mistrrhappy]

"Cloud Tank Effects" have been in use for almost 80 years to replicate these sorts of phenomena. Look at Close Encounters of the Third Kind or the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark. The Ten Commandments used a variation of the same technique.

[@MerchantIvoryfilms]

@@mistrrhappy You didn't read my comment i said "Massive scale"

[@HussainZiniya]

Apart from the effects, i saw a lot of influence of terrance mallick in Oppenhiemer

[@ChristianGenz]

The simulated drama and suspense makes this feel like an unintentional parody. *Pouring water into soap while screaming enthutiastically* into a melodramatic voice over about the struggles of the experiments. It's actually hilarious 😂

[@cinder3150]

9:00 😂

[@WilliamHBaker]

Dramatization doesn’t work for everyone!

[@cgonz8]

Holy frick! What the Frick!?

[@meriwoo7382]

@@cgonz8 holy fricking frick did you just say frick dude, what the frick

[@Comrade_Santos]

I'm obliged to agree, that felt unnecessarily over the top

[@u.kw1461]

Ya'll nailed it pretty well. Honestly interesting seeing the entire process. Well done

[@seeking_the_sun]

This was such a joy to behold. Also illustrates why we we feel this deep sense of reverence and awe at the real effects - the ingenuity and the resourcefulness that must have gone into it almost commands it.

[@mchsprod]

When I started watching, I thought this was a large, well established film channel. I was surprised at the end when I read the comments and saw that you only had 11k subscribers. This video blew me away, and I’m excited to see what you’ll make next.

[@Ustaleone]

Wait a minute. If he only had 11k subscribers when you posted this message 5 hours ago and he has 16k now. He gained 1000 subs every hour in the past hour? I guess the algorithm has blessed him. I wish KZbin channels had stocks 😂.

[@WilliamHBaker]

Thank you!! I’m excited to make more on KZbin!!

[@thespankmyfrank]

Honestly, same. Thought it was an established channel! Great production and the end result was great.

[@reilysmith5187]

That means he's probably part of some production team. All too often companies create the illusion of a one man show for extra clicks.

[@cbsGD]

@@WilliamHBaker 🙏🙏

[@ssscout]

amazing editing, and love the music you used

[@bananablast23]

What editing? He said no cgi

[@Ki-wy7dp]

editing the video bro...@@bananablast23

[@ssscout]

@@bananablast23 must be bait

[@angelomedeiros7752]

@@bananablast23 do you think he shot all of that in one take? With these colors? And with an orchestra playing in the background?

[@STONJAUS_FILMS]

Amazing to see Nolan's explosion from Oppenheimer recreated without CGI! If you enjoyed these intricate details, you might appreciate a film I made using 4K Macro to explore life inside the womb. Similar techniques, NO VFX, different perspective: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4q2pmWlmM2fe5Y

[@WashedBeansInPot]

12:52 I thought I my pc was tweaking for a sec

[@YungGnarpGnarp]

Fr though

[@MoviesWithMarty]

This was BEAUTIFUL. Stunning work William and the team!

[@onlyoverkill]

Looks great man! Loved your storytelling. I think that third effect might have been done with mica powder! It flows and has a sheen to it. I’ve used it to create that effect before.

[@akhiltrg4087]

didn't expect you here matt. A surprise,to be sure but a welcome one 😂

[@WilliamHBaker]

I saw mica powder in the store too! I thought it was the same thing but should've gotten both to test!

[@TheAbsolute-863]

:O

[@mattsavage9960]

@@WilliamHBaker This was great. Subbed can you please re create the skinny Bob alien video as alot of people think it's real.

[@name_69420]

Hi there

[@Wunba]

Holy cow! This was an amazing video I’m astonished your channel isn’t larger! I think your ability to look at Nolan’s shots and figure out mostly how they were done is amazing. But it really goes to show why Nolan is the top of the game when he can just envision these things and make them into a movie! Can’t wait to see what else you come up with, extremely underrated channel!

[@WilliamHBaker]

No kidding! It wasn’t easy to recreate what Nolan did, but way more challenging to say “let’s find practical ways to represent quantum physics and nuclear explosions”

[@victorleite221]

@@WilliamHBaker It turned out really good! Well done!! 🔥🔥

[@420xo]

why would it be? hes here trying to fake replicate nuke like a took

[@oldmanballs]

So much melodrama

[@KILLTHEREDDITOR]

Because his cheeks are too fat

[@LilJollyJoker]

Such an amazing video! Shocked to see you only have 51.3K subs! You deserve more! Glad this video is blowing up!

[@Rastox95]

Loved the passion you put into making this video, it really shows how much you love what you do!

[@austinreed5805]

As someone who’s seen Oppenheimer, this is insanely impressive. It looks so much like the effects in the movie. Well done!

[@iheartcicada]

As someone who saw Oppenheimer as well, the nuke scene sucked and looked nowhere near the scale or magnitude of a nuclear bomb. It honestly made my laugh out loud in the theatre.

[@brainwithani5693]

As someone who objects to the things that earned the R rating, I'm glad to see the special effects without having to sit through the movie.

[@YourParas]

@@brainwithani5693r rated movies>>>>

[@YourParas]

@@iheartcicada bro really said nuke scene sucked

[@420xo]

you mean the effects that lookl nothing like a nuke? congrats omg

[@out_of_the_BOX]

To be completely honest, I was starting to doubt after effect 2 since it wasn't as similar (but still insanely creative and more than I would be able to do ofc). But then you went and made what is basically the EXACT SAME effect for number 3. It's literally indistinguishable!!! I went back and looked at both effects and I wouldn't be able to tell you which was made by you, and which was from the movie! Outstanding work man, and all produced so beautifully in this video.

[@jdkingsley6543]

You guys just made me come close to going back into film making. This why so many people love Nolans work, whole categories of exploration and discussion happen around his art.

[@Atulkumar-sz6tg]

It was fantastic, seeing the amount of effort you guys put into it, that too without knowing if its gonna successful or not, is fantastic.

[@TruthYouNeed]

This makes me admire chris nolan even more. To even think a bomb explosion can be represented by minuscule of events is mind blowing

[@MC8596]

That’s not representative of the nuclear explosion of trinity : not even a bit. That’s just a cinephile scene for people who don’t like CGI and that just made me feel like, once again, Nolan was saying to the spectator : look, I’m more a cinephile than you

[@TruthYouNeed]

@@MC8596 well if it made 900mil in box office. He is doing something right

[@avananana]

​@@MC8596Did you go to sleep with a wet pillow or what.

[@personagrata111]

I highly recommend to watch atomic bomb scene from Twin Peaks by David Lynch, before oppenheimer this was really something unique.

[@Garsnoos]

@@MC8596Yup. As a VFX artist I don’t get the hate for CGI. Many movies use it, TV shows as well. People just don’t understand all that is included in CGI or VFX. It is such a shame that big directors are spreading this kind of hate. At the same time they cannot survive without VFX artists. It’a the reason why I left the industry. We get the hate and disrespect, yet they can’t live without us… Good riddance

[@leobmaciel]

This is just AMAZING!!! Please keep on posting here on youtube 🔥

[@WilliamHBaker]

I will be! I at least want to post once a month! Maybe not quite to the scale of this vid though😅

[@bogdanbsk6301]

Easily the best video i've watched in a while. Congratulations and best of luck reaching your goals!

[@nitobac]

This is the video of the year! Incredible work, so much passion, thank you for that!

[@mishtaromaniello8295]

This is filmmaking in the truest sense. You guys represent the ingenuity of this art form. I can’t wait to see everything else you make.

[@420xo]

lying in its fulest. oppenheimer showed a fake nuke so whats it mean when someone replicates it?

[@mishtaromaniello8295]

@@420xo The truest sense in that they are recreating images through experimentation- creating something that didn’t exist before, and technically still doesn’t exist in reality because it’s an art of illusion. Is there anything we make that wasn’t inspired by something we see?

[@gownerjones1450]

Well technically, filmmaking in the truest sense is what the chemist at the factory does to literally make the film.

[@rohandagar7761]

William, this was such a refreshing video I loved this so much. I wish I had a camera like this so I could also do experiments like this, again thank you for sharing this with us!~ Keep it up

[@WilliamHBaker]

Thank you so much!

[@SMGJohn]

Buy a RX100 Mark 4, it has slow motion and everything you need, maybe not as shallow depth of field as his, but just means you gotta stay further away with the camera and shoot more zoomed in.

[@hakkinenfan]

If anything, this video showed to me how I should never again say stuff like "if I only had those resources…" I was looking his cameras and lighting gear in envy too, but then again, you can surely make cool footage with the cheapest cameras, they just create their own vibe and lesser quality might help to hide some possible imperfections in the effects. Lighting… Regular bulbs and colored plastic from waste is my first idea. I refuse to see the restrictions anymore, only endless creative possibilities :) A great video, thank you!

[@mattdwmc]

This is INCREDIBLE!! More of this long form content please dude, much love

[@ASMRStrike1]

Watched this right when the video came out, so happy for you man those views and that jump in subscribers is insane, you deserve it!

[@ImNotMerzbow]

the visual similarities are striking! great job guys

[@shubbi7169]

this is sooooo fascinating, really love your work... the energy, the enthusiasm, the perseverance... and wow these shots are like soooooo freaking amazing.. Brilliant

[@WilliamHBaker]

Thank you so much! It was a passion project to say the least!

[@preethi.y2218]

Just subbed with a single video.. never did that ever before.. lots of creativity.. tons of experiments.. Really a hats off to you brother.. Literally made a short film..

[@doohdedooh]

Pleasure meeting you the other night! Even better delivering that award. This is so cool to see all this! -The ups guy-

[@bibibiok5772]

This is genuinely so damn crazy. You'd expect people to try this like a few years after the film came out, not when it's barely been a month since release. Amazing stuff honestly.

[@user-fy1vg4tf2k]

The highs and lows during the recreation coming in sync with the astonishing background music was enough to tranquilize me to look into the screen throughout the screenplay. You guys are master at storytelling. The music just intensifies the curiosity. Amazing work guys.

[@MultiPaolo3000]

I freaking love your videos and the passionate way you do make em. I feel the effort, congrats!!!

[@Cinogard]

this is one of the best youtube videos I've seen in a while! you guys killed it!

[@davidsen5439]

12:38 I thought my phone fked up

[@NeapoIitan]

Same lol

[@ithoughtso.7016]

how does this guy not have more subs the editing style is amazing, this video is set like the ones you'd see on a 500k subscriber channel. keep up the good work, man.

[@golemraven7765]

we would never watch the marvel CGI films anymore

[@noelradhakrishnan4423]

Yeah it's unbelievable this guy have only 26k subs

[@simonhicken3892]

Because he almost never uploads. His last video is from october 2021

[@nickpinkowski]

@@noelradhakrishnan4423 bruh, I've watched this 2 days ago when he had 3k subs, so 26k is already a lot from a single video 😂

[@SlenderLuchito]

Outstanding work! Admired the effort! LOVED THE EFFECT 3

[@martincreton4286]

I was deeply invested throughout this entire video because it reminded me of the process you go through as a filmmaker. The replay and comparison of the explosion especially made me laugh because it is so accurate. And using exclamations like "oh shoot" and "what the frick" reminded me of myself, because those are also the same exclamations I use.

[@mrray477]

This is about to go viral, fantastic vid, great explanations and backing music to the beautiful shots!

[@Jossanchez2]

“The important thing isn’t if you can read the music. It’s if you can hear it. Can you hear the music, Robert?”-Niels Bohr Man, this is just awesome. Nolan needs to watch this video and give you an award for making art and science at the same time. This is inspiring because we don’t know how Nolan did those effects, but you took your time and patience to recreate it with different elements and the result is art. You didn’t give up. Congratulations, man. You can hear the music. 👌

[@WilliamHBaker]

Thank you! I really hope this somehow does get to Nolan! 🤞 That would be a massive career accomplishment.

[@ChromaHeart]

The absolute joy of discovery that's shared in this makes my heart incredibly happy. This gives me the same feeling I had when watching the in-depth documentary about ILM and all of the amazing work they had to do for so many films **by hand** ... While CGI is amazing in it's own right and has amplified many things over the years-- there's truly nothing like the 'old school' ways of illusion. It gives projects so much life and is so satisfying to complete after so many rounds of trial and error. That's really what creativity is about-- thinking outside of the box, and enjoying the process of creating something. You really can't beat the effect of the human touch within film or art. Absolute stellar video with fantastic editing and storytelling, bravo!!

[@peskyseagull]

Also all the “we did this, we did that” but the channel name being one guy and all the comments like “William you’ve achieved immortality” Jesus Christ

[@SpiritSlayer1]

The editing for this video is amazing!! It’s almost like we’re watching a movie version of a KZbin video!!

[@henriquemedranosilva7142]

I respect the dedication for not using cgi as much as the next guy, but like, why in this case? CGI is just the better tool for this situation

[@cerebrumexcrement]

because pigment powder and water is cheaper.

[@harounsaifi9371]

Awesome work guys, you killed it ! I love to see how passionate you are and your willingness to succeed ! Amazing results and great storytelling on the top of that ! Cheers mates !

[@LS-sx5qo]

This is an absolutely amazing recreation of these effects. I hope you get the recognition you deserve.

[@ekojar3047]

I was going to say that one effective looks like when you mix pearl pigment powder into a clear paint. I'm glad you figured it out !

[@a.m.1152]

Gorgeous video! I’m gonna learn photography this year for sure! Thanks!

[@user-eu6xm4xn5b]

astonishing work William. amazing editing, and love the music you used.

[@kraseidon]

It's not often that you watch a video that you think is revolutionary. As someone who loves the art and creativity that goes behind the lens, I'm so grateful that there are still people out there who respect cinema for what it is. You're an absolute mad lad. Keep on keeping on!

[@giulyanoviniciussanssilva2947]

For me it's more about what complements cinema very well.

[@BrownHuman]

GAH DAMN that was absolutely amazing u guys. Such a well made and executed recreation. Feel like they might've used a balloon for the nuke bubble shot. That way you could show the organic expansion of the nuke sphere in all sides!

[@WilliamHBaker]

Actually, I think they did! Hoyte Van Hoytema talks about it in one of the articles. It came out after we started the project, and I hadn't considered a balloon before that. It probably would've been a little more challenging but would've given that expansion for sure!

[@rne1223]

Thank you for the tutorial, not only for how to make the effects ourselves, but more importantly on how to implement the full potential of storytelling in a youtube video. 100/10 👏👏👏

[@alexkhan1631]

This is what BELIEVING in YOU looks like. This was so beautiful that your thought process almost made me smile with an amaze in my eyes. May you achieve what YOU DO DESERVE.

[@cmcm7004]

This is one of the best if not best youtube videos I have ever watched. The filmmaking in this is insane. Keeping the craft alive.

[@ram749403]

I think this is easily one of the best videos on KZbin and didn’t wanted it to end. Great work!

[@huntsidway]

BRAVO!!! Amazing analysis and hard work, and a fun video to watch. Best wishes on whatever you decide to do next. Some studio should hire you after this!

[@itscameronbloom]

Incredible work! Loved the storytelling in the video too!

[@tristfularcadia]

I just want to say this was fantastic, not only the fact that you are able to recreate the effects on such a small budget. But your storytelling and the cinematography of this what is essentially a mini documentary is absolutely fantastic.I most definitely going to share this with everyone I know and you earned a viewer from this

[@30AndHatingIt]

Practical effects are just so much more charming and beautiful to me. Watching what they did in Empire Strikes Back is like a religious experience. The Original Trilogy was art, made by master craftsman… good for you, for continuing the tradition of what those guys at ILM did. Loved the video!

[@jaxxzattitude3635]

Oh my gosh you're bloody editing is so astonishing and just made me feel what actually you felt in making this vedion and every time you figuring out the effect I was like Come on go boy I was completely invested bro you're editing is absolutely superb

[@antitheticalelysium413]

Amazing! Hope you keep making content like this!

[@Zeus-vh2gv]

Brother seriously? 1Million views in just 1day? The work was really phenomenal. Hats off to you and your crew. I really hope you get to work in one of Nolan's future projects. I really loved the video. Was looking for a video to watch while having dinner but ended up watching to the end without my dinner. Really loved it. Great work. Good job.👏

[@theblacktruth]

I don't understand how you only have 2.7K subscribers. This was a masterful exploration and execution!

[@nickpinkowski]

Your comment is only 40 minutes old and he's already at 4k subscribers. KZbin's doing its magic! Well deserved.

[@theblacktruth]

​@@nickpinkowskiawesome! The algorithm is algorithming!

[@dkas2690]

Your comment 2 hrs ago. His subscribers 2.7k. Now Subscriber's count is almost 6k. Indeed KZbin is a magical place.

[@jsdp]

@@dkas2690 Now nearly 10k 5 hours after your comment!

[@rudyd2054]

Now it's 9K subs and your comment is 7h old

[@sichard.rimmons]

So resourceful and creative - really admire this

[@rohithkumarbandari]

Brilliant work, It's also fascinating to think how people come up with that effect itself.

[@nimishchoubey6906]

Your experimentation is seriously mind blowing on another level... I am sure thousands of people got inspired and also it definitely opened up a lot of creative doors in the minds your audience and pretty sure in yourself indeed. Keep inspiring .. This project is just an honour to watch .. Thank you and much respect ! :)

[@andrewmitchell5807]

The editing and cinematography tells this story in such an amazing way, this is unreal!

[@benbiji2609]

Perseverance, creativity and above all, your story telling skills. Pure genius!!

[@4_epvp334]

Absolutely stunning display of cinematography and the time and effort it takes to make shots like these no matter how easy or hard they look. When the portion of the video came for effect Number 3, my first thought was Gaming PC water coolant, which similar to how it was done in the video you posted, uses pigmented water! Fantastic video! Its fantastic seeing how you can recreate amazing shots like that from movies with some everyday materials, makes me want to take another crack at it myself.

[@DrDrift-rl6cc]

Loved the storytelling aspect of this effects video! The playback at 13:00 was a nice touch as well. Thank you guys for putting this up on KZbin.

[@OfTwoLands]

Congrats mate!! This shows talent, dedication and patience! Very impressive!

[@ricardoalvesleite1809]

Amazing work!! WoW!! I hope that you and your team follow your dreams and talent to make that kind of incredible and pratical FX!!

[@curtiskennedy4720]

this is amazing man awesome work

[@Nametbd-vf5kn]

This is absolutely phenomenal, huge well done to everyone who went into this, as a solo indie film maker myself those words you said at the end were so true and really hit as a one man band And also, after watching this I thought you’d have 100’s of thousands of subs… (as of writing) only 4.6 thousand, that’s insane you deserve so much more, including Nolan and his teams recognition of this, if you know of the story about Preston mutanga and his journey to animating scene for Spiderman across the spider verse I can see an extremely similar thing happening here if the right person sees it Yet again huge well done to you and everyone else on this, this was amazing! You earned a sub

[@rockyxbautista]

I legitimately got kinda emotional watching this. This is the magic of filmmaking in every way. Trial and error, venturing into what’s never been done before, seeing objects and effects in new ways, I would give this video an award if I could. I felt transported back to those early 2010’s KZbin tutorials showing how to make a movie prop or effect, but this was just stunning. Cant wait to see what y’all do next.

[@LuxoJunior]

You and me both!

[@GavinKing_AKA_plumpNation]

This is my first of yours. Awesome. Thank you

[@sidneyjacques.]

masterpiece of a video!! they all turned out great!

[@Mr_Murp]

Honestly, I'm beyond impressed with the outcome, you did an amazing job and you should be so proud of yourself. Just found your channel through this video and I'm excited to see what else you'll make in the future!

[@shuvo6188]

This is way beyond incredible. Kudos to your dedication while making it...BGM makes it even more thrilling! Curious to know your budget compared to the $100 million Oppenheimer.

[@IdentifiantE.S]

Its really impressive ! 😮

[@mangeshmahajan4445]

What exactly are you comparing here brother? Budget of 3-4 effects recreated in a garage vs total budget of a Nolan film?

[@sirsanti8408]

To be fair it’s easier to copy this than figure it out from complete scratch

[@faristont4561]

What a dumb comparison. he recreated a couple of days effects, not even a scene. 🤣 that 100 million is a whole damn movie.

[@pozkitt2326]

What a conceited question kid