Dematerialisation - A Doctor Who VFX Shot
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
- Since the TARDIS' dematerialisation effect has remained largely unchanged for the past fifty years, I thought it might be interesting to try out a new approach. So this is my attempt at capturing what travelling through time and space might look like from the point of view of the TARDIS - from take-off to landing, all in one shot.
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Maya, After Effects, Element 3D (v2), and Premiere were the programs used.
Enjoy!
From the point of view of the TARDIS, this is interesting. The way in which it dematerialises and then appears to spin in the Vortex when it's fully dematerialised implies that it's not actually moving, but that space and time are moving around it. So if it doesn't make your head hurt too much, try to visualise the Vortex itself as the thing that is moving, while the TARDIS remains in a fixed position and orientation. It's not accelerating towards different points in space-time - those spots are accelerating towards the TARDIS.
it's like in futurama where the ships engines move the whole universe around it
All we need now is an edit of this video where the TARDIS remains in an upright position to see what this would look like.
It's kinda what you see in the opening credits anyway. I always wondered what goes on when the TARDIS changes locations.
Milan Kollarčík
Which was more than likely inspired by Douglas Adams and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. And given Adams link to Who, it's an awesome concept.
Isn't that like saying when I see my friend spin circles I know the world is still (relatively) stationary. But when I try to spin circles, the world spins and I stand still. Perspective does not correlate to reality. It's simply a "multiverse" of the original source.
Basically: Just because you're looking at from a different lens doesn't mean the situation has changed. TRUE it shows a counter option to your previous assumption on reality based on your previous perspective. But which one is actually spinning? They both could be. Time to look at it from even another perspective, one only obtainable in... dun, dun dun! The 4th Dimension.
This level of quality is far superior to the show.
+Sam Small I know right? There's only one problem but the rest is just flawless.
The Daleks are far more superior!
Oh definitely. To be fair you do have to remember that much time would have been put into this, where as bbc has to make many episodes and therefore don't do as thorough a job.
Moral of the story, get John Smith to make all the tardis scenes!
Oh fuck, imagine if they hired him to be a part of the visual department, ESPECIALLY the TARDIS scenes. Fuck, that'd be awesome.
the original cuality sucks >:(
Incredible! Why haven't they done this in the new series so far? Such a great idea!
Because the new series suck
££££
dont you mean.... Fantastic!
@@moosenavy2002 no one wants your opinion
They kinda did something like this at the end of resolution.
You should seriously force the BBC to watch this.
cxc
They know about him, don't worry.
Yes he does
I made my own versions of this, ruclips.net/video/8_eD33eA0KI/видео.html would really appreciate it if you check it out
@Toasted Productions Wait...He does?
If there is ever a modern Doctor Who movie, this is what i imagine the title sequence lead-in should be like. Such a fantastic concept and execution, just fantastic!
There was a Doctor Who movie made in the 90's, I assure you the intro was nothing like this.
MegaModManic He/she meant if they made one nowadays.
***** That's not a movie, so probably not.
there is actually more than one. one pretty new, like a year or two ago
Γιώργος Παπαφίλιψ Actually, no. There were two non-canon movies made in the 1960s and one mostly-canon movie made in the 1990s. There have been no feature films or television movies made for Doctor Who since 1996.
Congrats on getting hired (to presumably do the time vortex) on Twice Upon on Time!
oh he did nice!
@@britishboy2649 did he really?
I made my own versions of this, ruclips.net/video/8_eD33eA0KI/видео.html would really appreciate it if you check it out
@@Alectron8 its too dark and has too much bloom
@@ctrlaltrepeat245 danke, what about the actuals time vortex bit?
3 years later and you've made the official Doctor Who title sequence, awesome.
I can't stop watching this video. It is a perfect visualization of how I imagined a flight of the TARDIS would look like. From our perspective, the TARDIS fades or "blinks" out, and fades back in. From the view point of the TARDIS, space and time are conglomerating around the TARDIS until it finally enters the Space-Time vortex, which consist of all points in space and all points in time.
The TARDIS doesn't actually "move" but rather, the TARDIS manipulates space-time around it until it enters the vortex. Then the Vortex moves around the TARDIS to its intended destination (a point in space, and a point in time). The Materialization portion is space-time around the TARDIS settling back into a normal state.
This also explains why the Doctor's TARDIS tends to materialize at the incorrect destination, or the incorrect time. The Doctor's TARDIS was obsolete when he stole it. The Chameleon circuit shortly went out when he first began his travels, and it is implied that the navigational system (which would essentially pilot the TARDIS through the complexities of the Vortex) is possibly faulty. (Name of the Doctor, The Doctor's Wife)
I made my own versions of this, ruclips.net/video/8_eD33eA0KI/видео.html would really appreciate it if you check it out
This also shows just how advanced the time lords wore,the fact that the TARDIS literally moves space and time just to reach the nearest mcdonnalds
This is really innovative little shot. We've always seen the TARDIS dematerialising from the POV of other characters, where it just sort've winks out of existence. It's really nice to see the camera show the TARDIS dematerialising from its POV. That's actually something I'm surprised hasn't been incorporated into the show.
*What this guy said ⬆️⬆️*
I made my own versions of this, ruclips.net/video/8_eD33eA0KI/видео.html would really appreciate it if you check it out
The sound when the camera flies past the TARDIS in the vortex, that sound of it spinning, so brief but it was so spot on, it gave me shivers. Wonderful work.
This is pretty much the best Doctor Who shot I have ever seen. You've outdone yourself with this, and I hope you do a breakdown as you've done with other sequences.
This should be canonized.
Btw, I am actually working on a similar vortex shot, although I was going from the TARDIS in materialized flight into the vortex. With the camera spinning around WITH the TARDIS instead of AROUND the TARDIS. Everyone will think I am ripping you off.
But I wasn't going to follow through to a materialization.
Again, beautiful, stunning work. You are a master of your craft.
I made my own versions of this, ruclips.net/video/8_eD33eA0KI/видео.html would really appreciate it if you check it out
Did u make it?
This is freaking brilliant!! It’s a fresh idea that cleverly ties into the time vortex we’ve come to know. It’s a mating of innovation and familiarity. Someone hire this person/group!!
That is amazing!
BabelColour why doesn't your comment have more likes?!
ruclips.net/video/l6j8GsKfeaU/видео.html TARDIS - REACT ONE - UTCREW 🌊
I made my own version of this, ruclips.net/video/8_eD33eA0KI/видео.html would really appreciate if you check it out
Holy shit that’s so cool
I wish the Capaldi era had effects like these!
Incredible! I'll have to think of some creative ways to show the effect in my own videos. Thanks for sharing!
Vworp?
James Haney If you're not familiar with the DW Weekly/Monthly/Magazine comic strips that have been running for the past 36 years, then "Vworrp!" has been the adopted comic strip 'noise flash' wording for the TARDIS landing/taking-off. It's almost as synonymous as Terrence Dicks' description as 'a wheezing, groaning sound' from the Target novels.
Been Vworping since the Tom Baker Era!
Thanx, Darren Bradley ! I just added 'Vworping' to Google's online dictionary! Next the OED!
Doctor Puppet!
I made my own versions of this, ruclips.net/video/8_eD33eA0KI/видео.html would really appreciate it if you check it out
This is well and truly, the best dematerialisation and vortex sequence I've ever seen. This is what Doctor Who SHOULD be without a doubt, or at the very least for a truly epic and (perhaps more importantly) respectable feature film. I truly hope this becomes a reality and the BBC ask YOU to make it.
"How does this thing work?"
He laughed.
"Oh, even if I tried to explain it to you, it wouldn't make sense."
She looked at him.
He sighed.
"If you insist," he said.
He thought for a moment.
"We are in a vehicle who's engine bends the laws of physics and reality itself, twisting and contorting the universe like play-doh, completely sidestepping the light-speed barrier, travelling between dimensions, all as though it doesn't have any effect. The energies that power this device are beyond anything that exists in any universe anywhere; this TARDIS is in and of itself a universe in seclusion, a closed-off pocket of reality. My little slice of life, if I dare say."
"Well that doesn't make much sense."
He chuckled.
"I told you."
Cool
lmao what
Okay, I saw this thinking it’s just another one of those ones where they make a box disappear, but no, that is the greatest Fan Made Doctor Who thing I’ve ever seen, you truly earned this subscriber and like, I love it. 100000 out of 10. You’ve got an amazing skill that just can’t be challenged
So awesome. The BBC just needs to pay you to put this in an actual episode. Well done sir.
They finally did it. They finally brought you in to put this into the show 😭
This is exactly the sort of thing the BBC should be putting in Doctor Who at this point. After they've changed the tone of the show so much in series 8, new sequences like this one would fit in perfectly. Given how the idea behind the new title sequence originally came from another VFX video online, I feel like the BBC may actually take this into consideration. So whether they do or they don't, thank you John Smith! You're amazing!
Even after so many years this still looks visually stunning! Wonder why they haven't done this in the show yet? maybe now we have disney money for effects...
He's been working on the show since Series 10, Resolution does a similar effect to this
Me looking at Disney's balance sheet.
If ever they change the way the Tardis dematerializes. This has to be it! Brilliant.
When the fan's are making better effects than the people who produce the show, it really makes you think.
Cuz this is passion project
They on the other hand have budget have to pay visual effect artist through out the series
i love the transition from the camera spinning to the Tardis spinning, please do tutorials we need more people like you, made 6 years ago and it still blows my mind
It's so cool! The Vortex looks like it has spots of colour and explosions of what I can only think of as "Happenings". Maybe it's what the Doctor talks about of how some dates are difficult to land in, but there are special dates like Saturdays where anything can happen.
This is just something marvelous to behold. Perfectly executed, true art. It pleases the eyes and is incredibly impressive, including details down to the ridges in the Wood.
I love how from a spinning camera it goes to a spinning tardis,great transition!
I simply can't explain how absolutely amazing this reimagining is! Just the concept itself and the realization are beautifully executed. Well done, good sir, well done!
This is the coolest thing ever. I like your version of the vortex... Kinda gave it a movie feel
I love how the trees come into view at the end, very surreal and magical
The show desperately needs a Creative Director clever enough to do something like this, and a show runner brave enough to let stuff like this be done.
The current showrunner was "brave enough" to allow one of these RUclips guys to design the opening credits. And he was also "brave enough" to allow John Smith's "Rain" trailer to be included in the Doctor Who Earth Conquest special.
Alex F Quite right, but I'd like to see big differences like this made more regularly. The show's opening titles have changed over and over again, I think it'd be really interesting to see something like this take place in the show.
Oh, my Lord in Heaven, that was absolutely divine! Straight-up fanTAStic!
Fell in love with this the first time I saw it :) This is a brilliant perspective on the Dematerialisation of the Tardis. :D
I love the look of the space/time vortex.
Love the look of the Time Vortex, we don't see enough of it now imo. Ultimately, this transition would likely take too long to be used every dematerialisation, but if cut down and without the spinning camera, it would be a great alternative to the long standing transition.
I watch this every couple of months and can't get over how well done this is
Holy shit!!! That's a movie born!!
I love the transition to the vortex, how it doesn't look like the tardis is flying off, just moving through another dimension or something.
When the Tardis disappears, it's already flying through the vortex. It shows the realist way of you can time travel.
ruclips.net/video/6_ksiM7LTPU/видео.html
This video is good at explaining the vortex if u wanna watch it.
Limmy
The thing that kind of brothers me is that when traveling through time, the machine doesn’t fly. It appears at a destination at the coordinates you input, or you will arrive at a random place and you don’t just arrive at a random place either. Sense the Earth is constantly revolving and rotating, the coordinates to arrive at a location takes a bunch of math and calculations so you don’t just end up in a ocean or something.
I'm speechless. That was incredible!
7 years on I still find this satisfying.
This was so beautiful. THIS NEEDS TO INCORPORATE THIS INTO AN EPISODE.
Oh my bloody giddy aunt -- absolutely fantastic! Original concept with spectacular concept, and what a fab and beautiful TARDIS! BBC, sign up Mr Smith in a heartbeat!
Can't even think how many times I have watched this over the years. Absolutely stunning
This was amazing, seeing the physical way the tardis goes from one point in time and space to another, incredible work!
I have dreamt of a shot like this, you made it a reality! Amazing! It really is a shame that now a days people in the business that are in charge are usually not people with passion or talent but people who know business that just so happen to like the thing they are working on and will make the studio/station money.
WOW I love how you made it not disapear, and instead it started spinning me and my brother are huge whovians and we love this video.
THIS IS THE MOST AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL THING I HAVE EVER SEEN EVER.
Fantastic!!!
Brilliant!
Allons-y!
This is just stone-cold brilliant, not only for the artistry involved, but for the imagination in finding such an original take on an effect that's been around since 1963. First class, sir.
Wow, very impressive. It would take too much time to do this every episode but it would make a great season-ender. It should definitely be included.
More importantly, you might have just inspired a whole heap of new shots in the series which could take advantage of today's digital capabilities. Well done!
50 years and no one thought of the TARDIS's point of view; This is brilliant!
How has BBC not hired this guy yet, he's already 10x better than the special effects of doctor who lol
This is actually quite interesting. This video assumes that the TARDIS always stays in the same "place" and orientation, and everything moves around it. Which explains why in the series, when the TARDIS has to actually fly, it's always bumpy/shaky (at least more than usually), and in season 3 it even started smoking. The Doctor even commented that it doesn't actually fly much. Nice.
I think thats a bit of a reach but imteresting way to look at it, I think its more of the camera is dematerializing with the tardis in this shot
Beautiful. Loved the vortex.
This is literally one of the most creative things a fan has ever done, like wow the creativity and inspiration we get from just a wooden box is just insane it's impressive
that was fucking awesome. They should use that on the show at times. Great job mate.
I’m in love with TARDIS jumping in and out of the vortex, also the sounds becoming quieter when it dematerialises is just 🤌🏻 amazing concept!
incredible!
This honestly looks so good and I love how clean the transitions are
Are you back working on the new season? This is how the TARDIS has landed a few times! Wild Blue Yonder and Space Babies...
This is the most striking and well-realised tardis effect I've seen. Ever. You are genius.
This reminds me a lot of the scene in Interstellar when the Endurance is travelling through the wormhole.
Alot of these fan made dr who things have been popping up in my feed recently…THIS ONE IS FUCKING AMAZING! THE TIME VORTEX YOU CREATED HERE UGHHH I COULD CREME MY PANTS
Why aren't you working on the show? Seriously, why not?
how do you know he is not
@@nadinesmith7174 he is now!
looks awesome, just as I imagined, and this is what you see when you leave the door open!
Fantastic!
- ninth Doctor
Correct me if I'm wrong but there was a hint of this as the TARDIS dematerialised at the end of the New Years episode today!
@IamUnknown I know that's why I came here straight after it aired 🙏🏻
CaptainCFox Forgot to change accounts?
Stunning. I often wondered why as a viewer we didn't go 'with the tardis' when it dematerialised rather than simply watching it go and then land. This is superb.
BBC should Hire you! And make a movie with you fx
*Your
I think they did hire him (or her?).
They did
Alexander Mills really? What episode does his creation shown?
Don't Know But look on John Smiths Facebook Page Peter Capaldi talks about it from finding him on RUclips
A truly genius mesmerising twist on the traditional fading dematerialisation effect! I come back to watch this from time to time, and never get tired re-watching it :-)
Mind. Blown.
That's fucking epic.
Hats off to you sir :)
I can't even begin to describe how brilliant this is.
This makes the actual vfx team for 'Doctor Who' look like a bunch of preschoolers with plastic scissors and construction paper.
I love how as the Tardis comes back into reality it gets an X-ray view of the forest as it starts seeing the tree roots slightly before it starts seeing the ground covering them, its a very cool effect and I love it!
Seriously, this should be in series 10. Though it's not a simple effect the could be use in every tardis move, and if you repeated it might seem old very quickly.
I could see this sort of thing used if ever the Doctor were in another Time Chase, like he was at the beginning of the Empty Child, and the beginning of Human Nature.
I love how at the end the TARDIS lands in a similar way to the TARDIS being restored to full power near the end of Flatline. Great SFX idea and I can truly believe seeing this shot in an episode on the TV,
Omg I would love you to create a Modern Doctor Regeneration vFX! That would be grest
This is insane! My jaw dropped from just the first few seconds! I literally whispered 'holy shit' when the video finished. This is brilliant.
Is this meant to be what it looks like from the TARDIS point of view, and what we see on the show it just the point of few of the person in that one location when it disappears?
Impressive amount of detail in rendering the model, particularly with the beginning during night time. I don't thinking we ever had this kind of perspective of dematerialisation since An Unearthly Child with the view London slowing disappearing in darkness as the TARDIS takes off.
Nice job on delivering something unique and thought provoking.
Epic :)
Sup neon visual love your content!
the BBC should be snapping you up to work for their special visual effects dept. this is awesome and better than anything the BBC have come up with for years! Brilliant work.
they already did
That was incredible :D although I think you got the sound effect wrong (that was the materialization sound not dematerialization)
It was indeed incredible and I also agree to a point, a mixture of both the dematerialization and materialization sounds would be more appropriate, the former fading out to the latter fading-in.
I think it makes sense. You're hearing the sound from the perspective of the TARDIS dematerializing into the vortex, so, in effect, the TARDIS is "landing" in the vortex.
Mm Yep it's definitely the wrong sound but I think that the landing sound was used instead so that there was a build up in the sound up to the point where the TARDIS enters the vortex. So I think it was more of an artistic choice.
Who gives a damn people. That was awesome, and you're nit picking over a tiny thing like that? I'd be pissed as hell if I was John. All those man hours to create it and you guys just notice that??
Its anal nerd shit like this that gives all fans a bad name.
Brilliant work John. I really mean it. You have taken something and put a fresh perspective on it that I found breathtaking. Both this and your 'Rain' film were simply stunning.
That is exactly right. I was actually trying to defend John cos I'm sure he knows what he did and that is was intentional and it was using brilliant creative license.
LOVE IT! I love the explosion POP sounds in the vortex.
Absolutely amazing as always except I have one question, what would it look like to people viewing it outside the TARDIS and not actually going with it when it disappears?
Perhaps the classic "blinking" effect as the TARDIS fades out? In those dematerialization scenes, we're always left seeing the empty space where it departed so maybe the human eye can't process the event entirely. This take on it could be if we follow the TARDIS' path and not the usual bystander's as it phases into the Time Vortex.
Maybe if one looked at the perspective from another TARDIS or time-travel capsule, it could look rather like the disappearing / appearing effect from the 1996 movie. I always liked that one.
It would most likely look like the normal dematerialization we see in the show.
The BBC should just hire you to make the title sequence. Every single one of these VFX videos are infinitely better in quality in both the rendering of the Tardis and the environment around then the current title sequence. Infinitely! It's maddening!
This is magical !! Can i use this for a video ? I just put the link of your vidéo in the description... Sorry i am french so my english is not very good... ✨👌 Congratulations for your work
The best take off landing I have ever seen for a TARDIS.
The BBC should get you to do the shows VFX.
Holy shit . That leaving and landing was insane quality. Stands up as leading edge quality in 2024.
00:07 Isnt that the materialisation sound?
I always come back and watch this video over the years. I love it so much. Well done with all your work!
Fantastic!
Luke Spillane aren't you the guy from the internet in the fan show ?
"John Smith" is one of the most brilliant up-and-coming masters of film, and no one can tell me otherwise. You don't have to be a fan of Doctor Who to appreciate his attention to all details in his work, from the motivated camera movements to the impeccable sound design. Sure, image overlay stuff like the Wholock video isn't his strong suit, but who needs to be perfect at everything when you have creativity like this?
EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love that, 7 years prior, you can still see a similar energy crackle in this vortex that made it into your work on Jodies 2022 regeneration. Little did we know back in 2015. Thats true consistency.
How did you do the vortex Effect ? Can you make a small tutorial ? ^^
An absolutely fantastic visualisation of dematerialisation from the perspective of the TARDIS itself.
Well done, that was genuinely something different and new.
This video was really hot in a really weird kind of way.
This is one of the best vfx shots ive seen in my book, absolutely fantastic
I'm probably just saying the same thing everybody else is saying but this pov is just beautifully done and creative
Nothing else to really say but praise.
Amazing.
The single best doctor who animation, period