This page is about my entry in the Nov. 2002 CGTalk Earthquake VFX challenge.
It won third place in the contest!

The challenge was to create a 5 second effects shot of an earthquake tearing up a road, incorporating live action.
For full rules, follow this link: CGTalk Earthquake VFX challenge

My Submission

You can view my challenge thread on CGTalk here. (Lots of information in there).

My storyboard is here

How it was done

A lot of discussion and information can be found in my thread.

In addition, there are the following two sections:

Compositing

This section provides examples of the various layers that went into the final composite, and what they were for. Examples are also provided of several of the intermediate composites.