We RECREATED the Nuclear Explosion from Oppenheimer with ZERO CGI

2024 ж. 10 Мам.
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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
All music in the video is from Artlist, appearing in order below. Get two additional months free with a yearly subscription! artlist.io/artlist-70446/?art...
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:
goaff.pro/williambaker
0:00 Intro
1:57 Effect 1
4:00 Effect 2
6:45 Effect 3
10:38 The Nuke
13:35 All Effects

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

    @crashwebb4715@crashwebb47159 ай бұрын
    • can confirm, I was the nuke

      @play3r.wav.@play3r.wav.8 ай бұрын
    • Cool, a ghost!

      @HulluJanne@HulluJanne8 ай бұрын
    • ​@@play3r.wav. Does that mean he blew you up? _Wait, that sounds _*_wrong_*

      @Maxsteel_4014@Maxsteel_40148 ай бұрын
    • Its impressive 😮

      @IdentifiantE.S@IdentifiantE.S8 ай бұрын
    • Indeed, one of the nuclear explosions of all time. 👏👏👏

      @throwaway756@throwaway7568 ай бұрын
  • Christopher Nolan needs to hire you

    @nikhilvaddiraj3338@nikhilvaddiraj33389 ай бұрын
    • I wish!!🤞

      @WilliamHBaker@WilliamHBaker9 ай бұрын
    • the difference is he had reference

      @epikpencil@epikpencil9 ай бұрын
    • Or hunt Chris down for revealing his secrets :-)

      @TomJones-wi4nh@TomJones-wi4nh9 ай бұрын
    • @@TomJones-wi4nh LOL imagine. Hhes like "i asked for 100M in budget why are you revealing i only needed water and glitter???"

      @pvic6959@pvic69599 ай бұрын
    • @@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.

      @AgentExeider@AgentExeider9 ай бұрын
  • Miniature painters instantly recognize the swirling from effect 3 as metallic acrylic paint dissolved in water. Glad you figured it out!

    @Milkymalk@Milkymalk8 ай бұрын
    • 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.

      @dwerg1@dwerg12 ай бұрын
    • Funny that you write this comment less than one day after Steve Mould uploaded a video about using mica powder to visualise currents@@dwerg1

      @Milkymalk@Milkymalk2 ай бұрын
  • 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.

    @andtipidee@andtipidee7 ай бұрын
    • if you think about it, most of it must have been the actors

      @vidyasagardaud8518@vidyasagardaud85186 ай бұрын
    • Why Nolan? Give some respect to the special effect guys.

      @RichyRich2607@RichyRich26075 ай бұрын
    • @@RichyRich2607 true, the special effects guys did follow Nolan's orders pretty well i guess...

      @WV-HillBilly@WV-HillBilly4 ай бұрын
    • @@WV-HillBilly Anyone who thinks Nolan is personally coming up with these practical effects is dumb as shit

      @ben1ben2ben1@ben1ben2ben13 ай бұрын
    • @@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.

      @simplyrowen@simplyrowen3 ай бұрын
  • astonishing work William

    @Officialjadenwilliams@Officialjadenwilliams9 ай бұрын
    • woahhhoo the king of effects in reels himself replied !!!

      @tripuranamanas6209@tripuranamanas62099 ай бұрын
    • whos the greater william?

      @netheriteop@netheriteop9 ай бұрын
    • DAMN!!!

      @Rulos_69@Rulos_699 ай бұрын
    • Miguel?

      @lietuvospatriotasnr1678@lietuvospatriotasnr16789 ай бұрын
    • DAMNN!!

      @semongko4013@semongko40139 ай бұрын
  • 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

    @harshpreetsinghgill9101@harshpreetsinghgill91018 ай бұрын
    • For some things you do need CGI. You can't make Hulk with practical effects

      @maxpayne9139@maxpayne91398 ай бұрын
    • ​@@maxpayne9139Oh really?

      @unliving_ball_of_gas@unliving_ball_of_gas8 ай бұрын
    • *Michael Bay left the chat*

      @NekoHibaCosplay@NekoHibaCosplay8 ай бұрын
    • 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.

      @LucienHughes@LucienHughes8 ай бұрын
    • @@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.

      @neurotic3015@neurotic30158 ай бұрын
  • Recreating them is one, but coming up with it is another story. Massive respect to you guys as well as Nolan's team.

    @vusvis@vusvis8 ай бұрын
    • Recreating an effect is harder.

      @FormOverFlair@FormOverFlair7 ай бұрын
    • @@FormOverFlair пфффф, любитель накидывать на вентилятор.

      @revenant709@revenant7097 ай бұрын
    • @@FormOverFlair for sure not

      @MrTrollo2@MrTrollo27 ай бұрын
    • @@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.

      @FormOverFlair@FormOverFlair7 ай бұрын
    • @@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

      @MrTrollo2@MrTrollo27 ай бұрын
  • 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

    @vestrovg@vestrovg8 ай бұрын
    • Thank you so much!! I’m so grateful to everyone involved and that we did this project!

      @WilliamHBaker@WilliamHBaker8 ай бұрын
    • it was really obvious, the movement was too quick was the first thing

      @hengry2@hengry28 ай бұрын
    • quit yapping

      @abbasmahdavi7133@abbasmahdavi71332 ай бұрын
  • My gosh this is was a joy to watch! Really shows what you can accomplish creatively with some clever thinking

    @AvocadoAnimations@AvocadoAnimations9 ай бұрын
    • Glad to see a man with excellent taste making excellent work here !

      @r1ght_653@r1ght_6539 ай бұрын
    • Oh hey there!

      @shardinalwind7696@shardinalwind76969 ай бұрын
    • Go make ksi edits or smtg

      @thechosenone9847@thechosenone98479 ай бұрын
    • @@thechosenone9847?

      @urbanarchitect74@urbanarchitect749 ай бұрын
    • Also 5th reply

      @urbanarchitect74@urbanarchitect749 ай бұрын
  • 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.

    @oxiphy@oxiphy8 ай бұрын
    • flashback to the apple iphone wallpapers from a few years ago..

      @DrDrift-rl6cc@DrDrift-rl6cc8 ай бұрын
    • you can also use certain types of shaving cream, or so I'm told.

      @Lilly-Lilac@Lilly-Lilac8 ай бұрын
    • These weren't particularly difficult shots to recreate. The overly dramatic narration of the process they went through is frankly kind of annoying.

      @dang3304@dang33047 ай бұрын
    • I know all I kept on thinking was nail polishes

      @averageday@averageday7 ай бұрын
    • @@dang3304 its not difficult to recreate but still impressive and fun to see them deduct how they did it.

      @IMelonBeats@IMelonBeats7 ай бұрын
  • 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.

    @syjiang@syjiang7 ай бұрын
  • I never knew recreating effects looked so much like solving a murder mystery! I love it.

    @MrTshorts@MrTshorts8 ай бұрын
  • 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.

    @rcnewman51.@rcnewman51.9 ай бұрын
    • H xz

      @Honestandbrokecameraguy@Honestandbrokecameraguy9 ай бұрын
    • Uu Z add

      @Honestandbrokecameraguy@Honestandbrokecameraguy9 ай бұрын
    • À.

      @Honestandbrokecameraguy@Honestandbrokecameraguy9 ай бұрын
    • Zq XZ

      @Honestandbrokecameraguy@Honestandbrokecameraguy9 ай бұрын
    • 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

      @arwo1143@arwo11439 ай бұрын
  • This is what KZhead is all about. Thanks for bringing joy and creativity into your workflow! Such a fun watch.

    @cinekitlist@cinekitlist8 ай бұрын
    • Agreed

      @venkatnihar9376@venkatnihar93768 ай бұрын
  • The swirly one made me so mad because I am 100% sure thats ultra fine glitter

    @melody3741@melody37417 ай бұрын
  • 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!

    @1draigon@1draigon9 ай бұрын
    • Creating by zero is way hard, Nolan has budget (Well, actually universal has) but creating new stuff is quite expensive.

      @XD1999cable@XD1999cable9 ай бұрын
    • 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.

      @MrTomyCJ@MrTomyCJ9 ай бұрын
    • @@MrTomyCJbros talking about the og bomb creaters

      @illsmith5420@illsmith54209 ай бұрын
    • but they (nolans team )have freedom b/c no one knowes this effects before

      @kidusyohannes4509@kidusyohannes45099 ай бұрын
    • 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.

      @maaiz1653@maaiz16539 ай бұрын
  • You guys were so so close to the real footage. The Op special effects team should be proud. Keep posting here 👏🏽❤️‍🔥

    @JnManuelAG@JnManuelAG9 ай бұрын
    • 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!

      @WilliamHBaker@WilliamHBaker9 ай бұрын
    • I thought oppenheimer was practical

      @owengibby@owengibby9 ай бұрын
    • @@owengibby technically it was, 78 years ago 💀

      @pietrikoskoskos@pietrikoskoskos9 ай бұрын
    • @@pietrikoskoskos XDD

      @netofsa4517@netofsa45179 ай бұрын
    • 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

      @themysteriousgamers9616@themysteriousgamers96169 ай бұрын
  • Ya'll nailed it pretty well. Honestly interesting seeing the entire process. Well done

    @u.kw1461@u.kw14618 ай бұрын
  • Such an amazing video! Shocked to see you only have 51.3K subs! You deserve more! Glad this video is blowing up!

    @LilJollyJoker@LilJollyJoker8 ай бұрын
  • 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 KZhead video I've watched in a while.

    @conze3029@conze30298 ай бұрын
    • 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

      @z-beeblebrox@z-beeblebrox8 ай бұрын
    • 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

      @priyanshplayz3021@priyanshplayz30218 ай бұрын
    • ​@@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.

      @dexterdruboanimations-6403@dexterdruboanimations-64038 ай бұрын
    • 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.

      @13_cmi@13_cmi8 ай бұрын
    • ggs

      @dhwanilvyas2608@dhwanilvyas26088 ай бұрын
  • 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

    @buckethead60@buckethead609 ай бұрын
    • 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.

      @WilliamHBaker@WilliamHBaker9 ай бұрын
    • 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 😇

      @MrJoeCramer@MrJoeCramer8 ай бұрын
    • You're kidding right? There are reels and reels of nuclear test footage that they clearly referenced, though not very well.

      @appa609@appa6098 ай бұрын
    • Saying they had no references to shoot these effects is kinda wild to me

      @roberthunka@roberthunka8 ай бұрын
    • ​@@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

      @TheCookieCrisp@TheCookieCrisp8 ай бұрын
  • 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.

    @seeking_the_sun@seeking_the_sun8 ай бұрын
  • Him:Proceeds to mix soap with water Everybody: Whoa!

    @blasian4260@blasian42605 ай бұрын
  • 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.

    @MerchantIvoryfilms@MerchantIvoryfilms8 ай бұрын
    • Wasn't it used in "The Fountain" by Aronofsky too?

      @CaptainComatose@CaptainComatose8 ай бұрын
    • 2001 Space Odyssey. It was Douglas Trumbull.

      @jmasked5082@jmasked50828 ай бұрын
    • "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.

      @mistrrhappy@mistrrhappy8 ай бұрын
    • @@mistrrhappy You didn't read my comment i said "Massive scale"

      @MerchantIvoryfilms@MerchantIvoryfilms8 ай бұрын
    • Apart from the effects, i saw a lot of influence of terrance mallick in Oppenhiemer

      @HussainZiniya@HussainZiniya8 ай бұрын
  • 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!

    @Wunba@Wunba9 ай бұрын
    • 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”

      @WilliamHBaker@WilliamHBaker9 ай бұрын
    • @@WilliamHBaker It turned out really good! Well done!! 🔥🔥

      @victorleite221@victorleite2219 ай бұрын
    • why would it be? hes here trying to fake replicate nuke like a took

      @420xo@420xo9 ай бұрын
    • So much melodrama

      @oldmanballs@oldmanballs9 ай бұрын
    • Because his cheeks are too fat

      @KILLTHEREDDITOR@KILLTHEREDDITOR3 ай бұрын
  • The fact that Oppenhimer didn’t use CGI they literally used a nuke💀

    @JusTANePAL1@JusTANePAL16 ай бұрын
  • Loved the passion you put into making this video, it really shows how much you love what you do!

    @Rastox95@Rastox958 ай бұрын
  • 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 😂

    @ChristianGenz@ChristianGenz9 ай бұрын
    • 9:00 😂

      @cinder3150@cinder31509 ай бұрын
    • Dramatization doesn’t work for everyone!

      @WilliamHBaker@WilliamHBaker9 ай бұрын
    • Holy frick! What the Frick!?

      @cgonz8@cgonz89 ай бұрын
    • @@cgonz8 holy fricking frick did you just say frick dude, what the frick

      @meriwoo7382@meriwoo73829 ай бұрын
    • I'm obliged to agree, that felt unnecessarily over the top

      @Comrade_Santos@Comrade_Santos9 ай бұрын
  • amazing editing, and love the music you used

    @ssscout@ssscout8 ай бұрын
    • What editing? He said no cgi

      @bananablast23@bananablast238 ай бұрын
    • editing the video bro...@@bananablast23

      @Ki-wy7dp@Ki-wy7dp8 ай бұрын
    • @@bananablast23 must be bait

      @ssscout@ssscout8 ай бұрын
    • @@bananablast23 do you think he shot all of that in one take? With these colors? And with an orchestra playing in the background?

      @angelomedeiros7752@angelomedeiros77528 ай бұрын
    • 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: kzhead.info/sun/mL2MpZanmpqieGw/bejne.html

      @STONJAUS_FILMS@STONJAUS_FILMS8 ай бұрын
  • This was amazing to watch and see you put together!! Awesome work!!!

    @wp0823@wp08238 ай бұрын
  • This is what I love about visual effect. There are so many ways to achieve the same result

    @Fairyhell@Fairyhell7 ай бұрын
  • 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.

    @mchsprod@mchsprod9 ай бұрын
    • 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 KZhead channels had stocks 😂.

      @Ustaleone@Ustaleone9 ай бұрын
    • Thank you!! I’m excited to make more on KZhead!!

      @WilliamHBaker@WilliamHBaker9 ай бұрын
    • Honestly, same. Thought it was an established channel! Great production and the end result was great.

      @thespankmyfrank@thespankmyfrank9 ай бұрын
    • 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.

      @reilysmith5187@reilysmith51879 ай бұрын
    • @@WilliamHBaker 🙏🙏

      @cbsGD@cbsGD9 ай бұрын
  • As someone who’s seen Oppenheimer, this is insanely impressive. It looks so much like the effects in the movie. Well done!

    @austinreed5805@austinreed58059 ай бұрын
    • 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.

      @iheartcicada@iheartcicada9 ай бұрын
    • 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.

      @brainwithani5693@brainwithani56939 ай бұрын
    • @@brainwithani5693r rated movies>>>>

      @YourParas@YourParas9 ай бұрын
    • @@iheartcicada bro really said nuke scene sucked

      @YourParas@YourParas9 ай бұрын
    • you mean the effects that lookl nothing like a nuke? congrats omg

      @420xo@420xo9 ай бұрын
  • 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!

    @ASMRStrike1@ASMRStrike17 ай бұрын
  • 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.

    @Atulkumar-sz6tg@Atulkumar-sz6tg8 ай бұрын
  • 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.

    @onlyoverkill@onlyoverkill9 ай бұрын
    • didn't expect you here matt. A surprise,to be sure but a welcome one 😂

      @akhiltrg4087@akhiltrg40879 ай бұрын
    • I saw mica powder in the store too! I thought it was the same thing but should've gotten both to test!

      @WilliamHBaker@WilliamHBaker9 ай бұрын
    • :O

      @TheAbsolute-863@TheAbsolute-8639 ай бұрын
    • @@WilliamHBaker This was great. Subbed can you please re create the skinny Bob alien video as alot of people think it's real.

      @mattsavage9960@mattsavage99609 ай бұрын
    • Hi there

      @name_69420@name_694209 ай бұрын
  • 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.

    @mishtaromaniello8295@mishtaromaniello82959 ай бұрын
    • lying in its fulest. oppenheimer showed a fake nuke so whats it mean when someone replicates it?

      @420xo@420xo9 ай бұрын
    • @@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?

      @mishtaromaniello8295@mishtaromaniello82959 ай бұрын
    • Well technically, filmmaking in the truest sense is what the chemist at the factory does to literally make the film.

      @gownerjones1450@gownerjones14509 ай бұрын
  • 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.

    @jdkingsley6543@jdkingsley65438 ай бұрын
  • Pleasure meeting you the other night! Even better delivering that award. This is so cool to see all this! -The ups guy-

    @doohdedooh@doohdedooh4 ай бұрын
  • This makes me admire chris nolan even more. To even think a bomb explosion can be represented by minuscule of events is mind blowing

    @TruthYouNeed@TruthYouNeed8 ай бұрын
    • 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

      @MC8596@MC85967 ай бұрын
    • @@MC8596 well if it made 900mil in box office. He is doing something right

      @TruthYouNeed@TruthYouNeed7 ай бұрын
    • ​@@MC8596Did you go to sleep with a wet pillow or what.

      @avananana@avananana7 ай бұрын
    • I highly recommend to watch atomic bomb scene from Twin Peaks by David Lynch, before oppenheimer this was really something unique.

      @personagrata111@personagrata1117 ай бұрын
    • @@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

      @Garsnoos@Garsnoos6 ай бұрын
  • 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.

    @out_of_the_BOX@out_of_the_BOX8 ай бұрын
  • This was BEAUTIFUL. Stunning work William and the team!

    @MoviesWithMarty@MoviesWithMarty6 ай бұрын
  • Imagine figuring out all the secret tricks of a 100 million dollar movie made by a legendary Director using around 10,000 dollars💀💀

    @Bobwasgood@Bobwasgood8 ай бұрын
  • This is just AMAZING!!! Please keep on posting here on youtube 🔥

    @leobmaciel@leobmaciel9 ай бұрын
    • I will be! I at least want to post once a month! Maybe not quite to the scale of this vid though😅

      @WilliamHBaker@WilliamHBaker9 ай бұрын
  • 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

    @rohandagar7761@rohandagar77619 ай бұрын
    • Thank you so much!

      @WilliamHBaker@WilliamHBaker9 ай бұрын
    • 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.

      @SMGJohn@SMGJohn9 ай бұрын
    • 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!

      @fanofthemika@fanofthemika9 ай бұрын
  • 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 👏👏👏

    @rne1223@rne12238 ай бұрын
  • 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.

    @ithoughtso.7016@ithoughtso.70169 ай бұрын
    • we would never watch the marvel CGI films anymore

      @golemraven7765@golemraven77659 ай бұрын
    • Yeah it's unbelievable this guy have only 26k subs

      @noelradhakrishnan4423@noelradhakrishnan44239 ай бұрын
    • Because he almost never uploads. His last video is from october 2021

      @simonhicken3892@simonhicken38929 ай бұрын
    • @@noelradhakrishnan4423 bruh, I've watched this 2 days ago when he had 3k subs, so 26k is already a lot from a single video 😂

      @nickpinkowski@nickpinkowski8 ай бұрын
  • 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.

    @bibibiok5772@bibibiok57729 ай бұрын
  • astonishing work William. amazing editing, and love the music you used.

    @user-eu6xm4xn5b@user-eu6xm4xn5b8 ай бұрын
  • I freaking love your videos and the passionate way you do make em. I feel the effort, congrats!!!

    @MultiPaolo3000@MultiPaolo30008 ай бұрын
  • the visual similarities are striking! great job guys

    @ImNotMerzbow@ImNotMerzbow9 ай бұрын
  • 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.

    @user-fy1vg4tf2k@user-fy1vg4tf2k9 ай бұрын
  • Over the top for no reason at all

    @Jokester1338@Jokester13383 ай бұрын
  • This is the video of the year! Incredible work, so much passion, thank you for that!

    @nitobac@nitobac8 ай бұрын
  • The editing for this video is amazing!! It’s almost like we’re watching a movie version of a KZhead video!!

    @SpiritSlayer1@SpiritSlayer18 ай бұрын
  • This is an absolutely amazing recreation of these effects. I hope you get the recognition you deserve.

    @LS-sx5qo@LS-sx5qo9 ай бұрын
  • This is INCREDIBLE!! More of this long form content please dude, much love

    @mattdwmc@mattdwmc7 ай бұрын
  • 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 !

    @harounsaifi9371@harounsaifi93718 ай бұрын
  • this is sooooo fascinating, really love your work... the energy, the enthusiasm, the perseverance... and wow these shots are like soooooo freaking amazing.. Brilliant

    @shubbi7169@shubbi71699 ай бұрын
    • Thank you so much! It was a passion project to say the least!

      @WilliamHBaker@WilliamHBaker9 ай бұрын
  • “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. 👌

    @Jossanchez2@Jossanchez29 ай бұрын
    • Thank you! I really hope this somehow does get to Nolan! 🤞 That would be a massive career accomplishment.

      @WilliamHBaker@WilliamHBaker9 ай бұрын
  • Easily the best video i've watched in a while. Congratulations and best of luck reaching your goals!

    @bogdanbsk6301@bogdanbsk6301Ай бұрын
  • Raally enjoying the dedication, the fun and the effort. Way to go!

    @gillesvanleeuwen@gillesvanleeuwen8 ай бұрын
  • I don't understand how you only have 2.7K subscribers. This was a masterful exploration and execution!

    @theblacktruth@theblacktruth9 ай бұрын
    • Your comment is only 40 minutes old and he's already at 4k subscribers. KZhead's doing its magic! Well deserved.

      @nickpinkowski@nickpinkowski9 ай бұрын
    • ​@@nickpinkowskiawesome! The algorithm is algorithming!

      @theblacktruth@theblacktruth9 ай бұрын
    • Your comment 2 hrs ago. His subscribers 2.7k. Now Subscriber's count is almost 6k. Indeed KZhead is a magical place.

      @dkas2690@dkas26909 ай бұрын
    • @@dkas2690 Now nearly 10k 5 hours after your comment!

      @jsdp@jsdp9 ай бұрын
    • Now it's 9K subs and your comment is 7h old

      @rudyd2054@rudyd20549 ай бұрын
  • 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!

    @kraseidon@kraseidon8 ай бұрын
    • For me it's more about what complements cinema very well.

      @giulyanoviniciussanssilva2947@giulyanoviniciussanssilva29478 ай бұрын
  • 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.

    @martincreton4286@martincreton42864 ай бұрын
  • It’s beautiful, you know you’re really clever for figuring this stuff out.

    @Bryan-hm2ch@Bryan-hm2ch8 ай бұрын
  • I think this is easily one of the best videos on KZhead and didn’t wanted it to end. Great work!

    @ram749403@ram7494039 ай бұрын
  • 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.

    @shuvo6188@shuvo61889 ай бұрын
    • Its really impressive ! 😮

      @IdentifiantE.S@IdentifiantE.S8 ай бұрын
    • What exactly are you comparing here brother? Budget of 3-4 effects recreated in a garage vs total budget of a Nolan film?

      @mangeshmahajan4445@mangeshmahajan44458 ай бұрын
    • To be fair it’s easier to copy this than figure it out from complete scratch

      @sirsanti8408@sirsanti84088 ай бұрын
    • What a dumb comparison. he recreated a couple of days effects, not even a scene. 🤣 that 100 million is a whole damn movie.

      @faristont4561@faristont45618 ай бұрын
    • What a conceited question kid

      @pozkitt2326@pozkitt23268 ай бұрын
  • 12:52 I thought I my pc was tweaking for a sec

    @WashedBeansInPot@WashedBeansInPot3 ай бұрын
    • Fr though

      @YungGnarpGnarp@YungGnarpGnarpАй бұрын
  • 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.

    @cmcm7004@cmcm70049 ай бұрын
  • This is about to go viral, fantastic vid, great explanations and backing music to the beautiful shots!

    @mrray477@mrray4779 ай бұрын
  • Amazing! Hope you keep making content like this!

    @antitheticalelysium413@antitheticalelysium4138 ай бұрын
  • this is amazing, BRAVO!

    @halahamdy6293@halahamdy62938 ай бұрын
  • 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

    @tristfularcadia@tristfularcadia9 ай бұрын
  • 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

    @peskyseagull@peskyseagull9 ай бұрын
  • Incredible work guys! Very well done!

    @Ricky-Yuri@Ricky-Yuri8 ай бұрын
  • Fantastic video, man!

    @JadenHercules@JadenHercules8 ай бұрын
  • 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.👏

    @Zeus-vh2gv@Zeus-vh2gv9 ай бұрын
  • The editing and cinematography tells this story in such an amazing way, this is unreal!

    @andrewmitchell5807@andrewmitchell58078 ай бұрын
  • Outstanding work! Admired the effort! LOVED THE EFFECT 3

    @SlenderLuchito@SlenderLuchito7 ай бұрын
  • Amazing work guys!

    @user-wl2on6re8w@user-wl2on6re8w7 ай бұрын
  • 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

    @Nametbd-vf5kn@Nametbd-vf5kn9 ай бұрын
  • This was amazing. The quality of this whole thing was incredible. It's hard to believe that as of writing this you only have 3.5k subscribers and this video has 6.8k views and only 4.4k likes. I absolutely hope this blows up, you deserve it.

    @botjosh5796@botjosh57969 ай бұрын
    • In the process of blowing up atm - 450K views and 12k subs. Well deserved

      @marcobeltran7218@marcobeltran72189 ай бұрын
  • Incredible work! Loved the storytelling in the video too!

    @itscameronbloom@itscameronbloom8 ай бұрын
  • that was really informative and fun to watch

    @faduartist101@faduartist1018 ай бұрын
  • Me: “expecting an actual nuclear explosion”

    @starboy-np2gc@starboy-np2gc9 ай бұрын
  • 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!

    @30AndHatingIt@30AndHatingIt9 ай бұрын
  • Awesome video, great work!

    @Nickyux@Nickyux8 ай бұрын
  • Amazing work! Congrats!

    @flaviocassilhas@flaviocassilhas8 ай бұрын
  • This shows that you don't need lots of money to create mind-blowing practical effects. All you need is Creativity and lots of Passion towards your work. I enjoyed every second of this video. Lots of love from India. You guys are amazing.

    @homesweethome9472@homesweethome94728 ай бұрын
    • but they did spend non average amounts of money

      @wat4504@wat45048 ай бұрын
    • I think that the cameras and the lights they are using are not too agree with your comment xd

      @aliciaalina7952@aliciaalina79528 ай бұрын
  • 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!

    @BrownHuman@BrownHuman9 ай бұрын
    • 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!

      @WilliamHBaker@WilliamHBaker9 ай бұрын
  • Good video, nice job dude!

    @FacuG___@FacuG___8 ай бұрын
  • This is my first of yours. Awesome. Thank you

    @GavinKing_AKA_plumpNation@GavinKing_AKA_plumpNation7 ай бұрын
  • Congrats mate!! This shows talent, dedication and patience! Very impressive!

    @OfTwoLands@OfTwoLands9 ай бұрын
  • 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!

    @Mr_Murp@Mr_Murp9 ай бұрын
  • Oh finally I found this video. Someone had posted a snippet of it and didn’t credit this video. So I’m glad the algorithm was nice enough to suggest it.

    @hopperhelp1@hopperhelp17 ай бұрын
  • This is amazing! Earned a sub.

    @CalebCarterFilm@CalebCarterFilm7 ай бұрын
  • 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 ! :)

    @nimishchoubey6906@nimishchoubey69068 ай бұрын
  • 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 !

    @ekojar3047@ekojar30478 ай бұрын
  • They say, "keep creating stuff and uploading 'em to youtube, your day will come". Well, this definitely was your breakthrough video, wasn't it. 🔥 Many congratulations bro! 🎉 Hope Mr. Nolan will hire you and your amazing crew oneday. Wish you lads the very best of luck!! 🤟💯

    @kashyapa_shathanjaya@kashyapa_shathanjaya8 ай бұрын
    • Damn you are so right, just looked at his profile and most of his more popular videos are around 2000 views but this opponheimer one has hit 3.7M so far 😮😮

      @Agret@Agret7 ай бұрын
    • @@Agret Exactly! 💯 and his creativity deserves Millions of views. So, the justice has been done finally 🤟

      @kashyapa_shathanjaya@kashyapa_shathanjaya7 ай бұрын
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