The Fountain
Darren Aronofsky
Chris Parks shot the in-camera fluid effects for The Fountain (2006, directed by Darren Aronofsky).
Chris and Peter Parks were commissioned by Darren to produce their special brand of organic fluid effects. In order to make his vision of space timeless, Aronofsky steered clear of traditional computer graphics and instead shot with Chris and Peter over a period of 8 weeks to produce something that was unique and would not age.
It's going to be looking really good for a very long time, because it's real particles in real physical space. As an audience member, you start to see the magic trick.
We liked using something so small to illustrate something so massive. It gave us something that we probably wouldn't have thought of on our own.
