In just two minutes, this quick video will take you through the steps we took to create an epic plane breakup shot!

Whether you’re producing a disaster movie, or want to try to create your own CG viral video, now you’ll know where to start when creating these effects.

The tools we used included 3ds Max and Adobe After Effects, though you can reproduce all of the steps in any other 3D/compositing program of your choice, whether that is Blender or Hitfilm.

For this Davesplanation, we made use of:

• High-quality scorch mark textures for the burning wing
• HD Flame VFX assets
• HDRI Environment Maps for the 3D lighting
• This 3ds Max fracture script

Enjoy!