Owner: Darren Lierkamp
Age: 33
Nationality: Australian
email: dlierkamp@hotmail.com
Site Name LOGANS RUN 3D WEB TOUR
Onsite Name: Logan5_Ariel
URL http://australis.www2.50megs.com/main.html
Site Created: April 20, 2000
My site is 27 pages of my computer art based on my memories of the movie. I didn't refer to any material while preparing these images so that they would be based on my impressions of the film, not exact reproductions. It is interesting therefore, to see how the remembered article differs from the real article and what elements stand out in the mind. I feel the dream like impression of the tour is a reflection of this, hence the use of black for the background-like in a dream.
I used 3D Studio (the DOS version) to make a 3D model of the City from the movie. The city exists within the domes on my computer model, so the tour is not composed of scenes from different models, but different views of the one complete model. I then blew it up at the end like in the movie. The detailed maze car sits in a tube in the City model, and also appears in the Arcade model.
The interiors of the buildings can be placed inside buildings if I wanted to, by merging them, but as my PC's memory is limited I have chosen to keep the Arcade (complete with the New You Shop) and the Thinker models separate.
The first page is an introduction, quoting a movie trailer from 1976 with links to the main Logan's Run sites and my other graphics sites. This then links to the graphics pages that take you progressively through the plot of the movie, like a storyboard- I am not aware of another site like this, and feel it is an effective means to introduce people unfamiliar with the movie to the story line.
As previously stated I hope to do the same for the book, and feel the 3 Mile Complex presents a particular challenge as trying to visualize what William F Nolan had in mind will be difficult- his descriptions are vivid and beautiful and I don't want to sell them short with a poor model. The rendering limitations of my old package will also present a problem here, which creative use of materials and lighting may overcome. I am aware Alex Trakker of the Logan's Run CGI World is going to make a model of the 3 Mile Complex, so I'll make a point to not look at his work before I make my model so I don't inadvertently copy his perceptions.
Darren Lierkamp
