Simulate a Tsunami in New York

/new-york-tsunami NEW YORK TSUNAMI PREVIS REPORT This report summarizes @PixVerse and Blender to build an editable previs scene, export a preview video, and prepare a prompt for a hyper-realistic video-to-video conversion. The completed work includes a functional Blender scene, a five-second MP4 preview, and a generation prompt that follows the original timing. 1. PROJECT GOAL Requirements and approach: - Create a close street-level previs of New York City being struck by a 100-meter-high tsunami. - Deliver an editable Blender scene with clear animation timing and an MP4 preview. Actual result: - Built a proxy Manhattan street scene with a low camera position in the avenue and a water wall measuring 100 meters high. - Created a 120-frame sequence at 24 fps, resulting in a five-second shot. 2. AGENT PREPARATION Requirements and approach: - Agent used: Codex. - Analyze the visual requirements and define the 24 mm camera language, scale references, street composition, and wave movement before building the scene. Actual result: - Codex inspected the working environment and confirmed that Blender 5.2.1 LTS was available. - An initial concept image was created to establish the intended scale, lighting, composition, and disaster atmosphere. 3. CODEX AND BLENDER EXECUTION Requirements and approach: - Use Python inside Blender to generate proxy architecture, streets, vehicles, materials, lighting, a camera, a wave rig, foam, and spray. - Keep the scene components editable so the project can be developed further in Blender. Actual result: - The scene contains 277 objects, 24 proxy buildings, eight vehicles, and a camera named CAM_CLOSE_STREET_24MM. - The tsunami moves from the far end of the avenue toward the camera. - The timeline includes markers for the wave reveal, entry into the street canyon, imminent impact, and the final cut before impact. 4. REVIEW AND FINISHING Requirements and approach: - Reopen the Blender file and inspect the camera, objects, frame range, and test render. - Correct compatibility, lighting, visibility, and viewport issues before final delivery. Actual result: - Resolved changes to the animation API and render engine naming in Blender 5.2. - Reduced the atmospheric fog, increased scene lighting, saved Version 2 in Camera View, and verified that the reopened file rendered correctly. 5. FINAL DELIVERABLES Requirements and approach: - Deliver the editable project file, verification image, preview video, and hyper-realistic video-to-video prompt. - The generation prompt must preserve the previs timing and camera while upgrading the water, environment, and physically based building destruction. Actual result: - nyc_tsunami_100m_previs_v2.blend - nyc_tsunami_100m_previs_v2_preview.png - nyc_tsunami_100m_previs.mp4 — H.264, 1280 × 720, 24 fps, five seconds. - A video-to-video prompt describing a 100-meter tsunami destroying glass façades, concrete, and structural elements in the correct impact sequence. CONCLUSION Codex completed a real multi-step workflow that included building the Blender scene, diagnosing technical issues, performing visual checks, exporting an MP4 preview, and writing a prompt for converting the previs into a hyper-realistic disaster video.