Fx created for fun, as a personal project

The goal was to introduce myself to USD in Houdini, and rendering in Karma, with a short FX to produce, with some of the common requirements that can be encountered in shots in movie production :
- a fast moving subject, with reflective material
- a moving camera
- fx passing close to camera
- several layers in the fx
- points and volumes rendering
- interactive lighting from the fx on the environment/character
- AOVS of attribute needed for comp
- slow motion
- heat distortion
- compositing work required

I wanted to push the project with a little bit of storytelling, that would bring me to work the 'feel', the sensation communicated by the FX.
In this case i wanted it to feel hot near the camera, and having a lot of energy

The environment is rough, as it is supposed to just support the Fx and give a little bit of context.
The background is an image projected on a card in nuke, with import of the fbx camera.

Also wanted to put the focus on practicing fx compositing, which was enterily made with Nuke

I wish to thank BadKarma on SkectchFab for the car model !
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/1984-volkswagen-rabbit-gti-0904d99b56d9498388230cc2222f4725#download