Tron Legacy (2010) Year: 2010 Tron Legacy permalink I spent a half year writing software art to generate special effects for Tron Legacy, working at Digital Domain with Bradley "GMUNK" Munkowitz, Jake Sargeant, and David "dlew" Lewandowski. This page has taken a long time to be published because I've had to await clearance. A lot of my team's work was done using Adobe software and Cinema 4D. The rest of it got written in C++ using OpenFrameworks and wxWidgets, the way I've always done it with this team ;) Uniquely however, Digital Domain's CG artists were able to port my apps over to Houdini for further evolution and better rendering than OpenGL could ever provide. Interview with GMUNK about the team's process In addition to visual effects, I was asked to record myself using a unix terminal doing technologically feasible things. HexVirus is a spherical map of the globe that features vector outlines of the continents. The scoreboard was the first element I worked on. Fireworks, mmmm.
Prologue GENERIQUE: 1er site dédié au générique de film Lorem Ipsum - All the facts - Lipsum generator Visual and Special Effects Film Milestones Greatest Visual-Special Effects (F/X) Milestones in Film History: From even its earliest days, films have used visual magic ("smoke and mirrors") to produce illusions and trick effects that have startled audiences. In fact, the phenomenon of persistence of vision (it was first described to some degree in 1824 by British physician Peter Mark Roget) is the reason why the human eye sees individual frames of a movie as smooth, flowing action when projected. The earliest effects were produced within the camera (in-camera effects), such as simple jump-cuts or superimpositions, or were created by using miniatures, back projection, or matte paintings. Optical effects came slightly later, using film, light, shadow, lenses and/or chemical processes to produce the film effects. Film titles, fades, dissolves, wipes, blow ups, skip frames, bluescreen, compositing, double exposures, and zooms/pans are examples of various optical effects. Note: The films that are marked with a yellow star
Sebastian Onufszak: In Graphics We Trust 60designwebpick Melancholia: when worlds collide, beautifully In Melancholia, director Lars von Trier tells the story of two sisters, played by Kirsten Dunst and Charolette Gainsbourg, contemplating their own tense relationship as the Earth faces its greatest threat from a passing planet. We talk to visual effects supervisor Peter Hjorth, as well as Platige Image and Pixomondo, about how they brought a subtle and artistic feel to their effects work. An excerpt from Peter Hjorth's sketchbook for 'Melancholia'. Melancholia is Hjorth’s sixth film with Lars von Trier, with earlier collaborations on pics such as Antichrist and Dogville. Working with an illustrator, Hjorth produced a sketchbook template, while also gaining much research from a planetary science expert for the crucial shots of Melancholia as seen from space and from Earth. Once principal photography began, Hjorth would shoot as many extra elements as possible, often using lunch breaks to acquire additional imagery. The overture Background plate. Kirsten Dunst plate. Final shot.
Work « SEHSUCHT™ Melted Ego – Fragments of Paradise No finger exercise, but a megaton of work and computing time: In his second life as a robotics engineer our very own Mr Timo von Wittken - Sehsucht's lead 3D artist and thoroughbred headbanger - brought this steel monster of an independent music video to life. Guided by the hard rock guitar riffs of his band 'Melted Ego' Timo (aka Optimo Prime) and an elite division of 24 senior CG masterminds from all over Germany assembled the 'Fragments of Paradise' to convey the songs disturbing vision of an uncertain future in a large-scale cgi video project. 270 shots, 14,000 hours of rendering time and one hell of iron will. The will that Timo always brings in at ease ... We are proud and impressed. Creative Direction: Timo von Wittken Producing: Stephan Reinsch DOP: Neels Feil Light, Grip: Markenfilm Hamburg Camera Assistance: Phillip Schöttner Make-Up: Stephanie Kelting Concept Art: Timo von Wittken, Anja von Harsdorf Edit: Christoph Senn Software Saturn – Tech-Nick
Commercials « ZEITGUISED Banque Populaire: Quadre Our fourth installment, featuring a “region” (!) and marvellous magic bank money seeds. With designs by Ivan Flugelman. Becks Vier UK Launch TVC TVC for the new Becks Vier Square Neck Bottle launch in the UK, 2011 Length: 20″ Agency: Mother, London Production Company: Blinkink, London Design, Direction, CG Production: Zeitguised Animation: Sven Hauth Modeling: Rafael Vincente Rain: Timeproof Peugeot 207 We directed this ad celebrating the updated timeless design of the Peugeot 207. Prodco: Stink Paris/Berlin Postproduction: Nightshift Paris Agency: BETC Euro RSCG Creative Director: Anne Cécile Tauleigne Agency Producer: Solene Frank Executive Producer: Greg Panteix Post Producer: Denis Brunier DoP: Thomas Stokowski Editor: Emmanuel Turlet Set Design: Sven Gessner Soundtrack: Bo’tox “Blue Steel” Pics from the shoot Dove Deo Recently finished a Dove Deo spot for South America, which we shot in Sao Paulo in December last year. Collaboration with Sven Hauth. Mercedes GLK