Making Movies Making Movies n n n n

Making Movies

Making Movies n n n n Concept Storyboarding Sound Character Development Layout and look Effects Animation Lighting

Concept n Pixar’s Lasseter is a genius – “Nothing gets in the way of the story”

Storyboarding n Explicitly define – Scenes – Camera shots – Special effects – Lighting – Scale n Used as guide by animators

Sound Voice recording of talent completed before animation begins n Animations must match the voice over n A puppeteer once told me that the voice makes or breaks a character n

Character Development n 300 Drawings

Character Development n 40 Sculptures

Character Development n Computer Models

Layout and Look Build scenery n Match colors n

Matchmoving n CG camera must exactly match the real camera – – n n Position Rotation Focal length Aperature Easy when camera is instrumented Hard to place CG on moving objects on film

Matchmoving

Matchmoving Square patterns in live action made it easier to track – furniture, wall paper n 2 D – 3 D conversion in Maya n

Water

Particle Sim and Indentation

Tools

Compositing

Compositing n Lighting

Facial Animation

Facial Animation

Fur

Cloth

Buttons and Creases

Texture

Companies Pixar n Disney n Sony Imageworks n Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) n Rhythm and Hues n Pacific Data Images (PDI) n Dreamworks SKG n Tippett Studios n Angel Studios n Blue Sky n Robert Abel and Associates n Giant Studios n

Newman! n Subdivision-surfaces n Polygonal hair (head) – Texture mapped on arms n Sculpted clothes n Complex shaders

Devil’s in the Details Render in color n Convert to NTSC B/W n Add film effects n – Jitter – Negative scratches – Hair – Static

Images

Images

Images

Stuart Little 500 shots with digital character n 6 main challenges n – Lip sync – Match-move (CG to live-action) – Fur – Clothes – Animation tools – Rendering, lighting, compositing

Stuart Little n 100+ people worked on CG – 32 color/lighting/composite artists – 12 technical assistants – 30 animators – 40 artists – 12 R&D

Shooting Film For CG Actors practice with maquettes n Maquettes replaced with laser dots n – lasers on when camera shutter is closed n After each take, three extra shots – chrome ball for environment map for Stuart’s eyes – white and gray balls for lighting info

Match-moving Film scanned n Camera tracking data retrieved n 3 D Equalizer + Alias Maya to prepare (register) the digital camera n Once shot is prepared, 2 D images rendered and composited with live action n

Making Movies Production Team n Production Line n Special Effects n

Production Team Directors n Modelers n Lighting n Character Animators n Technical Directors n Render Wranglers n Tools Developers n Shader Writers n Effects Animators n Looks Team n Security Officer n Janitor n Lackey n