“The Aerial Dogfight Sequences of Independence Day””
Conference:
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Interest Area:
- Production & Animation
Title:
- The Aerial Dogfight Sequences of Independence Day"
Session/Category Title: Tales of Production
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Abstract:
The complexity of creating the “Independence Day” aerial dogfight sequences, incorporating the detail and action that director Roland Emmerich envisioned, required new animation techiques, including specialized intelligent flocking algorithms and importation and translation of a variety of motion-control and tracking data.