“A Gentleman’s Duel” by Ruiz and McNally
Conference:
SIGGRAPH Video Review:
Track:
- 23
Title:
- A Gentleman's Duel
Director(s):
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Blur Studio
Description:
In “A Gentlemen’s Duel,” a new short film by Oscar-nominated Blur Studio, this time-honored tradition is re-imagined with a fantastic blend of boisterous characters and over-the-top comedic action. A seemingly innocent tea party takes a turn for the dramatic when two imperious aristocrats suddenly find themselves competing for the affections of the same fair lady.
RENDERING: Splutterfish Brazil
COMPOSITION: Eyeon Digital Fusion 5
Hardware:
HARDWARE: Boxx Technology Workstation, AMD dual core opteron, 4Gb RAM, nVIDIA fx4500 Graphics card
RENDER FARM: 100 Angtrom AMD Athlon render blades, 100 IBM Intellistation Z Pro workstations
TOOLS:
Database: PostgreSQL
Scripting: Perl/Python
File servers: Linux Fedora
File system: Samba Adobe Premiere
Software:
Modeling/animation: 3ds Max 8 Softimage XSI Adobe Photoshop
ZBrush
BodyPaint
Additional Contributors:
Executive Producer: Tim Miller
Directors: Francisco Ruiz, Sean McNally
Writers: Sean McNally, Francisco Ruiz, Jeff Fowler, Tim Miller
Producer: Al Shier
Associate Producer: Debbie Yu
Animation Supervisors: Jean-Dominique Fievet, Jason Taylor
Lighting & Compositing Supervisor: Sebastien Chort
Character Modeling Supervisor: Laurent Pierlot
Rigging Supervisor: Remi McGill
Visual Effects Supervisor: Kirby Miller
Storyboards: Francisco Ruiz
Concept Art: Sean McNally, Francisco Ruiz, Chuck Wojtkiewicz
Layout: Jean-Dominique Fievet
Animation: Jean-Dominique Fievet, Jeff Fowler, Bryan Hillestad, Brent Homman, Eric Hulser, Remi McGill, Marlon Nowe, Jacob Patrick, Davy Sabbe, Leo Santos, George Schermer, Peter Starostin, Jason Taylor, Dave Vallone, Jeff Wilson
Modeling: Shaun Absher, Chris Bedrosian, Corey Butler, Luis Calero, Sze Jones, Sebastien Chort, Zack Cork, Joshua Cox, Ian Joyner, Alex Litchinko, Barrett Meeker, Cemre Ozkurt, Laurent Pierlot, Juan Solis, Tim Wallace
Rigging: Steve Guevara, Malcolm Thomas-Gustave, Mattias Jervill, Remi McGill
Facial Rigging/Face Robot: Mattias Jervill, Sze Jones, Remi McGill, Jeff Wilson
Lead Lighting and Compositing: Corey Butler, Sebastien Chort, Kris Kaufman, Laurent Pierlot, Dan Rice
Lighting and Compositing: Chris Bedrosian, Luis Calero, Joshua Cox, Barrett Meeker, Brandon Riza, David Stinnett, Daniel Trbovic
Visual Effects: Craig Brown, Sam Khorshid, Seung Jae Lee, Kirby Miller, Brandon Riza, August Wartenberg
Cloth Simulation: Jon Jordan, Malcolm Thomas-Gustave
Title Design: Jennifer Miller, Adam Swaab
Pipeline and Tools Development: Diego Garcia, Eric Hulser, Remi McGill, Matt Newell
Programming and Systems Administration: Paul Huang, Matt Newell, Duane Powell, Abe Shelton
Pipeline Manager: Tom Dillon
Production Assistant: Amanda Powell
Music: Rob Cairns
Sound Design and Recording: Chris Trent, Gary Zacuto
Voice Talent: Tom Kenny, Ashley Walsh, Chuck Wojtkiewicz
Foley Artist: Jerry Trent
Sound Mix: Gary Zacuto, Shoreline Studios
Digital Film Recording and Film Processing: Fotokem
