“Annie & Boo” by Weiland

  • ©Johannes Weiland

Conference:


SIGGRAPH Video Review:


Track:


    08

Title:


    Annie & Boo

Length:


    2:00

Director(s):


Description:


    For the first time in her life, a teenage girl named Annie meets a real coincidence. His name is Boo, and Boo has never met a girl before.

Hardware:


    HARDWARE: PC/Intel single 2 GHz CPU, 1 GB RAM. Rendering farm: approximately 15 dual CPUs. Hardware rendering was used for final renders of some effects. Graphics card: G-force 4.

Software:


    SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: Modeling: Maya 4.0. Animation, rendering, and dynamics: Maya 4.5. Compositing: Digital Fusion 4.0. Additional software: Photoshop 7.0. Custom software: “rain setup,” MEL script for specialized rain, written by Matthias Zeller. OS: Windows NT/ XP.

Additional Contributors:


    Producer: Michael Schaefer
    Music: Andi Groll
    Writer: Dirk Stoppe

Additional Information:


    PRODUCTION
    Modeling: Subdivision surfaces and NURBS. Rendering technique used most: Maya software renderer. Average CPU time for rendering per frame: approximately 3-6 minutes. Total production time: 2.5 years.

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