“Around Again” by Tessmann

  • ©Markus Tessmann

Conference:


SIGGRAPH Video Review:


Track:


    13

Title:


    Around Again

Length:


    0:30

Director(s):


Company / Institution / Agency:


  • The University of British Columbia
  • GraFiC Lab

Description:


    Primarily intended as a study in 3D character animation, Around Again also served as the vehicle for a group of computer animators to contribute to the global environment message. Intended for grade school viewers, the animation was kept to 30 seconds to fit within the broadcast television time constraints.

Hardware:


    HARDWARE: SGI 240VGX
    Indigo Elon
    IBM PS/2 with TARGA+64

Software:


    SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: Vertigo 30 animation package

Additional Contributors:


    Finale Post Production Inc., The GrofiC Lob of U.B.C.
    DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE-DIRECTOR: Alain Fournier
    WRITER/DIRECTOR: Markus Tessmann
    ANIMATORS: Jason Dowdeswell, Robin Hackl, Ken Pool, Markus Tessmonn
    BACKGROUNDS AND TEXTURES: Carl Choplin, Robin Hackl, Russ Krywolf
    CHARACTER VOICES: Geoff Wright, Deidre Tessmann
    AUDIO: Marty Taylor
    SPONSOR: U.B.C. GroFiC, Finale Past Production, Inc.