“BBC2 ‘Big Read’ Bookworms” by Marjoram

  • ©Stefan Marjoram

Conference:


Title:


    BBC2 ‘Big Read’ Bookworms

Length:


    2:30

Director(s):


Company / Institution / Agency:


  • Aardman Animations

Description:


    Using the voices of British celebrities, animated bookworms talk about their favourite books. These animations were shown as part of a long-running series designed to find the nation’s favourite book.

    The characters were animated in Maya and composited into live- action plates using After Effects.

Hardware:


    HARDWARE: Intel PC single 2.2 GHz CPU, 1 GB RAM

Software:


    SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: Modeling, animation, and rendering: Maya Unlimited 4.5. Compositing: Adobe After Effects. OS: Windows 2000

Additional Contributors:


    Producer: Keri Maundrell
    Models: Steve Roberts
    Animation: Sergio Delfino, Alan Short, Mark Williams, Michiel DeKracker
    Live Action D.O.P.: Simon Jacobs

Additional Information:


    PRODUCTION
    Modeling: Polygons. Rendering technique used most: Standard
    Maya renderer. Average CPU time for rendering per frame: 45
    seconds. Total production time: 90 days for over 25 sequences

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