“Birthday Boy” by Park

  • ©Sejong Park

Conference:


SIGGRAPH Video Review:


Track:


    03

Title:


    Birthday Boy

Length:


    9:30

Director(s):


Company / Institution / Agency:


  • Australian Film, Television and Radio School

Description:


    Korea 1951. It is little Manuk’s birthday, and he is playing on the streets of his village and dreaming of life at the front where his father is a soldier. He returns home to find a parcel on the doorstep and, thinking it is a birthday present, he opens it. But its contents will change his life.

Hardware:


    HARDWARE: PC Xenon dual 1 GHz CPU, 1 GB RAM. Rendering farm: 22 CPUs.

Software:


    SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: Modeling and animation: Maya 4. Rendering: Maya 4.5. Compositing: FLAME 7.6. Additional software: Photoshop 6/7, After Effects 6. OS: Windows 2000.

Additional Contributors:


    Producer: Andrew Gregory
    Sound Designer: Megan Wedge
    Sound Mixer: Chris McKeith
    Editor: Adrian Rostirolla
    Music Score: James Lee, Australian Film, Television and Radio School Production Co.

Additional Information:


    PRODUCTION
    Modeling: Polygons. Rendering technique used most: Maya renderer. Average CPU time for rendering per frame: 20 seconds. Total pro- duction time: approximately 20 months. Production highlight: Caputuring the characteristics and warmth of human life.

Animation / Video Overview:


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