“Computer-Generated Environments and DigitalMatte Work for the Films“Casino” and “Dunston Checks In”” by Matte World Digital – ACM SIGGRAPH HISTORY ARCHIVES

“Computer-Generated Environments and DigitalMatte Work for the Films“Casino” and “Dunston Checks In”” by Matte World Digital




  • ©


Title:


    Computer-Generated Environments and DigitalMatte Work for the Films“Casino” and “Dunston Checks In”

Conference:


Company / Institution / Agency:


  • Matte World Digital

Description:


    Matte World Digital wanted the ability to render realistic computer-generated environments that could be combined with live-action photography.Working with LightscapeInc., we adapted Radiosity Rendering for use in film work.This was the first time Radiosity has been used in a feature, forMartin Scorsese’s “Casino,”released in 1995.


Additional Contributors:


    Producer: CRAIG BARRON
    Executive in Charge of Production: KRYSTYNA DEMKOWIC
    Visual Effects Supervisor: CRAIG BARRON
    Chief Digital Matte Artist: CHRIS EVANS
    Digital Composite Supervisor: PAUL RIVERA
    3D Architecture Rendering: MORGAN TROTTER
    3D Element Rendering: CAMERON NOBLE
    3D Modeling: BEN BARRON
    Digital Matte Artist: CAROLEEN GREEN
    Effects Editorial: MARTIN MATZINGER
    Plate Photography: WADE CHILDRESS AND PATRICK LOUNGWAY
    Camera Assistants: RICH MCKAY AND ANN LEE
    Production Assistant: DOUG MARSHALL

Animation / Video Overview:


Type:



Submit a story:

If you would like to submit a story about this animation, please contact us: historyarchives@siggraph.org