“Contact” by Sony Pictures Imageworks

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    Contact

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  • Sony Pictures Imageworks

Description:


    This sequence begins with a NASA-like view of the Earth. The camera then pulls back through our solar system, the Ort cloud and various galaxies and nebulae to the end of the Universe. It continues through a computer-generated eye that blends into the face of our young heroine.

Additional Contributors:


    Producer: Sony Pictures Imageworks
    Sr. VFX Supervisor: Ken Ralston
    VFX Supervisor: Stephen Rosenbaum
    Art Director: Marty Kline
    Sr. VFX Producer: Debbie Denise
    VFX Producer: Julia Rivas
    CG Supervisors: Ron Brinkmann, Jerome Chen
    Lead Technical Directors: David Jones, Laurence Treweek, Ken Hanh, Jay Redd, Rick Stringfellow, Sam Richards, Mike Perry
    Technical Directors: Clint Hansen, Sho Igarashi, Brian Van’t Hul, Dylan Robinson, Matt Farrell, Spender Knapp, Mike McNeil, Jim Berny, Rodney Iwashina, Erik Krumrey, Dean Foster, Daryl Munton, Clunie Holt, Dave Witters
    Junior Technical Directors: Kiki Candella, Max Bruce, Lydon Li, Viviana Palacios, John Lee, Geoffory Harvey
    Animators: Eric Armstrong, Dave Valone, Kevin Huston, Kelvin Lee, Robin Linn
    Compositors: Bart Giovanetti, Steve Kennedy, Greg Leigy, Scott McKee, Colin Campbell, Michael Harbour, Richard Turner, Kenneth Dackerman, Michael Conte, Colin Drobnis, Betsy Cox, John Rauh
    Rotoscope Artists: Maura Alvarez, Lisa Kshatriya, Gimo, Lynn Tigar, Joannie Karnowski, Matthew Capaldo, Mary Nelson, Aaron Smith, Loree Perrett, Krystine Kryttre, Suzy Brown, Megan Brown, John Aretakis
    Painters: Kerry Nordquist, John McGee, April Knobbe, Ivo Horvat
    Modeler: Marty Havaran
    Technical Assistants: Beth Arko, Doug Yoshida, Tim Llewellyn, John Ly, Sean Callan, Jackson Yu, Stephanie Justice, Christian David Juen, Anthony Serenil
    Production Assistants: Daniel Kuehn, Jamie Stevenson, Laura Jean McBride
    Art Department: Deborah Silverman, Peter Gornstein, Marzette Bonar
    DPM: Audrea Topps-Harjo
    Associate Producers: Megan Jones, Mageara Cameron, Amy Wixson, Ron Vargas, JW Compare, Guy Wiedmann

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