“Enemy at the Gates” by Double Negative
Conference:
- SIGGRAPH 2001 More animation videos from SIGGRAPH 2001:
SIGGRAPH Video Review:
Track:
- 28
Title:
- Enemy at the Gates
Length:
- 1:59
Director(s):
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Double Negative
Description:
Perhaps the greatest challenge that “Enemy at the Gates” presented to Double Negative was how to serve the film’s narrative flow whilst staying as faithful as possible to history. For the opening sequence, digital matte paintings depicting Stalingrad’s war-torn skyline were derived from an exhaustively researched 3D architectural library. Detailed surveys of surviving Stuka aircraft ensured an accurate portrayal of the dive-bomber attack. In the air-raid sequence, the 3D library was taken to its logical conclusion with a digital recreation of the entire ruined cityscape. Through extensive previsualisation, all visual effects work was tightly integrated with the film’s dramatic structure.
Additional Contributors:
Contributors: MATTHEW PLUMMER, ANTONY BLUFF, MATTHEW HOLBEN, RUM HOLZAPFEL, JESPER KJOLSRUD, RICHARD BAIN, CHARLIE NOBLE, FRAZER CHURCHILL, PADDY EATON, RICHARD BRISCOE, ADRIAN BANTON, JOHN HARDWICK, PAUL RIDDLE, SARAH SOULSBY, JOHN MOFFATT, JODY JOHNSON, CHRIS PANTON, JULIAN MANN, EUE JAMAA, MARTIN PRESTON, PETE BEBB, PAUL FRANKLIN, SHEILA DUNN, FREDRIK SUNDQVIST, JAKE MENGERS, ASA SVEDBERG, ANNICK HARTNEL-TOURNIER, MARTIN HILL, MIKAEL HAKANSSON, GIULIANO VIGANO, MIKE ELLIS, JIM BOWERS, DIMITRI DELACOVIAS, CIARAN CROWLEY, CLAIRE TINSLEY, HANNAH CASSELL, DALE LEWIS, JOHN SEYMOUR, IAN CHISHOLM, STEVE MACPHERSON, SIMON BURLEY, PETE HANSON, NEIL MILLER, NIGEL ARNOLD, CLAIRE MITCHELL, KERRIE GRANT, MIKE POPE, MIKAEL HAKANSSON
