“Excerpts from “An American Werewolf in Paris”” by Waller
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Conference:
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Title:
- Excerpts from “An American Werewolf in Paris”
Director(s):
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Santa Barbara Studios, Inc.
Description:
The werewolves in this work are completely computer generated, as well as the water which is shaken off in the fountain scene.
Additional Contributors:
Digital hair technology was developed in-house at Santa Barbara Studios.
Werewolf animation was done using SoftImage.
Particle animation done in Dynamation. Werewolf model was done by Viewpoint.
Additional facial modelling was done in-house using Alias.
Skin renders were done in Mental Ray, then motion blurred using in-house utilities.
Dust and other particle rendering done with in-house utility. Skins were motion blurred using an in-house utility outside of Mental Ray.
Compositing done using Flint, Avid Illusion and Wavefront Composer, and Shake.
Visual Effects by Santa Barbara Studios
Produced by Richard Claus Visual Effects Supervisors: John Grower, Bruce Walters
Animation Director: James Satoru Straus
CG Supervisor: Scott Gordon Werewolf Design/Art Director: Peter Lloyd
Executive Producer: Bruce Jones
Director of R&D: Phil Brock
Compositing Supervisor: John Carey
Eiffel Tower Falling Sequence: Mark Wendell
Visual Effects Producer: Diane Holland
Lead Technical Directors: Ron Moreland, Pete Travers
Animators: Micheal Parks, Kelly Wilcox, Darren Lurie, Jim Clark
Technical Directors: Scott Liedtka, Matthew P. Welker
Digital Compositors: Dawn Bowery, Robert Scopinich
Additional R&D: Matt Rhodes
3D Camera Match Moves: Steve Galle
3D Matchmove Geometry: Nicholas Waller
Digital Matte Paintings: X.O. Digital Arts
Roto & Paint: Lucy Green Taylor, Lance Wilhoite
Effects Editorial: Yon Van Kline Technical Assistants: Mark Fattibene, Michael Kaelin, Lila Vesely
Systems Administration: Kathleen Samec, Buckie Claborn, Jason MacLeod
VFX Production Accountant: Sharon Wrinkle
Production Support: Dorothy J. Butler, Mary Cleary, Janet Doran-Veevers, Carla Schwarz
Live Animal Reference: Bear, Roscoe, George, Willy, Cassie, Kadin
Second Unit Cameraman: Wade Childress
Storyboard Artists: Robert Hickson, Phillip Norwood, David Russell
VFX Legal Support: Ted Baer
Special Thanks to: Avid Technologies, Inc., Computer Systems, Inc., Digital Equipment Corporation, Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Digital Film Scanning & Recording by EFILM
Executive in Charge of Production: Michael Cooper
Producer: Tripp Hudson
Colorist: Alex Zaphiris
Editor: Amy Tomkins
Production Manger: Renzo Soriano
