“Fifth Element: Leeloo’s Reconstruction & Times Square Montage” by Digital Domain, Inc.
Conference:
SIGGRAPH Video Review:
Track:
- 38
Title:
- Fifth Element: Leeloo’s Reconstruction & Times Square Montage
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Digital Domain, Inc.
Description:
Director Luc Besson’s fantastical New York City of the 23rd century is realized through a combination of richly-layered CG effects and practical photography, at times incorporating over 80 combined elements. The character Leeloo’s reconstruction was animated completely via CG, employing data from Alexander Tsiara’s Body Voyage project.
Additional Contributors:
Producer: Digital Domain
Special Visual Effects Supervisor: Mark Stetson
Production Designer: Dan Weil
Digital Effects Supervisor: Karen E. Goulekas
VFX Producer: Daniel J. Lombardo
Supervising Director of Photography: Bill Neil
Lead Digital Compositing Supervisor: Jonathan Egstad
Digital Compositing Supervisor: Bryan Grill
VFX Editor: Debra Wolff
Art Directors: Ron Gress, Ira Gilford
Digital FX Producer: Tamara L. Watts
Miniature Effects Supervisor: Niels Nielsen
Unit Production Manager: Crys Forsyth-Smith
Digital Supervisors:
Motion Control Supervisor: Jeff Baksinski
Tracking Supervisor: Maurice Bastian
Matte Painting Supervisor: Rachel Kelley
Animation Supervisor: Daniel Robichaud
Shader Supervisor: Simon O’Connor
Sequence Supervisors: Remo Balcells, Sean C. Cunningham, Sean Dever, Joshua I. Kolden, Christine Lo, Franklin Londin, Rodney J. McFall, Christopher Roda, Scott Stokdyk
Digital Artists: Eric Barba, Miles Bellas, Dennis M. Blakey, David Bleich, John Michael Courte, Charles Darby, Lori L. Dreischmeier, Rick Dunn, Michael Edland, Michael Fadollone, John Ford, Jr., Brendan Gallagher, Wayne John Haag, Eric Hanson, Thomas Roland Johnson, Paul Kirwan, Carlin Kmetz, Hae-jeon Lee, Daniel Lemmon, Tom Lynnes, Anthony Mabin, Joe Mandia, Gray Marshall, Charles Meredith, Jeff Olm, Rocco Passionino, Darren Michael Poe, David Prescott, Renee Rabache, Scott Rader, Jay Randall, John E. Sasaki, Laura Scholl, Hudson Shock, Liza Sorotzkin, Greg Teegarden, Alfred Urrutia, Paul Van Camp, Christopher Walsh, Vernon R. Wilbert Jr., Tonia Young – Bilderbeck
Production Software Support: James DiNunzio
Visual Effects Production:
VFX Prod. Coordinator/1st AD: Kelly L’Estrange
VFX Prod. Coordinator: Jonathan F. Styrlund
VFX Coordinator: Tracy Takahashi
CG Coordinator: Alissa Randall
CG Coordinator: Allyse Manoff
CG Coordinator: Mikella Kievman
Disk/Image Coordinator: Chris Bayz
Production Office Assistant: Rebecca Brown
Scan/Record:
Scan/Record Supervisor: Joseph Goldstone
Color Grader: Margo Bowie
SIGGRAPH Submission Production: Allen Cappuccilli, Rob Doolittle, Kevin Susman
