“Galaxy Quest” by Metraux
Conference:
- SIGGRAPH 2000 More animation videos from SIGGRAPH 2000:
Title:
- Galaxy Quest
Director(s):
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Industrial Light & Magic
Description:
ILM’s computer graphics provided the only viable approach to bringing the rock monster to life. Formed from boulders scattered around the crystal planet and loosely held together by mysterious forces, the creature required a new approach to animation using a proprietary rigid body solver. Animated rock geometries were selectively freed into a dynamic simulation so they could not interpenetrate, but rather could form together from unconnected objects. Collisions between rocks drove emissions of CG dust and rock chips, while automatic ground interactions tied the creature into the scenes. Textures, lighting, and careful compositing to match the location completed the effect.
Additional Contributors:
Visual Effects Supervisor: Bill George
Visual Effects Producer: Kim Bromley
ILM Animation Supervisor: Christopher Armstrong
Co-Visual Effects Supervisor: Ed Hirsh
Visual Effects Associate Supervisor: Ben Snow
Creative Advisor: Stefen Fangmeier
Visual Effects Associate Producer: Janet Lewin
Computer Graphics Supervisor: Dan Goldman
Computer Graphics Sequence Supervisor: Ed Kramer
Compositing Supervisor: Marshall Krasser
Visual Effects Art Director: Alex Jaeger
Visual Effects Director of Photography: Patrick Sweeney
Practical Model Supervisor: Brian Gernand
Technical Animation Supervisor: James Tooley
Digital Creature Model Supervisor: Geoff Campbell
Digital Color Timing Supervisor: Kenneth Smith
Motion Control Camera Operator: Carl Miller
Motion Control First Assistant Camera: Mike Bienstock, Michale Hardwick, David Janssen
Motion Control Gaffer: Michael Olague
Stage Support: Dennis Gehringer, David Watson
Chief Model Makers: Barbara Affonso, Charlie Bailey, Carol Bauman, Don Bies, Fon Davis, John Duncan, Grant lmahara, Michael Lynch, Scott McNamara,
Tony Preciado, Kim Smith, Steve Walton
Model Makers: Bryan Dewe, Robert Edwards, Mark Fiorenza, David Fogler, Tim Gillett, Nelson Hall, Aaron Haye, Peggy Hrastar, Michael Jobe, Richard Miller, David Murphy, Ben Nichols, Alan Peterson, Thomas Proost, Christopher Reed, Mark Siegel, Daniel Wagner, Mark Walas
Computer Graphics Artists: Mimi Abers, Shadi Almassizadeh, Al Bailey, Kathleen Beeler, Aron Bonar, Patrick Brennan, Billy Brooks Mario Capellari, Caitlin Content, Jay Cooper, David Deuber, Gonzalo Escudero, Raul Essig, Todd Fulford, Jim Hagedorn, Andrew Hardaway, David Hisanaga, Dorne Huebler, Polly Ing, Erich lppen, Samson Kao, Hilmar Koch, Jonathan Litt, Craig Lyn, Stuart Maschwitz, Michael Min, David Parrish, Bruce Powell, Ricardo Ramos, Philippe Rebours, Massimiliano Rocchetti, Tom Rosseter, Douglas Sutton, Catherine Tate, Chad Taylor, Susan Weeks, Colie Wertz, Ken Ziegler, Rita Zimmerman
Animation Leads: Linda Bel, Scott Wirtz
Animators: Scott Benza, Andrew Doucette, Andrew Grant, Ken King, Victoria Livingstone, Mark Powers, David Sidley, Tom St. Amand, Kim Thompson
Lead Viewpoint Artist: Ron Woodall
Digital Modelers: Andrew Cawrse, Li-Hsien Wei
Enveloper: Lenny Lee
3D Camera Matchmove Supervisor: Michael Halsted
Location Matchmove Technician: Alia Agha
3D Matchmove Artists: Lanny Cermak, Wendy Hendrickson-Ellis, Jodie Maier, David Manos Morris, R.D. Wegener
Lead Digital Paint Artist: Katharine Baird
Digital Paint and Rota Artists: Chris Bayz, Scott David, Deborah Fought, Cameron Griffin, Jiri Jacknowitz, C. Andrew Nelson, Amy Shepard, Erin West
Digital Matte Artists: Ronn Brown, Jett, lvo Horvat, Yusie Uesugi
Viewpoint Artist: Jean-Claude Langer
Visual Effects Coordinators: David Gray, Amanda Montgomery, Paula Nederman
Visual Concept Designers: John Goodson, Erich Rigling
Animatic Artists: James Smentowski, Christopher Stillman
Miniature Crash Director of Photography: Patrick Turner
Miniature Crash Stage Manager: David Dranitke
Lead Pyro Technician: Geoff Heron
First Assistant Camera: Paul Sanchez
Stage Support: Carl Assmus, William Barr, Rod Janusch, Daniel Michalske, Tim Morgan, Frank Tarantino
Miniature Crash Coordinator: Luke O’Byrne
Video playback: Clark Higgins
Visual Effects Production Assistants: Sacey Shear, Sam Stewart, Sam Granat
Visual Effects Editor: Tim Eaton
Visual Effects Assistant Editor: Carey Burens
Film Scanning Supervisor: Joshua Pines
Film Scanning Operators: Earl Beyer, George Gambetta
Negative Cutter: Doug Jones
Digital plate restoration: Maria Goodale, Katrina Stovold
Software development: David Benson, Alan Trombla
3D digitizing software: Marc Levoy, Brian Curless, Verhat Krishnamurthy
Technical support staff: Doug Applewhite, Michelle Motta, Ian McCamey, Blake Sweeney
Computer systems support: Erik Grieve
ILM Senior Staff: Patricia Blau, Gail Currey, Jeff Mann
