“Giant Claw / Land of Giants” by Haines and James

  • ©Tim Haines and Jasper James


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    Giant Claw / Land of Giants

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    2:20

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  • Framestore CFC

Description:


    Using Softimage, Mental Ray, and proprietary software we created 12 creatures for over 200 effects shots,ranging from the nimble Velociraptor to herds of Argentinasaurus, the largest-ever land creature. New challenges included integration and interaction of the creatures with a live actor and development of a full muscle-based enveloping system to create realistic skin behaviour.Technical developments in the animation rigs allowed for more naturalistic ani-mation, while improvements in the lighting and rendering process gave greater flexibility at the compositing stage.


Additional Contributors:


    Contributors: Tim Greenwood, George Roper, Mike Milne, Max Tyrie, Sarah Tosh, Darren Byford, Daren Horley

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