“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” by Framestore CFC
Conference:
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Title:
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Framestore CFC
Description:
Kreacher, a sinister house-elf encountered by Harry Potter in the fifth film of his adventures,is a purely CG character who delivers a brilliantly understated performance.
The team took an entirely muscle-based approach to Kreacher’s facial animation system, extending the functionality of tools that had been designed for other creatures in the film to give him skin that’s appropriately soft and stretchy for such an elderly character. Voice actor Timothy Bateson’s facial expressions and mannerisms were filmed as reference (although no motion capture was used), and these were incredibly useful for the facial performance. But the actual combination of body language,stance, Kreacher’s movements, and his reactions to Harry was entirely created by the animation team.This subtlety of animation, combined with the sophisticated skin shading and really believable eyelighting creates a beautiful, understated little performance: you feel that you can really see his mind in his eye, like he’s a living being.
Additional Contributors:
Cast:
Harry Potter: Daniel Radcliffe
Hermione Granger: Emma Watson
Ron Weasley: Rupert Grint
Lord Voldemort: Ralph Fiennes
Professor Dumbledore: Michael Gambon
Kreacher (voice): Timothy Bateson
Visual Effects by Framestore CFC
Visual Effects Supervisor: Craig Lyn
Visual Effects Producer: Amy Beresford
CG Supervisor: Ben White
Animation Supervisor: Max Solomon
Compositing Supervisor: Alex Payman
Visual Effects Coordinator: Lucinda Keeler
Digital Artists: Ben Aickin, Simon J. Allen, Rob Allman, Ohkba Ameziane-Hassani, James Atkinson, Mark Bailey, Felix Balbas, Harry Bardak, Laurent Benhamo, Carl Bianco, Alessandro Bonora, David Bowman, Ross Burgess, Stuart Ellis, Sotos Georghiou, Danny Geurtsen, Julien Goldsbrough, Alex Hessler, Mark Hodgkins, Marc Jones, Edmund Kolloen, Chi Kwong Lo, Zoe Lamaera, Jeremy Lazare, Patricia Llaguno, Aron Makkai, Barth Maunoury, Nathan McConnel, Philip Morris, Alessandro Mozzato, Paul Oakley, Conor O’Mara, Robert O’Neill, Oleksandr Panaskevych, Anthony Peck, John Peck, Craig Penn, Richard Poet, Matthieu Poirey, Melvyn Polayah, Sebastien Potet, Stefan Putz, Sirio Quintavalle, Denis Scolan, John Sharp, David Short, Richard Slechta, Udo Smutny, Jean-David Solon, Wilson Stockman, Kristi Valk, Daniel Wade, Rachel Ward, Matthias Zeller
Production: Warner Brothers
