“Lifesavers: The Good Times Roll” by Harris – ACM SIGGRAPH HISTORY ARCHIVES

“Lifesavers: The Good Times Roll” by Harris




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Title:


    Lifesavers: The Good Times Roll

Conference:


SIGGRAPH Video Review:


Length:


    0:35

Director(s):


Company / Institution / Agency:


  • Topix Computer Graphics and Animation Inc.

Description:


    A Lifesavers roll proves its musicianship as it careens across a piano, guitar, and drums to a “Jerry Lee Lewis meets Stevie Ray Vaughn” sound track. The right hand movements of the studio pianist were converted from MIDI to drive the animated piano keyboard.

Hardware:


    HARDWARE: Silicon Graphics Computer Systems

Software:


    SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: Wavefront Technologies


Additional Contributors:


    Producer: Stephen Price
    Animators: Harold Harris, Bob Munroe, John Mariella, & Paul Griffin

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