“Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring” by Digital Domain, Inc.

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Conference:


Title:


    Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring

Length:


    1:01

Company / Institution / Agency:


  • Digital Domain, Inc.

Description:


    For these six shots that Digital Domain created for director Peter Jackson’s first installment of the Lord Of The Rings epic, Visual Effects Supervisor Mark Forker and his team created a flash-flood of water, with a realistic look and behavior embedded, animated water horses, and tumbling CG Ringwraiths that had to match their live-action counterparts. These elements were seamlessly combined to create a breathtaking action sequence. Practical water elements were combined with water created using Digital Domain’s proprietary volume-rendering software Voxel B along with Houdini particle generators, while the horses were animated in Maya.

Additional Contributors:


    Visual Effects Supervisor: Mark O. Forker
    Visual Effects Producer: Kelly L’Estrange
    Visual Effects Coordinator: Erik Pope
    Digital Effects Supervisor: Kelly Port
    Visual Effects Director of Photography: Tony Anderson
    Compositing Supervisor: Darren Poe
    Visual Effects Executive Producer: Nancy Bernstein
    Character Animators: Bernd Angerer, Piotr Karwas
    3D Effects Animator: Markus Kurtz
    Digital Compositors: Brandon McNaughton, Brennan Prevatt
    Digital Effects Coordinator: Jessica Dara Westbrook