“Men in Black” by Industrial Light & Magic
Conference:
- SIGGRAPH 1997 More animation videos from SIGGRAPH 1997:
Title:
- Men in Black
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Industrial Light & Magic
Description:
Industrial Light & Magic used the entire range of computer graphics visual effects techniques to create over two hundred shots for “Men In Black.” This included lip-sync character animation, photorealistic rendering of both organic forms and rigid-body models, and advanced compositing techniques to combine synthetic elements with miniature motion-control backgrounds, blue-screen foregrounds and live action backgrounds and other elements.
Additional Contributors:
Producer: Industrial Light & Magic
Special Visual Effects and Animation by Industrial Light & Magic
A Division of Lucas Digital Ltd. Marin County, California
Visual Effects Supervisor: Eric Brevig
Visual Effects Producer: Jacqueline M. Lopez
Digital Effects Animation Director: Rob Coleman
Digital Effects Supervisors: John Andrew Berton, Jr., Carl Frederick, Robert Marinic
Visual Effects Art Director: David Nakabayashi
Special Animation Consultant: Oscar Grillo
Digital Effects Sequence Supervisor: Gerald Gutschmidt
Digital Effects Artists: Joel Aron, Jeff Benedict, Patrick Brennan, Barbara Brennan, David Deuber, Natasha Devaud, Raul Essig,Todd Fulford, Dan Goldman, Mary Beth Haggerty, Pablo Helman, John Helms, Peg Hunter, Polly Ing, Gregor Lakner, Hayden Landis, Ken McGaugh, Jennifer McKnew, David Meny, Steve Molin, Henry Preston, Damian Steel, Chad Taylor, Rita Zimmerman
Digital Effects Animators: Patrick Bonneau, Sue Campbell, Marc Chu, Tim Harrington, Chris Mitchell, Steve Nichols, Glenn Sylvester, Kim Thompson, Marjolaine Tremblay, Andy Wong
Visual Effects Coordinators: Alexandra Altrocchi, Margaret B. Lynch
Digital Color Timing Supervisor: Bruce Vecchitto
Digital Modeler Supervisor: Geoff Campbell
Digital Modelers: George Aleco-Sima, Stephen Aplin, Tony Hudson, Wayne Kennedy
Supercar Modeler and Animator: Simon Cheung
3D Camera Matchmove Supervisor: Melissa Mullin
3D Matchmove Artists: Alia Agha, Luke Longin, Marla Selhorn, David Washburn
Digital Paint and Roto Artists: Al Bailey, Christine Cram, Susan Kelly-Andrews,Patrick Jarvis, Sandy Ritts, Elsa Rodriguez, Heidi Zabit
Viewpaint Artists: Jean Bolte, Jean-Claude Langer
Digital Matte Artists: Ronn Brown, Bill Mather
Visual Effects Editor: Tim Eaton
Visual Effects Production Assistants: Jen Kinavey, Jason Snell
Creature Designers: Benton Jew, Derek Thompson
Conceptual and Animatic Artists: Jonathan Harb, Louis Katz, Jules Mann
Digital Effects Resource Assistant: Daniel Brimer
Digital Effects Technical Assistants: Samson Kao, Anthony Pitone
Headquarters Surveillance Egg Unit:
Visual Effects Associate Producer: Ginger Theisen
Supervising Digital Effects Artist: Stuart T. Maschwitz
Digital Effects Artists: William J. Brooks, Andrew Hardaway, Matthew Hendershot, Jonathan Rothbart, Colie Wertz
Technical Support: Tad Leckman, Dawn Matheson
End Sequence:
Visual Effects Supervisor: Scott Farrar
Visual Effects Producer: Denise Ream
Digital Effects Supervisors: Patrick T. Myers, Ellen Poon
Saucer Crash Miniature Unit:
Stage Manager: Edward T. Hirsh
Practical Effects/Pyro Supervisor: Geoff Heron
Director of Photography: Patrick Turner
Camera Assistant: John Gazdik
Gaffer: Bob Finley
Electric: Brad Jerrell, Tim Morgan
Key Grip: William Barr
Grips: Dick Dova, Carl Assmus, Richard Demolski
Effects Technicians: Joe Fulmer, Adam Bennes, Robert Clot
Assistant Stage Manager: David Dranitzke
Men In Black
Supervising Model Maker: Steve Gawley
Chief Model Makers: Rodney Morgan, Lorne Peterson, Chris Reed
Model Makers: Carol Bauman, Jeff Brewer, Robert Edwards, Jon Foreman, Ira Keeler, Todd Lookinland, Mark Siegel, Steve Walton, Danny Wagner, Howie Weed, Chuck Wiley
Motion Control Unit:
Motion Control Camera Operators: Pat Sweeney, Marty Rosenberg
Camera Assistants: Kate O’Neill, Robert Hill
Gaffer: Mike Olague
Film Scanner Supervisor: Joshua Pines
Film Scanner Operators: George Gambetta, Todd Mitchell
Negative Cutter: Doug Jones
Negative Line-up: Tim Geideman
Digital Plate Restoration: Wendy Hendrickson
Electronic Editorial Supervisor: Dan McNamara
Assistant Editors: John Bartle
Effects Video Editor: Angela Leaper
Transmission Facilitator: Dawn Martin
Software Development: David Benson, Cary Phillips, Jeffery Yost
Computer Systems Engineering: Robert Brophy, Arnold Yee
Director of Production Engineering: Fred Meyers
Video Engineering: Kipp Aldrich, Gary Meyer
Network Systems: Andy Hendrickson
ILM Senior Staff: Patty Blau, Gail Currey, Chrissie England, Jim Morris
