“Our Wonderful Nature” by Eshed
Conference:
- SIGGRAPH 2008 More animation videos from SIGGRAPH 2008:


SIGGRAPH Video Review:
Track:
- 02
Title:
- Our Wonderful Nature
Length:
- 4:20
Director(s):
Description:
This detailed virtual animal documentary reveals the truth behind a fight between two male watershrews in the mating season. The film uses 3D techniques to replicate the look of an actual nature documentary. In reviewing the “natural” behavior of the protagonists, the film applies time stretching,film camera work, and rich sound design to make the viewing experience as exciting as possible.The unique challenge of presenting this world in a believable manner required many custom solutions.
Additional Contributors:
Narration: John Berwick
Story: Tomer Eshed
Executive Producer: Holger Lochau
Character Design: Tomer Eshed
Art Director: Tomer Eshed
Modeling: Tomer Eshed
Rigging: Tomer Eshed
Character Setup Support: Micha Herm
Editing: Tomer Eshed
Composer: Stefan Maria Schneider
Technical Director: Dennis Rettkowski
CGI Director: Dennis Rettkowski
Animator: Tomer Eshed
Compositor: Dennis Rettkowski
Research & Development: Tomer Eshed
Set Design: Jan Schneider
Sound Design: David Ziegler
Final Mix: David Ziegler
Score Mix: Alexej Ashkenazy
Foley Artist: Güther Röhn
Production Support: Anne Baecker
Documentary Text: Alex Eshed
Music Performance: German Film Orchestra Babelsberg, German Symphonic Pops Orchestra
Choir: Ad libitum
Guitar: Tomer Eshed
Orchestral Conductor: Bernd Wefelmeyer
Choral Conductor: Rustam Samedov
Music Recording Supervisor: Bernhard Albrecht
Music Recording: Stefan Haberfeld, David Ziegler
Production: Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen “Konrad Wolf”
Acknowledgement: Christina Schindler, Gil Alkabez