“Polar Bears “Gary’s Fall”” by Coffin
Conference:
SIGGRAPH Video Review:
Track:
- 18
Title:
- Polar Bears "Gary's Fall"
Length:
- 2:16
Director(s):
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Passion Pictures
Description:
Captive polar bears Gary and his son Shane are playing football with an old tin. Just as mum Claudia warns Shane not to fall into the recently emptied pool, Gary falls in instead. He ends up with both of his arms in plaster, sticking out sideways, prompting the other polar bears to tease him relentlessly.The computer animation was produced over a seven-month period by animation house and post facility MacGuff Ligne in Paris using Maya software for the animation and their own proprietary software MGLR (MacGuff Ligne Rendering) for the rendering and compositing.
Additional Contributors:
Animation Production Company: Passion Pictures
Executive Producer: Andrew Ruhemann
Voices: Lenny Henry (Gary), Alison Steadman (Claudia), Trevor Peacock (Uncle Ian), Barry Farrimond (Shane)
