“Small Soldiers” by Industrial Light & Magic
Conference:
- SIGGRAPH 1998 More animation videos from SIGGRAPH 1998:
Title:
- Small Soldiers
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Industrial Light & Magic
Description:
“Small Soldiers” is an action-adventure extravaganza on a “small” scale. Thirteen highly detailed, animated characters and over 100 CG props were created for the film. These were closely integrated with the real puppets from principal photography, matching their unique look and stylized form of movement.
Additional Contributors:
Visual Effects Supervisor: Stefen Fangmeier
Animation Supervisor: Dave Andrews
Visual Effects Producer: Kim Bromley
Visual Effects Co-Supervisor: Ellen Poon
Computer Graphics Supervisors: Gerald Gutschmidt, Erik Mattson
Digital Model Supervisor: Tony Hudson
Compositing Supervisor: Scott Frankel
Digital Color Timing Supervisor: Kenneth Smith
Lead Sequence Animators: David Byers Brown, Jenn Emberly
Animators: Scott Benza, Chuck Duke, Jason Ivimey, Heather Knight , Martin L’Heureux, David Latour, Julija Learie, Steve Lee, Neil Michka, Christopher Minos, Jacques Muller, David Parsons, Si Tran, Chi Chung Tse, Tim Waddy, Scott Wirtz, Michaela Zabranska, John Zdankiewicz
Computer Graphics Sequence Supervisors: Michael Di Como, David Meny, Sean Schur
Lead Computer Graphics Artist: Ken Wesley
Lead Compositor: Marshall Krasser
Computer Graphics Artists: Joel Aron, Mimi Abers, Felix Balbas, Maurice Bastian, Kathleen Beeler, Patrick Brennan, Patrick Conran, David Deuber, Natasha Devaud, Jeff Doran, Gonzalo Escudero, Tom Fejes, Dean Foster, Todd Fulford, Jim Hagedorn, Mary Beth Haggerty, Christina Hills, Polly Ing, Mohen Leo, Terrence Masson, Mary McCulloch, Jennifer McKnew, Michael Min, Bruce Powell, Jason Rosson, Kevin Reuter, Jeffrey Shank, Daniel Shumaker, Christa Starr, John Stillman, Ken Ziegler
Visual Effects Art Director: George Hull
Visual Effects Coordinators: Alexandra Altrocchi, Amanda Montgomery, Michele Spina
Digital Modelers: Ken Bryan, Jim Doherty, Frank Gravatt, Alexander Pouchkarev, Larry Tan, Edward Taylor IV, Paul Theren, Omz Velasco
Viewpaint Supervisor: Susan Ross
Viewpaint Artists: Scott Bonnenfant, Bridget Goodman
3D Camera Matchmove Supervisor: Selwyn Eddy III
Location Matchmove Artists: Randy Jonsson, Lanny Cermak
3D Matchmove Artists: Terry Chostner, Wendy Hendrickson Ellis, Jodie Maier, Dani Morrow, Jeff Salzman, R.D. Wegener, John Whisnant, Alia Agha, Keith Johnson, Luke Longin
Lead Digital Paint Artist: Joanne Hafner
Digital Paint and Roto Artists: Deborah Fought, Patrick Jarvis, Sandy Ritts, Amy Shepard, Mike Van Eps, Matthew Wallin, Terry Molatore
Visual Effects Editors: Mike McGovern, Greg Hyman
Visual Effects Assistant Editor: Paul Vega
Assistant Concept Artist: Beth D’Amato
Visual Effects Production Assistants: Jodi Birdsong, C. John Benson
Film Scanning Supervisor: Joshua Pines
Film Scanning Operators: Randall Bean, George Gambetta
Negative Cutter: Andrea Biklian
Negative Line-up: James Lim
Projectionist: Kenn Moynihan
Digital Plate Restoration: Nancy Jencks, Jason Snell
Software Research and Development: Rod Bogart, John Horn, Zoran Kacic-Alesic, Cary Phillips, Jeff Yost
Production Engineering Supervisor: Joe Takai
Production Engineering Software: Eric Enderton, Tommy Burnette, Ari Rapkin
Computer Systems Engineering: Sandeep Casi, Marty Miramontez, Jim Smentowski
Information Systems: Lam Van To, Stewart Birnam, Michael Thompson
Video Engineering: Dana Barks, Dan Large
Visual Effects Director of Photography: Patrick Turner
Camera Assistant: John Gazdik
Lead Pyro Technician: Geoff Heron
Key Grip/Electric: Tim Morgan
Effects Technician: Matt Heron
CG Resource Assistant: Michelle Motta
Technical Support Staff: Jennifer Gonzalez, Dawn Martin, Kela Hicks, Douglas Applewhite, Matthew Blackwell
Computer Graphics Staff: Vicki Dobbs Beck, James Johnson
ILM Senior Staff: Patricia Blau, Gail Currey, Chrissie England, H.B. Siegel, Jim Morris
