“Stanley and Stella: Breaking the Ice” by Malone, Wahrman, Reynolds and Bergeron
Conference:
- SIGGRAPH 1987 More animation videos from SIGGRAPH 1987:
SIGGRAPH Video Review:
Track:
- 01
Title:
- Stanley and Stella: Breaking the Ice
Length:
- 3:04
Director(s):
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Symbolics Graphics
Description:
The motion of the flocks of birds and schools of fish are based on Symbolics’ experimental behavioral simulation/ animation programs, developed by Craig W. Reynolds. The technical aspects of this behavioral animation simulation are discussed in more detail in the SIGGRAPH technical paper “Flocks, Herds, and Schools: A Distributed Behavioral Model” which was accepted for the 1987 SIGGRAPH tech nical program.
Hardware:
HARDWARE:
Symbolics 3600 Workstations
Software:
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: Symbolics Animation Software
Additional Contributors:
PRESENTED BY: Symbolics Graphics Division, Whitney/Demos Productions
BEHAVIORAL ANIMATION: Craig Reynolds
CHARACTER ANIMATION: Philippe Bergeron
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Tom McMahon, Gary Demos
ART DIRECTORS: Larry Malone, Robert Fussfield-Hitman of Design
DESIGN: Ann Monn, Dean Foster,
RENDERING: Joseph Goldstone with the East Coast Rendering Unit, Sue Simms, Charles Hornig, Kenny Byrne, and Symbolics Chatsworth
MODELERS: Richard Baily, Larry Malone, Mary Ann Morris-Whitney/Demos Productions
SOUND: Richard Baily, Dave Bluefield, Bob Mithoff
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: Rendering software by Kevin Hunter Animation software by Larry Malone
POST PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR: Jim Ryan
LIGHTING: Ken Brain
ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL DIRECTION: Andy Kopra
Additional Information:
FORMAT:
1″ NTSC video
