“The Bicycle Company” by Maisel
Conference:
- SIGGRAPH 1984 More animation videos from SIGGRAPH 1984:
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SIGGRAPH Video Review:
Track:
- 05
Title:
- The Bicycle Company
Director(s):
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Landor Associates
Description:
This animated sequence is the centerpiece of the Hewlett-Packard exhibit, “The Bicycle Company”, at the Museum of Science and Industry in Los Angeles. This show runs continuously on a pair of video projectors; the left and right halves of the mural were created separately and are projected side-by-side.
Hardware:
HARDWARE: Bosch 4000, Aurora
Additional Contributors:
Produced by: Landor Associates, San Francisco, California
Designer: Rebecca Archey
Animation realization: Archey/Cavala & Associates, San Francisco, California
Produced at: The Post Group, Los Angeles, California 1984
Additional Information:
Format: 1:00; 3/4″; sound
Technical notes: Each robot was created as a 3-D object and animated as a separate element. The robots were composited over the background using video editing techniques; sometimes as many as 8 layers of video were used.