“The First Political Speech” by Zabranska
Conference:
- SIGGRAPH 1993 More animation videos from SIGGRAPH 1993:
SIGGRAPH Video Review:
Track:
- 07
Title:
- The First Political Speech
Director(s):
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Simon Fraser University
Description:
The First Political Speech was inspired by“words,” charismatic, hypnotic, and sometimes hu-morous. The animation is our interpretation of a poem by Canadian writer Eli Mendol. The images depict a crowd of technological “robotniks,” entranced by a speaker seen only through the motions of its shadow. The movements of the robotniks and the shadow figure were created in real time with the Life Forms system. Life Forms is a 3D movement composition system developed under the direction of Tom Calvert in the Computer Graphics Research Laboratory at Simon Fraser University. Walking sequences were generated automatically with Armin Bruderlin’s interactive, procedural program for human locomotion (GAITOR).
Hardware:
HARDWARE: Silicon Graphics workstations
Software:
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: Life Forms, Gaitor, Vertigo, other lab software
Additional Contributors:
Producers: Sang Mah, Michaela Zabranska
Contributors
Director, Designer: Michaela Zabranska
Animation: Michaela Zabranska, Pam Forth, Jason Dowdeswell
Shadow Software: Phil Peterson, Troy Brooks, Chris Welman
Hand Software: Chor Guan Teo, Chris Welman
Voice: Michael Johal
Other Contributors: Kurtis Vanel, Sang Mah, Gordon Farrell, Frank Campbell, Armin Bruderlin, Leslie Bishko
