“The Last Starfighter (preview)” by Digital Productions
Conference:
Title:
- The Last Starfighter (preview)
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Digital Productions
Description:
Digital Productions provided all the computer generated images for The Last Starfighter movie, approximately 25 minutes, 230 scenes—by far the greatest number of computer images of any kind in any motion picture. Digital Productions does it with exclusive Digital Scene Simulation SM computer generated moving imagery that simulates objects and events realistically.
Hardware:
HARDWARE: CRAY X-MP supercomputer
Software:
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: DP3D proprietary in-house software
Additional Contributors:
Digital Scene SimulationSM by Digital Productions for Lorimar/Universal, Los Angeles, California
Produced at: Digital Scene Simulation SM by Digital Productions, Los Angeles, California 1984
Additional Information:
Format: 3:00; 35mm; sound
