“The Perfect Storm” by Metraux
Conference:
- SIGGRAPH 2000 More animation videos from SIGGRAPH 2000:
Title:
- The Perfect Storm
Director(s):
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Industrial Light & Magic
Description:
Calm seas had already been done in computer graphics. The ultimate challenge was 50- to 100-foot waves with 80-knot winds! In order to make the ocean and the boats battling through it look absolutely real, and to push the audience into the violence and fury experienced by the boat crews, several fluid and boat dynamics were used with complex shaders, large-scale particle/blobby systems, and other techniques to create a range of visuals to represent the storms as they progress through the film.
Additional Contributors:
Special visual effects and animation by Industrial Light & Magic
Visual Effects Supervisor: Stefen Fangmeier
Visual Effects Producer: Ginger Theisen
Visual Effects Associate Supervisors: Tim Alexander, Doug Smythe, Habib Zargarpour
Visual Effects Associate Producer: Gretchen Libby
Senior Visual Effects Producer: Judith Weaver
Additional Visual Effects Supervision: Stephen Rosenbaum
Computer Graphics Supervisors: Dan Goldman, Curt Miyashiro
Computer Graphics Sequence Supervisors: Joachim Arnesson, Joel Aron, Gerald Gutschmidt, Samir Hoon, Henry Preston, Robert Weaver
Technical Directors: Michael Baltazar, Aron Bonar, Matt Bouchard, Steve Braggs, Paul Churchill, Pat Conran, Kathy Davidson, Lindy DeQuattro, Dean Foster, Christian Foucher, Todd Fulford, John Helms, Neil Herzinger, Christina Hills David H isanaga David Horsley Chris Horvath, Peg Hunter, Polly Ing, Hilmar Koch, Ed Kramer, Erik Krumrey, Vinh Le, Mohen Leo, Joshua Levine, Jeff Light, Jonathan Litt, Steve Molin, Daryl Munton, Jai Natarajan, Masayori Oka, Khatsho Orfali, David Parrish, Mayur Patel, Ricardo Ramos, Philippe Rebours, Kevin Reuter, Frederic Schmidt, Durant Schoon, Paul Sharpe, Dan Shumaker Kevin Sprout, Doug Sutton, Marc Toscano, Hans Uhlig, John Walker, Jeroen Lapre, Jeff Shank, Will Anielewicz, Howard Gersh, Indira Guerrieri, Nigel Sumner, Chris White, Gregor Lakner, Raul Essig, Dan Lobl, Doug MacMillan, Maximillian Rochetti, Andy White
Compositors: Pat Brennan, Mike Conte, Jay Cooper, David Deuber, Dave Fuhrer, Bill Gilman, Stephen Kennedy, Marshall Krasser, Kimberly Lashbrook, Greg Maloney, Sean MacKenzie, Julie Neary, Eddie Pasquarello, Vince DeQuattro, Barry Safley, Patrick Tubach, Susan Weeks, R. Jay Williams, Ken Ziegler, Jeff Ertl, Brian Sorbo, Catherine Tate, Rita Zimmerman, Stella Bogh, Tami Carter, Jeff Sutherland
Animation Supervisor: Peter Daulton
Animators: Marc Chu, Mike Ford, David Hanks, Melissa Mullin, Andy Wong, Sylvia Wong
Assistant Technical Directors: Jason Brown, Brian Gee, Brain Kasper, Jason Rosson, Anthony Shafer, Jennifer Nona, Kimberly Ross, Joseph Metten
Software Development: John Anderson, Rod Bogart, Florian Kainz, Vishwa Ranjan, Christian Rouet, Eric Texier
Digital Timing Supervisor: Kenneth Smith
Visual Effects Editor: Scott Balcerek
Visual Effects Coordinators: C. John Benson, Monique Gougeon, Leslie Safley, Robin Saxen
Digital Matte Artists: Brian Flora, Jonathan Harb, lvo Horvat, Alex Jaeger
Digital Model Supervisor: Stewart Lew
Digital Model Development: Dugan Beach, Sunny Lee, Janice Lew, Russell Paul, Alexander Pouchkarev, Emmanuel Shiu, Sunny Wei
Lead Viewpoint Artist: Elbert Yen
Viewpoint Artists: David Saccheri, David Tamura, Ron Woodall
3D Matchmove Supervisor: Keith Johnson
3D Matchmove Artists: Maurice Bastian, Mike Halsted, Randy Jonsson, Jodie Maier, Jeff Saltzman, Dani Morrow
Digital Paint and Rota Supervisor: Jack Mongovan
Digital Paint and Rota Artists: Trang Bach, Katie Baird, Michaela Calanchini, Susan Goldsmith, Kela Hicks, Siobhan Lo, Aaron Muszalski, David Sullivan, Kate Turner, Erin West
Digital Production Staff: Wayne Billheimer, Dana Masino, Bonnie Pritzker, Marc Sadeghi, Stacey Shear, Camille Eden
Editorial: C. Allen Giles, Larry Hoki, Jim Milton, Tony Pitone
CG Technicians: Andrew Anderson, Kim Orta-Bukowski, Nicole Samarron, Bernard Von Zastrow, David Weatherly
Computer Systems Engineering: Bill Hirsh, Jeff King, Michael Thompson
Video Engineering: Kipp Aldrich, Craig Mirkin
Film Scanning Supervisor: Josh Pines
Film Group: Michael Cordova, Randy Bean, Andrea Bilkian, George Gambetta, Michelle Gray, Doug Jones, Katrina Stovold
ILM Managers: Brian Brecht, Vicki Dobbs Beck, Jay Johnson, Nancy Luckoff, Ken Maruyama, Cliff Plumer
ILM Senior Staff: Jim Morris, Patty Blau, Gail Currey, Chrissie England, Jeff Mann
