“The Site” by Lastennet
Conference:
SIGGRAPH Video Review:
Track:
- 10
Title:
- The Site
Length:
- 2:58
Director(s):
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Vancouver Film School
Description:
In a not-so-distant future, robots have taken over the role of construction workers on a large building site. On the ground, four-legged machines are assigned the tasks of carrying planks and assembling elements of the building. Meanwhile, flying robots transport construction materials to the site from a remote production factory.
Hardware:
HARDWARE: PC/Intel dual 2.9 GHz CPU, 2 GB RAM. Rendering Farm: 4-12
CPUs.
Software:
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: Modeling, animation, and rendering: Maya 5.0. Dynamics: Maya
4.5/5.0. Compositing: After Effects 5.5, Shake 2.5, Combustion 3
(for particle effects). Additional software: Photoshop 7.0, Sound
Forge 7.0. Custom software: Maya expressions to drive the motion
of mechanical parts such as gears. Maya MEL scripts to handle
multiple render passes without the need for separate scene files.
OS: Windows 2000.
Additional Contributors:
Producer: Vancouver Film School
Additional Information:
PRODUCTION
Modeling: polygons. Some rotoscoping used. Rendering technique used most: Batch rendering of multiple passes. Average renderingCPU time per frame: approximately 10 minutes Total production time:150 days. Production highlight: Maya reference scene files provided a solution for managing large assets (models, animation, environments)individually and with more flexibility. These assets were automatically combined when rendering master scenes. Shaders and light rigs are dynamically assigned to each render pass via MEL scripts.
