“The Time Machine” by Digital Domain, Inc.

Conference:

• SIGGRAPH 2002
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Title:

The Time Machine

Length:

2:35

Company / Institution / Agency:

• Digital Domain, Inc.

Description:

For these time-travel sequences from the feature The Time Machine, the team at Digital Domain, led by Visual Effects Supervisor Erik Nash, created a visual experience wherein the audience could see the world change in ways no one would be able to film or realize any other way. The two sequences use multiple 3D and 2D software tools. Maya was used for modeling and character animation. Houdini, rendering with Mantra, was used as the primary 3D effects tool. Custom tools and shaders were written to turn US Geological Survey data into animating and eroding terrain.

Additional Contributors:

Visual Effects Supervisor: Erik Nash
Digital Paint Lead: Ron Gress
Best Boy Electric: Dwayne Lyon
Visual Effects Storyboard Artist: Darryl Anka
Digital Matte Painters: Peter Baustaedter, Suzy Brown, Ronnie Bushaw, John Hart, Brian Ripley, Daveed Shwartz
Visual Effects Graphic Designer: Natasha Rand
Digital Rotoscope/Paint Lead: Byron Werner
Digital Imaging Supervisor: Jeffrey Kalmus
Digital Rotoscope/Paint Artists: Amanda Burton, Loring Doyle, Hilery Johnson, Joanne Ladolcetta, Carlos Morales, Chris Wood, William Schaeffer
Visual Effects Production Coordinator: Erika McKee-Martin
Digital Effects 3D Coordinator: Michelle Leigh
Miniature Supervisor: Alan Faucher
Digital Effects 2D Coordinator: Tom Clary
Miniature Crew Chief: George Stevens
Assistant Visual Effects Coordinator: Bernardo Jauregui
Miniature Crew Lead: Nick Seldon
Walk-Through Coordinator: Geoffrey E. Baumann
Visual Effects Producer: Julian Levi
Lead Model Painter: Ted Van Doorn
CG Modeling & Lighting: Aladino V. Debert, Kevin Jackson, Melanie Okamura, Gaku Tada, Esdras Varagnolo
Technical Assistant: Grazia Como
Digital Effects Supervisor: Jonathan Egstad
Miniature Model Makers: James Cook, J.D. Sansaver
Visual Effects Editor: Debra Wolff
3D Pre-Vis/Integration Lead: Zachary Tucker
Computer Graphics Supervisor: David Prescott
Supervising Mechanical Engineer: Scott Salsa
Assistant Visual Effects Editor: Val Keller
Compositing Supervisor: Bryan Grill
3D Integration Artists: Jason Doss, Scott Edelstein, David Niednagel, Michael Ossian, Aaron Singer, Eric Warren
Mechanical Effects: John Lisman, Richard Soper
Visual Effects Accountant: Bekki Misiorowski
Digital Production Manager: Lisa K. Spence
Technical Director Leads: Johnny Gibson, Jason Iversen
Visual Effects Production Assistant: Brady Doyle
Lead Miniature Pyro Technician: Eric Rylander
CG Time Travel Sequence Lead: Sean Andrew Faden
Visual Effects Executive Producer: Nancy Bernstein
Miniature Director of Photography: Tony Anderson
CG Effects Animation Leads: Robert A.D. Frick, Andrew Waisler
Technical Directors: John Michael Courte, Matthew Fairclough, Brian Goldberg, Jonah Hall, Darren Hendler, Charlotte Manning, Paul George Palop
Miniature Assistant Director: Luke Scully
First Assistant Camera: A.J. Raitano
CG Effects Animators: Charles Abou Aad, Tom Allen, Matthew Cordner, Kevin Gillen, Garman Herigstad, Joe Jackman, Alan Kapler, Markus Kurtz, Michael Lemmon, Aaron McComas, Ryo Sakaguchi, Rob Stauffer, Alexander Stephan, Hiroshi Tsubokawa, Alfred Urrutia, Andy Wilkoff, Christopher Yang, Jens Zalzala
Digital Compositing Time Travel Sequence Leads: Mark Larranaga, David Lauer, Christine Lo
Miniature Shoot Support: John Higbie
Lead Digital Compositors: Brian Begun, Jodi Campanaro, Claas Henke, Donovan Scott
Motion Control Operators: Chris Dawson Mike Leben
Key Grip: Bryan Marincic
Character Animation Lead: Brad Parker
Best Boy Grip: Kirk Greenberg
Character Animators: Dan Fowler, David Hodgins
Digital Compositors: Krista Benson, Kevin Bouchez, Sonja Burchard, Dan Cobbett, Sean Devereaux, Rachel Dunn, Sam Edwards, Linda Henry, Robert Hoffmeister, Joe Ken, Dave Lockwood, Samantha McGee, Brandon McNaughton, Michael F. Miller, Lou Pecora, Brennan Prevatt, Eric Weinschenk
CG Modeling & Lighting Leads: Howie Muzika, Vernon R. Wilbert Jr.

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