“Walking with Dinosaurs” by Framestore
Conference:
Title:
- Walking with Dinosaurs
Director(s):
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Framestore
Description:
“Walking with Dinosaurs” is a major computer animation co-production for BBC Science and the Discovery Channel. It features CG dinosaurs set into live-action backgrounds filmed in locations that closely resemble the environments of the appropriate era. The documentary series covers the natural history of the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous eras, and the design and movement of the CG dinosaurs were guided by an expert team of paleontologists working closely with a small team of animators. The project took nearly three years to complete.
Hardware:
SGI, PC (NT), Quantel Henry, Inferno
Software:
Softimage, Mental Ray, Photoshop, 3DEqualizer, and proprietary tools
Additional Contributors:
Producer: Tim Haines
Computer Animation and Post Production: FrameStore
Director of Computer Animation: Mike Milne
Senior Animators: Virgil Manning, Carlos Rosas
Senior Technical Director: Alec Knox
Technical Director: David Marsh
Animators: Andrew Daffy, Richard Dexter, Richard Ducker, Stephen Enticott, Marco Marenghi, Max Tyrie, Sophie Lodge, Stuart Ellis
Dinosaur skin design: Daren Harley
Texture Artists: Daren Harley, Christian Manz, Danny Guertsen
Software development: Andy Lomas, Alex Parkinson
Maquette scanning: Sean Varney
Film Editor: Andrew Wilks
VFX Directors: Mike McGee, Tim Greenwood
Digital Effects Artists: Avtar Baines, William Bartlett, Nick Bennett, Oliver Bersey, Murray Butler, Sirio Quintavalle, George Roper, Angus Wilson
Telecine Colorists: Dave Ludlum, Asa Shoul, Steffan Perry
Post-Production Producer: Lottie Cooper
VFX Coordinator: Scott Griffin
Executive Producers Computer Animation: Sharon Reed, William Sargent
