“Wild Wild West” by Industrial Light & Magic

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    Wild Wild West

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  • Industrial Light & Magic

Description:


    ILM’s computer graphics team created an 80-foot-high mechanical tarantula that spits explosive fireballs to lay waste to an entire Wild West town and gave the villain of the movie a mechanical lower body with four computer-generated spider-like metal legs. Dynamic simulations of steam, smoke, cables, and dust were developed for the tarantula, which was piloted by both real actors and computer graphic humans. Backgrounds were created at ILM from location photography, digital matte paintings, bluescreen, and miniature photography.

Additional Contributors:


    Visual Effects Supervisor: Eric Brevig

    ILM Visual Effects Producer: Jacqueline Lopez

    Animation Supervisor: Danny Gordon Taylor

    Visual Effects Associate Supervisor: Pablo Helman

    Visual Effects Co-Supervisor: Edward Hirsh

    Visual Effects Associate Producer: Vicki Engel

    Visual Effects Art Director: Alex Jaeger

    Computer Graphics Supervisor: Steve Braggs

    CG Sequence Supervisors: Hayden Landis, Henry Preston, John Helms
    Lead R&D Technical Director Craig Hammack

    Technical Directors: Jeffrey Benedict, Kate Choi, Natasha Devaud, Tom Fejes, Christian Foucher, Polly Ing, Hilmar Koch, Sara Mathew, Jason Rosson, Paul Sharpe, Christa Starr, R. Christopher White, Lindy Wilson

    Compositing Supervisor: Jeff Doran

    Compositors: Mimi Abers, Leah Anton, Kathleen Beeler, Barbara Brennan, Grady Cofer, Brian Conlon, Jay Cooper, David Fuhrer, Brian Hannable, Sean MacKenzie, Candice Scott, Craig Simms, Catherine Tate, Susan Weeks, Ronnie Williams Jr., Dean Yurke

    Lead Tarantula Animators: Scott Benza, John Zdankiewicz

    Animators: Heather Knight, Julie Nelson, Steve Nichols, Tom St.Amand, Scott “Huck” Wirtz

    Digital Timing Supervisor: Kenneth Smith

    Visual Effects Editor: Michael Gleason

    Visual Effects Coordinators: Jeanmarie King, Daniel Brimer, C. John Benson

    Digital Model Supervisor: Simon Cheung

    3D Matchmove Supervisor: Michael Halsted

    3D Matchmove Artists: Lanny Cermak, Wendy Hendrickson Ellis, Dani Morrow, John Whisnant

    Digital Paint and Roto Supervisor: Heidi Zabit

    Lead Digital Paint Artist: Patrick Jarvis

    Digital Paint and Roto Artists: Kelly Fischer, Deborah Fought, Zachary Sherman, Mike Van Eps, Erin West, Laurel Woods

    Lead Tarantula Viewpaint Artist: Bridget Goodman

    Viewpaint Artists: Tony Summers, Elbert Yen

    Digital Matte Artists: Ivo Horvat, Kurt Kaufmann, Bill Mather, Bob Scifo, Mark Sullivan

    Film Scanner Supervisor: Joshua Pines

    Film Scanner Operators: Mike Ellis, Todd Mitchell

    Negative Line-Up: James Lim

    Digital Plate Restoration: Katrina Stovold, Ladd McPartland

    Editorial: Ed Dunkley, Lorelei David, Dan McNamara

    Software Development: Rod Bogart, Ka-Ping Yee, Jai Natarajan

    Computer Systems Engineering: Marty Miramontez, Tom House

    CG Technicians: Suni Dailey, Matt Davies, Natalee Djokovic, Matt Blackwell

    Digital Production Staff: Vickie Frederick, Bonnie Pritzker

    Silverado and Monument Valley Miniature Unit:

    Project Supervisor: David Dranitzke

    Visual Effects Director of Photography: Kim Marks

    Key Grip: William Barr

    Grips: Joe Fulmer, Dan Michalske, Steve Collins

    Practical Effects Supervisor: Geoff Heron

    Effects Technicians: Dave Heron, Rob Clot, Frank Tarantino

    Supervising Model Makers: Lorne Peterson, Michael Lynch

    Model Makers: Giovanni Donovan, Robert Edwards, Peter Ronzani, Mark Buck,
    Peggy Hraster