“Wild Wild West” by Industrial Light & Magic
Conference:
- SIGGRAPH 1999 More animation videos from SIGGRAPH 1999:
Title:
- Wild Wild West
Company / Institution / Agency:
- 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,
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