“X-Men Morphology” by Digital Domain, Inc.

  • ©Amy Hollywood Wixson

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    X-Men Morphology

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    2:07

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Description:


    For director Bryan Singer’s “X-Men,” Digital Domain created a photoreal CG Senator Kelly as he convulsed into a liquid death. CG supervisor David Prescott and his team, led by technical devel­oper Sean Cunningham, used passes of a reflection sphere to create a global illumination environment for the CG elements. Ninety percent of the final shot was CG, originating with a brief plate shot of actor Bruce Davison. This provided more freedom to manipu­late and exaggerate his breathing and final gasps as he turned to water, essentially adding to and enhancing the actor’s performance.

Additional Contributors:


    Visual Effects Producer: AMY HOLLYWOOD WIXSON, Digital Domain

    Computer Graphics Supervisor: DAVID PRESCOTT

    Digital Compositing Supervisor: JONATHAN EGSTAD

    Miniature Effects Supervisor: ALAN FAUCHER

    Digital Imaging Supervisor: JEFFREY KALMUS

    Digital Production Manager: LISA HARRIMAN SCOTT

    Digital Team Leads: SEAN C. CUNNINGHAM, SWEN GILLBERG, DOUGLAS J. SEIDEN, BRANDEN SMITH, ZACHARY TUCKER, ANDY WILKOFF, KEIJI YAMAGUCHI

    3D Effects Animators: GARMAN HERIGSTAD, BRAD HERMAN, RUSTY IPPOLITO, MICHAEL JOHNSON, ALAN KAPLER, ANDY LESNIAK, DAN MELLITZ, RYO SAKAGUCHI, ROS STAUFFER, RICHARD WARDLOW, CHRIS Y. YANG

    Character Animators: PIOTR KARWAS, GIANCARLO LARI, MELANIE OKAMURA, DUSTIN ZACHARY

    Technical Developers: GREG DUDA, BABAK FORUTANPOUR, MATTHEW LAMB

    Lead Digital Compositor: CLAAS HENKE

    Digital Compositors: CHRIS CRAMPA, FILIPPO COSTANZO, BETSY COX,
    FELICIANO D1 GIORGIO, CHRISTINA DRAHOS, MARK M. LARRANAGA, MARY S. LEITZ, DAVE LOCKWOOD, ANTHONY MABIN, JOE MANDIA, BRANDON MCNAUGHTON, ROBERT NEDERHORST, DAVY NETHERCUTT, JOHN RAUH, CESAR ROMERO, ANDREA SHOLER, ROB TRENT

    Digital Matte Painters: JOHN HART, CARLIN KMETZ

    3D Track Artists: NANCY ADAMS, JAY BANKS, ALLEN BLAISDELL, STEVEN BOVAIRD, TIM CONWAY, ERIC GAMBINI, MICHAEL KARP, MOHANNAD KHAMRA, JIM MCLEAN

    Digital Rotoscope Artists: PAUL CARLOS, STACIE MANNING, GEORGE EDWIN OLIVER JR., ROBERT SCHULTZ, TONIA YOUNG-BILDERBECK

    Visual Effects Editors: GUS DURON, REBECCA LILIENFELD

    Visual Effects Coordinator: JULIE GOLDBERG

    Digital Effects Coordinators: TOM CLARY, SEAN DEVEREAUX, MARGIE STUBBS

    Walk-Through Coordinator: RICARDO ANDERSON-JACO

    Visual Effects Accountant: REBECCA MISIOROWSKI

    Visual Effects Production Assistant: BRYAN ROGERS

    Scanning and recording: CHAD E. COLLIER, CHRISTOPHER HOLSEY, BOPO

    Projectionist: JIM SMITH

    Digital Development Producer: DENISE BALLANTYNE

    Creative Imaging Supervisor: MICHAEL D. KANFER

    Visual Effects Executive Producer: NANCY BERNSTEIN

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