“XXX” by Cohen
Conference:
Title:
- XXX
Length:
- 1:53
Director(s):
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Digital Domain, Inc.
Description:
In “XXX,” director Rob Cohen set out to create a new kind of action hero. In order to keep our hero at the heart of the avalanche sequence, Digital Domain utilized many techniques. The avalanche begins as an exploding charge extends cracks in all directions. Particle shaders in Houdini were used to model a subdivided geometry that would break apart. As the actor then skis toward Vranov (only inches ahead of the cascading wall of snow), green-screen elements of the actors were blended with live-action stunt plates and a computer-generated avalanche.The avalanche eventually smashes into miniatures of the communication center.
Additional Contributors:
Producer: Neal Moritz
Visual Effects Supervisor: Joel Hynek
Associate Visual Effects Supervisor: Matthew Butler
Visual Effects Producer: Kelly L’Estrange
Computer Graphics Supervisor: Sean Andrew Faden
Compositing Supervisor: Claas Henke
Character Animation Supervisor: Brad Parker
Digital Production Manager: Lisa K. Spence
CG Effects Animation Leads: John Michael Courte, Rob Stauffer
Avalanche Technical Lead: Alan Kapler
CG Effects Animators: Matt Cordner, Robert Andrew, David Frick, Cody Harrington, Eric Horton, Alla Kalachnikova, Dean Junji Sadamune, Ryo Sakaguchi, Alfred Urrutia
Character Animation Lead: Dave Hodgins
Character Technical Lead: Darren Hendler
Character Animators: Dan Fowler, Piotr Karwas
CG Modeling & Lighting Lead: Melanie Okamura
CG Modeling & Lighting: Spencer Alexander, Rob Baldwin, Kevin Jackson, Errol Lanier, Martin Meunier, Leigh Rens, Vernon R. Wilbert Jr., Aaron Vest
3D Integration Lead: Swen Gillberg
3D Integration Artists: Jay Banks, Michael Condro, Martin Clark, Scott Edelstein, Chris Gallagher, Steve Hansen, Kerry Lee, Chris Logan, Ross Mackenzie, Nancey S. Wallis
Technical Developers: Greg Duda, Arthur Gregory, Paul George Palop, Brian Goldberg, Jonah Hall, Charlotte Manning, Hiroshi Tsubokawa
Lead Digital Compositors: Jodi Campanaro, Bryan Grill, Marc Dominic Rienzo, David Stern
Digital Compositors: Krista Benson, Alette Boyce, Randy Brown, Gimo Chanphianamvong, Dan Cobbett, Sean Devereaux, Rachel Wyn Dunn, Jonathan Egstad, Jessica Harris, Samantha McGee, Brandon McNaughton, Davy Nethercutt, John Rauh, John E. Sasaki, Russ Sueyoshi, Perri Wainwright
Lead Digital Painter: Shannan Burkley
Digital Painter: John Patrick Hart
Digital Rotoscope/Paint Lead: Joanne Ladolcetta
Digital Rotoscope/Paint Artists: Amanda Burton, Gregory Elwood, Michael Maloney, Carlos Morales, Bill Schaeffer
Software Engineers: Doug Roble, Bill Spitzak
Visual Effects Editor: Debra Wolff
Assistant Visual Effects Editor: Linda Renaud
Digital Imaging Supervisor: Jeffrey Kalmus
Visual Effects Production Coordinator: Bernardo Jauregui
Digital Effects 3D Coordinator: Cary Green
Digital Effects 2D Coordinators: Christine Globke, Brian Peyatt
Integration Coordinator: Geoffrey Baumann
Computer Graphics Coordinator: Suzanne Buirgy
Walk-Through Coordinator: Brady Doyle
Visual Effects Director of Photography: Erik Nash
Miniature Supervisor: Alan Faucher
Supervising Mechanical Engineer: Scott Salsa
Miniature Photography Manager: Luke Scully
Miniature Crew Chief: Greg Bryant
Miniature Crew: Darryl Anka, Laurah Grijalva, Jason Kaufman, James Peterson, Flemming Rasmussen, Richard Slifka, George Trimmer, Jon Warren
Electronics Engineer: John Higbie
Gaffer: Tony Anderson
Key Grip: Brian Marincic
Technical Services: Grazia Como-Ojeda, Jami Gigot, Jamieson Fry, Dan Patterson, Scott Tessier, Shin-Yee Yah
Visual Effects Accountant: Bekki Misiorowski
Visual Effects Production Assistant: Tom Core
Visual Effects Executive Producer: Nancy Bernstein
