SIGGRAPH 2008: Computer Animation Festival
Conference:
Computer Animation Festival Director:
- Jill Smolin - The Gnomon Workshop
Jury Member(s):
- Peter Braccio - Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
- Donna J. Cox - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Brian Hamblin - Sony Pictures Imageworks
- Jeremy Selan - Sony Pictures Imageworks
- Rita Street - Radar Cartoons LLC
- Steve Sullivan - Industrial Light & Magic
- Tomas (Tom) Pereira - LightStage LLC
Overview:
From the cave drawings in Lascaux to “The Simpsons,” from “Snow White” to “Toy Story,” from worlds explored, to planets yet to discover, animation and visual effects thrill, entertain, educate, and inspire us. We are producers and practitioners, students and teachers, artists and apprentices. We love to watch these creations as much as we love to create them. We are an industry of fans.
And as one of the industry’s biggest fans, I am thrilled to be able to help organize this year’s Computer Animation Festival and add it to the long list of evolutionary advances that you’ll experience at SIGGRAPH 2008.
This year’s competition, the results of which are documented in this beautiful book, stops time and reflects on the state of the art in 2008. These remarkable works, culled by an inspiring jury from hundreds of submissions, reflect the best submitted work of the past year. As they become part of our shared SIGGRAPH heritage, we get a chance to see where we are and speculate on where we might be going. Judging from these 80 stellar pieces, the future is bright, indeed.
Further exercising my status as professional fan, I’ve enlisted an expert crew to expand the Computer Animation Festival from its time-honored, much-loved tradition of screening juried entries, to bringing the community a veritable treasure trove that further explores the art and craft of animation and visual effects.
Beyond these pages, you’ll enjoy hours of invited screenings covering everything from the latest in games to educational retrospectives, experimental animation, and the most current offerings from the studios. This year, you can choose from four days of talks and panels; three days of studio extravaganzas from Industrial Light & Magic, Sony Pictures Imageworks, and Pixar Animation Studios; and two full days exploring the latest from the explosive world of stereoscopic 3D.
Enjoy every pixel, every comment, every morsel of entertainment, inspiration, and education.
This festival is for all kinds of fans and admirers. It’s for all of us.
Submit a story:
Animations:
Al Dente
Jean-François Barthelemy, Maël François, and Carlos Felipe Leon Ortiz Supinfocom Valenciennes
Anima Facta Est
Lucie Arnissolle, Mael Gourmelen, Leah Ordonia, Celia Rivière, and Stephen Vuillemin Gobelins L'Ecole de L'Image
Blind Spot
Johanna Bessiere, Olivier Clert, Cecile Dubois Herry, Yvon Jardel, and Simon Rouby Gobelins L'Ecole de L'Image
Blizzard Entertainment’s StarCraft IICinematic Teaser: “Building a Better Marine”
Nick Carpenter Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
Chronos 1.0
Wassim Boutaleb, Yann Boyer, Vincent Mahé, and Bruno Mangyoku Gobelins L'Ecole de L'Image
Emile and the Fabulous Small Gentlemen
Jean-Nicolas Arnoux, Tom Haugomat, Charles-André Lefebvre, and Louis Tardivier Gobelins L'Ecole de L'Image
Environ: A Visualization System Aimedat Massive CAD Models
Ismael Santos Instituto Tecgraf, PUC-Rio and Petrobras
Hugh
Sylvain Nouveau, Mathieu Navarro, Aurore Turbé, and François Pommiez ESMA École Supérieure Des Métiers Artistiques
IBM Web Campaign: What Makes You Special?
Jerry van de Beek and Betsy de Fries Little Fluffy Clouds LLC
L’Homme à Tête de Poule
Sylvain Jorget, Axel Morales, and Mathias Rodriguez Premium Films Distribution
