{"title":"Hubert's Brain","authors":"Phil Robinson, Nina Rappaport","doi":"10.1145/945191.945216","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/945191.945216","url":null,"abstract":"Cornered by a bully on a class trip to the natural history museum, Hubert Stinkler, gets locked into a laboratory where he literally stumbles onto a talking brain in a jar and gets mixed up in a bizarre tale of vivisection and mayhem.Hubert's Brain is a twisted buddy movie between a boy and a brain. Each will go to great lengths to prove the values of friendship.The story gives new meaning to the phrase ''everybody needs some...body.''Hubert's Brain was modeled, animated and rendered in Maya from Alias/Wavefront and composited using Shake from Nothing Real. Copyright held by creator.","PeriodicalId":188896,"journal":{"name":"ACM SIGGRAPH 2001 video review on Animation theater program","volume":"6 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132524952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Master Q","authors":"Eddy C. H. Wong, Herman Yau, Tsui Hark","doi":"10.1145/945191.945228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/945191.945228","url":null,"abstract":"Master Q is a legend in Chinese Folk culture. Most Chinese know this comic character since the 60's. Now combing with the vision of Director Tsui Hark and Menfond production; we finished a 75 minutes long 3D character movie within 8 month. It becomes the first 3D character animation in Chinese film history. Tsui Hark said: KMaster Q bought me a lot of happy and sweet memories, especially there has been so many pressure and miseries in our society and family problems. I would like to have this opportunity to introduce a peaceful and joyful world to the audience. Copyright held by creator.","PeriodicalId":188896,"journal":{"name":"ACM SIGGRAPH 2001 video review on Animation theater program","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126475248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Serenade","authors":"Jason Judy, P. Downs, M. Berger","doi":"10.1145/945191.945246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/945191.945246","url":null,"abstract":"Fireflies lead us into an enchanting forest, where a magnificant tree is hosting this evening's serenade. At the base, we find a composer adding the final notes to his midnight symphony. Amongst the branches, a worker is diligently carving an insturment from the woods around him. Beneath the moonlight, the piece intensifies as we join the conductor and his orchestra above the canopy of leaves. Copyright held by creator.","PeriodicalId":188896,"journal":{"name":"ACM SIGGRAPH 2001 video review on Animation theater program","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133922890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Computer Reconstruction: Temple Site at Phimai","authors":"R. Levy","doi":"10.1145/945191.945198","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/945191.945198","url":null,"abstract":"A United Nations World Heritage site, Phimai is the site of a walled complex of reconstructed temples, libraries and ancillary structures, one of the most important Khmer monuments in Thailand. Reconstruction of the temple site in Phimai serves as a case study highlighting the potential of computer visualization as a tool in heritage resource management. Besides offering archaeologists, historians and museum curators a non-evasive environment for testing reconstruction scenarios, virtual worlds offer the public access to important historic monuments without the wear of excessive visitation. Copyright held by creator.","PeriodicalId":188896,"journal":{"name":"ACM SIGGRAPH 2001 video review on Animation theater program","volume":"240 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114309461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hessi James","authors":"J. Weiland, M. Burkert","doi":"10.1145/945191.945213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/945191.945213","url":null,"abstract":"In the desert of Arizona two Cowboys meet for a most unusual duel.3d Computeranimated Short FilmSoftware: MayaHardware: Dual 600 MHz Intergraph WorkstationProduction Time: 8 months. Copyright held by creator.","PeriodicalId":188896,"journal":{"name":"ACM SIGGRAPH 2001 video review on Animation theater program","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122406315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Platonic Chain","authors":"J. Asakawa, Nanae Fujisawa","doi":"10.1145/945191.945241","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/945191.945241","url":null,"abstract":"It's a innovational Japanese Cel Animation tasted full 3D CG Animation. These short-story series are written by japanese popular writer KoujiWatanabe, and these near-futuristic stories narrate the life of japanese teens girls with broad-band mobile phones in Tokyo.We could show to produce traditional japanese-style animation perfectly by using full 3D ComputerGraphics based approach.We use many softwares as 3DstudioMAX, Ink'n'Paint(courtesy of Blur Studio),Discreet combustion,Adobe AfterEffects,and so on.We use many Dual Pentium3 based PC as hardware.Further, we have adopted optical-based motion capture system to animate CG characters. Copyright held by creator.","PeriodicalId":188896,"journal":{"name":"ACM SIGGRAPH 2001 video review on Animation theater program","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116336866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Brian C. J. Singer, Lauren Shuler Donner, Ralph Winter
{"title":"X-Men: Mystique Transformations","authors":"Brian C. J. Singer, Lauren Shuler Donner, Ralph Winter","doi":"10.1145/945191.945264","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/945191.945264","url":null,"abstract":"For ''X-Men,'' Kleiser-Walczak artists developed a new 3D-morphing technique for transforming various live action characters into the evil metamorph Mystique. CG keyframe animation and procedural animation formed the basis of visual effects that were seamlessly integrated with Rebecca Romijn-Stamos' performance and Gordon Smith's practical make-up. Copyright held by creator.","PeriodicalId":188896,"journal":{"name":"ACM SIGGRAPH 2001 video review on Animation theater program","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130493825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Cox, Stuart Levy, Robert Patterson, Tom Lucas, D. Cox
{"title":"Evolution of the Universe: Large-scale Structure and Galaxy Formation","authors":"D. Cox, Stuart Levy, Robert Patterson, Tom Lucas, D. Cox","doi":"10.1145/945191.945206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/945191.945206","url":null,"abstract":"Visual excerpt from the PBS HDTV ''Runaway Universe'', courtesy WGBH-NOVA and Tom Lucas Productions.The Adaptive Mesh Refinement simulation grid automatically refines into subgrids to develop small-scale features, generating over half a terabyte of data. We see gravitation forming nested hierarchies which vary many orders of magnitude. Tiny fluctuations in the density of the early universe are amplified into a network of interconnected filaments. Condensing gas clouds give birth to new stars and merge into whirling galaxies which congregate, collide, and interact in a fiery cosmic dance. Copyright held by creator.","PeriodicalId":188896,"journal":{"name":"ACM SIGGRAPH 2001 video review on Animation theater program","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128820351","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lunch","authors":"Marion Gothier, M. McNamara","doi":"10.1145/945191.945225","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/945191.945225","url":null,"abstract":"Story: The way to a man's heart leads through his stomach - but it can be paved with formidable roadblocks, as Lunch's hero discovers to his dismay.Software: SoftImage 3DHardware: Dell Dimension PC 866 MhzEditing Station: Macintosh G4 with Final Cut ProAwards: Ed>Net Media Arts Award - First Prize, Computer Animation. Copyright held by creator.","PeriodicalId":188896,"journal":{"name":"ACM SIGGRAPH 2001 video review on Animation theater program","volume":"39 4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126662957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Microsoft Xbox ''Two to Tango''","authors":"T. Miller, Al Shier, S. Wallace","doi":"10.1145/945191.945230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/945191.945230","url":null,"abstract":"Microsoft came to Blur seeking a cutting-edge teaser that would add impact and energy to the unveiling of its future X-Box gaming console. With the visceral and energetic ''Two to Tango'' that Blur created, we were able to convey the emotion, intensity, and visual splendor that video games on the X-Box will possess in the very near future. Copyright held by creator.","PeriodicalId":188896,"journal":{"name":"ACM SIGGRAPH 2001 video review on Animation theater program","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133105528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}