1. Making Movies CS 445/645 Spring 2003

2. Making Movies n Concept n Storyboarding n Sound n Character Development n Layout and look n Effects n Animation n Lighting

3. Concept n Pixar’s Lasseter is a genius – “Nothing gets in the way of the story”

4. Storyboarding n Explicitly define –Scenes –Camera shots –Special effects –Lighting –Scale n Used as guide by animators

5. Sound n Voice recording of talent completed before animation begins n Animations must match the voice over n A puppeteer once told me that the voice makes or breaks a character

6. Character Development n 300 Drawings

7. Character Development n 40 Sculptures

8. Character Development n Computer Models

9. Layout and Look n Build scenery n Match colors

10. Matchmoving n CG camera must exactly match the real camera –Position –Rotation –Focal length –Aperature n Easy when camera is instrumented n Hard to place CG on moving objects on film

11. Matchmoving

12. Matchmoving n Square patterns in live action made it easier to track – furniture, wall paper n 2D – 3D conversion in Maya

13. Water

14. Particle Sim and Indentation

15. Tools

16. Compositing

17. Compositing n Lighting

18. Facial Animation

20. Fur

21. Cloth

22. Buttons and Creases

23. Texture

24. Companies n Pixar n Disney n Sony Imageworks n Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) n Rhythm and Hues n Pacific Data Images (PDI) n Dreamworks SKG n Tippett Studios n Angel Studios n Blue Sky n Robert Abel and Associates n Giant Studios

25. Toy Story (1995) n 77 minutes long; 110,064 frames n 800,000 machine hours of rendering n 1 terabyte of disk space n 3.5 minutes of animation produced each week (maximum) n Frame render times: 45 min – 20 hours n 110 Suns operating 24-7 for rendering –300 CPU’s

26. Toy Story n Texture maps on Buzz: 189 –(450 to show scuffs and dirt) n Number of animation ‘knobs’ –Buzz – 700 –Woody – 712 n Face – 212 n Mouth – 58 –Sid’s Backpack - 128

27. Toy Story n Number of leaves on trees – 1.2 mil n Number of shaders – 1300 n Number of storyboards – 25,000

28. Toy Story 2 n 80 minutes long, 122,699 frames n 1400 processor renderfarm n Render time of 10 min to 3 days n Direct to video film

29. Toy Story 2 n Software tools –Alias|Wavefront –Amazon Paint –RenderMan

30. Newman! n Subdivision-surfaces n Polygonal hair (head) –Texture mapped on arms n Sculpted clothes n Complex shaders

31. Devil’s in the Details n Render in color n Convert to NTSC B/W n Add film effects –Jitter –Negative scratches –Hair –Static

32. Images

33. Images

34. Images

35. Stuart Little n 500 shots with digital character n 6 main challenges –Lip sync –Match-move (CG to live-action) –Fur –Clothes –Animation tools –Rendering, lighting, compositing

36. Stuart Little n 100+ people worked on CG –32 color/lighting/composite artists –12 technical assistants –30 animators –40 artists –12 R&D

37. Shooting Film For CG n Actors practice with maquettes n Maquettes replaced with laser dots –lasers on when camera shutter is closed n After each take, three extra shots –chrome ball for environment map for Stuart’s eyes –white and gray balls for lighting info

38. Match-moving n Film scanned n Camera tracking data retrieved n 3D Equalizer + Alias Maya to prepare (register) the digital camera n Once shot is prepared, 2D images rendered and composited with live action

40. Final Fantasy http://www.arstechnica.com/wankerdesk/01q3/ff-interview/ff-interview-2.html

41. Final Fantasy n Main characters > 300,000 polys n 1336 shots n 24,606 layers n 3,000,000 renders (if only rendered once) –typically 5 render revisions –render time per frame = 90 min n Most layers per shot 500 n 934,162 days of render time on one CPU –they used 1200 CPUs = 778 days of rendering

42. Final Fantasy n Renderman (Pixar) used for rendering –direct illumination –many hacks to fake global illumination n Maya used for modeling n Hair –Modeled is splines –Lighting and rendering complicated as well

43. Making Movies n Production Team n Production Line n Special Effects

44. Production Team n Directors n Modelers n Lighting n Character Animators n Technical Directors n Render Wranglers n Tools Developers n Shader Writers n Effects Animators n Looks Team n Security Officer n Janitor n Lackey