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Iris: The Solid Design Environment
B/C 02745976 date: 80's? (early)
Silicon Graphics Computer Systems
A demonstration of their Iris Superworkstations and
The Electronic Solid - (real-tme 3-D Computer graphics)
Motion display sequences taped in real-time run
on the Superworkstation display

  • Prologue (1 min)
  • Superworkstation demo (6 mins)
  • Management discussion (4 mins)

Description of engineering objects becoming an electronic process
"The electronic solid",  3-D and real-time rendered graphics
3-D representation of process and objects:
fluid dynamics, molecular solids, simulation, aerospace, automotive, military.
Engineering tools using "intuitive metaphor", accessible "at the speed of thought"
competitive, "Doing what couldn't be done before"
OS : Unix 5
CPU : 68020 Motorolla
Window Manager
Geometry Engine
Graphics library
The architecture of the system designed for "Thinking 3-D"
First Cost-effective platform : Object-0riented hardware and software
Listing of 3rd party software applications, e.g.
Alias
Final word from Ed McCracken, President of Silicon Graphics
 

JVKO Tours/ Work in Progress
B/C 02741903 date: 1992
Juro tours :
Simulation ride
CGAL software
NCCA – Phill Allen, Peter Hardie, Jon Bowen, Steve Hubbard,
Dave Child, Alan Rudge, Ady Smith
 

Keith Waters Computer Graphics
B/C 02734397   date: 1987

Eiffel tower, statue of liberty in wireframe, then rendered
Mrs Thatcher in 3-D modelled and animated speaking
Early talking animated heads,
some test expressions and movements.
Innovative work
 

Le Grand Bouillon
B/C 027 33765  date:?
"Le Gros Bouillon"
Figurative/abstract animation
Un Film De: Herve Huitric, Monique Nahas, Marie-Helene Traue
Image synthesis, Very organic in style,
abstract planes of colour, stop-motion plant photography
growth style, CG Figurines dance within this fantastic landscape.

related: Festival, Xaos, Tacauto
 

L'image dans Tous ses Etats
B/C 02746166 date: 1991?
Imagina Festival

  • Bestiarium: Ernst Jandl, Animation:  Eku Wand
    1989, Berlin. Computer: Amiga 2000. Winner: Pixel INA Prize
    Experimental – multi-screen mouths speaking simulataneously
  • Romeo et Josette: Computer character animation , short
    Nov 1990, Studio Merjithur, Adis, Centre de Formation aux
    Techniques de Synthese D'Images
  • Quarks: strange creatures infiltrate realistic scenes through morphing
    1991, Maurice Benayoun, a Z.A. Production
  • Le Cirque Conference: experimental 2-D & 3-D Harry composited
    Duran-Mikros 1989. Montage and trucage
    Polygone Informatique, Intermedia, du Centre National de la Cinematographie
  • Broken Heart: by Joan I. Stavely , Surrealist and experimental
    1988, Rendered on a Convex C-1
    Prod. Co-ordinator: Scott Dyer
    Creative Adviser: John Donkin
    Produced at The Advanced Computer Centre for the Arts & Design
    The Ohio State University - Director: Charles A. Csuri
    Rendering Software: Scott Dyer
    Dynamic Simulation: David R. Haumann
    Special Purpose Software: Wilson Burrows, John Donkin
    Photographs: Matthew Deschner
    Music & Video editing: John Andrew Berton Jr
  • Tacauto: Figurative experimental animation – almost abstract
    Michel Bret
  • Le Pantin: character animation- cute wooden character on desktop
    1990, Raymond Perrin, Frederic Nagorny
    Relief and Studio d'animation en image de synthese
    Post-production: Studio Mejithur
  • Her Majesty's Secret Serpent
    1989 – Apple Computer Inc, ATG Media Technology Group,
    Modelling, rendering and Animation Software: Gavin Millar
    Michael Kass : "Animated entirely using simulated physics and
    Behaviour"
  • Red's Dream : classic character animation by John Lasseter/Pixar,
    Written, directed and animated by John Lasseter
    Technical directors: Eben Ostby, William Reeves, H.B. Siegel
    Modelling and Animation software: Eben Ostby, William Reeves
    Models:  John Lasseter, Eben Ostby, William Reeves
    Special thanks to ILM
    Rendered using ChapReyes on the Pixar Image computer
  • The Audition : a 3-D animated dog puts the penguin through his paces
    Rendering: Silicon Graphics, Inc
    Gary griffin, Tim Heidmann, NASA, Jeff Huttquist
  • Technological Threat
    1988, Kroyer Films, Inc : 2-D cartoon style with 3-D animation
    2-D versus 3-D character gags
    Produced and Directed by Bill Kroyer
    Story: Bill Kroyer, Rich Moore, Brian Jennings
    Technical Director: Brian Jennings
    Design: Richard Moore, Computer Animation : Bill Kroyer
    Character Animation: Greg Vanzo, Susan Kroyer, Rob Minkoff
    Rich Moore, Chris Bailey, Alan smart
    Special Software Processes designed by : Tim Heidmann
    Software Engineer: Kevin Bjorke
  • Nature Morte
    1990, Riff : an Exposure Production
    in association with Centre National De La Cinematographie
    The contents of a still life painting come to life, a peach drops onto
    the table and is chased by an animated knife and fork.
    High level of realism and rendered detail, B/W
    Georges Le Pouffle, Alain Taieb
    Director: Violane Petite, Motion Control: Pierre Biecher
    Animation: Georges Le Pouffle
    Image de Synthese: Nicolas Rey, Philipe Turcat, Christine Depraz
    Studio ADAC, Maison des Ateliers, Post-Production: Riff
  • Xaos
    by Xaos, Inc
    Music: Michael Becker, Tom Richardson
    HighScore Music, San Francisco
    Clouds, atmosphere, abstract style, experimental.
    Image processing, filters
  • Green Movie
    Composited images from the History of Art
    Egypt to Renaissance to modernism, through to TV
    A Figure walks in front of the images changing in appearance with
    each image: Animation: Elena Chiesa, Todd Ruff
    Music: Gianfranco Clerici
  • In Search Of Muscular Axis
    1990, Polygon Pictures
    Muscle animation - chrome texture, morphing and flexing the pecs
    abstraction of body parts into forms, e.g. torus
    Producer/Art Director: Kawahara, Ioshifumi
    Director: Fukumoto, Taksahi
    Animator: Okamo, Hideki, Technical Director: Katoh, Toshiaki
    Corporate Cooperation: Nippon Steel, Namco, Produced by Polygon Pictures
  • Simulation-driven animation of Flexible Objects
    1989, IBM : `Tipsy-Turvy´
    A table with teapot, bottles etc, animated by 'dropping' the
    objects onto the table where they either shatter or bounce
    or wobble - the properties of the objects change
    Created by: Bob Bacon, John Gerth, Alan Norton, Paula Sweeney, Greg Turk
    Ray Tracing: Tim Kay
  • Eurhythmy
    1989, Susan Amkraut, Michael Girard
    A flock of birds, three pagan dancers and a pack of four-legged animals
    run and dance exploring rhythms of movement
    Legged animal animation: Michael Girard
    Bird flock animation: Susan Amkraut
    PODA, Legged animal motion software: Michael Girard
    FLOCK, Bird flight software: Susan Amkraut
    TROUT, Rendering software: Scott Dyer, The Ohio Supercomputer Graphics Project
    Video: Barbara Dean
    Project Supported by: Advanced Computing Centre for the Arts and Design,
    The Ohio State University, Charles Csuri, ACAAD Director;
    The Ohio Supercomputer Graphics Project;
    Cray Research,Inc
  • Knick-Knack
    Pixar, John Lasseter
    Snowman in toy snowscene falls for bathing beauty-doll
    but is trapped in his dome, tries to break out with ever
    more desperate measures - gags include the use of a drill,
    a blowtorch and finally a bomb.
    by John Lasseter, Eben Ostby, William Reeves,
    Ralph Guggenheim, Craig Good, Don Conway, Flip Phillips,
    Yael Milo, Tony Apodac, Deirdre Warin
    with help from: ed  'n alvy & chuck, Steve Jobs, David Stusser,
    Bob Edwards, ILM, Sprocket Systems, David Baddick and Associates,
    agfa/matrix, Tektronix, Pixar
    Original Music: Bobby McFerrin
    Colour by Renderman
  • Splash Dance
    1990, Apple Computer
    Water Simulation: River flooding valley, water lapping shore,
    raining, mixing with sand
    Simulation and rendering: Michael Kass, Gavin Miller
    Stream Terrain Design: Ned Greene
    Rendering assistance: Tim Heidmann, Gary Griffin, Silicon Graphics Inc
  • Panspermia
    1990, Thinking Machines Corporation
    A Seed travels through Space and lands on a planet,
    light triggers the seed creating particles,
    these then errupt into plants which grow triffid- like, finally
    ejecting seeds back into space
    Software and Animation : Karl Sims
    Hardware: Connection Machine System (CM-2)
  • The Nature
    (Credits illegible)
    A computer animated Bee flys through a filmed
    landscape (composited), followed by an animation of the bees
    in the hive. Then a sequence where small be is chased by
    a hornet - the chase is fully composited, with a slow-motion sequence
    and the hornet gets trapped in a spiders web. The camera pans out to
    reveal the landscape is contained within a dome on a planet space station.
  • Dirty Power
    1989, Robert Lurye
    Plugs and sockets having hot sex, affecting various appliances.
    Rendering Software: Scott Dyer
    Animation Software: Julien Gomez, John Donkin
    Video: Barbara Dean
    Support Software: Susan Amkraut, John Chadwick
    John Donkin, Scott Dyer, John Fujii, Jeff Light
    In association with:
    The Advanced Computing Centre for the Arts and Design,
    The Ohio Supercomputer Graphics Project
    The Ohio Supercomputer Centre
    Produced at : ACAAD at The Ohio State University,
    (ACAAD Director:  Charles Csuri)
  • Subsonic Bee: "Bee a Winner"
    1991, Relief/Ex Machina
    Design: Frederic Nagorny
    Character Animation: Relief - Frederick Nagorny, Raymond Perrin
    Technical Director: Laurent Borenstein
    Animation Software : Relief- Raymond Perrin
    Additional Software :
    Ex Machina - Francois Ploye, Claire Query
    Modelling and Rendering: Explore by TDI
  • Don Quichotte
    Jan 1991, Videosystem
    Figurative animation about Don Quixote
    The Windmills transform into metallic monsters
    Francois Garnier, Alain Guiot
    Animation : Bruce Krebs
    Production: Videosystem
    avec la participation du : Centre National De La Cinematographie
  • Les Fables Geometriques :"La Tortue et les Deux Canards"
    Fantome
    The construction of the characters is part of the
    animation, The Ducks are characterised as planes
    taking off from an aircraft carrier ship,
    The Tortoiseis the ship's cleaner who wants to fly.
    He straps a rocket to his back, and the two ducks
    rescue a sinking tortoise.
    Design: Phillipe Ravon, Christian Hoffman, Marilyn Talern
    Animation: Phillipe Marty, Anne Brotot, Fabien Robert
    Realisation: Renato, Georges Lacroix, Jean Yves Grall
    3-D Imaging : Fantome
    avec la participation du : Centre National De La Cinematographie
  • Grinning Evil Death
    1990, MIT Media Lab
    Anime - style 2-D animation combined with 3-D insect monster
    from outer space. Features a boy who tries to be like his hero:
    Captain Miteyo from his favourite cereal packet - only to discover
    that things aren't what they seem and that he must save the day.
    Animation : Mike McKenna, Bob Sabiston
    Character Animation: Bob Sabiston
    Rendering Tools: Steve Drucker, David Shurman, John Underkoffler
    Supported by: Apple Computer, Dimension Inc, Bitstream Inc,
    Symbolics, Hewlett Packard Co, and others
  • The Invisible Man in "Blind Love"
    Bruce C. Vuong
    B/W Computer Animation , high level of detail
    and exploitation of film noir style
    Jerzy T. Kular, Steven J. Ely
    Producer: Georg W. Pansu
    Software: Explore by TDI (Thomson Digital Image)
     

Little Big One Compilation
B/C 0274290x date: est. late 80's?
Avenue Ariane 12, 1200, Brussels

  • The Devils Mine - Simulator ride style animation through 'devil's mine', live action & 3-D Animation.
    Producers: LBO: Jean-Pierre Dauzun / Showscan: Peter Beale, Peter Henton
    Director: Jos Claesen
    Animation: Jos Claesen, Tom Roebben
  • Special Effects -
    a) Morphosis -live action composited with abstract 3-D
    b) animated shark composited with live action fishermen
    c) animated morphing car into 'cobra'
  • Animation series -
    a) Betty Boop - Producers: Roger Weigus, Ben Stassen
    b) Nestor , The Biggest Little One - cute character animation, mix of 2-D, 3-D Compositing
    c) The Zapous - Mix of 2-D, 3-D live action
    d) Pandore - 3-D character animation
    e) Quarks - 3-D computer animation, morphing - interesting
    f) Macha - 3-D female figure computer animation pyramids etc..
  • TV and Interactive games. No sound 2-D mixes with 3-D environments , still graphics.