King Kong Went Through Animation

2 April 2008 designed a lot of the action sequences in the Oscar winner film. It was again not a simple process since there were a lot of conflicts of inteest on how to achieve the creative, hence we talks on the making of created an animated character. The footage of actual Guerrilla moments were taken from various zoos to perfect the facial system. Every motion capture shot in King Kong went through animation. Hence the King Kong MoCap has a very crucial role to play. The climax scene of the film, Christian Rivers joins a where King Kong dies, was well appreciated from all long list of illustrious visitors quarters of the industry and to Chennai based Animation wondered how the shot was and Visual Effects College - approached. It was a simple Image College of Arts, but a detailed approach when Animation & Technology we made the light in the pupil (ICAT). ICAT which offers of the eyes of King Kong Degree and Post Graduate diffused in other words we programs in Animation, made the audience to believe Visual Effects, Game Design by creating the dryness on the and Game programming has eyes to express it was dead." been bringing outstanding members from the Academic Apart from the character, and Professional segment to another amazing visual effects share their expertise with its shot in King Kong was the students. creation of New York City in 1933. A lot of research was Christian Rivers is an done in this regard, with Academy Award and BAFTA Seminar by "King Kong" maker Christian Rivers archival photographs being procured and winning New Zealand visual effects art many debates over the look of the creating buildings which were present only director and filmmaker. He won the Oscar character. After putting a lot of effort and at that period of time. A lot of care and in 2005 for Best Achievement in Visual working on it finally the look was efforts were taken in recreating CG New Effects for his outstanding work in King finalized," he said. York of that particular time. Basic Kong and earlier won the VES Award for remodelling was carried out for this Best Effects Art Direction for his work on Christian exclaimed that "It is very exciting purpose. Many digital camera angles were “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers”. to be in this field and do such exciting set. Christian did a fair amount of prev-viz Rivers is set to make his directorial debut creative stuff! I love animation and that is and story boarding for the same. with a remake of The Dam Busters, why I am in this industry. I also love produced by Peter Jackson. Rivers has Motion Capture. But the usage of MoCap Christian also showed some of the shots extensive knowledge of Animation & has to be done with care. Many a times it is from Water Horse. Visual Effects and has worked as a used to replace animation in a wrong way." Earlier in the program, Rivers appreciated conceptual illustrator, storyboard artist, art "Another important driving factor is the ICAT’s efforts in educating students with director, character designer, sculptor, pre- actor who emotes the expression and helps specialized knowledge and also recalled visualization supervisor and creative in making the motion capture livelier. In his young days where he did not have such director. King Kong, we were lucky to have a great a college then. The program was attended Christian spoke on the blend of animation actor in Andy Serkis, who is a great by a packed audience which included the and motion capture. With the help of videos performer. The performer helps a lot to students of ICAT, the students of IMAGE, of movies that have heavy VFX, he achieve the perfect expressions. For a professionals from the industry and a lot of explained how he and the expert team character like King Kong, it was very students and faculty members of the city’s created a tricky character of Gollum in the difficult to take a human actor for the colleges. movie Lord of The Rings. "There were performance. I am proud to share that I .

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