Anaconda The Animation of M.C.Escher’s “Belvedere” Sony Pictures Imageworks digital- Head of Systems: Alberto Velez M.C.Escher’s lithograph entitled ly created two photo-realistic Systems Coordinator: Katya Culberg “Belvedere” is famous for its giant Anacondas which would SA (Resources 3rd Party): Ted Alexandre impossible objects. Generally, believably attack, coil, eat, and SA (Hardware): Dean Miya it isn’t possible to look at these regurgitate their prey. A digital kinds of objects from different actor is also featured in the water- perspectives. Because these fall sequence. This vivid CG impossible objects don’t lend imagery interacts with live action elements and actors on a level themselves to visual illusion, this never seen before. piece develops a method of rota- tion and drawing that simulates Producer: Sony Pictures Imageworks the expected visual representation FX Supervisor: John Nelson of objects. FX Producer: Robin Griffin FX Coordinator: Jacquie Barnbrook Production Assistant: Darcy Fray Producer: Sachiko Tsuruno CG Supervisor: John Mclaughlin Animation Director: Eric Armstrong Animator: Alex Sokoloff Lead TA: Rob Groome Lead Digital Artist: Colin Campbell Animator: David Vallone AL Match Mover: Michael Harbour Digital Artist: Gimo Chanphianamvong Lead Compositor: Jason Dowdeswell Technical Director: John Decker TION FESTIV 237 COMPUTER ANIMA Lead Technical Director: Jim Berney Painter: Jonn Shourt Lead Animator: Kelvin Lee Lead Modeller/Animator: Kevin Hudson Animator: Manny Wong VISUAL PROCEEDINGS Art Director: Marty Kline Technical Director: Mike Travers Painter: Raquel Morales Match Mover: Rodney Iwashina Lead TD/Production Programmer: Serge Sretschinsky Animator: David Simmons Editor: Scott W. Anderson Negative Wrangler: Dee Storm Software Coordinator: Audrea Topps-Harjo Software Developer: Bruce Navsky CONTACT CONTACT Don Levy Sachiko Tsuruno Executive Director of Publicity, Promotions and Advertising Kinki University Faculty of Engineering Sony Pictures Imageworks Kayanomori 11-6 9050 West Washington Boulevard, Suite 3120 Iizuka-city Culver City, California 90232 USA Fukuoka 820 JAPAN +1.310.840.8234 +81.948.22.5655 +1.310.840.8243 fax +81.948.23.0536 fax [email protected] http://www.sonypix.com [email protected].