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- BLENDING CG CREATURES & WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY TO BRING LOST GIANTS TO LIFE October 1, 2024By TREVOR HOGG A herd of Mammoths walk across the wintry landscape.(Image courtesy of Netflix) A quarter century ago, the landmark production Walking with Dinosaurs was released by BBC Studios Science Unit, Discovery Channel and Framestore. The six-part nature docuseries pushed the boundaries of computer animation to envision the iconic prehistoric beasts in a more […]
- REALISTIC FACIAL ANIMATION: THE LATEST TOOLS, TECHNIQUES AND CHALLENGES October 1, 2024By OLIVER WEBB Timothée Chalamet and mini Hugh Grant in Wonka. When it came to generating a CG version of an actor as recognizable as Hugh Grant for Wonka, Framestore turned to sculptor and facial modeler Gabor Foner to better understand the quirks of muscular activation in the actor’s face, eventually developing a formula forre-creating […]
- FORMING A STRONG BOND WITH RACHAEL PENFOLD October 1, 2024By OLIVER WEBB Images courtesy of Rachael Penfold, except where noted. Rachael Penfold, Co-Founder and Company Director, One of Us Rachael Penfold grew up in Ladbroke Grove in West London where she attended the local comprehensive school. “At the time, it was less of an institute for education and more like a social experiment,” Penfold […]
- PROGRAMMING THE ILLUSION OF LIFE INTO THE WILD ROBOT October 1, 2024By TREVOR HOGG Images courtesy of DreamWorks Animation and Universal Pictures. Central to the narrative is the parental relationship between Roz and Brightbill. A shift to the island perspective occurs when the otters discover Roz. What happens when a precisely programmed robot has to survive the randomness of nature? That is the premise that allowed […]