| Sony Pictures Imageworks Takes the Stage at SIGGRAPH 2006 |
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CULVER CITY, Calif., July 29 / -- Academy Award(R) winning digital production studio Sony Pictures Imageworks is set to showcase its innovative and diverse range of CG work and digital effects at SIGGRAPH 2006, the 33rd annual international conference on computer graphics and interactive techniques.
Imageworks is a participant in every aspect of the conference including the prestigious Electronic Theater program, panels, courses and special sessions.
"Master Instructor Karl Gnass has been teaching life drawing classes at Imageworks every week since 1996," said Sande Scoredos, executive director of training and artist development. "His life drawing classes not only improve aesthetics and animation skills but also increase powers of observation, communication, and visualization. These studio art classes are considered a staple of the Imageworks Training & Artist Development core curriculum and are available to everyone at Imageworks."
Electronic Theater This year, Imageworks has been honored with two selections for screening in the jury-selected Electronic Theater: "MONSTER HOUSE: There Goes the Neighborhood" by visual effects supervisor Jay Redd and "OPEN SEASON: Separating the Trees from the Forest" by visual effects supervisor Doug Ikeler. Monster House is currently in theaters; OPEN SEASON debuts nationwide September 29.
Presented by visual effects supervisor Doug Ikeler, animation supervisor Sean Mullen, and CG supervisors Max Bruce and Darren Lurie, this session will offer a detailed behind-the-scenes view of how a team of digital artists and technicians worked closely with a team of talented traditional storytellers and artists to create the first feature animated film from Sony Pictures Animation. The course will demonstrate how the most advanced technology and tools were developed from concept to screen.
Parag Havaldar, software architect, will cover the tracking, cross-mapping, and model derivation technologies used on MONSTER HOUSE. Current and forthcoming motion-capture techniques and application case studies from recent and current projects will be presented. Panels; Imageworks executives will be participating in the following panels:
The first part of this course will be presented by Ken Muryama, director of Digital Production for Imageworks, and will cover skills and training on topics such as the need to stay current with technology, what new employees are expected to know, if training departments in the industry are keeping up with employees and what the overall benefits are to keeping employees trained.
Mary Hidalgo, casting director for Sony Pictures Animation, will participate in a special session panel that will discuss how major studios and talents use different approaches and techniques to integrate voice performance with computer graphics to create emotionally resonant computer-generated characters and stories. Additional Appearances; Imageworks artists will also be participating in educational panels and presentations in various booths including:
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Sony Pictures Imageworks Inc., is an Academy Award(R) winning, state-of-the-art digital production studio dedicated to the art of visual effects production and character animation. Imageworks' production environment facilitates four diverse pipelines including live action visual effects and character work, Imagemotion(TM) performance capture, all CG animation and Imageworks 3D stereoscopic. The company has been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with Oscars(R) for its work on SPIDER-MAN(R) 2 and the CG animated short film THE CHUBBCHUBBS!, as well as nominations for THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, SPIDER-MAN(R), HOLLOW MAN, STUART LITTLE and STARSHIP TROOPERS. Imageworks continues to raise the level in the visual effects and character-animation industry, becoming a major force by providing leading edge technology to its world-class artists.
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