© 2016 Walt Disney Pictures During SIGGRAPH 2016, members of the genius team behind Disney's live-action, Oscar-winning film "The Jungle Book" (2016) joined attendees on the Production Session stage to present "The VFX of Disney's 'The Jungle Book.'" Presenters...
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Your Computer Animation Festival Submission Questions, Answered
23 February 2017 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Film, Production, Visual Effects
Taking Flight © 2016 Moonbot Studios The 2017 SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival has a lot of new and exciting aspects, including the brand-new VR Theater. Naturally, there are a lot of questions from animators who would like to enter their work in the festival....
Behind the Film: The Making of ‘Zootopia’
21 February 2017 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Film, Production
© 2016 Walt Disney Animation Studios The journey to make the Golden Globe-winning "Zootopia" began six years ago when director Byron Howard finished "Tangled" and John Lasseter, chief creative officer for Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, said to...
Jury’s Choice: The Making of ‘Cosmos Laundromat’
8 December 2016 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Film, Industry Leaders, Production
© Blender Foundation | gooseberry.blender.org SIGGRAPH 2016 Computer Animation Festival Jury's Choice winner "Cosmos Laundromat – First Cycle" — originally code-named "Project Gooseberry" by its Blender team — is one of the most unique projects the festival has seen....
Behind ‘Borrowed Time’
8 November 2016 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Film, Industry Leaders
This summer, the 43rd annual SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival awarded the animated short "Borrowed Time" its prestigious "Best of Show" award. As the end-of-year awards season approaches, our team sat down with the film's directors to learn more about their...
‘Finding Dory’ Production Facts You May Not Know
11 October 2016 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Film
This summer, SIGGRAPH 2016's Production Sessions program brought in some big names to help attendees peek into the minds behind major studio productions, including the brilliant team for Disney•Pixar's "Finding Dory." Pixar Animation Studios brought along a massive...
Wordless Wednesday: SIGGRAPH 2016 in Pictures
27 July 2016 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesACM SIGGRAPH, Animation, Art, Conferences, Design, Education, Emerging Technologies, Film, Gaming, Graphics, Production, Real-Time, Research, Simulation, Students, Virtual Reality, Visual Effects
With special thanks to photographers John Fujii and Jim Hagarty Photography as well as the efforts of Student Volunteers. [gallery...
SIGGRAPH 2016: Tips for First-Time Attendees
21 July 2016 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Art, Augmented Reality, Conferences, Film, Virtual Reality, Visual Effects
photo credit: "Submergence," courtesy of Anthony Rowe, Gaz Bushell, Liam Birtles, Chris Bennewith, Oliver Brown - Squidsoup Whether you're in animation, research, production development, fine arts and design, or games, SIGGRAPH 2016 has something for everyone. The...
Inside the Minds Behind ‘Inside Out’
16 February 2016 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Film, Industry Leaders
"Inside Out" is the fifteenth feature film from Pixar Animation Studios and the third film by director Pete Docter. On Tuesday, 11 August 2015, a panel of the brilliant team behind the film came together to share with SIGGRAPH 2015 what it was like to make the...
Star Wars: A Look Back with ILM Veteran Jeff Light
16 December 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesFilm, Industry Leaders, Production, Visual Effects
Photo credit / source: www.movpins.com It had been a long time since the last Star Wars movie when George Lucas came back to Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). He came back after "Jurassic Park" showed him what could be done in terms of the environment in the...
Netflix & Binge: 10 Titles to Spark Creativity this Holiday
10 December 2015 • by ACM SIGGRAPHACM SIGGRAPH, Animation, Film, Visual Effects
The holidays are upon us which means ... MORE TIME AT HOME. If you plan to relax this holiday season with a blanket and some Netflix, we support you. And, we have a few suggestions for artistic masterpieces that, if you watch them, might be kinda, sorta, work-related...
Comic Strip to Feature Film: Behind ‘The Peanuts Movie’
29 October 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Film, Production
A team of over 500 people at Blue Sky Studios tirelessly worked to bring the classic Charles M. Schulz comic strip to life in its new, feature-length film: "The Peanuts Movie." The day they made the big announcement that we were doing the project, we were really...