DD: Tembo Animation Tests

Really nice animation tests for The Legend Of Tembo


Various Tembo Tests

Tembo Environ & Character Test

Also check out:
// Aaron Blaise and Chuck Williams on the development of 'The Legend of Tembo'

[OBLIVION] Interview With Animation Supervisor Steve Preeg

 Simon Preeg, Supervising Animator at Digital Domain, talks to ART of VFX about the animation in OBLIVION. An Academy Award-winner for best visual effects in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Preeg’s work can also be seen in Tron: Legacy, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Flags of Our Fathers, I, Robot, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, and King Kong.




Also check out // Behind The Scenes of OBLIVION
 

Concepts by Daniel Simon

Digital Domain CEO John Textor "Free Labor Is Much Better Than Cheap Labor"

Here's some video footage of Digital Domain CEO John Textor explaining how DD will use 'free' student labor to offset the studio's opporating costs by 30%.


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//VFX Sodier blog

TED: How Benjamin Button got his face

This is a really great lecture from TED about the VFX of Benjamin Button. My wife and I got to see a special screening of the film at Skywalker Sound a couple of weeks ago. After the film was over there was a Q&A with Craig Barron who was the VFX sup for Matte World Digital. He gave some great insight into the development of the cg environments and compositing that MWD provided for the film. Congrats to Craig and his team for the Oscar win last night!

This lecture however focuses on the techniques and processes Digital Domain used in creating the cg Benjamin head for actor Brad Pitt.

TED: How Benjamin Button got his face