List of Programmes
Origin and Evolution of computer animation
John Whitney, Mary Ellen Bute, Lillian Schwartz, Computer Image Corp., John Halas, Stan Vanderbeek, Edward E. Zajac, Michael Noll, Tony Pritchett.
Tribute to John Halas:
What is a computer, 1967
Autobahn, 1979
Dilemma, 1981
The Movement
analysis, reproduction, simulationJames Stuart Blackton, Emile Cohl, Segundo de ChomÛn, Tochifumi Kawahara/Polygon Pictures, Koichi Omura/Links Corp., Susan Amkraut & Michael Girard, Jerzy Kular/Ex Machina, Ohba/Namco.
The Rhythm
dynamic abstractions, optical sounds, visual musicViking Eggeling, Hans Richter, Oscar Fischinger, Len Lye, Luigi Veronesi, John Whitney, Larry Cuba, Lillian Schwartz, George Dunning (Yellow Submarine), Rhythm and Hues, Michael Salkeld, SupInfoCom, Aline Ahond.
Tribute to John Whitney:
Five Abstract Film Exercises:
Studies in Motion, 1943/45
Catalog, 1961
Matrix I, 1971
Arabesque, 1975
The Metamorphosis
morphing, genetic imagesAlexandre Alexeieff, Peter F–ldes, Alan Norton, Karl Sims, Yoichiro Kawaguchi, William Latham, Lillian Schwartz, Thinking Machine, SupInfoCom.
Tribute to Peter Féldes:
Narcissus-Echo, 1970
Metadata, 1971
La Faim, 1974
The Effect
image manipulation, digital compositing, visual effectsNorman McLaren, Zbigniew Rybczynski, PDI, Special effects anthology, Industrial Light & Magic, Rhythm and Hues Daniel Borenstein, Guionne Leroy, Metrolight Studios.
History and Character
the new stories, body modelling from puppets to 3DGeorge Pal, Jiri Trnka, Ed Emschwiller, Vanzetti e Laganý Bill Kroyer, Maurice Benayoun, Thomson Digital Image, Luca Prasso e Oscar Tornincasa/Softimage, Silver/Futura Film, Tanino Liberatore/Medialab, PDI, FantÙme, Mark DippÈ, Ex Machina, SupInfoCom, Universidad de las Islas Baleares, Richard Condie/ONF Canada, Laboratoire d'Imagerie NumÈrique, Jordi Moragues.
The Actor
the figure re-creation, the synthetic actor, the actingLotte Reiniger, Ladislas Starewitch, Rebecca Allen, Nadia e Daniel Thalmann, MIT - Medialab, Bill Kroyer, Lachapelle e Bergeron, Bob Abel, Kleiser e Walczak, Karl Sims, Rhythm and Hues, Michel Bret, Middlesex Polytechnics, Polygon Pictures, Michael Wahrman, C. Walker/Mr. Film, Myron Krueger, Colossal Pictures/Peter Gabriel.
The Space
representation, creation, tridimensionalityWillis O'Brien, Wilfred Jackson/Disney, Ub Iwerks, Max & Dave Fleischer, Alexandre Alexeieff, Steve Lisberger (Tron), Jerzy Kular/Ex Machina, Universidad de las Islas Baleares, New Wave, Atelier de Production de la Cambre, Evans & Sutherland, Colossal Pictures, Blue Sky, Jos Claesen/Little Big One, Landmark Ent., Randal Kleiser e Diana Walczak, Rides anthology for motion-base
Present and Future
motion capture, multimedia works, new digital applicationsSony Pictures, Digital Domain, Metrolight, Menfond, Inside Pix, Industrial Light & Magic, Rhythm and Hues, MacGuff Ligne, PDI, Blue Sky Studios, Diane DelavallÈe/Stork, Aardman Animations Ltd., University of Wisconsin, H-Gun Labs, Medialab. Protozoa (Show Reel of motion-captures)
Midnight Play
A multimedia work on cd-rom by Dada Media, Paris, presented by the Director and Designer Murielle LefËvre)
ANTZ
Abstracts and making-of of the upcoming film ANTZ in Italy, produced by DreamWorks and Pacific Data Images and presented by Luca Prasso, Senior Animator and Senior Character Technical Director
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