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ILM TRANSFORMS 2007 DIGITAL MEDIA FESTIVAL |
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Written by Aran Major
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Friday, 17 August 2007 |
Sydney Convention Centre, 13-15 November www.digitalmedia.com.au/DMF
Industrial Light & Magic Animation Supervisor Scott Benza has joined the speaker line-up for the 2007 Digital Media Festival, where he will demonstrate how 10 metre-tall robots were brought to life in this year's blockbuster film Transformers, which required some of the most complex modeling and animation ever attempted at ILM.
As a Lead Animator at Industrial Light & Magic, Benza is responsible for many aspects of the development of a CG character, as well as providing creative and technical direction to animators. Some of his most notable projects have included animation and simulation work for the Rock Monster in Galaxy Quest and development work done for crash/destruction simulations for Pearl Harbor.
Benza will join Evan Jacobs, VFX Supervisor of the forthcoming Resident Evil, and Maya Master Steven Stahlberg on the program for the Australian Effects & Animation Festival (AEAF). The DMF will include four dynamic conference events, the AEAF, Digital Video, Digital Imaging and Media 2.0.
Some other highlights if the 2007 DMF program include
- Allan McKay will give insights learned from some of the recent projects he has completed, from Hollywood films to big title game cinematics, covering many of the processes and techniques involved, along with issues that arose throughout the productions.
- Maya Master Steven Stahlberg will show how to create convincing humans in CG, with a focus on the female and how to maximize attractiveness (also applicable to men and non-human creatures).
- Learn the ins and outs of how to create stunning looking sites and Web experiences with Microsoft's new set of technologies called Silverlight.
- Learn the secrets of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) for the multimedia Web 2.0 era with one of Australia's premier specialist SEO/SEM strategists.
- Learn how to add more multimedia and interactivity to your online presence with rich Internet Applications (RIAs) while managing the demands of Web site tracking and analytics for detailed reporting and measurability.
- World-renowned retouching studio, Electric Art, shares some rare insight into the visual solutions they provide for Australia's most high profile print campaigns.
- Come on an action-packed ride with one of Australia's premier extreme sports photographers, learning the unique technical and creative demands of recording death-defying activities in the wild.
- The tapeless future is here. Find out how leading post-production companies such as Digital Pictures are structuring their workflow to handle the new tapeless file formats.
- The number of digital-cinema screens in the US could exceed the number of traditional screens employing film projection within four years. As the exhibition industry begins to lift its rate of digital-cinema screen installations find out how that impacts your choices in production.
Sydney Convention Centre, 13-15 November www.digitalmedia.com.au/DMF
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