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Get Animated 2009
Chris Landreth on the making of The Spine
October 26 - October 28, 2009
No organization has done as much for animation in Canada as the National Film Board, which is why we at Vancouver ACM SIGGRAPH are proud to announce that we are teaming up with the NFB to bring director Chris Landreth to Vancouver on Wednesday, October 28 as part of Get Animated. Mr. Landreth will be doing two identical talks, one at 2pm and another in the evening at 7:30pm after a 1 hour industry mixer at 6:30. He'll be showing his latest short film, The Spine, and talking about what he calls "psychorealism," a way of using computer graphics to show the realism of his characters' complicated, messy and very human lives, and best of all, both presentations are absolutely free!
Chris will show how his team modeled and animated the complex, detailed characters in his film, he'll talk about the challenge of the "Uncanny Valley" (the creepy effect of making CGI characters that are too realistic) and how The Spine attempts to avoid this problem. He'll also be showing how his animators used a Method-acting approach to mimic subtle gestures, ticks and micro-expressions in their characters' faces and bodies, and explain how his crew balanced realism and stylization to create characters that are Uncanny in a positive way.
Check out the Get Animated website to find out more about all the other events that the NFB is sponsoring around town that week, including three nights of speakers and films at Pacific Cinematheque and a fabulous family program on Saturday the 1st at the Central Branch of the Vancouver Public Library.
Tickets available at the door (cash only).
SPEAKER SESSION
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