Ebook: Synthetic Actors: in Computer-Generated 3D Films

This book presents the making of computer-generated films using three-dimensional synthetic actors. It is based mainly on the production of the film Rendez-vous a Montreal, an animated film that uses advanced computer techniques to achieve such effects as reincarnating film stars Humphrey Bogart and Marilyn Monroe. The main purpose of Rendez-vous a Montreal is to show that true synthetic actors can be created. This fllm represents a technological breakthrough which opens up new vistas in motion pictures, television, and advertising. With this technique, it will now be possible to produce short fllms or motion pictures featuring any celebrity in any situation. The book explains in detail how such a film can be produced using numerous drawings and color pictures. In particular, the following topics are presented: - Preparation of object construction: documentation search, and plaster models preparation - Object construction: digitizing and modeling - Body animation - Hand animation and object grasping - Facial animation: expressions, phonemes and emotions - Choreography: decors, actors, cameras, and lights - Realism: colors, lights, shading, shadows, and textures - Image recording: special effects Finally, an extensive appendix describes in detail the HUMAN FACTORY system.

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Three-dimensional synthetic reincarnations of Marilyn Monroe and Humphrey Bogart were created by the authors of this book for their award-winning feature film "Rendez-vous `Montr?al". The advanced computer animation techniques developed for the film are fully described in this book. They form a technological breakthrough that can be used to produce scenes featuring any celebrity in any situation. This opens new vistas in motion pictures, television and advertizing. The book explains in detail with numerous drawings and color pictures how such films are produced. The following topics are presented: - Preparation of object construction: documentation search, plaster models preparation - Object construction, digitizing, modeling - Body animation: walk - Hand animation and object grasping - Facial animation: expressions, phonemes and emotions - Choreography: decors, actors, cameras, lights - Realism: colors, lights, shading, shadows, textures - Image recording: special effects.

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Three-dimensional synthetic reincarnations of Marilyn Monroe and Humphrey Bogart were created by the authors of this book for their award-winning feature film "Rendez-vous `Montr?al". The advanced computer animation techniques developed for the film are fully described in this book. They form a technological breakthrough that can be used to produce scenes featuring any celebrity in any situation. This opens new vistas in motion pictures, television and advertizing. The book explains in detail with numerous drawings and color pictures how such films are produced. The following topics are presented: - Preparation of object construction: documentation search, plaster models preparation - Object construction, digitizing, modeling - Body animation: walk - Hand animation and object grasping - Facial animation: expressions, phonemes and emotions - Choreography: decors, actors, cameras, lights - Realism: colors, lights, shading, shadows, textures - Image recording: special effects.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-X
How to Make a Film with Synthetic Actors....Pages 1-8
Three-Dimensional Construction of Synthetic Actors....Pages 9-24
Human Prototyping....Pages 25-29
Body Animation of Synthetic Actors....Pages 31-43
Hand Animation, Object Grasping, and Foot Animation....Pages 45-54
Facial Animation of Synthetic Actors....Pages 55-69
Color, Reflectance, Transparency, and Texture....Pages 71-77
Cameras, Lights, and Shadows....Pages 79-85
Choreography....Pages 87-97
Appendix: The HUMAN FACTORY Software....Pages 99-122
Back Matter....Pages 123-129

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Three-dimensional synthetic reincarnations of Marilyn Monroe and Humphrey Bogart were created by the authors of this book for their award-winning feature film "Rendez-vous `Montr?al". The advanced computer animation techniques developed for the film are fully described in this book. They form a technological breakthrough that can be used to produce scenes featuring any celebrity in any situation. This opens new vistas in motion pictures, television and advertizing. The book explains in detail with numerous drawings and color pictures how such films are produced. The following topics are presented: - Preparation of object construction: documentation search, plaster models preparation - Object construction, digitizing, modeling - Body animation: walk - Hand animation and object grasping - Facial animation: expressions, phonemes and emotions - Choreography: decors, actors, cameras, lights - Realism: colors, lights, shading, shadows, textures - Image recording: special effects.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-X
How to Make a Film with Synthetic Actors....Pages 1-8
Three-Dimensional Construction of Synthetic Actors....Pages 9-24
Human Prototyping....Pages 25-29
Body Animation of Synthetic Actors....Pages 31-43
Hand Animation, Object Grasping, and Foot Animation....Pages 45-54
Facial Animation of Synthetic Actors....Pages 55-69
Color, Reflectance, Transparency, and Texture....Pages 71-77
Cameras, Lights, and Shadows....Pages 79-85
Choreography....Pages 87-97
Appendix: The HUMAN FACTORY Software....Pages 99-122
Back Matter....Pages 123-129
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