People, Pixels and Production

FMX is an annual community-based conference where talents of the VFX industry converge in Stuttgart, Germany for a few days of talks, panels and networking. The event has grown substantially since its debut in 1994, attracting professionals from all over the world. The fmx/09 line-up is no exception, with top names appearing such as:

• Chris Defaria, Executive Vice President Digital Production, Animation and Visual Effects at Warner Bros.;
• Eric Roth, Director of the Visual Effects Society (VES);
• Chris Williams, director of Disney’s Bolt;
• Danielle Feinberg, Director of Photography for Lighting Wall-E;
• Michael Faust, CG artist from the Oscar-nominated animated documentary Waltz with Bashir;
• Steve Preeg and Jonathan Litt from Digital Domain on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button;
• Jeff Okun, Visual Effects Supervisor on The Day the Earth Stood Still, Blood Diamond and The Last Samurai.

Modus FX - Autodesk Softimage Masterclass
We are proud to be part of the Autodesk Masterclass line-up at fmx/09, with a presentation on Softimage. Our own Mostafa Badran, 3D department Lead Technical Director will present some of our work on the French series Les Corbeaux, with a demonstration of Softimage best rigging principles on our fully operational crow used extensively in the series. See one of our 349 shots below, with live and CG crows sharing a car rooftop. You can check out more shots on our demo reel.

The session will explore a way of rigging a multi-purpose CG bird character and creating a specific toolset for the animation challenges that present themselves during the production for a multi-use digital crow to be used for close-ups, medium shots and long shots, as an individual, in small groups or crowds.

See you in Stuttgart, from May 05 to May 09 !