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Headless Frank
Note: Mild spoiler for an upcoming episode
Discreet's inferno and flame Visual Effects Systems Used to Create Headless Horror in Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital Miniseries
MONTREAL, June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Discreet, a division of Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSK), announced today that post-production company SPIN, with facilities in Toronto, Vancouver and Atlanta, recently purchased two Discreet flame(R) visual effects systems on the Silicon Graphics(R) Tezro(TM) 4P visual workstation. The systems were immediately put to test on Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital, ABC's new miniseries about a haunted hospital.
In episode seven, "The Young and the Headless," SPIN used Discreet's inferno(R) and flame systems to create some of the miniseries' most complex shots. The head of character "Headless Frank" was digitally removed in post-production and replaced with a computer-generated neck stump. Headless Frank is shown stomping through hospital halls, banging on lockers, and even taking a shower. SPIN worked on 21 shots of Headless Frank, of which 12 were completed for episode seven, and nine included in episode 11, "Seizure Day."
Doug Campbell, president of SPIN West (Vancouver) and senior inferno artist/VFX supervisor at SPIN, recounted, "Creating the headless character was a great challenge. We built a bloody texture map and a 3D model of a neck stump, and brought it into Discreet's inferno system for tracking and animation. We had to erase the actor's head and replace it with the stump, and get the stump to interact realistically with water (created with inferno particles) and clothing. All of this was done in Discreet's inferno system, which made the job so much easier because of its real-time viewing, speed, and other powerful capabilities."
With Discreet's flame and inferno systems, SPIN was able to precisely match the lighting of the Headless Frank 3D model stump to the plate lighting. Headless Frank was shot in hallways with varied lighting. Campbell added: "Our Discreet systems allowed us to quickly match color, intensity and falloff perfectly in all Headless Frank shots."
Artists at all three of SPIN's facilities use the same hardware and software. By sharing artists, data and techniques, every facility has the ability to accept large projects. SPIN West (Vancouver), SPIN Atlanta and SPIN Toronto worked on Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital simultaneously. To ensure a seamless result, it was critical that every facility had continuity in animation, lighting and textures. By using the same techniques on various Discreet inferno and flame systems, SPIN was able to create a uniform look for all shots. The result: a convincing, perfectly grotesque scene delivered on-time and to the client's satisfaction.
Discreet's inferno and flame Visual Effects Systems Used to Create Headless Horror in Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital Miniseries
MONTREAL, June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Discreet, a division of Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSK), announced today that post-production company SPIN, with facilities in Toronto, Vancouver and Atlanta, recently purchased two Discreet flame(R) visual effects systems on the Silicon Graphics(R) Tezro(TM) 4P visual workstation. The systems were immediately put to test on Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital, ABC's new miniseries about a haunted hospital.
In episode seven, "The Young and the Headless," SPIN used Discreet's inferno(R) and flame systems to create some of the miniseries' most complex shots. The head of character "Headless Frank" was digitally removed in post-production and replaced with a computer-generated neck stump. Headless Frank is shown stomping through hospital halls, banging on lockers, and even taking a shower. SPIN worked on 21 shots of Headless Frank, of which 12 were completed for episode seven, and nine included in episode 11, "Seizure Day."
Doug Campbell, president of SPIN West (Vancouver) and senior inferno artist/VFX supervisor at SPIN, recounted, "Creating the headless character was a great challenge. We built a bloody texture map and a 3D model of a neck stump, and brought it into Discreet's inferno system for tracking and animation. We had to erase the actor's head and replace it with the stump, and get the stump to interact realistically with water (created with inferno particles) and clothing. All of this was done in Discreet's inferno system, which made the job so much easier because of its real-time viewing, speed, and other powerful capabilities."
With Discreet's flame and inferno systems, SPIN was able to precisely match the lighting of the Headless Frank 3D model stump to the plate lighting. Headless Frank was shot in hallways with varied lighting. Campbell added: "Our Discreet systems allowed us to quickly match color, intensity and falloff perfectly in all Headless Frank shots."
Artists at all three of SPIN's facilities use the same hardware and software. By sharing artists, data and techniques, every facility has the ability to accept large projects. SPIN West (Vancouver), SPIN Atlanta and SPIN Toronto worked on Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital simultaneously. To ensure a seamless result, it was critical that every facility had continuity in animation, lighting and textures. By using the same techniques on various Discreet inferno and flame systems, SPIN was able to create a uniform look for all shots. The result: a convincing, perfectly grotesque scene delivered on-time and to the client's satisfaction.
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where they used clay animation. ;D - Wow! They've come a long way. I'd never would have guessed I'd be watching movies like the Matrix or seeing such real effects on TV when I was younger. I thought it had peaked when Star Wars came out. Now Shrek looks more real than Micheal Jackson!