animago CONFERENCE: Technical FX Pipeline on “2012”

Pixomondo FX crowd technical supervisor and Head of Technology Mohsen Mousavi led a team of FX technical directors and artists for Emmerich’s “2012.”

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Pixomondo’s crowd pipeline is a combination of Massive Software and BehaveIT. Speaker Mohsen examines various aspects and tools developed during production.

Crowd choreography and crowd simulation are two of the most complex challenges in the VFX industry. In the previous few years, audiences had seen scenes that had previously been technically inconceivable. But requirements grow with technical progress. Studios are now expected to be capable of generating an intelligent crowd that can interact with its environment and with others. A good pipeline allows directors to concentrate on the creative part of a production.

The presentation takes place

on Friday, October 30, 2009,

in Studio 1

from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.

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