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krishki
04-14-2005, 03:42 AM
NewTek provided 3D elements for blockbuster film Sin City

http://sanantonio.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2005/04/11/daily20.html?jst=b_ln_hl

Visual effects house CafeFX (http://www.bizjournals.com/search/bin/search?q=%22CafeFX%22) used NewTek Inc. (http://www.bizjournals.com/search/bin/search?q=%22NewTek%20Inc%22)'s LightWave 3D to create the 3D elements in nearly 600 shots produced for Robert Rodriguez' feature film Sin City.

Sin City, based on Frank Miller's acclaimed graphic novels, visually recreates the noir graphic style Miller used in his stories. This required virtually every shot to include effects work.

CafeFX artists created the computer graphic environments used in the movie. The company operates a full-production computer graphic image (CGI) studio in Santa, Maria, Calif.

Jeff Goldman and Everett Burrell supervised two of CafeFX's teams for the work on Sin City.

"Virtually all used LightWave, but probably a good 550 (shots) were primarily LightWave due to the amount of 3D CG required for the shot," Goldman says.

San Antonio-based NewTek is a leading provider of full-featured video editing, animation and special effects tools including TriCaster, VT[4] and LightWave 3D, winner of the 2003 Primetime Emmy Engineering Award.
3rd-Axis
04-14-2005, 04:41 AM
There was a special on CBS's 60 minutes Wednesday night about Sin City. They interviewed the directors and some of the stars of the film. It's quite amazing to find out they made the whole film for $40 million. They shot all of Bruce Willis's parts in 10 days and Jessica Alba's in 7 days. Bruce Willis said he liked doing this film because since they had no real sets he didn't have to waste time sitting around in a trailer waiting for them to get it setup. He just got in front of the green screen and acted.

Also since I am a huge fan of Lightwave I am thrilled to hear they used it on the film :buttrock:
richcz3
04-14-2005, 05:18 AM
I saw that 60 Minutes with Rodriguez. His production methods and budgets always fly in the face of the establishment. That was a very impressive and motivating interview.
Ollarin
04-14-2005, 12:24 PM
CafeFX. Hmmm...Isn't that where Leigh works?

Did you get to work on any shots in Sin City, Leigh? :D
StephanD
04-14-2005, 12:30 PM
Why am I not surprised to hear about that? ;)
RobertoOrtiz
04-14-2005, 12:58 PM
You can see some of the LW shots here (for the Big Fat Kill):

http://www.filmrot.com/images/sincity-comparisons/thebigfatkill.html

-R
leigh
04-15-2005, 01:23 AM
CafeFX. Hmmm...Isn't that where Leigh works?

Did you get to work on any shots in Sin City, Leigh? :D

Yeah I worked on it for about three months :)
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