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03-13-2003, 09:29 PM
SPLUTTERFISH BRAZIL RENDERING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY TO SERVE AS
RENDERING PLATFORM BACKBONE AT FRANTIC FILMS
High Performance Renderer To Boost Workflow Productivity on
Upcoming Feature Film “The Core”
VENICE, CA (March 13, 2003) – SplutterFish LLC, a high-end 3D rendering software solutions provider, today announced that Frantic Films, Canada’s foremost visual effects facility, has purchased its new Brazil Rendering System™ to serve as the rendering platform backbone for its feature film and commercial television production pipeline. The high performance renderer will enable Frantic to quickly and efficiently deliver the highest level in photo-realism in handling the extensive visual effects requirements for upcoming feature film projects including “The Core.”
The Brazil Rendering System is a recently released, fully-integrated rendering suite for Discreet's top-selling animation software 3ds max and Autodesk VIZ, Autodesk's visualization solution. Brazil r/s is designed by and for production professionals as a powerful, flexible and affordable high-end commercial solution for film, broadcast and cross-visualization applications. Now in use worldwide, Brazil r/s offers a comprehensive feature-set and highly-evolved global illumination and ray-tracing engine that addresses the need for the natural, streamlined workflow that today’s CG artists demand.
Frantic Films, best known for creating the dramatic opening visual effects sequence on the feature film “Swordfish,” has just completed post-production on the upcoming Paramount Pictures feature, “The Core.” The sci-fi adventure film stars Aaron Eckhart and Hillary Swank as scientists who discover that the Earth’s core is about to stop ‘spinning’. To save the world from destruction, an experimental craft is sent to the core of the Earth itself to detonate nuclear weapons. The film is scheduled for release March 28, 2003.
Frantic Films faced a number of rendering challenges in the creation of approximately 100 visual effects shots on “The Core.” Of these, Brazil r/s was leveraged extensively to render 3D elements on 60 shots in the film. These required hundreds, sometimes thousands, of objects to reflect each other and the environment – all with complex textures that needed supersampling to avoid 'crawl' during renders. The software was also deployed to render pre-visualization shots and content for the on-screen graphics for the film.
According to Chris Bond, president and creative director of Frantic Films, Brazil r/s was initially brought into the production pipeline to handle a massive rendering deadline that was looming on “The Core.”
“The speed at which Brazil was able to handle supersampling of textures and raytracing was enormously impressive,” said Bond. “Within just a few weeks of initially deploying Brazil, we were able to render out complex atmospheric elements with speed increases between 300-to-400 percent – allowing us to deliver our elements on time and as required – without the need to invest in additional hardware.
“Following this stellar workflow performance, we tripled the number of Brazil licenses in order to integrate it facilitywide as one of our main rendering systems. Brazil is unquestionably the best rendering tool for complex imagery creation and manipulation. It has enhanced our creative process, providing us with the performance and flexibility our artists need to create compelling content, and likewise, it has saved us tremendous time, money and resources.”
“Brazil’s installation at Frantic illustrates its capabilities as a cinematic renderer and reinforces our commitment to provide creatives with a technology that makes it possible to render in less time and with greater efficiency,” said Scott Kirvan, CEO at SplutterFish.
“‘Swordfish’ set new standards in the art of visual effects creation. We could not be more pleased that our new Brazil renderer has been selected by Frantic Films to help the production team push the boundaries of live-action and digital effects in the upcoming “The Core” and other features which are currently in production.”
The trailer for “The Core” can be viewed at http://www.thecoremovie.com
RENDERING PLATFORM BACKBONE AT FRANTIC FILMS
High Performance Renderer To Boost Workflow Productivity on
Upcoming Feature Film “The Core”
VENICE, CA (March 13, 2003) – SplutterFish LLC, a high-end 3D rendering software solutions provider, today announced that Frantic Films, Canada’s foremost visual effects facility, has purchased its new Brazil Rendering System™ to serve as the rendering platform backbone for its feature film and commercial television production pipeline. The high performance renderer will enable Frantic to quickly and efficiently deliver the highest level in photo-realism in handling the extensive visual effects requirements for upcoming feature film projects including “The Core.”
The Brazil Rendering System is a recently released, fully-integrated rendering suite for Discreet's top-selling animation software 3ds max and Autodesk VIZ, Autodesk's visualization solution. Brazil r/s is designed by and for production professionals as a powerful, flexible and affordable high-end commercial solution for film, broadcast and cross-visualization applications. Now in use worldwide, Brazil r/s offers a comprehensive feature-set and highly-evolved global illumination and ray-tracing engine that addresses the need for the natural, streamlined workflow that today’s CG artists demand.
Frantic Films, best known for creating the dramatic opening visual effects sequence on the feature film “Swordfish,” has just completed post-production on the upcoming Paramount Pictures feature, “The Core.” The sci-fi adventure film stars Aaron Eckhart and Hillary Swank as scientists who discover that the Earth’s core is about to stop ‘spinning’. To save the world from destruction, an experimental craft is sent to the core of the Earth itself to detonate nuclear weapons. The film is scheduled for release March 28, 2003.
Frantic Films faced a number of rendering challenges in the creation of approximately 100 visual effects shots on “The Core.” Of these, Brazil r/s was leveraged extensively to render 3D elements on 60 shots in the film. These required hundreds, sometimes thousands, of objects to reflect each other and the environment – all with complex textures that needed supersampling to avoid 'crawl' during renders. The software was also deployed to render pre-visualization shots and content for the on-screen graphics for the film.
According to Chris Bond, president and creative director of Frantic Films, Brazil r/s was initially brought into the production pipeline to handle a massive rendering deadline that was looming on “The Core.”
“The speed at which Brazil was able to handle supersampling of textures and raytracing was enormously impressive,” said Bond. “Within just a few weeks of initially deploying Brazil, we were able to render out complex atmospheric elements with speed increases between 300-to-400 percent – allowing us to deliver our elements on time and as required – without the need to invest in additional hardware.
“Following this stellar workflow performance, we tripled the number of Brazil licenses in order to integrate it facilitywide as one of our main rendering systems. Brazil is unquestionably the best rendering tool for complex imagery creation and manipulation. It has enhanced our creative process, providing us with the performance and flexibility our artists need to create compelling content, and likewise, it has saved us tremendous time, money and resources.”
“Brazil’s installation at Frantic illustrates its capabilities as a cinematic renderer and reinforces our commitment to provide creatives with a technology that makes it possible to render in less time and with greater efficiency,” said Scott Kirvan, CEO at SplutterFish.
“‘Swordfish’ set new standards in the art of visual effects creation. We could not be more pleased that our new Brazil renderer has been selected by Frantic Films to help the production team push the boundaries of live-action and digital effects in the upcoming “The Core” and other features which are currently in production.”
The trailer for “The Core” can be viewed at http://www.thecoremovie.com