Entering this hyperbolic dream state environment of Hollywood's golden age, the houselights down, we are finally in a darkened theater. We are all part of the hushed audience ready to be impressed visually, technically and emotionally. Incredible side-screen title animations created by Kathryn Otoshi, Courtney Armitage and Tom Smentowski Continue the bold, lunar, celestial motif and beautifully introduce each piece in the ET2000 with style. The 'Full Tilt' opening sequence, designed and produced by Station X of Santa Monica using Studio Max 3D on NT systems, is a humor-filled chase that parodies our own rush to get to the theater on time and to be well seated for this extravaganza. A parade of CGI personality begins with each new piece proffering its own particular slant on digital creativity.
Definite trends spike throughout the course of the program.
Japanese game animation samples came from Namco Limited, 'Tekken Tag Tournament' being one of those. For sheer eccentric vision with rapidfire animation changes, the Japanese piece entitled '1' by Omnibus Japan Inc. weighs in very heavy. Pump Action', the offspring of Phil Captain 3D McNally, stood out as as an independent CG piece that portrays a tense situation between inflatable characters with cruel humor. The Light of Mies van Der Rohe' by Henrik Jensen of Stanford University documents techniques described in two course at the conference. We see an aging actress reminiscing in her dressing room.