SIGGRAPH Asia 2019, many influencers and global leaders of the technology and animation industry will be participating to share their knowledge and passion.
“The featured sessions at SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 are going to involve keynotes, panels and luminaries in our industry who are going to talk about the advances and the wonderful technology that is being developed in our industry,” says the event’s Featured Sessions Program Chair, Mark Elendt, who has been a developer at Side Effects Software for over 25 years.
The sessions span conversations about the making of some of the most famous animated films today, through to full dome experiences, and the technical aspects of creating, and securely protecting mixed reality technology.
Highlights of the Featured Sessions include:
Staging the Endgame: Weta Digital’s Animation Supervisor, Sidney Kombo-Kintombo, will break down iconic scenes in the movie, to reveal how Weta’s animators leveraged new animation toolsets and extensive experience in the MCU to portray the inevitable fate of The Avengers.
Making of Pixar Onward: Set in a suburban fantasy world, Pixar’s “Onward” introduces two teenage elf brothers who embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left out there.
Star Wars: Over Four Decades of Storytelling with Innovation: Rob Bredow, SVP, Executive Creative Director & Head, Industrial Light & Magic will highlight some of the most innovative visual effects in the Star Wars series, spanning forty years of work.
Analysis and Execution-How Weta Digital Created Junior for Gemini Man: Weta Digital’s VFX Supervisor Guy Williams will present how Weta Digital created a completely digital character, Junior, who is a younger clone of Will Smith’s character Henry in the film.
The Making of The Lion King: Elliot Newman, MPC VFX Supervisor, will take us behind the scenes of the film’s computer-generated imagery (CGI) production.
SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 will take place at the Brisbane Exhibition and Convention Centre from 17 to 20 November 2019.
