Maxon Awaits "Open Season"
MAXON's CINEMA 4D and BodyPaint 3D were called upon by the visual effects and character animation artists at Sony Pictures Imageworks to create the classic cartoon look and feel of "Open Season." MAXON software was used by Texture Artists, Matte Painters and Look Dev Artists on every frame of film, from characters to rocks, in this, the first offering from the Sony Pictures Animation.Homage was paid to famous background artist Eyvind Earle and his unique style that captured the hearts of a previous generation of animation fans. According to Apryl Knobbe, Digital Paint Lead, Imageworks artists choose the painstaking path of digitally hand painting every element to achieve this classic look. MAXON software was called into service to accomplish this and resulted in every character, all matte paintings, props, hard surface environments, vehicles, some trees, rocks, cliffs and bunnies being completed with this 21st century nod to traditional animation.
"MAXON software possesses an acceptable learning curve for artists at any level. It's powerful and customizable 3D paint tools has made it easy to integrate in the rest of our show pipeline and have resulted in it becoming the facility supported tool for digital paint here at Imageworks," observes Knobbe.
In Sony Pictures Animation's first feature film, the animated action adventure comedy Open Season, the odd are about to get even. Boog (Martin Lawrence), a domesticated grizzly bear with no survival skills, has his perfect world turned upside down when he meets Elliot (Ashton Kutcher), a scrawny, fast-talking mule deer. When Elliot convinces Boog to leave his cushy home in a park ranger's garage to try a taste of the great outdoors, things quickly spiral out of control.
Relocated to the forest with open season only three days away, Boog and Elliot must acclimate in a hurry. They must join forces to unite the woodland creatures and take the forest back!
Columbia Pictures Presents A Sony Pictures Animation Film Open Season starring Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher, Gary Sinise and Debra Messing. The film is directed by Roger Allers and Jill Culton. The co-director is Anthony Stacchi. The screenplay is by Steve Bencich & Ron J. Friedman and Nat Mauldin. The screen story is by Jill Culton and Anthony Stacchi from an original story by Steve Moore and John Carls. The film is produced by Michelle Murdocca. The executive producers are John Carls and Steve Moore. The co-producer is Amy Jupiter. The imagery and animation is by Sony Pictures Imageworks, Inc. The songs are by Paul Westerberg, and the score is by Paul Westerberg and Ramin Djawadi.
Open Season was released nationwide in the USA by Columbia Pictures on September 29, 2006.
More information and trailers: www.sonypictures.com/movies/openseason
About Sony Pictures Imageworks
Sony Pictures Imageworks Inc. is an Academy Award® winning, state-of-the-art digital production studio dedicated to the art of visual effects production and character animation. Imageworks' production environment facilities four diverse pipelines including live action visual effects and character work, ImagemotionTM performance capture, all CG animation and Imageworks 3D steroscopic. The company has been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with Oscars® for its work on SPIDER-MAN® 2 and the CG animated short film THE CHUBBCHUBBS!, as well as nominations for THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, SPIDER-MAN®, HOLLOW MAN, STUART LITTLE, and STARSHIP TROOPERS. Imageworks continues to raise the level in the visual effects and character-animation industry, becoming a major force by providing leading edge technology to its world-class artists.
ABOUT MAXON
About MAXON Computer MAXON Computer is the developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions. Its award-winning products have been used extensively in the film, television, science, architecture, engineering and other industries. MAXON products have been used for and in Open Season, Monster House, Superman Returns, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Serenity, War of the Worlds, Polar Express, The Flight of the Phoenix, Hero, Van Helsing, King Arthur, Spiderman, Spiderman 2, Haunted Mansion, Star Wars 2-The Attack of the Clones, the On-Air Packages for Comedy Central, Monday Night Football, Discovery Channel Canada, Mega Movers, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, ESPN,NFL Network,TiVO, NBC, DirecTV, CBS NFL, Smart House, Fox Kids and many more. MAXON has offices in Friedrichsdorf (Germany), Newbury Park (CA, USA), Bedford (UK) and Tokyo (JP).
Last updated October 27, 2006 at 10:45am
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