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Breaking News Second Featured Speaker: U2 3D's Catherine Owens SIGGRAPH 2008 is excited to announce the second featured speaker for this year's conference, film director and Irish artist Catherine Owens. Owens, best known for her staging and film work with the Irish band U2, will present "Giving Technology Emotion: From the Artist's Mind to 'U2 3D'," which details her co-directing and producing experiences during production of the film "U2 3D."
"U2 3D" documents the band's live performance in South America during their critically acclaimed 2006 Vertigo Tour. It was made for 3D IMAX and 3D Digital theatrical release and is the first digital 3D, multi-camera, real-time production. The film used the largest collection of 3D camera technology ever used on a single project. In 2005, Owens directed U2's spellbinding "Original of the Species" video which was nominated for two VH1 Music Video awards in 2006. The video, which explored CG motion capture technology, was in many ways a precursor for her work on "U2 3D," as both video and film are special effects driven. "Catherine's ground-breaking work with "U2 3D" is an excellent example of how our industry continues to evolve and push the boundaries for the next generation," stated Jacquelyn Martino, SIGGRAPH 2008 Conference Chair from IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. "Even the most complex technologies and films begin with a vision and emotion. Catherine's work illustrates the artist's process perfectly - from imagination to fruition." ^ Top |
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Computer Animation Festival Award Nominees Announced Groundbreaking films presented at the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival have amazed audiences for three decades. As in past years, 2008 saw hundreds of entries from all over the globe.
"The quality of submissions to the jury this year was incredible, ensuring that the juried programs are well-balanced, exciting, and a great snapshot of some of our industry's top material. The jury deliberated long and hard while selecting the final nominees," stated Jill Smolin, SIGGRAPH Conference Entertainment Director. "Thus, the films the jury selected are truly the best of the best, offering great technical and artistic achievement, with the added bonus of complex, sometimes very humorous, storylines." What follows is a list of the highest caliber submissions that were not only accepted to be shown at the Festival, but were also selected as nominees for this year's Computer Animation Festival awards and prizes. Winners will be announced during SIGGRAPH 2008, rather than in advance of the conference. |
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New Tech Demos Focus on Rome Reborn
Rome Reborn revolutionizes the way we explore, discover, research, and publish in archeology. It offers new approaches for exhibiting historical findings in museums. It opens new channels for collaboration within a community of research scientists, as well as for the public at large, and it could eventually transform the way history is taught in our schools. Learn more about Rome Reborn and its contributors. ^ Top |
SIGGRAPH 2008 New Tech Demos feature new and innovative technologies that you have to experience to understand. Part of the Future History SIGGRAPH 2008 theme, the exhibit Rome Reborn is the largest virtual historical reconstruction, cultural heritage, and digital archeology project ever undertaken. The exhibit features approximately 7,000 reborn buildings that recapture Rome at the peak of its glory, in 320 AD, at the time of Constantine the Great.
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Spotlight on a Production Session Pursuit of Awesomeness: The Making of "Kung Fu Panda" One of the Production Sessions offered through the SIGGRAPH 2008 Computer Animation Festival is an in-depth round table discussion by the creative team that developed "Kung Fu Panda," which is scheduled to be released 6 June from DreamWorks Animation. The session will summarize the film's creative aspirations and demonstrate how those creative goals were achieved by looking at specific case studies of three episodes: "Tai Lung Breaks Out of Prison," "Oogway Departs," and "Rope Bridge Fight." The goal of this session is to show how each department contributed to the film's storytelling, how specific production challenges arose, and how the team overcame them. Topics include: the pre-production experience (early test animations to evaluate animation and fighting styles), early-look development and how it progressed to the final look of the film, DreamWorks Animation's first use of pre-visualization as a storytelling tool, and how the death of a main character forced the production process to become the look-development process. ^ Top |
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Exhibition Highlight A Surge in First-Time Exhibitors The SIGGRAPH Exhibition floor is dynamic, and features large and small exhibitors from around the globe. Exhibitors come to SIGGRAPH to make major product announcements, form lucrative partnerships, recruit new employees, and launch products. SIGGRAPH 2008 is expecting 225 exhibitors, many of which are first-time exhibitors. SIGGRAPH 2008 welcomes the following first-time exhibitors: (TC)2 "The number of exhibitors continues to grow in 2008. The fact that we have so many first-time exhibitors this year is a testament to the quality of the conference and the caliber of the SIGGRAPH attendees," said Mike Weil, SIGGRAPH 2008 Exhibition Director. "SIGGRAPH attracts the most respected technical and creative minds in the industry and the exhibitors recognize that it is a critical place for them to reach their most important customers." For more details on exhibiting or sponsorship, e-mail Mike Weil, SIGGRAPH 2008 Exhibition Director. ^ Top |
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Justify SIGGRAPH 2008 Exceptional ROI If you need company budget approval to attend SIGGRAPH 2008, you should begin the approval process and plan to register by 4 July to save up to $275. Since the value of attending SIGGRAPH 2008 goes well above the cost to attend, it is easy to justify attending to your supervisor. Use the value-based talking points that we have developed to help you explain the importance of attending. Maximize your ROI, register today. ^ Top |
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Reserve Your Los Angeles Hotel Room by 11 July Capitalize on SIGGRAPH 2008's Discounted Rates
The most convenient hotels fill up fast. Reserve your room today. ^ Top |
Reserve your hotel room by 11 July in order to guarantee a discounted hotel rate at one of the SIGGRAPH designated hotels. Reservations made after 11 July will be based on availability only and rates may increase. |
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SIGGRAPH 2008 Job Fair Tuesday, 12 August, Wednesday 13 August, and Thursday, 14 August Jobseekers - Don't forget to create your SIGGRAPH 2008/CreativeHeads.net profile to maximize your visibility with companies recruiting at SIGGRAPH 2008 and to increase your chances of landing that "right" job. It's quick, easy, and free. When you complete your profile, companies will be able to review your professional experience, software knowledge, and samples of your work, including hosted art files and demo reels. If you already have a CreativeHeads.net profile, login to your account and check the box indicating you will be attending SIGGRAPH 2008 so employers recruiting at the conference can easily identify and contact you prior to, during, and after the job fair. Employers - If you are recruiting at SIGGRAPH 2008, make sure you either reserve a booth at the Job Fair or purchase a Recruitment Package. Both packages include job posting credits on the CreativeHeads.net job board network, as well as other marketing tools that provide exposure for your company, projects, and jobs to a community of 17-million creative professionals. ^ Top |
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ACM SIGGRAPH SpaceTime Student Gallery in Second Life Gallery Opening at SIGGRAPH 2008 Wednesday, 13 August at 5 pm PST For the first time ever, the ACM SIGGRAPH SpaceTime Student Exhibition will be holding both a physical and a virtual opening at the SIGGRAPH 2008 conference in Los Angeles. In a reflection of the integrated nature of the 2008 conference, the SpaceTime Student Gallery will be integrated throughout the ACM SIGGRAPH Village this year. To further underscore this concept, the ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee has partnered with the Otis College of Art and Design to extend the SpaceTime Gallery into the virtual world via Second Life. The Otis SL gallery will include virtual versions of both the animation and print work from the physical gallery. To introduce this virtual gallery to the SIGGRAPH public, there will be an official opening on Wednesday, 13 August at 5 pm PST at the SpaceTime Student Gallery in the ACM SIGGRAPH Village at the conference. Mark your calendar now! ^ Top |
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SIGGRAPH 2008 in the News
SIGGRAPH 2008 has recently received media attention from a range of news sources. Here is just a sample of what and who has created some buzz for SIGGRAPH 2008.
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The Evolution of SIGGRAPH Did You Know? To go along with the SIGGRAPH 2008 conference theme, each issue of SIGGRAPHITTI will offer you a different fact about the way SIGGRAPH has changed over the years, how it has evolved. Computer Animation Festival Awards The very first SIGGRAPH Best of Show award winner, "Bunny," and the 2004 Jury Award winner, "Ryan," both went on to win the Academy Award® for Best Animated Short, as did "Tin Toy," "Geri's Game," and "For the Birds." The other Oscar® nominees that have been part of the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival include "Luxo, Jr.," "Technological Threat," "Boundin," "Gone Nutty," "Gopher Broke," "Birthday Boy," "9," "One Man Band," "Lifted," and "No Time for Nuts." ^ Top |
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