Chair: Tim McGovern
General Motors EV-1: "Appliances"
How would a toaster walk, if it could? A vacuum cleaner? Character design issues like these were critical in the development of a commercial for the first car in history designed from the ground up as a mass-production electric vehicle.
Alex Seiden
Industrial Light & Magic
"The Relic"
Computer graphics solutions were essential for getting a rampaging performance from a fantastic creature -- for the heavy action shots such as a fiery monster chasing the heroine as well as detailed elements like the monster's six-foot tongue, which lovingly licks the heroine.
John (DJ) DesJardin
VIFX
"Dante's Peak"
Beginning with a series of digital matte paintings of the volcano, this project proceeded to creation of digital CG lava composited into various locations and terrain, even inside a mountain cabin.
David Isyomin
Digital Domain
david@d2.com
"101 Dalmatians"
The breakthroughs achieved in Disney's "101 Dalmatians:" creation of up to 90 believable CG stunt-doubles for man's best friend.
Daniel Jeanette
Doug Smythe
Industrial Light & Magic