VIEW Conference - 2010 Edition

2010 Edition

The VIEW Conference 2010 took place from October 26, 2010, to October 29, 2010, at the Conference Center Torino Incontra. The VIEWFest took place from October 27, 2010, to October 31, 2010, at Cinema Massimo in Torino. Keynoting the VIEW’s eleventh annual event is the award‐winning director and executive producer of the CG feature How to Train Your Dragon, Tim Johnson,whose career spans the length of CGI feature filmmaking. The artist presented during VIEWFest world premiere of “Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special,” a 22‐minute, fully CGI film that he directed.

• Other speakers:

Also highlighting the conference were: CG pioneer Ken Perlin, director of the Games for Learning Institute at New York University. Paul Franklin, visual effects supervisor for Inception and cofounder of Double Negative, who received an Oscar nomination in 2009 for The Dark Knight. Bruce Holcomb, who supervised the digital model making at Industrial Light & Magic for Iron Man 2. Kim White, director of photography for lighting on Toy Story 3. Henry Labounta, Senior Art Director on Need for Speed Hot Pursuit. Parag Havaldar, software architect at Sony Pictures Imageworks, David Schaub,animation director at Sony Pictures Imageworks for Alice in Wonderland. Adam Avitable of Look Visual effects, who brings VFX techniques practiced on the popular television series, Lost. Moreover. Simon Robinson explained how Nuke evolved to meet Avatar’s needs. Sandra Karpman revealed the creative decisions behind the imaginative short film Day & Night. Dan Schrecker talked about techniques behind Step Up 3D.

• VIEW offered several practical workshops.

Pixar’s Dylan Sisson returned with his standing‐room only RenderMan workshops. Pam Hogarth provided practical career advice. The University of Utah’s Craig Caldwell offered 10 secrets in animation. Terrence Masson, SIGGRAPH 2010 Conference Chair and director of creative industries at Northeastern University, shared his production experience.

• VIEW Award winners:

Best Short: Best Short: TROIS PETIT POINT, Authors: Lucrèce Andreae, Alice Dieudonne, Tracy Nowocien, Florian Parrot, Ornélie Prioul, Rémy Schaepman Best Design: ALEKSANDR, Authors: Remy Dereux, Maxime Hibon, Juliette Clauser, Raphaelle Ranson, Louise Seynaeve Best Environment Design: D’UNE RARE CRUDITE, Authors: Emilien Davaud, Jéremy Mougel, Marion Szymczak Best Digital Character: LE ROYAUME, Authors: Nuvo Alves Rodrigues, Oussama Bouacheria, Julian Cheng, Sébastien Hary, Aymeric Kevin, Ulysse Malassagne, Franck Monier. Best Digital Visual Effects: LOOM, Authors: llija Brunck, Jan Bitzer, Csaba Letay