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Projects - Giant Studios

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James Camerons Avatar (2009)
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

Giant is provided 6 months of motion capture, including horses for the A.I. engine crowd scenes, as well as the first on set capture for a Hero character, Tumnus.

Flags of our Fathers
Flags of our Fathers

Again, working with long time client Digital domain, Giant's technology was used to create digital doubles of soldiers storming the beathes. We simulated this by building sand pits and dunes in our studio.

Happy Feet
Happy Feet

Animal Logic utilized Giant's technology in this nearly 100% motion capture production. The film won the 2006 Academy Award for best-animated feature.

Letters from Iwo Jima
Letters from Iwo Jima

Again, working with long time client Digital domain, Giant's technology was used to create digital doubles of soldiers storming the beathes. We simulated this by building sand pits and dunes in our studio.

Night at the Museum
Night at the Museum

Giant captured performers representing the various miniature characters such as the Roman soldiers, Cowboys and Indians, etc.

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Working with Rhythm and hues, Giant created the motion trees of data that would be incorporated into Massive software to create the crowd scene in the car chase through the center of Tokyo.

World Trade Center
World Trade Center

Giant performed both Hero and background capture under the direction of VFX Supervisor John Scheele.

Fantastic Four - Rise of the Silver Surfer
Fantastic Four - Rise of the Silver Surfer
I Am Legend
I Am Legend

This was a milestone project for the company in that it was the first time we used our Image Based Capture technology in capturing multiple characters. We delivered over 40 minutes of data to Sony Imageworks in helping create 'the infected' characters including the Hero.

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World\'s End
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Giant was asked to come on location and construct a capture volume around the life-sized set piece of the Hai Pang pirate ship. We performed 3 days of capture, adapting to the changing environment of live action set lighting.

Iron Man
Iron Man

This was our first project with now long-time client Marvel. We became involved during pre-production, helping with character development including flight tests captured with skydivers in a wind tunnel.

Prince Caspian
Prince Caspian

Giant was tasked to complete 10 days of capture including horse and riders and deliver over 100 minutes of data within a span of 3 months. We delivered on time and within budget.

The Incredible Hulk
The Incredible Hulk

Our second project with Marvel involved going on location for 2 months to capture 'post-viz' data as simultaneously with the live action shoot. During post we also captured plate-specific animation shots for the Hulk.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Using our Real Time capture system we were able to layer in crown animations on the fly so the director, Rob Cohen could make editorial decisions on the fly.

Tin Tin: Secret of the Unicorn
Tin Tin: Secret of the Unicorn
2012
2012

The production team from Roland Emmerich's large-scale new feature spent three days at Giant Studios, creating digital doubles to simulate mass hysteria as the world is coming to an end.

The Day After Tomorrow
The Day After Tomorrow

Digital Domain turned to Giant to develop a method to simulate the appearance of humans moving through snow and water.

The Fellowship of the Ring
The Fellowship of the Ring
King Kong
King Kong

Weta Digital once again selected Giant Studios as the motion capture technology provider reuniting us with Andy Serkis.

 
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