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Terminator Salvation
Imaginary Forces Uses Trapcode Form
Extensively on Terminator Salvation
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"Trapcode Form was used extensively in our work on Terminator Salvation to generate point clouds for the opening studio logos and machine vision sequences. From our earliest tests we were intrigued by the idea of a machine understanding the three dimensional space it exists within, and found point clouds to be a great visual cue in expressing that. Form allowed us to generate and modify the point clouds within After Effects, giving us immediate results and flexibility without needing to jump back to a 3D application.
Our final pipeline involved doing a 3D track of the original shot, recreating the scene in 3D with rough geometry, and rendering a depth map of the scene from a stationary camera with parallel perspective. We then used the depth matte to displace the Form particles on their Z axis. When the Form particles are correctly positioned and viewed through the match moved 3D camera, they align to the original plate.”
Jeremy Cox, Lead Animator/Designer, Imaginary Forces (Read extensive interview with Jeremy Cox on FXGuide.com)
Credits
Designed & Produced by: Imaginary Forces (IF)
IF Creative Supervisor/Designer: Karin Fong
IF Lead Animator/Designer: Jeremy Cox
Titles Lead Animator/Designer: Charles Khoury
IF Producers: Cara McKenney, Kathy Kelehan
Project Manager: Steven Giangrasso
IF Machine Vision Animation: Chase Massingill, Josh Van Praag
IF Title Animation: Ko Maruyama, Phillip Shtoll, Brian McGee
IF Editor: Danielle White, Joe Denk
IF Inferno Artist: Rod Basham
IF Coordinators: Heather Dennis, Kim Dates
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About Imaginary Forces
Imaginary Forces (IF) is a design and production company based in Hollywood and New York. Its award-winning work spans the diverse industries of feature film production, entertainment marketing and promotion, corporate branding, architecture, advertising and experience design.
About Terminator Salvation
Terminator Salvation (Warner Bros. Pictures) is set in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor (played by Christian Bale) is the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright (played by Sam Worthington), a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet’s operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind.
