We all know Nemo and Dory, the Incredibles family, Woody and Buzz Lightyear… but few know how they were created. And that, behind the characters and the animation, there are many hours of work and science in which few repair.
There is a whole combo of “science, technology, art and mathematics” that brings our favorite characters to life, according to Abraham Guerrero, director of the Animation area at U-tad. “Behind all movies with a powerful load of visual effects, There are technical, mathematical, physical profiles…“, details.
Farrás, director of Cosmocaixa, gives the example of Mike Wazowskithe endearing green cyclops from ‘Monstruos S.A’: “It’s as if he were a puppet with 7,000 virtual strings that generate each movement and where each muscle has its own programming”, reveals.
To create an animated character, you start with the modeling and then a 3D model is generated. It is very important the lightning, as the students of the Animation Degree at the U-tad school well know. “Behind each character there is hair, there is simulation of fabrics, there is programming…”, Guerrero details.
In the exhibition ‘The Science of Pixar’, they show how science shapes the great characters of the Pixar universe, from the movement of a river to the hair of a character. There they propose to play and try to illuminate or animate, recreating the work of an animator. It’s science, not magic, even if it looks like it on screen. From ‘Toy Story’ to ‘Up’, through ‘Finding Nemo’, stories like these are well worth another look.
Source: Lasexta
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