Online, May 4-6, 2021
Ludwigsburg/Germany, March 16, 2021. Only seven weeks till FMX 2021 will take off on May 4 to 6, and we are pleased to see more and more confirmations of amazing media creators coming in, who will share their insights at FMX’s virtual edition: We are looking forward to having exciting speakers in our Open Source track and hosting presentations on Pixar’s Soul and the collaborative animated short Cat and Moth. Furthermore, we welcome TRIXTER as an FMX Silver Partner.
The Open Source track in Partnership with the Academy Software Foundation
Open source software has become ubiquitous across the motion picture industry, providing a foundation for many of the visual effects and animation used in motion pictures today. Developers and engineers across the industry are working together to solve common challenges and to develop new tools that help bring images to life. Developed in partnership with the Academy Software Foundation, the Open Source track highlights these cross-industry efforts to develop shared technologies for image creation, visual effects, animation and sound. The speakers of the Open Source track will be David Morin (Executive Director, Academy Software Foundation), Nick Cannon (Walt Disney Animation Studios), Larry Gritz (Sony Pictures Imageworks), Carol Payne (Netflix), Jim Jeffers & Sean McDuffee (Intel Corporation), Kimball Thurston (Weta Digital), Karen Ruggles (DeSales University), Benoit Maujean & Fabien Castan (Mikros Image) and Allan Johns (Method Studios).
What do souls actually look like? The creative and technical efforts that created the unique ethereal characters in Pixar’s Soul
What is the meaning of life? How can babies already have personalities? Pixar’s Soul takes us on a journey to the place where these questions can be answered. But in order to visualize this ethereal place, before life begins, the looks development team had to figure out what souls actually look like. Join Markus Kranzler (Technical Director at Pixar Animation Studios) as he explains the creative and technical efforts that went into creating these unique characters.
A fluffy remote collaboration – The making of Cat and Moth
Ditto, a fluffy white cat, wants nothing more than to take her afternoon nap in the most comfortable spot in the universe. Little does she know that someone else has their eye on it too… Inspired by observations of the bemusing behaviour of her beloved feline friends, character animator and cat lover India Barnardo directed the playful natured short animation film Cat and Moth. She created it with a team of more than 90 filmmakers scattered all over the world working on this project entirely online, made possible through the collaborative platform Artella. India Barnardo and some of the team will walk you through the cutting-edge concerted Making of Cat and Moth.