The Chronicles of Narnia

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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe was
challenging by virtue of the complexity of its visual effects and the short
timeframe in which hundreds of shots had to be completed. A holiday 2005
blockbuster produced by Walt Disney Pictures in association with Walden
Media, The Chronicles of Narnia brings viewers into the incredible world of
fantasy and adventure created by C.S. Lewis.
With more than 1,400 visual effects shots, the workload associated with
The Chronicles of Narnia was divvied up between three major visual effects
companies: Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI), ILM, and Rhythm and Hues.
Over 600 of the shots were created at SPI, which engaged the talents of
its 3D animators and visual effects compositors, who used an arsenal of
Autodesk?technology.
Incredible 3D Animation
SPI’s film workflow used Autodesk?Maya?3D animation software seats
where many of the movie’s 3D talking animals-including wolves, beavers,
and a fox-were created. After the basic polygonal characters were
developed, these 3D Nurbs “puppets” were moved to the Rigging department
where they were refined.
“All of SPI’s animation work for Narnia was done in Maya, with 3D characters
moving…