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March of the Dinosaurs (2011)

March of the dinosaurs
Full CGI feature film – 90 mins
Director: Matthew Thompson
Production Company: Wide Eyed Entertainment
Script: Jasper James (story) – Matthew Thompson (screenplay)

Overview: The film follows a 1,000-mile march made by ancient Arctic dinosaurs, the bones of which have only recently been discovered. Using 100% computer-generated scenes, this feature will convey the full awe and magic of a time when dinosaurs battled against ice, snow and fire and predators stalked under the northern lights.

Description of our work:

  • Concept
  • Previsualization
  • CG creatures concept, modeling, rigging, texture, lighting and animation
  • CG environments concept, modeling, texture and lighting
  • Matte paintings
  • Camera setup and animation (layout)
  • SFX, particle and simulation effects
  • Compositing effects and integration

Credits:

EXECUTIVE VFX PRODUCERMarc BOURBONNAIS
 Yanick WILISKY
VFX PRODUCERCynthia MOUROU
VFX SUPERVISOREric CLÉMENT
VFX PRODUCTION MANAGERJacinthe CÔTÉ
VFX PROJECT MANAGERJeanne-Élise PRÉVOST
VFX COORDINATORCatherine BÉLANGER-GAGNON
 Audrey PICAROU
 Sarha DARVEAU
CG SUPERVISORMostafa BADRAN
 Martin PELLETIER
LEAD CONCEPT & MATTE PAINTINGSylvain LORGEOU
MATTE PAINTERSFrank GAROUFALIS
 Florent LEBRUN
 Simon WEANER
 Philippe LANGLOIS
LEAD MODELERMathieu PHANEUF
MODELERSGuillaume CHAMPAGNE
 Nicolas GAFFIERO
 Lon KRUNG
 Simon MEUNIER
 Samuel LORIAULT
LEAD PIPELINE TDSylvain BERGER
TDAlok GANDHI
 Xavier LAPOINTE
 Renaud BOUSQUET
 Guillaume THIMUS
LEAD TD RIGGINGBruno BLAIN
TD RIGGINGCarlos ABREGO
TD LAYOUTPrudhvi RAJU
 Fabrice VIENNE
 Louis-David PAQUETTE
 Caroline LABRIE
 Stefano GEMMELLARO
 Stéphane PICARD
TEXTURE ARTISTSMarie-Pier AVOINE
 Alexandre CANNICCIONI
 Nicolas FILLION
 Josée DUMAS
 Guillaume GOUDREAULT
ANIMATION SUPERVISORMarcus ALQUERES
ANIMATORSJérémy LAMBOLEZ
 Yuri LEMENTY
 David YABU
 Anne-Marie VAILLANCOURT
 Velislava NIKOLOVA
 Philippe OUELLET
 Myung Jin LEE
 Chad BAUGHMAN
 Atsuo FUJIWARA
 Michel BIDART
 Roxy LIAO
 Martin FERLAND
 Claire DEBERLE
  David ROUX
LEAD TD MASSIVE (CROWD SIMULATION)Philip MELANÇON
TD MASSIVEMatthew WELLMAN
LEAD LOOK DEVELOPMENTMathieu BERTRAND
LOOK DEVELOPMENTHugo DEBAT BURKARTH
 Jean-Pierre RIVERIN
 Olivier NADEAU
LEAD TD LIGHTINGNadège BOZZETTI
LIGHTINGGeoff MARSHALL
 Alexandre PAILLON
 Nicholas MAINVILLE
 Julie JOANNOTÉGUY
 Éric MALTAIS
 Antoine ROULEAU
 Alejandro RESTREPO
 Simon LECAVALIER
 Jeanne-Éloïse OUELLET
SFXFrançois DUCHESNEAU
 Ryo MIKAI
 Michael SUN
 Alex TURENNE
PRECOMPMauricio GUWZYNSKI
LEAD DIGITAL COMPOSITORStéphane RIOUX
DIGITAL COMPOSITORSJonathan CARRÉ
 Andréane DODIER-VILLENEUVE
 Andrea ESPINAL
 Vincent FREI
 Joao SITA
 Mickaël LEGER
 Alice PEPUJOL
 Christian SIMON
 Valentin TRASNEA
 Armando VELASQUEZ
 Guillaume THIMUS
 Francis LAROUCHE
 Jean-Sébastien FORTIN
 Marie-Ève AUTHIER
DATA WRANGLERSStephane PICARD
 Pascal LAFLAMME
VFX PRODUCTION ASSISTANTSJean AROUSI
 Louis LAFLAMME-FILLION
 Tanya MOORE
DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGYDominic GAUDREAU
TECHNICAL SUPPORTJonathan BOISVERT
 Maxime MURRAY
VFX FINANCIAL CONTROLLERPatrick BISSONNETTE
VFX SALES & MARKETING MANAGERValérie CLÉMENT