ATTN JMS: CGI Re: from jms II: more crusade

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From: Werner Spahl <ui22273 at mail.lrz-muenchen.de>
Date: 13 Oct 1998 05:25:10 -0600
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On 12 Oct 1998, Jms at B5 wrote:

> >How much of the CGI could be done "speculatively", concurrent
> >or even before the filming of the episode?
> 
> Zip.  Because until it's edited, you don't know how long to make the shots, or
> how they'll intercut with the live action...and there's all the stuff from
> other eps to deal with as well.

BTW how are you planning those CGI parts? Are you providing exact
storyboards with ships and beams or do the CGI people just create
something along your script or do you check it prior rendering in
wireframe form or similar?

 Werner Spahl (ui22273 at sun1.lrz-muenchen.de)
"The meaning of my life is to make me crazy!"



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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 13 Oct 1998 14:23:05 -0600
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>BTW how are you planning those CGI parts? Are you providing exact
>storyboards with ships and beams or do the CGI people just create
>something along your script or do you check it prior rendering in
>wireframe form or similar

Pretty much all of the above, depending on the complexity of the sequence.

 jms

(jmsatb5 at aol.com)
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