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What the man who 'groomed' King Kong can teach you about a successful career
By Fast Company
VIEWThere they encounter Kong, a legendary giant gorilla, who they capture and display in New York City, with tragic results. Kong is a CG title character who delivers a very complex performance without the aide of dialogue. Weta Digital created him with a blend of performance capture technology and keyframe animation. He has around four million hairs on his body rendered using new simulation and modeling software. Also of note is CityBot– a rules-based system that handled architectural details and textures, which was created to manifest a digital replica of 1933 Manhattan.
By Fast Company
VIEWBest Visual Effects
Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture
Joe Letteri, Eileen Moran, Christian Rivers, Eric Saindon
Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Motion Picture - Kong
Andy Serkis, Christian Rivers, Atsushi Sato, Guy Williams
Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Motion Picture
Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, Matt Aitken, Charles Tait
Achievement in Special Visual Effects
Joe Letteri, Christian Rivers, Brian Van’t Hul, Richard Taylor
Best Special Effects
Joe Letteri, Richard Taylor, Christian Rivers, Brian Van't Hul