Sunday July 12 2009
Polaris
(picture is of Liz with the character named 9 from the Tim Burton film of the same name)
Always a sad kinda day, the last day of any convention as there are people at Polaris that I only see at this con every year. On the up side though it means that our biggest cons are still to come - yeah!
Sunday was a great day for me at Polaris. Liz and I went to see a panel for the new Tim Burton movie 9. It looks great and it was cool seeing the way that put this movie together. Great panel and Liz and I will be going to see this movie for sure. But to be honest we go to a LOT of movies so that's not a big shock.
David Hewlett's talk on stage was great! I love Stargate Atlantis and the character he plays, Dr. Rodney MacKay (and that the character wears a Canadian flag on his Stargate uniform!), so the 2 hour talk was the highlight of the convention for me.
The weekend ended with us all buying passes to next year's con....so we know Polaris in 2010 is a go for all 3 of us.
Garry
There were a few panels that I really liked including the one about the making of the 9. The feature film is based on a short by a guy (Shane Acker) and his friends who did all the work in his basement with minimal budget. And when you see what it takes to do a single scene of computer animation you develop a little more appreciation for this kind of talent and dedication. Really it's mind-blowing. Apparently Starz, who made the feature film and were there to show us how they did it, expect their animators to produce 3-5 SECONDS of animation in a week! That's how labour intensive this process is! Looking forward to seeing this one when it comes out on 9/09/2009. It's going to be quite dark though which is in contrast to what many people expect of an animation movie.
Check out the short film on which the feature is based:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1jl41_9-nine-shane-acker-short-animation_creation
Liz
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