Grove: a production-optimised foliage generator for "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"

  • Authors:
  • Matt Aitken;Martin Preston

  • Affiliations:
  • Weta Digital, Wellington, New Zealand;Weta Digital, Wellington, New Zealand

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques in Australasia and South East Asia
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

The production of New Line Cinema's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers called for numerous computer generated characters which were decorated with a wide variety of foliage. This short paper describes how we were able to employ a procedural modelling and animation system, Grove, in the production of a number of the sequences in the film. In particular we will concentrate on the practicalities of implementing such technology in large scale feature film production.