Tron Unwired: Engineering New Worlds & Effects |
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| Event | Film 2011 |
| Format | Workshop |
| Organizer | Brent Heyning – Toyshoppe Systems |
| Description | Check out the energy innovations under the hood as we look at the engineering that goes into building costumes, props, models and sets for science fiction films such as Tron. Producers and creators for film can learn quickly how to budget, plan and execute their special effects. Films large and small can build effective props with lighting, sound and in-camera special effects, often without a large budget. Learn how pros build new worlds out of old junk and wire up new solutions with high-tech power innovations. Modelmaker and prop engineer Brent Heyning has been working in the film industry for 18 years, most recently wiring sound, light and cooling systems in the helmets for TRON: Legacy along with lighting the "mousterpieces" in Dinner with Schmucks. Brent has extensive film credits including spaceships, ports, cities, vehicles and creatures for ILM, Digital Domain, Disney, Sony, 20th Century Fox, Dream Quest and Boss Films. Some other major blockbusters films include Star Wars, AI, Transformers, Team America: World Police and The Matrix Trilogy. |
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| Level | Advanced |
| Category | Production |
| Tags | costumes, effects, Engineering |