INTERVIEW WITH Kevin Mannens***
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+ CGIndia Interviewed Kevin Mannens; technical director on major flicks such as; G-Force, Alice in Wonderland, 10,000BC and The Chronicles of Narnia: prince Caspian etc. Kevin talks about his work, TD-College and also give some tips for technical director. . We thank him for taking time out from his busy schedule to chat with us. Kevin Mannens says: Basically, the TD is the person who everyone turns to for an answer when difficulties arise in getting complex 3D animation work completed. TDs are expected to have an intimate knowledge of all the software being used, and be able to come up with solutions as problems arise. When a new job comes in, a bunch of people (often a CGI supervisor, a producer and a TD or two) get together to work out just how the job is going to get completed. Usually a bunch of the work is pretty straightforward and is easily assigned to animators, texture artists, match movers, etc. But a certain percentage of the work (and the more ''cutting-edge'' the facility, the bigger the percentage) will require some experimentation, research and possibly the development of new tools in order to get it done. It is up to the TDs to either establish a.......Read On!!
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