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The Prix Ars Electronica Archive is a collection enabling search and viewing of all the submissions since 1987. The award-winning projects are documented with catalogue texts and audio-visual media. All other submissions can be searched by title/artist and displayed with year, category in list form. Please cite the credits (artwork name, artist and photographer) and only use the materials if your article is related to Ars Electronica.
MouseHunt
Charles Gibson,
Rhythm & Hues
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Rhythm & Hues Studios completed 38 scenes of visual effects for the DreamWorks SKG film. Rhythm & Hues produced a full photorealistic mouse (including full motion and facial enhancement,) a cat, photoreal cherries, olives and cheese, smoke and fire effects and composited live action and CG elements, including snow over live elements.
The biggest challenge the 60 person team faced was creating realistic looking fur on the mouse and writing special software for the fur. Integrating CG mouse and cat characters and intercutting them with the live action was very demanding as well.
The biggest challenge the 60 person team faced was creating realistic looking fur on the mouse and writing special software for the fur. Integrating CG mouse and cat characters and intercutting them with the live action was very demanding as well.
Charles Gibson (USA) is a co-founder and principal of Rhythm & Hues Studios, a visual effects and animation studio in Los Angeles, California. His features credits as Visual Effects Supervisor include DreamWorks SKG's MouseHunt, Disney's Kazaam and MCA/Universal's Babe for which he received the 1005 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. Gibson's work in television advertising at Rhythm & Hues garnered several Clio Awards for Computer Animation, Graphics and Special Effects.