Bill La Barge Demo Reel Shot Breakdown

Bill La Barge Demo Reel Shot Breakdown
Shot #
Project
Task
Software
1
Watchmen
Glass palace: entire palace procedurally built and
Houdini
animated. Implemented particle system based and level-
set based collision avoidance for palace
subcomponents. Participated in design of glass palace.
2
Spider-Man 3
Particle animation, 3D lighting
Houdini, Katana, RenderMan
3
Spider-Man 3
Particle animation, 3D lighting
Houdini, Katana, RenderMan
4
Spider-Man 3
Particle animation, 3D lighting
Houdini, Katana, RenderMan
5
Spider-Man 3
3D lighting
Katana, RenderMan
6
Watchmen
Glass palace procedurally animated.
Houdini
7
Watchmen
RBD simulation
Houdini, ODE RBD solver
8
Beowulf
Beer mead simulation and polygonization
Houdini, SPH CFD solver
9
Beowulf
Beer mead simulation and polygonization
Houdini, SPH CFD solver
10
Beowulf
Beer mead simulation and polygonization
Houdini, SPH CFD solver
11
Beowulf
Beer mead simulation and polygonization
Houdini, SPH CFD solver
12
Beowulf
Water simulation and polygonization
Houdini, SPH CFD solver
13
Beowulf
Beer mead simulation and polygonization
Houdini, SPH CFD solver
14
Matrix Revolutions
Procedural sentinel animation
Houdini
15
Matrix Revolutions
Procedural sentinel animation
Houdini
16
Spider-Man 2
Glass RBD simualtion
Maya
17
Spider-Man 2
Brick wall RBD simulation, debris, dust
Maya
18
Spider-Man 2
Glass RBD simualtion
Maya
19
Spider-Man 2
Glass RBD simualtion
Maya
20
Speed Racer
Sparks, dust
Houdini, RenderMan, Splat
21
Speed Racer
Sparks, dust
Houdini, RenderMan, Splat
22
Speed Racer
Sparks, dust, safety bubble
Houdini, RenderMan, Splat
23
Speed Racer
Heat distortion, dust
Houdini, RenderMan, Splat
24
X-Men 2
Volumetric environment, floating people
Maya, Partman
25
X-Men 2
Volumetric environment, floating people
Maya, Partman
26
Zathura
Meteors & smoke
Houdini, RenderMan
27
Zathura
Meteors & smoke
Houdini, RenderMan
28
Zathura
Meteors & smoke
Houdini, RenderMan
29
Zathura
Meteors & smoke
Houdini, RenderMan
30
Zathura
Meteors & smoke
Houdini, RenderMan
31
Watchmen
Glass palace animation
Houdini
32
Thirteen Days
Missle fire & smoke simulations, 3D lighting
Maya, Slim, RenderMan
33
Thirteen Days
Missle fire & smoke simulations, 3D lighting
Maya, Slim, RenderMan
34
Thirteen Days
Missle fire & smoke, plane exhaust, 3D lighting
Maya, Slim, RenderMan
35
The Aviator
Plane exhaust
Houdini, Splat
36
The Aviator
Plane exhaust
Houdini, Splat
37
The Aviator
Plane exhaust
Houdini, Splat
38
The Time Machine
Ground breaking & erosion
Maya, Slim, RenderMan
39
The Time Machine
Ground breaking & erosion
Maya, Slim, RenderMan
40
Spider-Man 3
IBR pipeline. UV layout for James Franco, implemented Maya, RenderMan
pipeline for texture projections and compositing.
41
Spider-Man 3
IBR: UV layout for Thomas Hayden Church, composited Maya, RenderMan, Shake
texture projections from 6 different cameras
Software Notes:
Katana is a proprietary lighting software package (Sony).
Splat is a proprietary sprite renderer (Sony).
Partman is a proprietary particle and volume renderer (Cinesite).