ACM SIGGRAPH 2016 Computer Animation Festival

Abstract

Computer Animation Festival The SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival is the leading annual festival for the world's most innovative, accomplished, and amazing digital film and video creators. An internationally recognized jury receives hundreds of submissions and presents the best work of the year in the two programs of the Computer Animation Festival: Daytime Selects and the Electronic Theater. Selections include outstanding achievements in animated feature and short films, scientific visualization, visual effects, real-time graphics, game excerpts, and much more! The Computer Animation Festival is recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a qualifying festival. Since 1999, several works originally presented in the Computer Animation Festival have been nominated for or have received a Best Animated Short Academy Award. Production Sessions In Production Sessions, the world's most elite and talented computer graphic experts and creative geniuses explain their processes and techniques for creating compelling content. Real-Time Live! An interactive extravaganza that celebrates real-time achievements at the intersection of ingenious technical skills and creative beauty, Real-Time Live! showcases the latest trends and techniques for pushing the boundaries of interactive visuals. Daytime Selects Three programs of outstanding work in visual effects, games, and tiny programs, plus a survey of Computer Animation Festival award winners since 2010. Daytime Selects: Break It Down A behind-the-scenes look at the techniques and technology used to make today''s most stunning visual effects. "Break It Down" shows in-depth, technical shot breakdowns from some of this year's greatest commercial work, games, and feature films. It not only highlights groundbreaking new techniques, but also shows a glimpse of how some standard techniques can be used in new and interesting ways to create innovative visual effects. Daytime Selects: The Arcade A new bespoke audience experience focusing on games from concept art through technology and implementation in cinematic and real time. Daytime Selects: >Demoscene_ The demoscene is an international computer art subculture that specializes in creating self-contained programs that produce audio-visual presentations. The main goal of a demo is to exhibit programming, artistic, and musical skills within highly constrained limitations; for example, restricting the executable file to just 64k in size. Yes, you read that correctly: 64k. Quite honestly, you won't believe what you''re seeing. Daytime Selects: Winner's Circle Winner's Circle celebrates the most impressive, original, and amusing award winners from the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival over the last seven years. Compiled as a compact and highly entertaining show, student and commercial projects sit side-by-side in this incredible recap of festival highlights.