Tracy McSheery
ABSTRACT
Tracy McSheery will give a presentation example of pre-visualization, showing work in progress on the full length animated movie Tower of the Dragon (http://www.towerofthedragon.com) where tools readily available from commercial vendors (no specialized tools will be used to make the movie) from Autodesk, Otoy, HP, Nvidia and others will allow low cost productions of full animated movies. Special guests will be present during the talk, including celebrated author David Gerrold from Star Trek, STNG, The Martian Child, along with actors and production members.
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