'Monsters vs Aliens'takes over the city
DreamWorks and HP have let slip some information about the technology
behind the 3D movie 'Monsters vs Aliens'. Speaking to the press, the
companies have revealed just how much effort has gone into making the 3D
film.
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A scene from ‘Monsters vs Aliens’ |
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movie is the first time that DreamWorks has authored a movie in 3D.
The company has opted for InTru 3D, which is powered by Intel.
Producing a movie in 3D is a massive thing for DreamWorks, as it hopes
to entice the public from their big-screen tellies at home and into
cinemas.
DreamWorks Animation's Chief Executive Officer, Jeffrey Katzenberg is
completely behind the InTru 3D technology, saying it produces "an
immersive experience, not an observational experience" and the "next
innovation for the movie industry."
To create a 3D movie from scratch, however, some hefty tech is
needed. With 'Monsters vs Aliens' in particular, hundreds of HP XW8600
workstations running Intel Xeon quad-core processors were used.
It took around 45 million hours of rendering to produce the CGI flick
with 9,000 processor cores working overtime.
HP points out that if one workstation was used to create the movie,
it would have taken 1,000 years to produce.
'Monsters vs Aliens' is out at Majestic cinema from August 7. |
