About Our Work - Our Credits - Resources SOLDIER - Visual Effects by Banned From The Ranch Entertainment Our Credits SOLDIER Visual Effects and Computer Graphics by BANNED FROM THE RANCH ENTERTAINMENT Visual Effects Supervisor VAN LING Visual Effects Producer CASEY CANNON Production Managers KERRY SHEA GAIL WISE Digital 2D Supervisor TODD VAZIRI Digital 3D Artist GUNTHER SCHATZ Composite Artists MARTHA SOEHENDRA JOSH SAETA TRAVIS LANGLEY Graphics Animator IAN MARKS Visual Effects Editors HITOSHI INOUE DEBRA SANDERSON Assistant Editor NADINE CASAMAYOU Technical Supervisor DERICK TORTORELLA Digital I/O MELISSA MEAD Resources SOLDIER's Home Page, from Warner Bros., features information about the film, multimedia downloads, and much, much more. http://www.wb-soldier.com Matte World Digital's page on SOLDIER, detailing their terrific work on the film, ranging from complicated matte paintings and digital composites. http://www.matteworld.com/soldier.html Adobe After Effects, the Mac-based compositing tool which we used to composite our shots for SOLDIER. http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/aftereffects/main.html Alias|Wavefront's PowerAnimator was used to model and animate the computer generated tunnel, as well as for creating smoke and dust effects. http://www.aw.sgi.com Shake, from Nothing Real was an indispensable tool for viewing our renders, as well as for performing various file-format conversions. http://www.nothingreal.com Puffin Designs' Commotion came in handy for complicated matte challenges, particularly for creating the precise matte for Kurt Russell in our shot that required dust to wrap around the actor. http://www.puffindesigns.com Warner Bros. movie page, the producer and distributor of SOLDIER. http://www.movies.warnerbros.com Banned From The Ranch Entertainment Home Page General Information: info@bftr.com