Weta Digital’s Dropship in District 9

Randall Hand 15 years ago Comments Off 797

Weta Digital had the task of making the “Dropship” from the end of District 9. The liftoff, short flight, and subsequent crash landing have now been added to their website in a short video showing the various layers used to create the composition.

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Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a computer graphics programmer and news junky that's been working in the field for the last 15 years. He's responsible for visualizations generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, ytnef, mullion support in ParaView, and VizWorld.com.

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