Crowd Dynamics Unleashed: Behind the scenes of Asterix with USD | Superprod | FMX HIVE 2024
18Join Coline Mattei, Head of FX Department, and Marc Dubrois, Head of Pipeline, for an overview of Superprod's pipeline based on USD, followed by a focus on the crowd workflow they used on the upcoming Asterix animation feature. They will go through every facet of the workflow, from the creation of agents to the meticulous crafting of final shots, demonstrating the power and flexibility of USD and Solaris for crowd simulations.
Marc Dubrois is the Head of Pipeline at Superprod. He started his career as a graphic artist, accumulating a decade of experience in roles ranging from graphic artist to Lead, Supervisor, and CG Supervisor for both Commercial and Feature films. Then, he transitioned to a developer role constructing pipelines to support his colleagues working on commercial and feature films for another ten years. Before being at Superprod, Marc was a TD Supervisor and Head of R&D at Mikros Animation, contributing to feature film projects. Over the past four years at Superprod, he has overseen the development and implementation of the USD-based pipeline called Flow.
Coline Mattei is the Head of Visual Effects at Superprod. She knew she wanted to dive into the world of glitter and explosions since she did her first internship at Folimage. Based in Paris, she began her career on several TV series, sometimes as an FX artist, sometimes as a compositor, or even both together. Then she acted as a lead at Haris Studio before joining Superprod five years ago. Time flies! She managed visual effects teams on a lot of different shows and now Asterix is her new challenge. Houdini is her favorite game, and playing with USD makes the game even funnier!