The Power of Previz

摘要

Most builders won't construct a house without a detailed blueprint to help them visualize how their client's needs and desires will fit into a predetermined footprint and budget. Likewise, most effects facilities, and, increasingly, directors of films, commercials, and other entertainment applications, won't finalize a complex shot without a crude 3D animation―called a previsualization―that proves the shot will be technically feasible and aesthetically pleasing. "The previz is like their blueprint," says Ron Frankel, creative director at Pixel Liberation Front (PLF; Venice, CA), a company that specializes in previsualization but also provides other 3D animation services. "It helps the director and the production and postproduction teams design and plan complicated shots by giving them the information they need to execute those shots."