Director: Ang Lee
Based on a book by Yann Martel, Life of Pi tells of a story of a boy named Pi
Patel, who is stranded on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a tiger named
Richard Parker. The story itself delves into many aspects of spirituality and the
need of a person to survive the harshness of the sea alone, but what sets this
movie apart as a technological marvel is the fact that for the most part, the tiger
Richard Parker is actually made entirely from CGI. Hyper-realistic art is taken to
a whole new level in this movie as the tiger looks, moves sounds and acts
exactly like how a real tiger would. Rhythm and Hues, the studio which was also
responsible for creating the lion in Narnia, spent a year in research and
development in order to harness the skill set necessary to bring Richard Parker
to life. It was also the first time the studio used something that is called remote
rendering, which utilises what is called CAVE, which stands for Cloud Animation
and Visual Effects.
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