By Elina Shatkin, September 30, 2003
The employees of Pixel Liberation Front have spent months inside the Matrix, chasing bad guys and perfecting their kung fu skills. But they didn't have to worry too much about that nasty Agent Smith, because they created a shot-by-shot rough draft of movie scenes, before filming starts, using 3D animation software.
The technique -- called previz -- has been around since the 1970s
. Visual-effects guys began using it more in the 1990s, but solely to plan explosions, etc. PLF's innovation was to reimagine previz as a project management tool for movie crews. Click here for the full article in Inc.com.
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