By Combining Artists and Computers, Disney Sets New Rules for Reality
Take moment to read the credits at the end of Disney's TRON. TRON is the first feature film to employ computer graphics on a large scale. And with the new machines come new jobs and job titles for moviemakers. One of the more interesting sounding credits to be found at the end of TRON is "Computer Image Choreographer." The two names listed are Bill Kroyer and Jerry Rees.
Back in May, before TRON was completed, STARLOG found Bill Kroyer seated behind a Chromatics computer monitor at the Disney studios. Kroyer joined the Disney studios with Pete's Dragon and even animated a bit of Fox and the Hound. So what's an animator doing sitting behind a computer terminal? […]
