Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists is a 2000 Indian-American animated film. It is the first feature-length computer animation film created exclusively using motion capture.[3] While many animators worked on the project, the human characters were entirely animated using motion capture. It was filmed at Raleigh Studios in Los Angeles, over a three-month period in 1997. The film was produced by Pentafour Software, now known as Pentamedia Graphics.[3]
| Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists | |
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| Directed by | Alan Jacobs Evan Ricks |
| Written by | Jeff Wolverton |
| Based on | Sinbad the Sailor from One Thousand and One Nights |
| Produced by | Sriram Rajan |
| Starring | |
| Edited by | Scott Conrad |
| Music by | Chris Desmond |
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| Distributed by | Phaedra Cinema |
Release date |
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Running time | 82 minutes [1] |
| Countries | India United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30 million |
| Box office | $29,245[2] |
Along with Pandavas: The Five Warriors (2000), this was one of the first full-length computer-graphics-based features made in India.
Plot
editSinbad discovers a mysterious island ruled by King Chandra and his daughter, Princess Serena. Serena is on her voyage beyond the "Veil of Mists". She seeks the help of Sinbad and his crew as they set out in search of the magic potion to save King Chandra from the evil clutches of the mysterious sorcerer Baraka. Their adventures with deep-sea monsters, pre-historic bats and the fish people in the land beyond the Veil of Mists, fills this action packed adventure film.[4][5]
Voice cast
edit- Brendan Fraser as Sinbad
- John Rhys-Davies as King Chandra
- Jennifer Hale as Princess Serena
- Leonard Nimoy as Baraka
- Mark Hamill as Captain of the Guards
- Robert Allen Mukes as King's guard / Executioner
- Harry Zinn as Lead guard
- K.W. Miller as Babu
- Clint Carmichael as Guard
- Alice Amter as Bar wench
- Jeff Wolverton as Miscellaneous crew
- Allan Lurie as Baraka's brother
- Jim Cummings as Calico Jack
- Nick Jameson as Mook
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Mustafa
Production
editSinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists was billed as "the first full-length animated feature using the 3-D animated motion capture process".[4] The film used different actors for the motion caption of the main characters based on their particular size and body shape, as well as another set of actors for the facial movements.[6] A couple of hundred animators in Madras, India, worked on the animation, as well as a smaller group in Los Angeles.[7]
Produced by Pentamedia Graphics and Improvision Corporation with assistance of Pentafour Software and Madras. It was purchased by Trimark Pictures for television distribution and had a limited theatrical release in Los Angeles, New York and Chicago. The motion capture technology was provided by the House of Moves Motion Capture Studios in Los Angeles.
Box office
editThe film grossed $29,245 domestically.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "SINBAD: BEYOND THE VEIL OF MISTS (PG)". British Board of Film Classification. 29 January 2002. Archived from the original on 15 November 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ^ Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists at Box Office Mojo
- ^ a b Lenburg, Jeff (2009). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons (3rd ed.). New York: Checkmark Books. p. 226. ISBN 978-0-8160-6600-1.
- ^ a b Deming, Mark. "Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists: Synopsis (From All Movie Guide)". MSN Movies. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
- ^ "Pentamedia.in". Archived from the original on 8 July 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ^ Furniss, Maureen (19 December 1999). "Motion Capture". Media In Transition. Archived from the original on 31 May 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
- ^ Reber, Deborah (1 February 1999). "Sinbad Brings Motion Capture Feature Animation into New Terrain". Animation World Magazine. AWN. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2009.