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Charged Studios' team at the Brooklyn Film Festival event on June 12th: (left to right) Adam Miller, DP, Djuna Wahlrab, Director, Adam Pierce, EP, Will Pike, Pro... Read Full Story
Cinesite announces four winners of its 2011 Inspire internship program London, UK, June 1, 2011 – Cinesite, one of the world’s leading film visual effects houses, today announced that it has awarded places on its 2011 Inspire internship program to four exceptional candidates – Luke Armstrong, Ruairi Twohig, Eleanor Bond and Tom Flavelle. The winners were chosen from more than 200 applicants for their exceptional compositing, modeling and texturing skills. The placements will commence in June and run for six weeks. Luke Armstrong is from Reading, Berkshire, and is graduating from Portsmouth University this summer after studying for a Bachelor of Science ... Read Full Story
Wild(child) Editor Yvette Pineyro Cuts Givenchy’s ‘Play,’ A Romantic Escapad Featuring Justin Timberlake, Filmed In The City Of Light Pineyro Cuts Movie Director Pierre Morel’s Film Noir Footage Of Paris, Giving Form + Continuity To The Global HD Spot, Which Earned Her A Nod From The AICE In The Fashion + Beauty Category New York: Wild(child) Editorial principal Yvette Pineyro recently cut ‘Play,’ a film noir-stye spot featuring Justin Timberlake in a romantic mélange of intrigue and stunning imagery heralding the launch of Givenchy’s new fragrance. The award-winning editor, who recently received a nod fro... Read Full Story
Atlanta, April 6th: It’s the little moments in a day that make up a grand life, but when you stop to think about it, a day is made up of 86,400 moments – and that’s a lot of living to do. Coca-Cola needed a spot that conveyed the message that in this hectic world, illy brand coffee-flavoured energy drink is a great way to get a boost. Artistic Image (AI), the hybrid design, VFX, production and editorial company, took that ‘on the go’ idea and ran with it, creating the a captivating concept and taking it to completion to deliver a commercial with a fast-paced, urban contemporary feel tailored to the product’s target market.Initially, AI was called ... Read Full Story
Atlanta: Artistic Image, which garnered top honors at the Telly Awards for the design-driven Oscar packages they produced for TNT-LA in 2009 and 2010, recently completed three graphic packages for The 83rd Annual Academy Awards. AI tapped into its full roster of high-end services - from production to 3D modeling, animation, editing, compositing and color correction – to execute their complex concept, which took three-months to complete. The Atlanta-based company’s collaborative team of multi-disciplined talent was tasked with the challenge of bringing a first-person, 3D feel to this year’s campaign, while still maintaining the classic ‘Oscar look’ that has... Read Full Story
Creative concept studio Solid recently completed a new music video for “Who’s That Chick?”, an electro-dance track produced by David Guetta and featuring Rihanna. The song originally made its debut last fall as part of the much-buzzed-about Doritos “Late Night” online global music event. Two videos provided contrasting views of Rihanna’s persona: a vibrant, playful one for day and a darker, grittier version for night.Currently airing online, the latest version of “Who’s That Chick?” is a space-age fantasy directed by Jonas Åkerlund, a Lady Gaga favorite who has also worked with Madonna and Britney Spears. Long-time Åkerlund... Read Full Story
NEW YORK, NY -- The much anticipated opening of the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia, which the New York Times recently noted ''sheer ambition gives the museum immediate importance,'' features two powerful feature video sequences designed by One Fine Day, the six-year-old design/visual effects studio led by Creative Directors Nathalie de La Gorce, Chris Haak and Executive Producer Tom Bayer. EMMY-Winning filmmaker David Grubin directed both videos. For de la Gorce, who led the One Fine Day creative team for this pro-bono project, the intricately designed 2-plus-minute sequence entitled “Purim” that is part of the exhibit looking at the American Jewish... Read Full Story
Artistic Image Revs The Imagination For Ferrari With A Series Of Animated Videos Created For The Ferrari Museum At Ferrari World, The Automaker's Exhibit At Dubai’s New High-End Theme Park Artistic Image, the multi award-winning CGI, animation, live-action house, has built a world-class reputation as the creative resource for bold, innovative spots and video content for the auto industry. Recently, Ferrari tapped the Atlanta-based company’s talent to create an animated video to showcase in a permanent installation at The Ferrari Museum, part of Ferrari World, the auto company’s expansive exhibit at Dubailand, the high-end, billion dollar... Read Full Story
Prime Focus to open state-of-the-art New York facility New facility marks major expansion and renewed focus on New York advertising and broadcast markets New York, NY, January 31, 2011 – Prime Focus, the global visual entertainment services company, has announced plans to create a cutting edge new visual effects and post production facility in the West Village, New York City. The opening of the 13,300 sq ft studio at 345 Hudson Street, slated for early summer 2011, marks a major expansion of Prime Focus’ presence on the East Coast, and signals a renewed focus on the New York advertising, broadcast, content services and feature film markets. The Hudson Street... Read Full Story
Prime Focus Contributes Spectacular Visual Effects to TRON: Legacy Vancouver, BC, Canada, January 18, 2010—Global visual entertainment services group Prime Focus has contributed more than 120 visual effects shots to the much-anticipated Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures stereoscopic release TRON: Legacy. The film, which is directed by Joseph Kosinski and stars Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde, hit theaters on December 17, 2010. TRON: Legacy tells the story of Sam Flynn (Hedlund), a rebellious 27-year-old haunted by the mysterious disappearance of his father Kevin Flynn (Bridges); a man once known as the world's leading video game developer. Wh... Read Full Story
Cinesite opens 2011 Inspire Program to help grow the next generation of VFX talent Successful visual effects internship program returns for a second year London, UK, January 17, 2011 – Cinesite, one of the world’s leading film visual effects houses, is now receiving applications for its 2011 internship program, Inspire, which helps develop young visual effects talent. Following the success of the 2010 program which has seen both of last year’s winners, Chris Mulcaster and Alex Betancourt, go on to work on the upcoming blockbusters Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and John Carter of Mars at the company, Cinesite has brought the internship program back... Read Full Story
The Four Spots Integrate A Seamless Bridge From a Tradition Broadcast Commercial To A Web Spot That delivers A Long-Form Documentary-Style Story Recently Studio 108, the full-service production, editorial, and audio company, joined forces with Burford Advertising to create and inventive series of two-part... Read Full Story
Animators Combine Traditional and CG Techniques to Give Movement to Iconic Drawings Custom Film Effects, a long-time provider of visual effects services for feature films, handled all of the visual effects and animation work for "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," a mostly live-action adaptation of the first book in Jeff Kinney's illustrated kids' novel series. 20th Century Fox released the film, which opened March 19th. Image Courtesy of Custom Film Effects and 20th Century Fox To create the movie's 200 visual effects and animation shots, CFE Visual Effects Supervisor Mark Dornfeld (also the company's founder) supervised on set in Vancouver, and brought the film's Animation Supervisor, Mike Mu... Read Full Story
Los Angeles, CA – (January 13, 2010) -- FUEL TV commissioned motion design and production studio Royale to collaborate with commercial and fine artist Adam Haynes to create the latest station ID for the network’s popular Signature Series. Royale&Haynes delivered ID #24 of the ongoing series, which is slated to culminate into one hundred unique installments. Created as a way for athletes&artists to inspire the action sports culture, FUEL TV’s Signature Series was itself inspired by the concept of signature series deck designs popular in skateboard culture. For ID #24, FUEL TV tasked Royale to animate illustrations by the Oregon-based artist Haynes, who is also renowned in the acti... Read Full Story
Contributes 175 Shots to Chris Weitz-Directed Follow-Up to Hugely Successful ‘Twilight’ Film Prime Focus VFX, formerly Frantic Films VFX, has completed 175 visual effects shots for the Summit Entertainment release, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" directed by Chris Weitz. Prime Focus contributed a majority of the film’s most frequently featured visual effects, including CG water, atmospherics, CG matte painting and environment work, and the “Diamond Skin” effect on Edward and the other vampire characters. “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” is based on the popular series of novels by Stephenie Meyer. The film stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner and hits theaters Nov.... Read Full Story
VICON House of Moves was involved in creating the animation and providing motion capture services for the recently released highly cinematic video game, WET, published by Bethesda Softworks. WET, developed by Artificial Mind and Movement (A2M), is a highly-stylized third person shooter that seamlessly blends gun play, sword kills and over-the-top acrobatics to create the ultimate interactive action experience. The game allows the player to shoot anywhere, anytime with the freedom to shoot while running, sliding down ladders, sliding across the floor, or performing any number of acrobatic moves. Featuring an ironic mix of humor and violence, unique... Read Full Story
Arvada, CO&Minneapolis, MN - (October 20, 2009) - Football's ability to inspire and unite is a reoccurring theme in a new campaign created by Mrs. K for Al Jazeera Sport. The visually striking project fuses film and motion design, to speak to the passion of the global community of European professional football fans. Following a worldwide search, Al Jazeera selected Colorado-based Mrs. K for an extensive campaign to brand and promote the network's new broadcast of the UEFA Champions League (the playoffs and Superbowl of European soccer). The campaign includes three promos and seven show packages airing throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The team - lead by Senior Creative Direc... Read Full Story
Minneapolis, MN -- (October 1, 2009) -- Minneapolis broadcast design&animation studio motion504 recently completed the reception sponsor reel for the Minneapolis screening of the AICP Show: The Art&Technique of the American Commercial, which takes place tonight at the Guthrie Theater. The inventive title sequence created by motion504 introduces each reception sponsor through a cinematic narrative that imagines the craft of “moving type” via mechanical gadgets that look as if they were built a century ago. Led by Creative Directors Scott Wenner and Amy Schmitt, motion504 helmed the entire project, start to finish: concepting and storyboarding; direction of the live-action shoot; 2D&... Read Full Story
Santa Monica, CA, August 12, 2009: Bicoastal production/design studio Blind applies a scissors-and-glue effect to popular films and TV shows in vivid new 3D animated :30s, including “TV Plus RR” and “Triple RR” for Bright House Networks out of Fry/Hammond/Barr, Orlando, FL. The playful spots are 30-second glides through worlds of ‘hidden CG’ paper cutout such as Pirates of the Caribbean, The Daily Show, sports and rock ‘n’ roll imagery. “We’ve been big fans of Blind’s work for awhile and this seemed like the perfect opportunity to work together,” said John Logan, creative director and copywriter at Fry... Read Full Story
Los Angeles & San Francisco -- (July 20th, 2009) --Summer is camping season and a high-risk time for wildfires, nine out of 10 of which are caused by human carelessness. With wildfire prevention in mind, DraftFCB tapped Director Jason Zada of Tool of North America and visual effects company Ntropic to create a new PSA called "Bonfire" on behalf of the Ad Council, the U.S. Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters.For "Bonfire," Ntropic was presented with the challenge of redesigning Smokey Bear to add greater CG realism to the classic icon of wildfire prevention in an intensive 4-week production cycle. Ntropic's animation acumen produced a full... Read Full Story
Melbourne, Australia June 30, 2009 Parry Animation Studios, founded by Jack Parry and Marianna Parry, in association with Screen Australia has released its latest CG-animated short, Calypso. The film is the result of the collaboration between Parry Studios and the multi-award winning Australian Animation/Director/Producer Sarah Watt, one of Australia's most celebrated animators. Calypso, which is Directed by Jack Parry, and Produced by Marianna Parry is the story of an old man's escape from dying. In the not-so-distant future our elderly are left to be cared for by machines. George, an abandoned, terminally ill man, has been left to end his... Read Full Story
CG Spot Marries 3D, Live-Action and Mocap to Create Virtual Environment and CG Integrated HumanoidArtist owned-and-operated bi-coastal effects boutique Brickyard VFX provided visual effects for Dandelion, a CG-intensive commercial for LG Electronics via ad agency Y&R NY. Directed by Filip Engstrom for prodco Smuggler, the spot began airing throughout Europe and Asia May 15.The :30 ad, promoting LGs ViewtySmart, showcases the cameras advanced engineering, elegant aesthetic and ability to analyze light and recognize faces in order to take smarter pictures. The spot, which features CG robotic characters with human heads, feet and hands, opens on a single figure standing in the dim interi... Read Full Story
Visually Compelling Teaser Is Part Of Launch For RE: GENERATIONS, Remix Album Of Nat King Cole Tracks New York, NY – (April 9, 2009) -- EMI Records recently tapped Company X to produce a promotional music video for RE: GENERATIONS, a remix album featuring modern interpretations of jazz legend Nat King Cole’s indelible work. Performing alongside Cole’s virtual croon, the album features a diverse cast of artists including daughter Natalie Cole, will.i.am, Bebel Gilberto, Stephen and Damien Marley, The Roots, and TV on the Radio, among others. Company X and its production arm, Detox, directed, edited and animated the video, which includes 2D stop-motion, 3D and After Effe... Read Full Story
Marina Del Rey, CA – (March 9, 2009) – The much-anticipated release of Watchmen features high-tech mechanical and pyrotechnic effects created by New Deal Studios (NDS). The award-winning effects team at New Deal engineered a water tower to collapse onto a burning miniature tenement rooftop, spilling water onto the fire and allowing a split second window for the superheroes to save the day. A team of 60 artists from design, fabrication, effects photography, and digital combined their artistry to orchestrate the thrilling fire effects and bring the whole sequence to life. According to Ian Hunter, NDS Co-Founder/Visual Effects Supervisor, this sequence required exact... Read Full Story
Marina Del Rey, CA (February 11, 2009) New Deal Studios has received two award nominations from the prestigious Visual Effects Society (VES). This 21st century studio has once again received acknowledgment from their peers for their outstanding miniature effects artistry within the feature film and commercial worlds. Nods came for their work in the box office record breaker, The Dark Knight and a fast-paced commercial for New Balance athletic shoes, Anthem. The award winners will be announced at the VES Awards Dinner held on February 21, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. New Deal Studios VES award nominations include: Outstandi... Read Full Story
Escape Studios, the number one source for developing a successful career in the CG industry, today announced the launch of its new online ZBrush Foundation course. Comprised of over 11 hours of HD video tutorial content created by industry experts, ZBrush Foundation enables artists of all levels to grasp the incredible power of Pixologics industry standard sculpting tool. Delivered through Escapes proprietary online learning system, ZBrush Foundation provides students with a comprehensive learning experience and the ability to ask questions of Escapes industry professional tutors, using the systems unique Q&A feature. For more information on Escapes ZBrush Foundation course, ... Read Full Story
For Immediate Release First SIGGRAPH Asia sees significant participation from the regions talents Half of entries at Computer Animation Festival as well as those showcased in the Art Gallery are from Asia Singapore, 10 November 2008 Recognizing Asias rising importance in the computer graphics and digital media industries, the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) is bringing the highly regarded SIGGRAPH Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques to the region this year the first time an Asian version of the SIGGRAPH Conference is to be held in its 34-year history. The inaugural SIGGRAPH Asia 2008 will be held from December 10th... Read Full Story
Marina Del Rey, CA (October 30, 2008) -- New Deal Studios (NDS) was in step with Hollywood celebrities in urging people to register to vote in next weeks presidential election by co-producing a pair of historic viral, web based Public Service Announcements (PSA) with Leonardo DiCaprio and his production company, Appian Way. Having been the brainchild of Leonardo DiCaprio, Will.I.Am, Tobey Maguire and Forest Whitaker, NDS was approached to provide much of the production and post production required to quickly co-produce the 5 Friends and 5 More Friends PSAs.5 Friends PSA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vtHwWReGU05 More Friends PSA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX40RsSLwF4Within hours... Read Full Story
Santa Monica, CA and New York, NY -- (October 27, 2008) -- Company 3 and Method Studios announced a unique, collaborative partnership to provide clients around the world with a full spectrum of state-of-the-art postproduction services. Company 3 Co-Founder/Colorist Stefan Sonnenfeld and Method Co-Founder/VFX Supervisor Alex Frisch saw a need for combined, solutions-based services ranging from color correction for commercials/music videos, digital camera capture, feature VFX to feature film digital intermediate (DI), which led them to form this innovative partnership. The impetus for this partnership, says Company 3's Sonnenfeld, is an ever-changing, global economic landscape. We understan... Read Full Story
Rapt viewers who crave even more Heroes intrigue now have their wish granted via a just-launched online micro series featuring the newest hero Santiago: www.nbc.com/heroesdestiny.Exclusively presented by Sprint, the Create Your Own Hero competition put viewers in charge of selecting the next great hero. Over a million people participated by choosing attributes for a male and female character and then voting for the winning hero. This collective passion was translated into a narrative micro series called Heroes/Destiny by a select team that includes director Eagle Egilsson and Moving Parts along with visual effects production company Zoic Studios. Santiago is an ordinary young man living i... Read Full Story
Studio Leads Creative Process On High-Profile HBO and General Mills ProjectsNew York, NY (October 9, 2008) Broadcast design boutique Mr. Wonderful moves firmly into the world of full-service production. Their full spectrum of production and post capabilities were recently called into action for a show open and animation package for Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, HBOs Emmy-winning sports newsmagazine, and an all-encompassing :30 spot for Trix cereal and ad agency Saatchi & Saatchi/New York, which blends live-action with cel animation and colorful CG. To view both projects, please go to: http://northernlightspost.com/secure/Username: recent Password: designWere seeing an increased cl... Read Full Story
One of the things you’ll see when you visit our website, is that we’re continually evolving to meet emerging marketing needs with departments like Digital Marketing and CGI (3D). Now, we’re even better positioned to deliver the right answers to your challenges, while providing the same personable service you’ve come to know. This new update reflects our evolution and we invite you to visit the site and explore!Our CGI reel is also updated, so check it out and let us know what you think. We hope it'll surprise you to see we're in Louisville, KY.http://www.powercreative.com/rebootnow Read Full Story
-- Leverages The Company’s High-End Proprietary S3D Pipeline Developed on Major Motion Pictures and Applies it to Commercial Production -- Digital production studio Digital Domain was tapped by Leo Burnett to bring the wondrous world of the Samsung 3D LED TV to life in a new stereoscopic 3D (S3D) advertising campaign for cinema and point-of-purchase, with 2D versions of the spots airing on TV. Digital Domain provided on-set S3D VFX supervision, working closely with directing duo TWiN of production company Rabbit and DP Mauro Fiore. The ads, part of Samsung’s “Dedicated to Wonder” marketing campaign and the first 3D cinema spots ever created for a consumer ... Read Full Story
Blur Studio recently completed a ten-spot series of commercials for Pepperidge Farm Goldfish crackers via Young & Rubicam, NY. The campaign is entirely computer generated and was directed by Blur’s Leo Santos. This work represents the campaign’s fourth season featuring the adventurous animated Goldfish characters, and is the first time the campaign presents a progressive story arc spanning 10 commercials. At the end of Season 3, “Gilbert” is separated from his friends when he gets sucked up by a vacuum cleaner. Season 4 is dominated by the search for Gilbert by his Goldfish pals. “We selected Blur for Season 4 because we wanted an entire season of episodic s... Read Full Story
Boutique visual effects studio Ingenuity Engine has collaborated once again with director Joseph Kahn on a futuristic new music video for R&B singer Chris Brown’s track “I Can Transform Ya,” the first single off his forthcoming album Graffiti (due Dec. 8). Ingenuity Engine created a VFX-intensive and hyper-stylized world for the video, which premiered Oct. 27th and features Chris Brown, producer Swizz Beatz and rapper Lil Wayne as they deconstruct and shapeshift into sports cars, armored tanks, helicopters and other objects. Ingenuity Engine has had a longstanding relationship with Kahn, having previously worked with the director on the C... Read Full Story
Nylon is a full service design and commercial production studio in the heart of downtown Los Angeles. We are a team that is beyond passionate and inspired to make fun, memorable, + interesting work. We are all geeks when it comes down to it- as stoked about typography as we are about video games, films and culture. We work for a wide range of clients and approach each job from the perspective of infusing strong narrative, humor, dynamic animation, with mixed medias and smart design. We are all about great work and having a fun time doing it. We are Nylon. It's good to meet you. Our reel features latest and greatest commercial and broadcast work cut together in a sweet little package!... Read Full Story
Animators Are Some of the Happiest Workers in America, Survey Finds Third-party survey commissioned by AnimationMentor.com reveals career trends in the animation industry Emeryville, CA October 16, 2008 AnimationMentor.com (Animation Mentor), the leading online character animation school created by animators for animators, today unveils key findings from an animation industry survey that shows a vibrant and healthy workforce with a bright future. Animation Mentor commissioned independent research firm Knowledge Wave International to conduct the survey to gain insight into an insiders view on industry trends, job titles, job satisfaction and salari... Read Full Story
