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Last Chance - the movie is now online.
The film is a collaboration between composer Andrew McCluskey and artist SAmi Nikki.
Last Chance is a timeless piece about the importance of hope in our current environment. Through a tale of evolving consciousness it shows the viewer a simple beacon of happier times. The story is told through a series of paintings computer animation that is softer than other contemporary styles. Instead of aiming for a more realistic look, a subtler but more vivid style has been chosen.
The movie can be viewed at: Vimeo & Youtube
The project features a production blog at : http://projectlastchance.com/
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Worms, the Teaser is now online. Worms is the newest project of ANIMAKING, a
feature stop-motion animation made for all ages, focusing on children spectators.ANIMAKING, the largest stop-motion animation studio in Brazil today, and has invited GLAZ ENTRETENIMENTO to produce the movie in a
partnership mode. GLOBO FILMES and FOX FILMS joined the project
afterwards. The film is also a co-production between Brazil and Canada,
as the Canadians WIZZ FILMS and MOKKO STUDIO are in charge of it s
post-production.Worms The Movie is the first full feature stop-motion animation movie produced in Latin America, and will be released in 2010.Access the blog from the movie to read more new ...
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Flying – or modern day travel via air – evokes a variety of images but certainly rarely as beautiful or sublime as what unfolds in the new Swiss Air film directed by Marc Forster (“Quantum of Solace,” “Finding Neverland,” “Monster’s Ball”). To help orchestrate and unite the myriad of elements involved, Forster turned to Cut + Run Editor Jay Nelson who worked hand-in-hand with the director and the effects production company MK12 on the project. Nelson, who has significant experience working with voice over, was charged with cutting the project and recording Marc’s voice over for the script penned by the director. “We ...
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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...
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Epic Chinese-Language Film Features Massive Naval Battle Sequence Comprising 2,500 Boats Populated with an Army of 70,000Award-winning VFX studio Frantic Films VFX, a division of Prime Focus Group, has contributed a number of visual effects shots -- including one of the films key naval battle scenesfor the John Woo-directed epic, Red Cliff. The most expensive Chinese-language picture ever made, Red Cliff is a co-production of China Film Group, South Koreas Showbox Entertainment, Taiwans CMC Entertainment group and Japans Avex Entertainment, and hits Asian and European theaters in Jan. 2009.Red Cliff is based on the historic Battle of Red Cliffs and other events during the end of the Han D...
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- Promoting Open Standards for Visual Effects -Seven companies joined forces at NAB last month to launch The Open Effects Association. This non-profit, UK-based company aims to develop and promote open standards across the visual effects community. Founding members are Assimilate, Autodesk, Digieffects, FilmLight, The Foundry, GenArts and RE:Vision Effects. These companies have helped artists create ground-breaking VFX shots on just about everything that hits cinema screens. The Associations initial focus is to improve the OFX image processing plug-in standard launched by The Foundry in 2004. The goal for the OpenFX API is to reduce the level of development and support r...
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New York, NY (May 26, 2009) -- Superfad is excited to have contributed design graphics and titles for a new film by kontentreal for the Clinton Foundation. With the worlds population on the rise and more people moving to cities, President Clinton describes a bold new project that will set the global standard for communities striving to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to below zero in Climate Positive. The film can be viewed here: http://superfad.wiredrive.com/l/p/?presentation=d869ed03d3098ba89765ac333c604f7bThe Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI), a project of the William J. Clinton Foundation, recently announced a global program developed in collaboration with the U.S. Green Building...
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Marina Del Rey, CA – (May 22, 2009) -- Award-winning New Deal Studios (NDS) wields creative ideas to produce amazing visual effects for two highly anticipated summer blockbusters, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian and Terminator Salvation. “We live in a democratized visual effects world. How do you differentiate yourself in today’s age of globalization, commoditization, ubiquity of effects tools and ‘free on the internet’ mentality?” asks Shannon Blake Gans, managing partner at New Deal. “We are combating all these downward pressures by getting back to the basics and telling a compelling story fueled by passion for o...
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Hello I'm Alex Barbulescu , i'm one the two fondators ,For the Against Another Project.
This project is based on the Big Buck Bunny Project , made by Peach Team.
Were Curently 1 month under development , so we don't have to much to show , but were working on it.
Were a small team of freelancers , with no sponsors , gathered over the net to make this small movie.
What we need for you guys is moral support , please tell your friends , your colleagues,
and let the news spread ,olso if any of you are willing to donate for the project , you can find details on the site .
and Visit www.againstanother.com
and if you didn't seen Big Buck Bunn...
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San Francisco, CA April 30, 2009 Red Giant Studios, LLC., a new animation and visual effects studio founded by Dalton Grant, Jr and Cindy Rangel, announces its plan to release it's first CG-animated short, The Way To Heaven, in July of 2009.
The film is the result of the collaboration between Red Giant Studios and that of Guilin Jieli Digital Animation, an offspring company from the founder of Jieli Publishing, which is one of the largest children's book publishers in mainland China. The Way to Heaven, which is Directed by Dalton Grant, Jr and Co-Directed/Executive Produced by Mier Tang, is a story for all ages and is told through both 2D and 3D animation techniques. T...
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Marina Del Rey, CA – (April 23, 2009) – New Deal Studios’ first co-production, “100 Feet,” a thriller starring Famke Janssen, Bobby Cannavale and Ed Westwick premieres on the Sci-Fi Channel this Sunday April 26th, followed by an exclusive DVD release through Hollywood Video on Tuesday, April 28th. “100 Feet” is the first project to be released under the production shingle of New Deal Studios. In “100 Feet” a woman, played by Famke Janssen, is put under house arrest for killing her abusive husband in self-defense. While confined to a 100’ perimeter in her house, she discovers that the house is haunted by the ghost of her de...
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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...
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