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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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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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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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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...
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3D Short Film Contest invaZion'09 Challenge
Top international jury selected
Bruehl, Germany, Feb 9th, 2009.
The invaZion '09 3D Short Film Contest is heading into the final
straight with the announcement of the six international members of the
jury: Contestants have until 31 March 2009 to submit their stereo 3D
productions. The panel of judges is made up of high-calibre
representatives of leading film and animation companies Dreamworks
Animation SKG, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Industrial Light & Magic,
Trixter, The Orphanage and ImageMovers Digital no less.
The invaZion'09 contest will be hosted by more3D and their sponsors
Adobe, Maxon, fmx/09 and Digital Production Mag...
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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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I've been looking into the possibility of submitting an animated short or two to this year's Cineme Festival. Acceptance of my work means exposure toanimation/film professionals acting as jurors aswell as having my piece(s) broadcast on televisionand distributed on a compilation DVD. As far as I can tell, submission is free. Sounds good so far.
What concerns me is the barrage of contractual legalesethat cineme makes you agree to for the submission. (Youcan find it at www.cineme.org/form.phtml - scroll to the bottom and you'll see a series of windows with said verbiage.)
It seems like the agreement is to sign your life awayand seems excessive from my layman perspe...
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ILM launches a site devoted to their amazing work on Pirates of the Caribbean 2. Especially interesting is the viewer that allows you to see through the final shots to the footage as it was captured on set. You can also play "Real or ILM" where you have to choose whether ILM created the shot or it was captured live... Here's the link: http://www.ilm.com/theshow
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Well- this is the first time I've seen this type of film attempted in that, unlike Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, this is set in a very realistic historic context. It's somehow a cross-story between Anne Frank and Emily Dickinson (two very cheery subjects, no?). Anyway---from what I gather form the synopsis the overall treatment reminds me a little of the interconnected stories in The Hours. Aside form getting to cast a near replica of Anne Frank (because she's all CG) I don't entirely get why a film maker would want to do a project in this manner. Realistic humans have been almost universally doomed to failure in CG films (although Polar Express seemed to do pretty well this past Chr...
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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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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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Further demonstrating its leadership and commitment to OpenGL and the standardization process, NVIDIA today released fully supported drivers for OpenGL 3.0 for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Linux on its select GeForce and Quadro solutions. These drivers enable software developers to take full advantage of all OpenGL 3.0 capabilities, accelerating their delivery of cutting-edge media platforms and applications.
Building on four months of public beta testing, NVIDIA is now the first hardware developer to offer full support of the Khronos Groups new cross-platform 3D graphics standard. The new drivers implement the OpenGL 3.0 API and the GLSL 1.30 shading language to offer devel...
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Santa Monica, CA, February 18, 2009: Santa Monica/New York design/production studio Blind crafts origami out of human mannequins in new promos direct-to-client through The CW Network for “America’s Next Top Model” (ANTM), with the new season premiering March 4th. The visually kaleidoscopic :30 reimagines photos from a Top Model shoot, creating a montage of moving-paper-cutout-patterns inspired by a fashion designer’s creative process.With a modest budget and existing photographs, Blind built and expanded upon an initial concept developed by Rick Frey, Chris Donovan, Jennifer Titus and Mark Evans of the CW Network to create an artful s...
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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...
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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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Didn't make it to Siggraph?
Missed out on the User Group Party?
Motion Media with Autodesk will be
hosting a New Features event showcasing 3ds Max 9 and Maya 8 at
Club Good Hurt in Southern California.
The
event is FREE, with food, drinks and prizes in a friendly club atmosphere.
21 and over only. Seating is limited. Reservations
required.
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D2 Software to Preview Next Version of
NUKE; Showcase High-End Compositing Pipelines at SIGGRAPH
Booth workflow
walk-throughs will feature NUKE compositing, Primatte keying, Qube! render farm
management system, NVIDIA Quadro FX ultra high-end graphics, FrameCycler playback
Venice, CA., July 10, 2006
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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, ...
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DARWIN DIMENSIONS INTRODUCES evolver SOFTWARE ENABLING AUTOMATED CREATION OF 3D CHARACTER MODELSSet to Debut at SIGGRAPH 2006, evolver Delivers a Near-Infinite Variety of Character Models For Professional Animation PipelinesMontreal, CANADA (July 24, 2006)
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15 frame animation studio has finished a 3d short animation 4 monthes ago.
It has won prises and has been screened in a big number of festivals.
"This is a short about one figureman who fell down on training... His future flashed before his eyes like something horrible... What fantasy it was and what will he do to change it?"
Its about 6 min 20 secThere are two uploads: 50 Mb and 110 Mb
http://www.15frame.com/On_the_edge.html
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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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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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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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The long wait is over. Malaysia's first 3d animated feature film, Geng: Pengembaraan Bermula (or Geng: The Adventure Begins for the English version) has finally been completed and is set to be released on the 12th of February 2009 in cinemas across Malaysia. The 90-minute feature film is produced by Les' Copaque Production, an animation company based in Malaysia, with a budget less than USD2 million and a staff of 40 creative workers that took 2.5 years to complete. Geng: Pengembaraan Bermula is an action-adventure film targeted for children but made in a way that the whole family can enjoy together. The movie is unique in that it not only manages to capture the beauty of Malaysia's lush ...
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Venice, CA. July 28, 2006
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Digital
Skin Grafting
The technique behind Super Star Rajini's European complexion in the film
'Sivaji - The Boss' (Style Song)
About
the Film:
The
film "Sivaji The Boss"
starring super star rajini is the costliest film made in india
to date. Directed by S.Shanker, Cinematography by K.V.Anand, Music by A.R.Rahman,
Produced by A.V.M Productions.
About
Rajini, hero of the film:
He
is well known actor worldwide. People call him Super Star because of his
unique style. He is the 2nd highest paid actor in Asia
after Jackie chan.
In this film, director Shanker
wanted to change Rajini's wheatish complexion to a white European complexion.
As a visu...
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New York, NY – (January 9, 2009) – Entertainment and design company Imaginary Forces (IF) recently completed the charming main titles for the romantic comedy “Bride Wars,” directed by Gary Winick and starring Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway. Opening today, “Bride Wars,” presented by 20th Century Fox and Regency Enterprises, features two best friends, Liv (Hudson) and Emma (Hathaway), who become rivals when their respective weddings are accidentally scheduled on the same date and time. To view the main titles, please visit www.imaginaryforces.com/featured/5/517 The title sequence captures the heart of the film's premise in whimsical fas...
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From the hoop is a 3d short film was directed by 3 students (Anthony Arnoux, Dessinges Remi,
Guillaume fesquet) and produced by Supinfocom Arles (3d animation
school) .The story is inspired by the life of Earl Manigault (1944-1998),
one of the greatest basketball player of his generation who lose
everything in drugs.Official website : http://www.fromthehoop.comVimeo direct link : http://vimeo.com/3992998More informations and "making-of" are available on our website
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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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Escape Studios is proud to congratulate James Sindle, 3D Supervisor at The Mill and graduate or escapee of Escape Studios Maya Core course, for his prestigious VES award win. James received the award in the category of Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program or Commercial for his work on the recent Britvic Drench water advertisement entitled Brains Dance. James led a team that created all of the 3D animation for this entertaining commercial featuring Brains of Gerry Andersons 1960s puppet iconic Thunderbirds dancing to the 1980s classic song, Rhythm is a Dancer.Through Escapes strong recruitment arm, its escapees have graduated and been placed in facilities rangi...
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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THE
VIRTUAL DIRECTOR
The
Future of Filmmaking has arrived
LOS
ANGELES, CALIF. - February 7, 2006. Today, Origami Digital and Infix
Labs in conjunction with Motion Analysis Studios announced the
availability of The Virtual Director pipeline. TVD is an integrated
system allowing a director to work within a live action hybrid or
fully synthetic environment in which the full range of conventional
directing tools are available.
"What we're offering is nothing less than an entirely new way of
making movies. Similar systems have been used in the past but
that's always been proprietary technology. This...
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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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Austin, Texas July 31, 2007 BOXX Technologies Inc., an innovator in high-performance computing systems for visual effects (VFX) professionals, today announced that it has secured a new technology purchase agreement with Los Angeles-based VICON House of Moves Motion Capture and Animation Studio. Under the terms of the agreement, BOXX dual- and four-processor workstations will power VICONs top-of-the-line facility, which provides end-to-end motion capture services for clients in feature film, television, commercial, game development and interactive markets. VICON has found BOXX to be the ideal hardware partner because of its technology leadership, their understanding of ...
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See How CS4 Measures 4X Faster Performance With Quadro CX
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Youve heard that blu-ray (H.264) video encoding is 4X faster with Adobe
Premiere Pro CS4 and Quadro CX, but do you want to know how much time you can
save?? The answer lies on NVIDIAs new online Performance Page. It includes
actual data for a 1440x1080 @ 29.97fps Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 1 hour and 18
minute project, comparing the time required to upsample this project into a
1920x1080@29.97 H.264 file at standard encoding settings with the time required
using the NVIDIA CUDA enabled RapiHD plug-in. The results are impressive --
encoding the one-hour HDV Video was approximately seven-and-a-half hours faster
with the Quadro CX. For more information, see this link:...
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DIGITAL DOMAIN
RECRUITS TRIO OF TOP CREATIVE SENIOR EXECUTIVES IN THE VISUAL EFFECTS INDUSTRY
Mark Miller, a 22-year veteran of
Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), named president
Cliff Plumer named chief technology
officer
Kim Libreri named vice president
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Venice, CA. November 6, 2006
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Renowned for its groundbreaking photo-realism and lighting techniques in commercial visual effects, SWAY studio is currently showcasing its creative versatility with a spectacular 3D opening sequence for Robert Luketics feature film 21, now the #1 movie in America. Utilizing expert techniques with macro photography, specialty lighting and animation, SWAYs talented team of artists created a stunning photo-realistic environment mirroring an iconic Las Vegas casino.
Columbia Pictures' action/adventure 21 is inspired by the true story of the very brightest young minds in the country and how they took Vegas for millions.
Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) is a shy, brilli...
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VICON Film Festival announces winnerTwisted Murder takes top prize of $10,000VICON, developer of Academy Award-winning motion capture systems and part of the Oxford Metrics Group, today announced Twisted Murder as the winner of its international VICON Film Festival. The film was created by Paulo de Almada, an animation artist from Los Angeles, CA. He was awarded the cash prize of $10,000 after the judges voted unanimously in support of his outstanding entry. The winning entries can be viewed at www.vicon.com/filmfestival/Twisted Murder is about a detective who discovers his girlfriend has been murdered. As the title suggests, there is a twist at the end as the killer is uncovered. With a ...
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NVIDIA today announced that Commander Eileen Collins, former test pilot, astronaut, and space shuttle commander, will speak at NVISION 08.
NVISION 08, which takes place on August 25-27, 2008 in San Jose, California, is a three-day mega-event for professionals and enthusiasts who are passionate about visual computing. Thousands of engineers, designers, developers, researchers, artists, enthusiasts, gamers, film makers, business professionals, and consumers from around the world are expected to attend.
We are extremely pleased and honored to have Commander Collins join us at NVISION 08, said Rob Csongor, vice president of marketing, NVIDIA. As both the first woman space shuttle p...
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