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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...
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Design Collaboration for "Rock ‘n’ Platinum Showcase" Intersects Motion&Spatial DesignLos Angeles, CA – (December 3, 2009) – Motion design&production house Royale and Designer Rogerio Carvalheiro, Principal of RC Design Federation, recently joined forces to create a David Bowie-inspired multi-media installation for “Rock ‘n’ Platinum: A Designer Showcase That Interprets Music Through Design.” The showcase was commissioned to introduce Lofts @ Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles -- the latest mixed-use development by eco-real-estate developers REthink. The development and its event pay tribute to the loft’s historic namesake and grounds where countless music icons including David Bowie, Fr...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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Detroit, MI&Venice, CA – (October 12, 2009) – At the helm of creating a “community” customizer for the 2010 Ford Mustang, Team Detroit/Wunderman turned to 3D integrated digital production studio Speedshape to generate the interactive site’s digital assets. With an array of pristine 3D renderings generated by Speedshape, the community customizer engages potential customers by inviting them to customize the all-new Mustang to their liking. The luminous experience was integral to engaging browsers and Mustang enthusiast alike, as the community customizer yielded record user-engagement on the Yahoo! Homepage and Ford websites, respectively, as well as social media platforms such as Twitter an...
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Unique Music Video Aims to Promote Tourism in the Philippines MTV Asia tapped Los Angeles-based motion design&production studio Royale to create the music video for “Take Me to the Philippines,” the latest effort by hip-hop artist Apl.de.Ap of The Black Eyed Peas. Created in conjunction with the Philippine Department of Tourism, the video visually underscores Apl’s lyric homage to his homeland -- a salient inspiration of the internationally acclaimed artist’s repertoire – and serves as a unique medium as part of a greater campaign to promote tourism in the Philippines. Royale Creative Directors/Partners Brien Holman and Jayson Whitmore helmed the video, with a dynamic mix of live-act...
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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&...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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