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DANCING DIABLO CREATES THE EARTH IN SIX DAYS
PUTTING A NEW SPIN ON THE PLANET
IN A CAPTIVATING ANIMATED SPOT FOR
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AND CAPSTRAT ADVERTISING
Recently, Dancing Diablo was given a week to create the earth - as well as an eclectic galaxy of animated iconic elements that interact with it - for a :30 national brand spot for The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and marketing agency Capstrat entitled “Minds On A Mission.”
The DUMBO-based creative house, best known for its high-end animation, utilized its full roster of services to bring their fresh, innovative signature style to the project: Founder/director Beatriz Ramo...
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-- VFX veteran formerly executive producer at Image Metrics and Digital Domain --
Santa Monica, CA – March 9, 2010 – Visual effects company Method Studios announced today that it has brought VFX veteran Patrick Davenport on board as Vice President of Operations at its Santa Monica location, where he will be responsible for overseeing Method’s facilities in both Los Angeles and New York.
“There is a lot happening at Method right now, and we are thrilled to have Patrick join our team to help steer new initiatives,” commented Gabby Gourrier, Senior Executive Producer, Method. “Having produced visual effects for both commercials and features, Patrick ha...
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Feature
to Premiere at Sundance Film Festival; Nominated for Grand Jury PrizePrime Focus, a global
visual entertainment services group, has completed digital intermediate work on
“Sympathy For Delicious,” the highly-anticipated directorial debut from actor
Mark Ruffalo. Featuring a star-studded cast including Orlando Bloom, Juliette
Lewis, Laura Linney, Ruffalo and writer/producer Chris Thornton, the film makes
its world premiere January 23 at the Sundance Film Festival, where it is
nominated for the Grand Jury Prize.
The film follows wheelchair bound DJ “Delicious” D
(Thornton) as he fights to survive life on the mean streets of LA, makes his
entrée into the world...
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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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High-Volume Particle Renderer
Helps Animate Paint Brush Strokes for Ambitious TVC via Chinese Advertising
Agency MMIA
Motion design studio weareflink opened its doors in Hamburg,
Germany in spring 2009. The company’s founders, Executive Producer Andreas
Lampe and Director/Motion Designer Niko Tziopanos, bring an impressive design
pedigree to the fledgling shop, with a reel that showcases an ability to blend
live-action and CG, and a unique specialty animating liquid ink. Through
its Paris-based production company Troublemakers.tv, which represents weareflink for
the French market, weareflink caught the eye of Chinese ad agency MMIA, which was lo...
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Troika Design Group,
a strategic branding and design agency for sports, media and entertainment
companies, has been tapped by Cablevision properties MSG Network
and newly launched MSG Varsity, to elevate the brand identities of these
two networks. Troika developed game packages for sports broadcasts of the NHL’s
New York Rangers and the NBA’s New York Knicks games, and was hired to kick off
MSG Varsity, Cablevision’s new 24/7 television network dedicated to everything
high school. Troika gave MSG Varsity a full-scale on-air brand identity and
show packages for seven original MSG Varsity series. MSG and MSG Varsity
unveiled their new looks this September.“By investing ti...
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Artist owned and
operated, bi-coastal effects boutique Brickyard VFX recently completed
compositing, color grading, and CG work on a new spot for Sprint’s webOS Palm
Pixi – a smartphone that falls squarely into the ‘for fun’ camp. Titled “Pass
the Pixi,” the spot was directed by the Snorri Brothers of The Cartel for
agency Modernista! and first aired November 17 in North
America.
Set to Passion Pit’s
“Little Secrets” track, the spot sets a sunny, high-energy vibe where the Pixi
is the center of the social universe.
The sleek device holds center screen throughout and is shot from the
user’s perspective, instantly changing its function and look to ser...
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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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One of Hollywood’s hottest producing duos turns to
Troika to rock its theatrical debut
Troika Design Group, a strategic branding and
design agency for media and entertainment companies, has been tapped by Polsky Films, an independent feature
film production company, to produce its signature logo animation. The
production tag debuted at the LA premiere of Werner Herzog’s “The Bad
Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans,” starring
Nicolas Cage.Polsky Films is an independent
production company specializing in feature film development based on profound
and edgy literary material. The studio turned to Troika Design Group for its
expertise in developing memorable and co...
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Prime
Focus, one of the world’s leading visual entertainment services groups, has
named Mark Intravartolo Creative Director for North America.
Based in
Hollywood and reporting to Prime Focus President of Worldwide Visual Effects,
Michael Fink, Intravartolo will drive the company’s efforts to expand its
services, team, and client base in television visual effects. Mark joins Prime
Focus from Modern VideoFilm where notable projects included effects for “Grey
Gardens,” “John Adams,” “Taking Chance,” “Max Payne,” “Tropic Thunder” and nine
seasons of “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”.
A veteran
visual effects artist and editor, Intravartolo has contributed his ...
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Digitally Enhanced Faces of
Assassin’s Victims Haunt Viewers in Commercial for New Ubisoft ReleaseDigital Domain forces viewers to stare
deep into the faces of the freshly deceased in “Eyes,” a television commercial
for “Assassin’s Creed II,” the new third-person action-adventure video game
from Ubisoft. Directed by Andrew Douglas of Anonymous Content via ad agency
Cutwater, the spot demonstrates Digital Domain’s expertise in working with the
contours of the human face. But instead of creating a fully computer-generated
version à la The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Digital Domain applied digital production
techniques to give the live-action actors a haunting, hyper-photorealis...
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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...
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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...
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Los Angeles, CA &Vancouver, BC - (November 3, 2009) -- Timed with the launch of the new series "V", Zoic Studios unveils "I Design Your Eyes" (http://idesignyoureyes.com), a new blog that provides a place for professional digital storytellers to share their love of the art and science of visual effects and filmmaking. Front and center is a look at "V", which premieres tonight on ABC. The visual effects and digital production for the science fiction drama were created by Zoic.Scott Peters, creator of "The 4400," brings fans a modern take on the classic "V" that pays loving homage to its 80's inspiration. Written by Peters and directed by Yves Simoneau, the pilot episode stars Elizabeth Mit...
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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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VFX House Completes Work on "Where the Wild Things Are"&Short Film "We Were Once a Fairytale;" Commercial Projects for Snapple and ComcastVenice, CA - (October 15, 2009) - For Dtrain FX, autumn marks the culmination of one hot summer. The prolific VFX house, led by acclaimed VFX Artist Ben Gibbs and VFX Supervisor Dan Connelly, recently wrapped up a series of notable projects: "We Were Once a Fairytale," Spike Jonze's poignant short film featuring Kanye West, is slated to hit the proverbial iTunes shelves; in the commercial realm, the whimsical "Big Day" for Comcast (via Goodly, Silverstein&Partners), directed by Tool of North America's Geordie Stephens, momentarily reminds us it is n...
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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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Zoic Studios is proud to present the first in a series of exclusive salon presentations. On Wednesday, October 7th at 7pm, please join us at our Culver City studios for an in-depth discussion of steroscopic imaging. Leslie Ekker, Zoic's award-winning VFX supervisor, will host a talk with 3D media expert Franklin Londin. Franklin has been shooting 3D photos, creating 3D Cg animations, and executing 3D multimedia projects for over 12 years. In an intimate salon discussion environment, Franklin will share his experience with stereoscopic image creation, both photographic and digital. With the recent surge of interest in stereoscopic production, it's important for entertainment industry profe...
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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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Los Angeles, CA - (September 8, 2009) -- On Friday, August 28, audiences were introduced to Eddie, a unique, animated spokesperson for Nissin Chow Mein who was brought to digital life via a rich collaboration between advertising agency Dentsu America and digital production company Zoic Studios. The commercial features the voice of preeminent actor James Hong (Blade Runner, Mulan, Kung Fu Panda).To view the spot please visit: http://www.zoicstudios.com/#/creations/latest/118-nissin-noodle/Dentsu America approached Zoic Studios as a creative partner to develop the animated Eddie character and oversee the commercial's production as a whole. Working from the agency's written character biograp...
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Yesterday an article titled "Alias to lay off 400 in post-merger move" was posted here on Highend3d that referenced an article posted in the National Post Toronto. The article was very inaccurate on it's facts. I followed up with Kevin Clark of Autodesk this morning and he has confirmed that the article was based on speculation and not facts:FACTS:
The 400 number is inaccurate. The actual number is not publicly divulgedRedundancies are a sensitive topic, and to respect those affected, we do not release names or number of staff affected.
This was not a merger, it was an acquisition. Autodesk, Inc. acquired Alias, Inc.
FACT inaccuracies:
400 layoffs (not accurate)
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GURU GROWS, ADDS SUSAN MA AND SKYE BJARNASON AS PRODUCERSToronto, Canada (February 26, 2007)
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Ground-breaking discussions
will occur as the leading artists on "Spider-Man 3" will reveal the
creative challenges and technical achievements in creating the triple
threat of the movie's dangerous villains at SIGGRAPH 2007, the 34th
International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and
Interactive Techniques held 5-9 August 2007 at the San Diego Convention
Center in San Diego, California, USA. For the first time in its
history, Sony Pictures Imageworks produced fully articulated,
performing CG characters entirely composed of dynamically generated
particles and fluids. These digital characters, which embodied
key-framed performance animation, interacted with...
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Learn to Become a Jedi Master Artist at Lucasfilm Animation SingaporeLucasfilm Animation Singapore is now seeking talented computer graphics artists to apply for the JEDI MASTERS PROGRAM.
The JEDI MASTERS PROGRAM will be the first training program in Asia to feature world-class instructors and trainers from Lucasfilm's California companies, including Academy Award winning veterans from Industrial Light and Magic, LucasArts, and Lucasfilm Animation. You will gain hands-on production experience while working on major feature films, television series, and video games for the global market.
The JEDI MASTERS PROGRAM is a paid apprentice initiative with a focused curriculum fo...
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Los Angeles, CA - (July 20, 2009) - Managing Director/Producer Matthew McManus and Creative Director/Flame Artist Andrew MacDonald -- award-winning talents and long-time collaborators -- have joined forces to launch KILT. A digital studio with a focus on visual effects and postproduction, the new company is positioned well for the changing production landscape and new economy.Additionally, KILT has just finished its premiere project; a commercial for 2K Sports which launched earlier this month. To view the new commercial and KILT's company reel, go to: www.kiltstudios.comAccording to McManus, the company philosophy is "rooted in the belief that a small, flexible highly-talented,...
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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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To highlight the Sears new Fall fashions, Agency Y&R turned to the talents of director Joel Pront of Believe Media and visual effects house Zoic Studios to transform the Sears Book into an animated pop up experience. To accomplish this unique presentation, fashion models were photographed on green screen in the latest looks of the season. Additionally, thousands of still photos were taken by Pront and turned into the magical environments by the Zoic team that fill the book pages so that as the pages turn, the environments change. The unique blending of 2D photographs and 3D environments is a contemporary interpretation of the childhood delight of pop up books in a truly breakthr...
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While People Under The Stairs are on tour in Japan and Europe until the end of October, we have these "sneak peak" images of early production tests for their animated vignette titled Jim Sr.TimeFissure StudiosDirector: C. Palmer StinsonArt Direction: Lisa CovielloStoryboards: Lisa CovielloModeler: C. Palmer StinsonAnimator: C. Palmer StinsonClient: People Under The StairsHip Hop artists Thes One and Double K, (People Under The Stairs), have been record digging, making beats and freestyling classic hip hop since the mid 1990's. Their jazz, funk, rock and soul inspired albums, infamous vinyl collections and energetic live shows have gained them acclaim all over the world. From Ame...
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A52 CREATES FITTING SET OF :05 BROADCAST SPOTS FOR
AD AGENCY RPA
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HOLLYWOOD Stardust Studios' founder and creative director Jake Banks is such a huge fan of Canadian pop-rock band Sloan, he and Revolver Film Company (Toronto/LA) have poured vast amounts of time and resources into creating a unique new music video for the track "I've Gotta Try" from the band's eighth studio album, "Never Hear the End of It," which is also Sloan's first release on U.S. label Yep Roc Records. The 2:34 video was released internationally this week and is expected to begin airing on music video channels soon.
"I've been a huge fan of Sloan for over ten years," Banks explained. "I kept in touch with them and let them...
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The following text has been translated in excerpts from the official Presskit that is only available in german currently. You are free to check it out anyways at this linkor the press-portal of your choice.As of 01. October 2007 the two leading specialists in 3d-Visualistation and computer generated imaging(CGI) Mackevision, Stuttgart and the Munich-based Gallery of Media are merging to form the new MACKEVISION Medien Design GmbH.There has been a close relationship between MACKEVISION and Galerie der Medien since years. In Fact the two Visualisation-Specialists are already building upon the same unified workflow. Many projects have been produced in close cooperation in the past. For examp...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETennant, via Production Company The Ebeling Group, Creates Immersive Films for HP HaloDazzling Vignettes via Ad Agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners Tout State-of-the-Art Videoconferencing System Designed by DreamWorks Animation and HPNew York City, NY (January 11, 2007)
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Los Angeles, February 11, 2008 The VES Awards were given out last night during the Visual Effects Societys (VES) sixth annual gala event at the Kodak Theatre Grand Ballroom in Hollywood. The sold-out event attracted more than a thousand visual effects and animation artists, dozens of nominees and members of the film, television, commercial and video game industries. During the evening, filmmaker Steven Spielberg received the VES Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his contribution to the art and science of visual effects.The work we celebrated tonight is a testament to the crucial role the talent, knowledge and experience visual effects artists play in the storytelling process. ...
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A52 Creates All-Season Effects for Partizan Director Twist Gondry
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We are pleased to announce that we have released a sneak peek to our animated film production "Geng". You can hop on over to our website at http://www.lescopaque.com and download the sneak peek. A youtube version is also available. "GENG" Synopsis
Bored
with nothing to do for their school holidays, Badrol invites his best
friend Lim to go on a camping trip at his old Kampong where he grew up,
with intentions to experience some long-forgotten true Malaysian life
in his Grandfather
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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...
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