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Cinesite creates First Class visual effects London, UK, June 10, 2011 – Cinesite, one of the world’s leading film visual effects houses, has completed more than 115 visual effects shots for Twentieth Century Fox’s X-Men: First Class, which hit cinemas last week. Among the effects Cinesite created were a retro version of the Cerebro Room, Azazel’s fight sequences, a military parade in Red Square and Washington, DC devastated by nuclear war. Directed by Matthew Vaughn, the prequel takes the viewer back to the beginning, before Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) and Erik Lensherr (Michael Fassbender) took the names Professor X and Magneto, and when they w... Read Full Story
Cinesite recreates 18th Century London in 3D for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides London, UK, May 26, 2011 – Cinesite, one of the world’s leading film visual effects houses, has completed more than 300 stereoscopic visual effects shots for Pirates of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. For their first full stereo 3D project, Cinesite were tasked with creating large-scale photorealistic 3D environments for a dramatic carriage chase through London. Directed by Rob Marshall, the fourth installment in the highly successful Disney/Bruckheimer series sees Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) and Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) embark on a quest to find the elusive fountain... Read Full Story
Prime Focus transforms fantasy adventure The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader into stunning 3D Deploys Global Digital Pipeline to convert over 1,500 shots into 3D London, UK, December 17, 2010 – Prime Focus, the global visual entertainment services company, has completed the full 3D conversion of the eagerly-awaited Christmas blockbuster The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader, which was released in theaters on Friday December 10. The film, directed by Michael Apted and starring Ben Barnes, Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley and Will Poulter is the third film in The Chronicles of Narnia series, and is the industry’s biggest full 3D conversio... Read Full Story
Cinesite brings visual effects magic to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 London, UK, November 24, 2010 – Cinesite, one of the world’s leading film visual effects houses, has completed visual effects for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, including Lord Voldemort’s snake-like nose, the ghost of Dumbledore, and a Patronus doe. The seventh installment in the Harry Potter film series, which was released over the weekend, follows Harry Potter on a quest to find and destroy the Horcruxes, Lord Voldemort’s secret to immortality. Cinesite’s 2D supervisor Andy Robinson and 3D supervisor Holger Voss worked under the direction of senior vis... Read Full Story
HOLLYWOOD, CA -- Throughout the course of ''Waiting for Superman,'' the new documentary directed by Davis Guggenheim (''An Inconvenient Truth''), viewers are taken on emotional rollercoaster courtesy of the heart-wrenching case histories of five different families across the country struggling to give their kids a shot at a better education. When it came to the main-on-end title sequence though, Guggenheim entrusted yU+co., the design/visual effects studio led by Founder/Creative Director Garson Yu, to leave the audience with just one lasting impression: hope.''Garson and I knew we needed more in the end titles than inspirational words -- we were searching for a metaphor that moved the au... Read Full Story
MPC is getting ready to hit the road for a European tour! We need to hire a host of creative, technical and overall exciting individuals to join our world-leading VFX company... With dates in Paris, Munich, Berlin and Turin; MPC’s Recruitment Roadshow will give potential employees an overview of the day-to-day, inner-working's of MPC, as well as the opportunity to see how your career can develop along with us. And with upcoming shows like Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2; Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides; and X-Men: First Class there really is no more exciting time to join MPC! So...If you think you fit the bill and have the drive, passion and skill to work f... Read Full Story
In anticipation of the launch of the 2011 Ford EDGE this fall, the agency creatives at Team Detroit called on the talent and proprietary Drive-A-Tron technology at SWAY for a series of computer-generated short films for the Ford Edge web site www.fordvehicles.com/edge.As with the launch of the all-new Ford Taurus in fall 2009, the SWAY team was brought into the creative process early. The creatives at Team Detroit called on SWAY during the conceptual phase to create storyboards and preview possible location concepts. SWAY worked closely with Team Detroit to design all of the environments and directed all the elegant, single camera moves. They also created the CG animations and... Read Full Story
HOLLYWOOD, CA -- One of this year’s most successful comedies is Hot Tub Time Machine -- the story of four friends, all of them bored with their adult lives, who travel back to their heydays in the 80’s thanks to a time-bending hot tub. Digital content creation/production studio yU+co. added to the humor of the film with an opening title sequence that sets the perfect tone featuring a fast-paced photo collage of the history of hot tubs. yU+co. also created a closing title sequence that offers a pitch perfect parody of the classic Motley Crue music video ''Home Sweet Home,'' only with cast member Rob Corddy playing the part of lead singer Vince Neil.The History of Hot Tubs in Pi... Read Full Story
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/ Read Full Story
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 ... 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
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... Read Full Story
- 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... Read Full Story
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... Read Full Story
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... Read Full Story
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... Read Full Story
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... 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
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... 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
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... Read Full Story
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 ... 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
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 Read Full Story
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... Read Full Story
Sony Pictures Image Works: Shuttle Scene Quicktime Version here Rhythm & Hues shows how they made Marlon Brando reprise his role as Jor-El Quicktime version here Read Full Story
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 Read Full Story
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... Read Full Story
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:... 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
VFX studio builds stereoscopic and creature pipelines for 3D feature film release from director Eric Brevig Award-winning VFX studio Frantic Films VFX, a division of Prime Focus Group, recently served as a lead visual effects provider for the forthcoming stereoscopic feature film, Journey to the Center of the Earth, produced by Walden Media and New Line Cinema. Based on the Jules Verne classic of the same name, the movie is directed by Academy Award-winning visual effects veteran Eric Brevig. The 3D film is slated for U.S. release on July 11, 2008.Journey to the Center of the Earth tells the story of Trevor (Brendan Fraser), a science professor who discovers a dangerous lost w... Read Full Story
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. ... Read Full Story
