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Awards Headline News

15 Scientific Achievements in Competition for 83rd Academy Awards® Announced

By Dan Sarto | Monday, August 23, 2010 at 12:43pm

The Scientific and Technical Awards Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that 15 scientific and technical achievements have been selected for further awards consideration.

Effects Headline News

Zoic Studios Wins Emmy for Outstanding VFX for a Series for CSI

By Dan Sarto | Monday, August 23, 2010 at 11:11am

Zoic Studios was honored with Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series during the Creative Arts Emmy awards held in Los Angeles on Saturday, August 21st 2010. The award honors the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "Family Affair".

Blogs

Highlights from the SIGGRAPH 2010 Electronic Theatre

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 12:05am

At the end of the two hour presentation my viewing partner kept muttering to me about “sensory overload” as we shuffled out the door. It’s one of the dangers of today’s world. The big Hollywood movie was well represented by The Last Airbender, Iron Man 2, Alice in Wonderland, 2012 and Avatar. The digital work on these films is, of course, excellent but overwrought compared to the smaller films and shorts. Simple stories told using the computer took the day.

Animation Headline News

International Awards for Animation Students at Filmakademie

The computer animated graduate film "Loom" by Ilija Brunck, Jan Bitzer, Csaba Letay, Fabian Pross and Regina Welker - all of which are students at the Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg - has received the Best in Show Award at the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival in Los Angeles.

Studio Headline News

Framestore & Nokia Launched FX Studio App, Competition

Framestore and Nokia today launched a competition inviting amateur animators and VFX enthusiasts to contribute ideas for an exciting new special effect for their new project, FX Studio.

Headline News

Academy Elects Three First-time Governors, Returns Nine Incumbents

A trio of Oscar recipients – director Kathryn Bigelow, film editor Anne Coates and documentarian Michael Moore – make up the year’s first-time electees to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors.

Headline News

Mothership's Patrick Jean Featured in Cannes' Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors' Showcase

--Transmedia studio Mothership noted that director Patrick Jean was among the 20 new directors recognized in Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors' Showcase.

Interactive Headline News

SIGGRAPH 2010 Art Gallery Provides a Feast for the Senses

From virtual bugs to wearable devices, the SIGGRAPH 2010 Art Gallery investigates the multi-sensory nature of human experience in a technologically enhanced environment.

Animation Headline News

SIGGRAPH 2010 Announces Computer Animation Festival Winners

SIGGRAPH announces the Computer Animation Festival's Best in Show, Jury Award, and Best Student Project recipients for SIGGRAPH 2010 to be held in Los Angeles this July.

Cartoon Headline News

HP, Cartoon Network Launch All New Toon Creator Awards

HP and Cartoon Network have once again joined forces to unleash the inner animator in kids across Asia Pacific with an all-new Toon Creator Awards for 2010 (www.ToonCreatorAwards.com).

Awards Headline News

Animal Logic celebrates Silver World Medal win at New York Festivals awards

By Dan Sarto | Monday, June 21, 2010 at 8:11am

Animal Logic’s team of digital artists were honoured at the New York Festivals International Advertising Awards recognising the very best production crafts in the advertising industry. At a ceremony held in Shanghai China, Animal Logic received a Silver World Medal in the Art and Technique - Special Effects category for its work on the Subaru television commercial ‘Crowd’.

Award Blogs

Medals and Marketing - Award Shows Provide Honors and Brand Boosting

Award shows are an important element of a company’s marketing plan; the top tier shows are judged by some of the highest ranking members of our industry and provide opportunity for ongoing peer and client recognition. As with film festivals, the selection process for any award show is subjective and secretive, so entering is a gamble. But for a few hundred dollars a year, your company and work could receive exposure easily worth tenfold.

Awards Headline News

Selick to Present at 2010 Student Academy Awards

Oscar-nominated animator Henry Selick and director Penelope Spheeris will present at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 37th Annual Student Academy Awards ceremony on Saturday, June 12, at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Blogs

MAX 2010 Announces Official Kai-Ki Hyaku Monogatari Contest

Attention aspiring film makers and writers. Here is your chance to put your creative talents to work. The grand prize: your work will be debuted at the world premiere of Kai-Ki: Tales of Terror From Tokyo at Club Nokia on July 1, 2010.

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