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ARRI ALEXA and RED MysteriumX camera test

mweigert — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:03:54 -0800

For our current film, Roland Emmerich's "Anonymous", we just finished up three days of camera testing with the ARRI Alexa prototype and the RED Mysterium X.

Of Ponies and Bronies

jstrike — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:06:46 -0700

The Transformers may be raking in the box office gold and G.I. Joe battled COBRA in the multiplexes, but while those once-upon-the-eighties Hasbro cartoon shows made the leap from TV cartoon to big screen live action, the diminutive equines collectively known as My Little Pony have returned in a new animated series that has surprised a lot of people. To put it simply, The Hub Channel’s My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is one hip show.

Fuckin slut with a chest enhanced, Titty dances to pay for her breast implants

crobinson — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:09:17 -0800

The Animation Pimp interviews legendary mad man JJ Villard. And lives to tell the tale.

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Frenzer Foreman Animation Forum — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:10:55 -0700

FFAF continues its Salutation to Tinselville this week with more animation conversation from the Heart of Hollywood. This week's special guest and lovably evil animator-innovator, JJ Villard, scratches the true grit of the LA animation underbelly as he devles into discussion on his films, animation career prep, dirty-dogs, the worth of the festival-hussle, the subtext of the Walk of Fame, choice Starbucks beverages, Shrek, major studio lunch-spreads, and how to charm the evil of it all.

Difference Between Live & Animation Writing

jscott — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:11:01 -0800

Jeffrey Scott discusses the major differences between live-action and animating writing, and why, to a great extent, the television animation writer functions as a director.

Some Inconvenient VFX Industry Truths

rkerrigan — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:12:09 -0800

The major hurdle with the unionization of visual effects artists is that we would need to gain support within the walls of the studios. Unfortunately the studios have long since written off our welfare.

California Visual Effects Industry Gets Weaker Every Day

rkerrigan — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:31:28 -0800

Several years ago an article in the Los Angeles Times an unnamed producer was quoted as saying “If I don’t put a visual effects house out of business, I haven’t done my job.” Visual effects folks all over the business found themselves searching for the name of this offender and a rope.

Autodesk University: Day 2

EventsEditor — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:10:49 -0800

Day 2 of Autodesk University brought the worldwide premier of the 20 fantastic minutes of James Cameron's new film, Avatar. Buzz aside, it was great!

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Frenzer Foreman Animation Forum — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 07:10:10 -0700

"Animation on the radio; it's like photosynthesis on the moon."

Li Songsong in New York

skatz — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:27:30 -0700

Chinese artist Li Songsong is showing new paintings at The Pace Gallery in New York until August 5, 2011