FMX Conference Spotlight: FMX 2011

FMX trailer a.maize wins VES Award

fmxblog — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:39:08 -0800

The short film a.maize won the VES Award in the category "Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project" at yesterday's 10th Annual VES Awards in Los Angeles.

An Interview with ILM’s Ben Snow and Pixar’s Christophe Hery

fmxblog — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:49:27 -0700

At FMX 2011, AWN sat with ILM vfx supervisor Ben Snow and Pixar's Global Tech and Research TD Christophe Hery. If you’re interested in lighting, shading, rendering, the ground-breaking work done on Davey Jones along with other insights into ILM and Pixar filmmaking, these interviews are for you.

An Interview with Marc Petit, Senior VP of Autodesk M&E

fmxblog — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:32:58 -0700

Marc Petit, Senior Vice President of Autodesk’s Media & Entertainment division, talks about how studios are meeting the challenges of economic uncertainty and workforce globalization and how his company plans to meet future need for technology tools, including adoption of Open Source standards.

An Interview with Disney Supervising Animator Clay Kaytis

fmxblog — Tue, 31 May 2011 13:09:58 -0700

Clay Kaytis, a 16 year veteran of Walt Disney Animation,talks about the production of Tangled, meeting the challenge of creating the studio's 50th animated feature, and how Glen Keane's consistent and skilled leadership challenged the CG artists to bring realistic motion, acting and feeling to the film.

An Interview with Animation Director Bill Kroyer

fmxblog — Mon, 23 May 2011 15:36:20 -0700

Bill Kroyer, animation director, teacher and one of the board of governors of the Motion Picture Academy, shares his thoughts on the original Tron, where it broke new ground and what impact it had on the computer animation field. He also talks about the new digital animation program at Chapman as well as some of the political issues animation faces within the Motion Picture Academy.

An Interview with VES Chairman Jeff Okun

fmxblog — Mon, 23 May 2011 12:50:42 -0700

Jeff Okun is not afraid to speak honestly about subjects the make some uncomfortable, nor take positions that might rub some people the wrong way. The bottom line is that everyone working in film and television today knows fundamental change is afoot in how shows are financed and produced and that the visual effects industry has taken a tremendous beating the last few years, especially in California. The question is what to do about it.

FMX 2011 Comes to a Close

fmxblog — Tue, 10 May 2011 12:31:37 -0700

The 16th FMX Conference on Animation, Games, Effects and Interactive Media ended yesterday achieving remarkable successes!