Multi-tasking on the computer these days is enough to spread anyone's brain cells out pretty thin. Throw in our so-called 'smart' phones, iPods, etc, and what are our chances of getting any work done?
Thought it would be interesting and informative to explore how a friend, Kent Butterworth set about to make his own animated film and to see not only how he did it but to share in all the fun he had on the way....
Artist owned-and-operated bi-coastal effects boutique Brickyard VFX today announced two new additions to its Boston team, Michael McCarthy as executive producer of special projects at Brickyard Filmworks, the company's feature film division, and Lucy Herzog as visual effects producer.
Atomic Games, a developer of simulations for US military and intelligence agencies and a pioneer in military action games, stopped the attempted theft of their newest title Breach at PAX East 2010.
Toho is set to release its debut live-action film, UMIZARU 3, reports VARIETY.
CBS has officially canceled its long-running supernatural series, GHOST WHISPERER, reports VARIETY.
Cuppa Coffee Studios President and Executive Producer Adam Shaheen has announced an expansion of the 50,000 square-foot studio to include 30 more stages, bringing the total number of stop-motion stages to 70.
Robert Moggach, industry leader and go-to visual effects supervisor and artist for the Rupert Sanders directed Halo ODST video game trailer and other award-winning campaigns, is pleased to announce the launch of Dashing, a Toronto-based creative collective specializing in high-end moving, still and interactive imagery.
Smoke & Mirrors NY has launched Smoke & Mirrors Creative, a new conceptual art and design division headed by Co-Founder and Creative Director Sean Broughton, who will closely collaborate with newly signed Conceptual Artist Jacob Henderson to lead an amazing team of global artists.
Leading independent children’s publishers, The Walker Group, consisting of Walker Books UK, Candlewick Press and Walker Books Australia, with Classic Media, a global media company with a portfolio of some of the world’s leading kids, family and pop-culture brands, including Where’s Waldo?, today announced that The Walker Group has been appointed to create a new global publishing program for the popular Where’s Waldo? books.
Lionsgate has entered into talks with shareholder Carl Icahn in an effort to remedy their year-plus dispute, reports VARIETY.
IRON MAN 2 is still the top hero of the U.S. box office, reclaiming the #1 spot for the weekend of May 14-16, 2010.
DC Comics has filed suit against Marc Toberoff, the lawyer who successfully regained the copyright to SUPERMAN for the heirs of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, reports VARIETY.
CafeFX going on hiatus is just another example of how the state of California sits by and watches a great and green business fade into the sunset.
Prime Focus, the global visual entertainment services group, today announced a significant capital investment and expansion of its global Stereoscopic 3D (S3D) pipeline.
Here are the latest blurbs about six new anime coming soon from FUNimation.
LOMPOC RECORD reports that Café FX has gone on hiatus, while it retools its business model.
Technicolor (Euronext Paris 18453; NYSE: TCH), in line with its corporate rebranding efforts, and as a follow-up to its recent purchase of 100% ownership of Paprikaas, announced today that it has rebranded its Paprikaas animation studio to Technicolor India.
Shotgun Software and Rising Sun Research (RSR) today announced integration of their workflow solutions catering to visual effects, animation and other digital production studios. Shotgun is a web-based project management and collaboration system and RSR's cineSync is a remote review and approval tool that enables synchronized viewing and annotation of content across the web.
Image Metrics, Inc. (OTC BB: IMGX), a leading provider of facial animation technology and services for the entertainment industry, today announced that it has joined TIGA, the United Kingdom's leading games industry trade association.
Funcom has signed a publishing agreement with Stunlock Studios AB, a start-up company based in Skövde, Sweden.
Paramount Home Entertainment is recalling the Sapphire Series Blu-ray edition of /Saving Private Ryan /(with vfx by ILM, supervised by Stefen Fangmeier) recently released in North America, the UK and the Benelux countries due to an audio synch error that occurred during Technicolor's authoring process.
Australian Screen Industry News reports that the Australian federal government just made it easier to qualify for Post, Digital and Visual Effects (PDV) tax incentives.
Since its release, AVATAR sold 19.7 million DVDs/Blu-rays, making it the fastest selling title for its first three weeks, reports REUTERS.
Moonscoop, the worldwide kids and family entertainment company, is refocusing its US office.
