Everyday Producing: Work for Hire
One Animation Studio Head John McKenna continues his series exploring the inner workings of the animation industry with a look at the tension between in-house and external productions.
Category: CG
The Ghost Crew Collides with Destiny in ‘Star Wars Rebels: Complete Season Three’
‘Rebels’ action brings heroic characters and compelling villains closer to the stories of ‘Rogue One’ and the original ‘Star Wars’ trilogy, available on Blu-ray and DVD August 29th.
Technicolor to Produce High-Flying Drone Adventures with ‘Team DroniX’
The series is being produced with France Télévisions and Gloob Brazil, with leading drone manufacturer Silverlit on board as worldwide master toy partner, and PGS handling global distribution, licensing and merchandising.
‘Sore Eyes for Infinity’ wins Anča Award
In addition to the 800 Euro main award at the festival in Žilina, Slovakia, juries bestowed awards for the best music video, student film, video game pitches and video game jam.
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Animators Unearthed - Bob Sabiston
Every Monday, Chris Robinson serves up Animators Unearthed, a brief introduction to prominent and not-so-prominent indie animators. Today, the works of Bob Sabiston.
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‘Song of a Toad’ wins SIGGRAPH’s ‘Best in Show’
SIGGRAPH 2017 will present the animated, student short film, created by Animationsinstitut alumni Kariem Saleh and Alexandra Stautmeister, with the award at a ceremony at SIGGRAPH in Los Angeles on July 31, 2017.
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3D Wire 2017 Announces Call for Projects
This year’s edition of the animation, video game and transmedia event calls for projects in three categories: Portuguese-Spanish animation and video games, European transmedia and new media projects and international online animation series, with a submission deadline of July 28.
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3D Wire 2017 Calls for Projects
Begins: November 1, 2017
3D Wire to be held in Segovia, Spain from October 2-8, 2017
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GALLERY: Selected Film Images From 'Despicable Me 3'
Check out a selection of images from Illumination Entertainment’s latest spy caper comedy, the third film in the studio's widly successful animated franchise.
Allegorithmic Announces Number-Less Update for Substance Painter
Update features include new alphas and patterns, improved filters, new fonts, Substance Source integration, ambient occlusion and a live edge wear filter, and is available for free to all Substance Painter 2 -- Indie holders.
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Gru and Crew Make a New Debut in ‘Despicable Me 3’
The producers and directors of Illumination Entertainment’s latest animated spy caper comedy talk about the film’s Annecy premiere and the challenges of keeping a successful franchise fresh.
MPC Takes the Lead on ‘The Mummy’ Reboot
London, Montreal, Vancouver and Bangalore facilities deliver more than 1,000 VFX shots for the first installment of Universal’s ‘Dark Universe’ monster movie franchise.
Foundry Launches Modo 11.1 with Host of New and Enhanced Features
Innovative features in latest instalment of the Modo 11 series include a client-server bridge to Unreal Engine 4 and more.
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VIEW Conference Adds Oscar-Winning VFX Talent to 2017 Speaker Lineup
Four-time Oscar winner Joe Letteri, Oscar winner John Nelson, two-time Oscar winner Bill Westenhofer, and Oscar winner Martin Hill join the roster of more than 25 top industry professionals already confirmed for Italy’s computer graphics conference.
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Smith Global Media Acquires Distribution Rights to ‘Gnome Alone’ and ‘Charming’
Wide theatrical releases planned for 3QU Media’s CG-animated features produced at Cinesite’s Montreal studio.
SIGGRAPH 2017 Computer Animation Festival Trailer Now Online!
Student film ‘Song of a Toad’ named best in show; John Lewis ‘Buster the Boxer’ wins jury award; MOPA’s ‘Garden Party’ awarded best student project.
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Oscar-Winning Director Laurent Witz Helms ‘Cogs’ Short for AIME
CG-animated short from the director of the 2014 Academy Award-winning animated short ‘Mr. Hublot’ is produced by Luxembourg-based Zeilt Productions for agency M&C Saatchi Sydney and Australian non-profit AIME.
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We Fly Coach Partners with Believe to Bring VFX and Animation to Branded Content Marketplace
The global production company joins forces with the award-winning animation and VFX studio to expand its visual storytelling expertise to animation and design-driven projects and leverage 10-year-old studio Believe’s diverse artist roster to address the needs of the global advertising and branded content marketplace.
Axis Group Unites Brands Under Axis Studios
The new global identity unites U.K. brands Axis Animation, Flaunt Productions and axisVFX under one banner, accompanies company growth and is being celebrated with a limited-edition art book showing the behind-the-scenes work that goes into ‘delivering the unexpected.’
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WATCH: Co-Founder Peter Lord Shares 40 Years of Aardman’s Animation Excellence and More at FMX 2017
The veteran producer talks about creating some of the world’s funniest, most popular and endearing animated films, TV series, shorts and commercials as well as new challenges like storytelling in VR.
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Warhammer Fans at Axis Animation Bring 'Motion Paintings' to 'Dawn of War III'
Previous 'Dawn of War' trailer creator Axis Animation and director Abed Abonamous return to the franchise to create beautiful in-game cinematics for Relic Entertainment, depicting the conflict among Space Marines, Eldar and Orks on the lost planet of Acheron.
Stone Lions Take Hold of Chinese Viewers
Disney's first Chinese TV co-production demonstrates the value of people, process and perseverance.
Composer Heitor Pereira Returns for ‘Despicable Me 3’
The Grammy Award-winning musician and composer has returned to score Illumination’s story of Gru, Lucy, their adorable daughters -- Margo, Edith and Agnes -- and the Minions, in theaters Friday.
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Sarofsky’s ‘Guardians’ Return Yields Engaging Main Titles and End Crawl for ‘Vol. 2’
The Chicago-based design house rose to the challenge of creating both an animated, custom typeface and a bold main title sequence logo for the return of Peter Quill, Rocket, Baby Groot, Gamora and Drax the Destroyer in 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.'
Deluxe Unleashes The Portal for ‘American Gods’
Digital content creation and delivery leader Deluxe Entertainment Group deploys its VFX workflow The Portal for STARZ’s original series adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s ‘American Gods.’
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