New Senior Producer Joins Framestore Commercials Team
Framestore's Commercials team are very pleased to welcome new addition Simon Gosling, who has recently joined the company as Senior Producer.
Framestore's Commercials team are very pleased to welcome new addition Simon Gosling, who has recently joined the company as Senior Producer.
Press Release from Optix, Hamburg
Hamburg, September 17, 2009—Optix, Hamburg, has launched Goviso, an easy-to-use online service that allows artists, producers and customers in a production environment to share media and interact with each other. According to Attila Levai, president of Optix, Hamburg, software installation is not required; Goviso runs inside any web browser with a current Flash player.
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announces its 'Call for Entries' for this year's 37th Annual Annie Awards.
Digital media production studio Vitamin has re-launched itself under new leadership and a new creative mandate.
In a flurry of snow, fog, and shattering ice sculptures, Haunt infuses Big Pink's latest video, Dominos, with an unforgettable visual mix that perfectly complements the up-and-coming group's lyrics, look, and sound.
New York City-based motion design agency Fury (www.furynyc.com) recently completed work on a series of self-motivated pieces that take an atypical approach to promoting world peace.
Landing at #1, Tyler Perry’s I CAN DO BAD ALL BY MYSELF (LGF, with vfx by Wilson Tang, Toby Sells Creature Make-up FX Shop) earned $24M in its debut weekend.
Digital Domain has teamed up with longtime collaborator Carl Erik Rinsch and his German production company Markenfilm on a: 45 TV commercial for Audi, via Hamburg, Germany-based ad agency Kempertrautmann.
To illustrate the power of Kleenex Anti-Viral tissue, Rhino brought to life the Flu Bug -- a jittery, mischievous little guy whose M.O. is to appear out of nowhere and derail the best-laid plans -- then set him loose in a smattering of media formats, including live video and web animation.
Bi-coastal directing collective Brand New School (www.brandnewschool.com) recently collaborated with agency Secret Weapon Marketing to create an intriguing new ad campaign for Clear Internet, the company that has blanketed several major cities with wireless Internet access.
Press Release by Prime Focus
(Mumbai) August 3, 2009 - Prime Focus brings Hollywood VFX veteran to India. Michael Fink, Hollywood visual effects veteran and Academy Award winner, has directed his first Indian TV commercial for Lotte Coffy Bite candy. Fink is President, VFX Worldwide at Prime Focus, India's leading visual entertainment services company. The Mumbai-based company was appointed by Rediffusion-Y&R and MAD Entertainment for the toffee brand's latest TV commercial.
Los Angeles & San Francisco -- Summer is camping season and a high-risk time for wildfires, nine out of 10 of which are caused by human carelessness. With wildfire prevention in mind, DraftFCB tapped Director Jason Zada of Tool of North America and visual effects company Ntropic to create a new PSA called "Bonfire" on behalf of the Ad Council, the U.S. Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters.
House of Imagination, 4Creative's eagerly awaited new brand film for Syfy, will be premiered in the US today as part of SCI FI's brand evolution to Syfy on Tuesday, July 7. Visual Effects and the interactive web campaign were carried out at MPC.
The two minute brand film was conceived, directed and produced by 4Creative, Channel 4's creative resource, who in the last month have picked up a Bafta, a D&AD pencil and two Cannes Lions.
Nickelodeon UK today announces a partnership with the Department of Health’s Change4Life, a nationwide movement designed to help people make changes to their lifestyles, so that they can eat well, move more and live longer. The partnership will be officially announced this evening by Nickelodeon UK’s Managing Director, Howard Litton, at their Autumn/Winter programming launch.
New York, NY -- July 7, 2009 -- As part of its public service campaign empowering individuals to imagine and build a better tomorrow, Syfy's pro-social campaign Visions for Tomorrow, is launching a year-long initiative to provide free Wyfy (Wi-Fi) at New York City landmarks.
Head Gear Animation, Due North Communications and Dairy Farmers of Canada, have recently worked together to launch Canada's first 3D advertising campaign for the cinema. They will play with the trailers before the feature 3D movies. The 3D commercials are a continuation of the award-winning five-second "Milk Dots" campaign, for which Head Gear has created over 100 different "dot-spots".
FUEL VFX reunited with Curious Film's Josh Frizzell on a new campaign for BNZ. The spots feature some very cute CG piggy banks, which help bring family together under the banner, 'Wherever you're heading, we can help you get there.'
Flying -- or modern day travel via air -- evokes a variety of images but certainly rarely as beautiful or sublime as what unfolds in the new Swiss Air film directed by Marc Forster ("Quantum of Solace," "Finding Neverland," "Monster's Ball"). To help orchestrate and unite the myriad of elements involved, Forster turned to Cut + Run Editor Jay Nelson who worked hand-in-hand with the director and the effects production company MK12 on the project.
NEW YORK, NY -- Two recent projects for A&E Network and MTV effectively highlight both the diverse creative skills and love of blending organic and digital art found at Loyalkaspar (www.loyalkaspar.com), the creative design/production company led by directors David Herbruck and Beat Baudenbacher, part of the transmedia branding and design group LORI PATE+ (http://www.loripateplus.com/).
Littleloud have produced a suite of eight comical viral videos and an online shoot 'em up game to promote the release of Paramount's latest theatrical release TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN.
In the viral shorts a range of household appliances audition for a role in the film as one of the Decepticons, in the misguided belief that they have what it takes to defeat the Transformers. The 3D appliances are full of zest, trying as best as they can to impress the off-screen casting exec.
The Brief:Smoke & Mirrors New York (SMNY) teamed with Carmichael Lynch Minneapolis this past winter to launch a beautifully quirky spot for the Denver Museum of Nature & Science that showcases the New York studio's ability to complete a project from production through post.
LOS ANGELES -- June 10, 2009 -- Image Metrics, the leading provider of facial animation services and technology to the entertainment industry, has animated futuristic faces of the Black Eyed Peas in the recently released video of lead single, "Boom Boom Pow," from the upcoming album, THE E.N.D. Motion Theory, producers of the video, turned to Image Metrics to animate the stars' faces into fluid and metallic alter-egos that add an elegant digital edge to the look of the video.