Visual Effects
FX Affects
Four Media Company, the Burbank-based
company which co-owns Medialab Studio L.A, has signed a deal with Visualize,
Inc. to acquire POP Studios, a Venice, California-based company
which offers digital production services including visual effects and animation.
POP will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Four Media Company, retain
its present management and continue to operate under the POP name. The
acquisition is expected to be complete by January 31, 1998. . . . Boston-based
broadcast design firm Viewpoint Studios and Seattle-based stop-motion
and motion control studio Heck Yes! Productions (formerly Stratos
Pictures) have formed an alliance through which they will pool resources
and collaborate on some commercial projects. The companies are already
working on research and development for future projects, and are jointly
bidding on several broadcast and cable jobs. . . . Engineering Animation
(EAI) created 3-D computer animated effects for Fleet Command,
a two-hour special about military training for the Discovery Channel. .
. .
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