DOLBY LABRATORIES, INC., SAN FRANCISCO and SILICON VALLEY SIGGRAPH ARE EXCITED TO PRESENT
Dolby 3-D Festival and Screening Call for Submissions
Event date: Thursday, February 19th, 2009 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Tara Bennett sacks the Super Bowl spots again, speaking with Nexus, Brickyard VFX and DreamWorks Animation about their work.
Did you know your resume sucks? Well, it does, and Mark Simon has the cure.
The VES Awards and Oscars are finally here on Saturday and Sunday.
Award-winning writer Marv Wolfman has joined the creative team at WildStorm Productions that is working with Sony Online Ent. to bring the DC Universe to life on PlayStation 3 and PC with DC UNIVERSE ONLINE (DCUO)
VFXWorld offers its sixth-annual Oscar chat with the supervisors nominated for Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight and Iron Man.
Culver City creative studio, SALT, was tagged to bring still art to life, starting with the work of ethereal duo, The Clayton Brothers. The spot was created for alternative sports programmer FUEL TV.
"When FUEL TV gave us the go ahead to work with Rob and Christian, we couldn't have been happier," said SALT creative director, Ian Douglass. "And when we started brainstorming animation possibilities with [the Clayton Brothers], we immediately agreed on an animation style and pacing that seemed like the most natural extension of the still work."
LipSync Post has completed the DI and 70 VFX shots for the forthcoming feature film THE SECRET OF MOONACRE. Directed by Gabor Csupo (BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA), the film tells the story of a 13-year-old's adventure into a magical world from which she must banish an ancient curse. The majority of LipSync's work focused on a mystical string of "moon pearls" that are key to the film's plot.
Entity FX makes the most of superhero action in the show's eighth season.
In her first column for the New Year, Pamela Kleibrink Thompson offers advice to help you focus on your goals, decisions and choices.
Expanding their feature film credits, Rhinofx recently completed the vfx work for The Weinstein Company's feature, THE READER, starring Ray Fiennes and Kate Winslet. The film tells a complex story of post-WWII Germany, with the secrets and mysteries of the Nazi-era unraveling across four decades.
This will be an evening of new work by local artists and friends from around the globe. Anyone is welcome to bring animated/special effects work unannounced the night of the show (DVD and 16 mm) and it will be shown. Wednesday, January 14, 7:15 p.m. at the Exploratorium's McBean Theatre in San Francisco, free, public invited. The open screening for student films will be in May.
Films include:
Making It Look Great 5: Design, Production and Workflow Techniques for Adobe After Effects: provides seven hours of in-depth video training for Adobe After Effects and After Effects plug-ins from Motionworks.
In her latest column, Nancy Cartwright finds out what inspired Tress MacNeille, what are some of her favorite experiences and what advice she would give aspiring v.o. artists.
Framestore adds a touch of film-level flair to its CG dinosaurs, as Tara Bennett discovers in her coverage of the popular Primeval TV series.
U.K. vfx company Double Negative will open an office in Singapore by March of 2009, according to Singapore newspaper THE STRAITS TIMES.
Animators and designers in the Singapore studio will work on projects like HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRICE, and start with a staff of about a dozen. Double Negative's recent credits include THE DARK KNIGHT, QUANTUM OF SOLACE and HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY.
Now that Sanctuary has been picked up by SCI FI Channel, the virtual environments hand creature work have been cranked up by Anthem Visual Effects. Tara Bennett finds out how.
Eden FX, a Hollywood-based creator of visual effects for feature films, television programs and commercials, has helped to create the largest visual effects-laden episode ever of the hit CBS TV series GHOST WHISPERER.
Craig Good will be discussing his experience working as a cinematographer at Pixar, focusing on their most recent feature, WALL-E. The presentation will be followed by a free screening of the film, with a Q&A session at the conclusion of the movie.
This event is for current Orlando ACM SIGGRAPH members only. Check orlando.siggraph.org for details.
Loose Moose Productions, the new incarnation of the London based, stop-motion, puppet and CG animation company, was created following Ken Lidster's departure to work on a feature film at Laika in Portland, Oregon. The new company was launched with an array of established and young talent, including four new directors.
Referring to the new line up, Executive Producer Glenn Holberton said, "The injection of new directors and designers has created a real buzz and sense of purpose, galvanizing the whole team."
Heather Kenyon talks to the creators of the award-winning shorts Mauvais Rôle, Our Wonderful Nature and Oktapodi.
Byron Wooffindin of Finish just completed the post on the new single SWAY by The Kooks.
Directed by Marco Puig of Amarillo Films, it is an intense song about loss, which is showed physically through the metaphor of a room ripping itself apart. Taken from their acclaimed second album KONK, SWAY has been shot in black and white, on grainy stock to match the emotions and drama of the song.
J. Paul Peszko puts readers behind the driver's seat to learn more about the visual effects production on Death Race.
Senior Colourist Simon Bourne has joined Framestore's award-winning Telecine team. Bourne took up his TK tools at Noel Street at the beginning of August, working alongside Framestore veterans Dave Ludlam and Steffan Perry.
