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Levy Hits the Bullseye with 'Directing Animation'

By Dan Sarto | Friday, January 7, 2011 at 12:06pm

Without good direction, you end up with drek. Problems with sequence timing or the render pipeline can be solved with relative ease – problems of mismanagement are difficult to overcome and usually spell doom. Animation directors aren’t directing animation, they’re directing a group of people who are working in arguably the most time consuming and exacting of creative mediums. David Levy's new book Directing Animation at its heart strives to teach the reader how to keep an animation production crew happy, productive and on task.

Visual Headline News

VES Extends Contract for Exec Director Eric Roth

The Visual Effects Society (VES), the organization that represents the finest artists and technologists in visual effects worldwide, recently extended by two years the contract for Executive Director, Eric Roth.

Entertainment Headline News

Weinstein Co. Buys 25% Stake in Starz Media

In a significant strategic partnership within the ever-changing home/digital entertainment market, Starz, LLC has agreed to sell The Weinstein Company (TWC) a 25% stake in Starz Media, LLC, a programming production, home entertainment and international TV distribution company which includes Anchor Bay Entertainment and other TV/home entertainment assets.

Imax Headline News

IMAX Annual DMR Gross Box Office Doubles in 2010

IMAX Corporation (Nasdaq:IMAX) (TSX:IMX) today announced that for the fifty-two weeks ended December 31, 2010, IMAX DMR global gross box office reached a record $546 million, more than doubling the Company's previous global box office record of $270 million achieved in 2009.

Headline News

Asylum Founder Joins Double Negative Singapore

By Rick DeMott | Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at 4:21pm

The Hollywood Reporter writes that Asylum VFX founder Nathan McGuinness has took the post of creative director at Double Negative Singapore. Asylum shut its doors last month. Double Negative Singapore hopes to expand to 100 employees in early 2011. McGuinness will be based out of Los Angeles.

Headline News

Pixar Films Part of 2011 Commemorative Stamp Program

By Rick DeMott | Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at 4:14pm

Stamps will be issued to observe the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the 50th anniversary of America’s first manned spaceflight and a celebration of Disney Pixar movie characters: Lightning McQueen and Mater from Cars; Remy the rat and Linguini from Ratatouille; Buzz Lightyear and two of the green, three-eyed aliens from Toy Story; Carl Fredricksen and Dug from Up; and the robot WALL*E from Wall*E on Send a Hello stamps.

Anime Headline News

Former Tokyo Anime Fair Attendees Forming Own Expo

By Rick DeMott | Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at 4:12pm

Eight companies that exited from the 2011 Tokyo Anime Fair (TAF) are teaming up for a new event, titled Anime Contents Expo, reports Variety. It will run from March 26-27, while TAF runs from March 24-27.

Headline News

Conversion Works Implements TACTIC for Production Asset Management

Southpaw Technology, a leading developer of production asset management (PAM) technology for digital entertainment and enterprise companies, announced today that it has closed a licensing deal with Vancouver-based Conversion Works.

Million Headline News

A Lump of Coal at U.S. Box Office

By Dan Sarto | Monday, December 27, 2010 at 11:31am

Christmas 2010 brought a big lump of U.S. box office coal, with attendance down 44% from last year, the culmination of 7 straight weekend declines compared to 2009. Bad weather and a Friday-night Christmas eve may have played a part, though the lackluster performance of most films just might reflect movie-watcher displeasure with the current slate of films.

Color Headline News

CRASH+SUES Takes the Colors of Christmas to the Next Level

CRASH+SUES, the creative post and VFX company, and its award-winning colorist, SUE, stretched that spectrum of color with their new Digital Vision Nucoda Film Master color correction system for a holiday campaign for Best Buy.

Apps Headline News

ScrollMotion’s Iceberg Kids V.2 Platform Brings New Thomas & Friends™ Story-Inspired Apps to Life

HIT Entertainment, a leading provider of quality children’s entertainment, is expanding its reach in digital entertainment with the launch of a brand new series of Thomas & Friends™ story-inspired mobile and tablet applications by developer ScrollMotion.

Headline News

Activision Targets EA in Lawsuit Against Former Execs

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, December 23, 2010 at 11:34am

In court papers filed this past Tuesday, Activision is seeking to include EA as a defendant in its case against Jason West and Vincent Zampella over accusations surrounding their departure in March to setup an independent game company.

Headline News

Blackmagic Design Announces Major DaVinci Resolve 7.1 Update

Blackmagic Design announced today a major update to DaVinci Resolve, the world’s most popular high-end color grading system on Mac OS X and Linux.

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