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Giant Killer Robots Uses Realviz Matchmover For Monkey Bone Effects

By Dan Sarto | Monday, April 2, 2001 at 12:00am

REALVIZ, a leader in image-processing software development announced that effects boutique Giant Killer Robots used REALVIZ MatchMover to complete several shots for Twentieth Century Fox's MONKEY BONE. MatchMover is REALVIZ' award winning 3D match-moving application for seamlessly integrating CG elements into moving footage. Giant Killer Robots is a San Francisco-based visual effects studio specializing in high-end CG animation. M.

April Headline News

MIP TV Starts Next Week

By Dan Sarto | Monday, April 2, 2001 at 12:00am

MIP TV (April 2-6, 2001, Cannes, France) is one of the premiere television conferences and markets in the world. The six-day event brings together production companies and distributors from all over the globe. The conference includes a vast array of panels and round-table discussions with some of the world's top professionals. MIP TV 2000 scored a hit with over 11,000 participants, representing 2,776 companies from 100 countries. The countries most represented in terms of stands were: France, US, UK, Canada and Germany.

Cartoons Headline News

Cartoons On The Bay 2001 Starts Next Week

By Dan Sarto | Monday, April 2, 2001 at 12:00am

The 5th edition of Cartoons On The Bay, International Festival of Television Animation, will be held in Positano (Amalfi Coast), Italy, April 5-9, 2001. Cartoons on the Bay is the only festival in the world solely dedicated to television animation. Promoted by Rai Radiotelevisione Italiana and conceived and organized by Rai Trade, the festival is an international event with awards, workshops, lectures and events centering on the ever-changing world of television animation.

Films Headline News

This Week's Animation Trivia Quiz

By Dan Sarto | Monday, April 2, 2001 at 12:00am

Test your skills and challenge your brain with AWN's Animation Trivia Quiz. This week, we're asking questions about Eastern Europe. Which Czechoslovakian live-action director used animation to bring the fantasy elements of his films "The Diabolic Invention" and "Baron Munchhausen" alive? What Hungarian animator was known for both his series of films featuring a primitive little naked man with an oblong head and his incredibly short films?

Million Headline News

Spy Kids Sneaks Into First Place

By Dan Sarto | Monday, April 2, 2001 at 12:00am

SPY KIDS, Robert Rodriguez new espionage yarn, with primary visual effectsby Hybride Technologies, captured first place at the box office thisweekend, grossing $27.0 million. ENEMY AT THE GATES fell from fourth tosixth, grossing $5.3 million. The WWII sniper saga, with primary visualeffects by Das Werk, Die Nefzers, Double Negative, The Computer Film Companyand AudioMotion Ltd., has accumulated $34.2 million thus far. Dropping fromsixth to eighth was CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON, which collected another

Film Events

SKYY Short Film Awards

By Guest (not verified) | Sunday, April 1, 2001 at 11:00am
Begins: April 1, 2001

SKYY Vodka has partnered with the American Cinematheque to launch the SKYY Short Film Awards, to celebrate excellence and vision in the short film format. Short films may be entered into four categories: fiction, non-fiction, animation and a special themed category for films that contain a "cocktail moment." The competition is open to anyone 21 years and older and there is no fee to enter. The SKYY Short Film Awards Grand Prize will be $5,000 to the winner of each category.

Animation ANIMATIONWorld

Tradigital Television: Digital Tools and Saturday Morning

Animating for television series has evolved a great deal over the past twenty-five years and the incorporation of digital equipment and procedures is a huge part of this evolution. Here Sylvia Edwards details the production process and how digital tools are impacting the traditional model.

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