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FMX 2016 Spotlighting Oscar Winner ‘Inside Out,’ ‘Avengers’ VR Experience and More

Filmakademie graduate and Disney/Pixar Character TD Tanja Krampfert discusses the creation of Joy in ‘Inside Out,’ while DoP Patrick Lin illuminates the special camera set-up designed to parallel the main character’s emotional journey.

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FMX 2015 Headline News

WATCH: Weta Digital's Joe Letteri Talks 'The Hobbit' and Virtual Production at FMX 2015

Joe Letteri, senior VFX supervisor and studio director at Weta Digital, discusses the use of digital characters and virtual production technology on the three 'Hobbit' films.

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Australia’s The Rookies Issues Call for Entries

Created to discover emerging talent and help launch graduates into careers at the world’s top studios, over the past six years The Rookies has placed more than 70 young artists with internships at companies such as Weta Digital, Double Negative, The Mill, Gameloft, Crytek, Framestore and Epic Games.

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Awards Headline News

Hollywood Post Alliance Announces 2015 Award Winners

Weta Digital wins Outstanding Visual Effects in a Feature Film for their work on ‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’ at 10th Anniversary Gala honoring artists and innovators.

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Sci-Tech Awards Headline News

Academy Considering 20 Sci-Tech Achievements for 2015

Twenty scientific and technical achievements involving 11 distinct investigations are selected for further consideration for 2015 Academy Awards.

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SIGGRAPH Announces 2015 Production Sessions

SIGGRAPH announces the complete lineup for this year’s Production Sessions program for its 42nd annual conference, set for August 9-13 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

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FMX 2015 Headline News

FMX 2015 Celebrating 20 Years of Excellence

Top industry professionals in animation, effects, games and transmedia share their thoughts on the success of the FMX Conference, which celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2015.

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FMX 2015 Headline News

FMX 2015 to Celebrate 40 Years of ILM

Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Transmedia celebrates its 20th Anniversary with ‘20 Years of ‘Toy Story,’ presentation from VFX luminary Joe Letteri, ‘20 years of Weta Digital,’ and ‘40 years of Industrial Light & Magic.’

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Visual Effects Headline News

Weta Releases VFX Breakdown for Final ‘Hobbit’ Feature

New video showcases visual effects created for the final installment of Peter Jackson’s ‘Hobbit’ trilogy, including key battle sequences and the destruction of Laketown.

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Visual Effects Headline News

SPARK FWD Returns to Vancouver January 29-31

Visual effects festival, conference and job fair to include presentations on the invisible effects of ‘Birdman,’ ILM’s work on ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier,’ the making of ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,’ the miniature effects of ‘Interstellar,” and more.

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Animex to Spotlight Independent Game Development

Teesside University’s annual Animex Festival to include a full day dedicated to Britain’s independent games studios and developers.

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2015 VFX Bake-off: 10 Spectacular Hopefuls Vie for Nominations

The Academy’s annual voting event showcases the year’s top visual effects-driven films.

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Dan Lemmon and Keith Miller Talk ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’

The Weta Digital visual effects supes discuss the intricacies of motion-capture and Andy Serkis’ outstanding performance in Matt Reeves ‘Planet of the Apes’ sequel.

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Awards Headline News

2014 Hollywood Post Alliance Award Winners Announced

‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ receive awards for Outstanding Visual Effects along with GE’s “Childlike Imagination.”

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New Featurette Goes Behind the Scenes of ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’

Twentieth Century Fox releases a new behind-the-scenes featurette for ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ exploring the performance capture technology used by WETA Digital to transform actors into apes.

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Weta Breathes Fire into the Menacing Dragon of 'The Hobbit'

Weta Digital's Joe Letteri discusses the new creature work in the second Hobbit movie, The Desolation of Smaug, highlighted by the eponymous dragon.

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Catching a More Intense 'Hunger Games' in 'Catching Fire'

The sequel finds Katniss back in the hunt for survival with more grounded VFX.

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Producers Guild of America Headline News

PGA to Honor Peter Jackson

The PGA announces that Peter Jackson, Joe Letteri and Weta Digital will receive the Producers Guild’s 2014 Vanguard Award to be presented January 19 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.