The Oscar winners in the 82nd Annual Academy Awards are... »

Nominees for the 82nd Annual Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards were announced early this morning, and it came as little surprise that James Cameron’s wildly successful sci-fi blockbuster, Avatar scored big in both above- and below-the-line categories. The stereoscopic film, which recently surpassed Titanic as the highest grossing film of all time,... »

The Previsualization Society, a new non-profit, interdisciplinary organization dedicated to advancing previsualization in feature film, games, commercials and architecture, has launched a new online portal, and issued a call for membership. The initiatives are part of the organization’s ramp-up activities in its inaugural year. Founded in September, the group aims to cultivate a community for... »

740 Sound Design has opened a new audio postproduction facility and added mixing to its sound design services. The expansion enables the company to move into television, digital media and select documentary films in addition to the commercial work it has done for a decade. The facility is also enabling 740, which previously... »

Digital Vision has partnered with CineForm as a key element of its forthcoming Nucoda 2009.1 release. The new color grading/DI software, which will be unveiled at Broadcast Video Expo in London, Feb. 16-18, will include native support for the CineForm RAW format used by Silicon Imaging’s highly acclaimed SI-2k camera. “Following a popular industry trend... »

Marker Karahadian recently joined Band Pro Film & Digital as vice president. In his new role, he will guide the technical direction and product development aspects of Band Pro, as well as technical marketing for the Band Pro group of companies. He will also oversee Band Pro Tek, the in-house Sony Authorized Service Department. Karahadian... »

Nominees for this year’s annual Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards include leading proponents of the art of sound editing, music editing and sound design from around the world. “Our members are editing professionals who want to raise awareness of what a motion-picture soundtrack is capable of doing to support the art of... »

FilmL.A., the not-for-profit organization that coordinates film permits in the Los Angeles area, announced that on-location filming across all categories declined 19.4 percent in 2009 compared to 2008, the steepest year-over-year decline since tracking began in 1993. The organization recorded 37,979 permitted production days (PPD) in 2009 compared to 47,117 tallied in 2008. »

The Art Directors Guild announced nominations in nine categories of production design for theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials and music videos competing in the ADG’s 14th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards for 2009. Deadline for final voting, which is done online, is Feb. 11. A black-tie ceremony announcing winners will be held Feb.... »

This year has seen a bumper crop of top-notch animated films, making the competition for the Best Animated Feature Oscar particularly interesting. The award, recognizing a genre that was long ignored by the Academy is a relative newcomer, having been instituted only in 2001. “It was certainly a pretty exceptional year for animation,” said Antran Manoogian,... »