http://www.btlnews.com Voice of the Crew Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:12:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/sony-pictures-imageworks-expands-vancouver-vfx-and-animation-studio/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/sony-pictures-imageworks-expands-vancouver-vfx-and-animation-studio/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:57:51 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=25094 Sony Pictures Imageworks announced that it will expand its Vancouver, British Columbia capacity by opening an additional 16,000 square feet of space in the Yaletown area for work on the current productions Men In Black 3, The Amazing-Spider-Man, Oz The Great And Powerful and Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania now underway. ]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/sony-pictures-imageworks-expands-vancouver-vfx-and-animation-studio/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/a-level-playing-field-at-the-2012-annies/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/a-level-playing-field-at-the-2012-annies/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:58:20 +0000 Scott Essman http://www.btlnews.com/?p=25001 International Animated Film Society presented a more egalitarian approach at the 2012 awards. ASIFA – Hollywood offered entries from many companies in many categories at the Feb. 4 awards show, which had been criticized for being relegated to only a few firms garnering top wins previously. While DreamWorks Animation, Pixar and Disney still reign as top box-office earners with their productions, and The Simpsons is still a lauded and steadily awarded TV show, other lesser-known companies managed to gain due attention, both in individual nominated and awarded form with the 28 awards given out in 2012.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/a-level-playing-field-at-the-2012-annies/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/post-production/charlex-promotes-ryan-dunn-to-executive-creative-director/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/post-production/charlex-promotes-ryan-dunn-to-executive-creative-director/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:50:26 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24921 Charlex is promoting director/CD Ryan Dunn to executive creative director. While Dunn will continue to direct, he will increase his focus on expanding the staff and sharpening the overall creative direction of the Charlex brand, working with his team of producers and creatives on any given job.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/post-production/charlex-promotes-ryan-dunn-to-executive-creative-director/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/alex-frisch-and-vico-sharabani-team-up-to-launch-unique-new-vfx-studio/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/alex-frisch-and-vico-sharabani-team-up-to-launch-unique-new-vfx-studio/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:50:20 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24891 Vico Sharabani and Alex Frisch have teamed up to launch COPA (Co-Op of Artists), a global collective of high-end VFX artists working in the commercial and feature film industries.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/alex-frisch-and-vico-sharabani-team-up-to-launch-unique-new-vfx-studio/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/david-lipman-joins-digital-domain/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/david-lipman-joins-digital-domain/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:49:48 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24856 Digital Domain Productions, a subsidiary of Digital Domain Media Group, has named David Lipman vice president of features visual effects production. The 30-year industry veteran, a former executive at DreamWorks Animation, Framestore and USAnimation, brings expertise in visual effects, animation, production and development to the company. He will be based in Digital Domain's Venice, Calif. studio reporting to Jody Madden, who has been promoted to senior vice president of global studio operations, overseeing production, technology and operations for all of Digital Domain's worldwide studios.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/david-lipman-joins-digital-domain/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/motion504-delivers-poetic-animations-for-motionpoems/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/motion504-delivers-poetic-animations-for-motionpoems/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:54:29 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24573 motion504 was, once again, invited to create original animated pieces for the 3rd annual event, which showcases visual explorations of previously published poetry. Motion504 creative directors Scott Wenner and Amy Schmitt, as well as 3D artist Adam Tow contributed their creative storytelling interpretations to this year's selection of poems. The films recently premiered at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts and will also be released on the Motionpoems website throughout 2012.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/motion504-delivers-poetic-animations-for-motionpoems/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/post-production/vfx-producer-lauren-shawe-joins-leviathan/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/post-production/vfx-producer-lauren-shawe-joins-leviathan/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:53:47 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24567 Leviathan has added VFX producer Lauren Shawe to its full-time staff, effective immediately.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/post-production/vfx-producer-lauren-shawe-joins-leviathan/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/patton-oswalt-to-host-39th-annual-annie-awards/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/patton-oswalt-to-host-39th-annual-annie-awards/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:50:52 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24343 Patton Oswalt, who was recently nominated by the Chicago, Toronto and Los Angeles Film Critics’ Associations for his performance in the film Young Adult will host this year’s 39th Annual Annie Awards on Feb. 4, at UCLA’s Royce Hall.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/patton-oswalt-to-host-39th-annual-annie-awards/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/unfolding-the-world-of-bunraku/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/unfolding-the-world-of-bunraku/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:54:02 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24294 Bunraku, the second film from director Guy Moshe, is a unique blend of cutting-edge computer graphics and choreographed live action, comic book and video game styles, gritty reality and fantasy, and samurai and spaghetti western genres.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/unfolding-the-world-of-bunraku/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/motion504-delivers-vivid-promo-for-remains/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/motion504-delivers-vivid-promo-for-remains/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:46:51 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=21991 motion504 recently teamed with NBC-owned network, Chiller, to create a comic-book-influenced promo for the upcoming movie, Remains, based on the graphic novel of the same name by Steven Niles. The movie premieres on Chiller on Dec. 16.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/motion504-delivers-vivid-promo-for-remains/feed/ 0