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32TEN Studios Launches Professional Workshop Series
32TEN Studios, a stage rental and practical effects house headquartered in Marin, Calif., has launched a new series of educational, hands-on workshops designed to help filmmakers, game designers and entertainment industry professionals further their production and postproduction technical skills, while also teaching the art and craft behind those disciplines. »
DreamWorks Animation Presents Sneak Preview of 2012 Films
DreamWorks Animation presented a sneak preview of their 2012 releases Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted and Rise of the Guardians at the DGA Theater in Hollywood. The event included a continental breakfast and a full lunch catered by Wolfgang Puck. Filmmakers from each project were on hand to introduce work in progress clips and... »
Motion504 Delivers Animated Short for CITGO
Minneapolis-based ad agency Carmichael Lynch recently tapped broadcast design and animation studio motion504 to help create an inspirational animated short for Fueling Good – a charitable campaign run by CITGO. Led by creative director Amy Schmitt, motion504 helped illustrate the impact of giving, with a story about a filmmaker who makes a documentary about... »
Calabash Animation Creates Viral Ad For Thermo Fisher Scientific
Calabash Animation recently teamed with Lightspeed Group, Villanova, PA, to create "More Than A Freezer" – a humorous, three-minute animated romantic comedy/viral short starring two e-coli bacteria lovebirds separated by cryo vials set to the rock classic "More Than A Feeling" by Boston for new Thermo Scientific ultra-low temperature freezers. »
Leviathan Adds Senior FX Designer Nathan Davies
Chicago-based production studio Leviathan announced the expansion of its visual effects department, as well as the addition of senior FX designer Nathan Davies to its full-time staff. Effective immediately, the studio is promoting former design director Tim Sepulveda into the position of VFX director. Recently added producer Lauren Shawe and senior FX designer Nathan... »
Laika Licenses Shotgun Software For Stop-Motion Animation
Portland, Oregon-based animation studio Laika has purchased a site license of Shotgun Software to manage production and enhance collaboration for stop-motion and VFX work throughout its studio. Laika implemented the web-based system as a central platform for modernizing production management of the data-heavy stop-motion process on its upcoming 3D animated feature ParaNorman, releasing Aug.... »
Rango Tops VES Awards
For the 10th edition of its annual award show, the Visual Effects Society was unafraid to state its growing awareness of how pivotal the role of wrangling digits has become in making motion pictures, and also its growing awareness of how much Hollywood seems to take all that for granted. It began with VES president... »
Sony Pictures Imageworks Expands Vancouver VFX and Animation Studio
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. »
A Level Playing Field at the 2012 Annies
After great controversy over the domination of a select few companies at the 2010 Annies, the 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... »
Charlex Promotes Ryan Dunn to Executive Creative Director
Following a run of high-profile projects, 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. »
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Norwegian director Morten Tyldum Blends Mystery and Humor in HeadhuntersMay 2012 | By Jack Egan
Headhunters, is a new Norwegian movie, stylishly helmed by Morten Tyldum, one of the country’s best- known directors. Blending suspense and violence with macabre... »
Greg Carter Resurrects a Baseball Hero
April 2012 | By Scott Essman
With the onset of April every spring, one conjures the classic baseball films in cinema lore. Certainly The Natural, Bull Durham, Field of... »