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/crafts/visual-fx/spy-opens-new-creative-studio-in-santa-monica/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/spy-opens-new-creative-studio-in-santa-monica/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:54:23 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24997 SPY, a FotoKem company offering creative finishing services for commercials and feature films, has opened a new studio in Santa Monica, Calif. SPY: LA extends the capabilities of its main facility in San Francisco, and will specialize in VFX-based commercial productions. SPY: LA began work in December on a number of visually compelling spots for such clients as UPS, Asics, THQ/UFC, Hillshire Farm and Canon. The new West Coast facility is housed in FotoKem’s local sound studio Margarita Mix. ]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/spy-opens-new-creative-studio-in-santa-monica/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/post-production/zoic-studios-delivers-spots-for-jeep-wrangler/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/post-production/zoic-studios-delivers-spots-for-jeep-wrangler/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:50:05 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24863 Zoic Studios director Loni Peristere and Global Hue have completed two national spots for Jeep Wrangler that take on winter and demonstrate that “winter doesn’t stand a chance.” Zoic Studios is an Emmy and V.E.S. award winning visual effects company headquartered in Culver City, Calif. known for its work in creating stunning winter effects. ]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/post-production/zoic-studios-delivers-spots-for-jeep-wrangler/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/awards/contender-visual-effects-supervisor-matthew-butler-transformers-dark-of-the-moon/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-visual-effects-supervisor-matthew-butler-transformers-dark-of-the-moon/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:58:13 +0000 Mark London Williams http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24752 Digital Domain’s Matthew Butler finds himself with his first Academy Award nomination, one of the co-VFX supervisors on Transformers: Dark of the Moon, along with Scott Farrar, who suped for ILM’s share of the work, and special effects supervisor John Frazier. Animation director Scott Benza rounds out the quartet.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-visual-effects-supervisor-matthew-butler-transformers-dark-of-the-moon/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/mpc-and-goodby-take-to-the-streets-with-chevy-volt/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/mpc-and-goodby-take-to-the-streets-with-chevy-volt/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:57:50 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24797 MPC recently teamed up with director Nick Gordon and Goodby, Silverstein & Partners to capture the rejuvenated spirit of Hamtramck, Mich. – the hard-working Midwestern town where the Chevrolet Volt is assembled. The spot, “Morning in Hamtramck,” blends photoreal VFX and documentary-style footage of the city.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/mpc-and-goodby-take-to-the-streets-with-chevy-volt/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/csi-chooses-dilated-pixels-for-vfx/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/csi-chooses-dilated-pixels-for-vfx/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:57:16 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24810 Dilated Pixels announced that it will serve as the sole VFX vendor for season 12 of the hit CBS TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Concurrently, the company announced that it has named Emmy award winner Rik Shorten as its new VFX supervisor. ]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/csi-chooses-dilated-pixels-for-vfx/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/pixomondo-creates-aerial-acrobatics-for-lucasfilms-red-tails/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/pixomondo-creates-aerial-acrobatics-for-lucasfilms-red-tails/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:59:53 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24681 Pixomondo completed 546 shots on Red Tails, about a third of the film’s 1,524 total VFX shots. A passion project of executive producer George Lucas more than 20 years in the making, the tale of World War II Tuskegee Airmen features explosive VFX work from five of Pixomondo’s 11 global facilities – a network of companies located across the US, UK, Germany, Canada and China.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/pixomondo-creates-aerial-acrobatics-for-lucasfilms-red-tails/feed/ 0