Ingenuity Engine Teams Up with Katy Perry for 'Wide Awake'
Ingenuity Engine completed extensive work on the 3D music video for “Wide Awake,” which was written for the 3D “Katy Perry: Part of Me” film.
Category: Music and Sound
'Metalocalypse'’s Dethklok Come to Life at Comic-Con 2012
Adult Swim will host a huge fan concert event on July 13th in San Diego, CA with a special performance by Dethklok from the show “Metalocalypse”.
The Friday Five - In a Sentimental Mood (Week of 6/29/12)
Summer blues bring on a softer mood. This week: "Bubble" (Elliot Dear), "TELEPHONEME" (MK12), "Cherry Blossom Elephant in Forest" (Young-jun Kim/Earth Design Works), "Blue Whale" (Sivan Kidron), "Kali le petit Vampire" (Regina Pessoa)
BAFTA to Celebrate Composer James Hannigan
The video game music of BAFTA award winner and five-time Original Music nominee James Hannigan will be celebrated in an upcoming Q&A and interactive event, "Conversations with Screen Composers: James Hannigan."
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The Friday Five - Falls, Trips, Metamorphosis (Week of 6/21/12)
The Friday Five returns with falls, surreal trips, and strange transformations. This week: "Metamorphosis" (BUCK), "38-39°C" (Kangmin Kim), "The Fox" (WINTR), "Black Sun" (Kagemu), "Junkyard" (Hisko Hulsing)
Buster Creates Game Trailer for 'Just Dance 4'
Buster joins the Ubisoft party with their trailer for the upcoming “Just Dance 4,” the latest in the “Just Dance” game franchise.
QuietMan and COPA Collaborate on 'Princess of China'
VFX studios QuietMan and COPA Network recently teamed up to voyage to ancient China in Coldplay's new video, “The Princess of China,” a cinematic action-adventure featuring Rihanna.
Simone Grattarola Joins Rushes
The award-winning Simone Grattarola joins post house Rushes as Director of Colour Grading.
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Stardust Teams with Adria Petty for 'Princess of China'
Stardust creative director Alan Bibby teamed up with music video director Adria Petty to co-write and co-direct Coldplay and Rihanna's epic music video for "Princess of China.”
PromaxBDA Announces Videophonic Session
Past and present come together in the Videophonic Session at the PromaxBDA Conference where select design studios create music videos for songs from before the MTV era.
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Lorenzo Fonda and UVPHACTORY Animate Scissor Sisters
Lorenzo Fonda teams up with New York-based studio UVPHACTORY for the new Scissor Sisters video, “Baby Come Home.”
CRASH+SUES Rocks Out for Imagination Movers
When the Imagination Movers were ready to release “Rock-o-Matic,” their latest DVD of music videos targeted to children and parents alike, they came to CRASH+SUES for an innovate approach to creating music video vignettes that would bring their songs to life.
Ntropic Teams with Wild Plum for Ford
VFX house Ntropic partnered with Venice, CA-based Wild Plum on an integrated interactive campaign for Ford via Team Detroit.
HUSH Signs Powerful Visual Force in Yang
Following an extended run freelancing with the company, Erik Yang has joined HUSH's roster.
'Brave' Soundtrack Available June 19
The soundtrack for Disney/Pixar’s epic fantasy adventure “Brave” from Walt Disney Records will be available June 19, 2012.
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Aardman’s Bram Ttwheam Directs Nordic Giants Video
Aardman director Bram Ttwheam has teamed up with artist Tristan Stevens to create the much-anticipated video release for the Nordic Giants‘ debut single, “Shine,” featuring the vocals and lyrics of Cate Ferris.
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Hornet Creates 'Better Energy' for Moones
Hornet director Peter Sluszka utilizes a medley of visual techniques in his music video for the song Better Energy by up-and-coming U.K. based band, Moones.
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The Beatles' 'Yellow Submarine' Arrives on DVD June 5
The Beatles’ classic 1968 animated feature film, Yellow Submarine, has been digitally restored for DVD and Blu-ray release on June 5th in North America.
Click 3X Delivers CG 'Drone' for EL-P
Click 3X delivered visual effects for the Timothy Saccenti-directed teaser, "Drone," for Brooklyn hip-hop artist EL-P.
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Henson to Produce 'Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio'
Guillermo Del Toro will co-direct "Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio" with Mark Gustafson. The Jim Henson Company production will be a 3D stop-motion animated version of PINOCCHIO based on the edition of Carlo Collodi’s classic tale illustrated by Gris Grimly.
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MPC Serves up 'Hot Fruit' with dom&nic
MPC LA recently teamed up with directing duo dom&nic to handle a full range of VFX needs on English singer-songwriter Gaz Coombes' debut music video.
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2012 ASIFA-East Awards Announced
On Sunday, April 29, ASIFA-East awarded the prizes for its 43nd annual Animation Festival.
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The Friday Five - Can't Stop the Motion (Week of 4/20/12)
Week of 4/20/12 - The Rifle's Spiral (Jamie Caliri), Seven Legs (Mikey Please), Bermuda (Calvin Frederick), BIG BANG BOOM (BLU), LUMINARIS (Juan Pablo Zaramella)
Trunk Animates Short Film 'Inside'
Trunk’s Rok Predin has created a new animated short, “Inside,” with a soundtrack by Ivan Arnold.
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Frenzer Foreman Animation Forum (podcast) x 31
Special Guest: Dr. Janeann Dill
On this epic-sode, Joel discovers the vast musical range of a rubber band; Alan discovers his lack of interest. Then, Dr. Janeann Dill, physician to the arts, discusses the breaking of art history, animation balm, the deep south, and legendary animation artist, educator, and innovator Jules Engel.
