* Friday, September 22 Sunday, September 24, 2000. London, U.K.
VFX 2000 will highlight the growing industry of visual effects. The conference is a biennial event sponsored by BKSTS (Moving Image Society) and the Visual Effects Society. This years event will showcase developments in the areas of digital cinema and large format films. Filmmaker seminars will include Aardman Animations Dave Sproxton and Tom Barnes on CHICKEN RUN; The Mills John Nelson on GLADITOR; and The Secret Labs Neil Krepela, Neil Eskuri and Mike Belzer on DINOSAUR. Other seminars will deal with topics such as the history of matte painting, digital intermediate systems, puppeteers in the 21st century, desktop visual effects, models vs. 3D and much more. For more information contact BKSTS at: 63-71 Victoria House, Vernon Place, London WC1B 4DA, U.K.; Tel.: ++44 020 7242 8430; Fax: ++44 020 7405 3560; E-mail: bksts@bksts.demon.co.uk; or Web: www.bksts.com.
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