Tagged With: Visual Effects
Proof Inc. Provides Previs for Oscar-Nominated Features
Leading provider of high-quality visualization services provides extensive previs and postvis services for Oscar VFX nominees ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ and ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier.’
Rising Sun Pictures Shares Oscar Nomination for ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’
Studio’s work on the film’s Quicksilver “Kitchen” scene also garners BAFTA, VES and AACTA nominations.
Visual Effects Society Announces 2015 Board of Directors Officers
Award-winning independent visual effects producer and freelance VFX consultant Mike Chambers is elected Board Chair.
ADAPT Legal Effort on VFX Tax Subsidies Ends
Its leaders citing a lack of financial support, a campaign to end international VFX subsidies to U.S. studios has ended.
Nominations for 87th Academy Awards Unveiled
Nominees for Best Animated Feature are Disney’s ‘Big Hero 6,’ LAIKA’s ‘The Boxtrolls,’ DreamWorks Animation’s ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2,’ Cartoon Saloon’s ‘Song of the Sea,’ and Studio Ghibli’s ‘The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.’
‘Avatar’ Sequel Delayed Until 2017
Director James Cameron plans to have scripts for the three highly-anticipated sequels completed this month.
MPC Creates Epic Environments and Complex Crowds for ‘Exodus’
MPC completes more than 500 shots for Ridley Scott’s ‘Exodus: Gods and Kings,’ including huge crowds, massive environments and complex FX work across 10 different scenes.
2015 VFX Bake-off: 10 Spectacular Hopefuls Vie for Nominations
13th Annual VES Awards Nominations Announced
'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ leads the feature film nominations; ‘Big Hero 6’ and ‘The Boxtrolls’ are top animated film contenders; ‘Game of Thrones’ leads the broadcast field.
Digital Domain Spends a ‘Night at the Museum’
Led by VFX supervisor Lou Pecora, Digital Domain delivers roughly 340 shots for Shawn Levy’s ‘Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb,’ including CG environments, animated Greek statues, and complex split-screens performances.
‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ Leads 2015 BAFTA Nominations
Nominees for Best Animated Film are Disney’s ‘Big Hero 6,’ LAIKA’s ‘The Boxtrolls’ and Warner Bros.’ ‘The LEGO Movie.’
VFX Supervisor Wesley Sewell Joins Spin VFX
Twenty-year veteran has worked on fan-favorite franchises from Marvel such as Joss Whedon’s ‘The Avengers,’ Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Thor’ and Jon Favreau’s ‘Iron Man.’
ILM Goes Behind the Magic of ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’
New video provides highlights of nearly 900 visual effects shots created by Industrial Light & Magic with an international crew of more than 300 artists and staffers.
VFX Supervisor Jon Massey Joins FuseFX
Two-time Emmy nominee is serving as VFX Supervisor for ‘Turn,’ the Revolutionary War series now in its second season on AMC.
VFX Supervisor Stephane Paris Returns to Cinesite
Growing Montreal team to spearhead visual effects for Lionsgate’s forthcoming supernatural action film, ‘The Last Witch Hunter.’
shade VFX Signs Exec Producer Camille Geier
ILM’s Scott Farrar Talks ‘Transformers: The Age of Extinction’
The visual effects supe and second unit director discusses his work on Michael Bay’s biggest ‘Transformers’ film yet.
Zoic Delivers Jukebox-Era San Francisco Intrigue for Tim Burton’s ‘Big Eyes’
Led by VFX supervisor Mark Stetson, Vancouver and Los Angeles studios craft 155 shots for Tim Burton’s latest live action feature.
MPC Creates Unexpected Creatures for First Direct
Building on the success of the award-winning “Barry the Platypus” ads, new campaign features CG creatures developed by MPC.
Shanks FX Creates Stop-Mo Version of the New Millennium Falcon
Latest episode of web series produced by PBS Digital recreates the Millennium Falcon scene from the trailer for ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens.’
MPC Brings Museum to Life for ‘Night at the Museum 3’
MPC completes 250 shots for Shawn Levy’s ‘Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, including the creation of a variety of characters, digi-doubles and CG environments.
Boris FX to Acquire Imagineer Systems
Visual effects software developer Boris FX signs an agreement to acquire Imagineer Systems Ltd., the UK-based developer of the exclusive Planar Tracking and masking tools.