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Hybride Headline News

Hybride Brings Director Denis Villeneuve’s Vision to the Big Screen for ‘Arrival’

Quebec visual effects studio teams with VFX Supervisor Louis Morin to craft 245 shots for a total of 25 minutes of screen time, including all the alien shots seen in the movie.

Framestore VFXWorld

Framestore Returns with More VFX Magic for Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange’

Framestore provides more than 365 shots for the Marvel Studios blockbuster directed by Scott Derrickson, with work spanning CG environments and complex ‘Mandlebrot’ sets, digi-doubles of key characters, and the creation of Doctor Strange’s astral form used throughout the film.

BlinkInk Headline News

Blinkink, nineteentwenty Create Christmas Movie Magic for Sky Cinema

Sky Cinema enlists production company Blinkink and visual effects specialists nineteentwenty to deliver their Christmas movie premieres in one seamless winter wonderland.

Commercials Headline News

Not to Scale Appoints New EP Emily Scott

Not To Scale expands its live-action capabilities with new, bespoke studio and Executive Producer bringing more than 15 years’ experience working with brands including Adidas, Corona, Honda, Mastercard and Alexander McQueen.

Blackmagic Design Headline News

Biggest Fall TV Shows Utilize Blackmagic Design Cameras and Software

More than 46 of 2016’s fall television shows used Blackmagic Design’s cameras, Fusion Studio and DaVinci Resolve Studio for production and post production work.

Art Headline News

VIZ Media and Wizards of the Coast Announce ‘The Art of Magic: The Gathering – Amonkhet’

Fourth and latest release available April 2017 to include illustrations by artists such as Cliff Childs, Winona Wilson, Christine Choi and Adam Paquette.

Virtual Reality Headline News

Baobab Studios Launches ‘INVASION!’ on Google Daydream

Short film version of the Virtual Reality experience directed by Eric Darnell has screened at Cannes, Tribeca, Annecy, VIEW, and the SIGGRAPH 2016 Computer Animation Festival.

Commercials Headline News

Award-Winning Production Studio Trizz Joins Blacklist

Boutique production studio based in Barcelona specializes in CG, live-action, and VFX-based projects for brands including Hyundai, Red Bull and Armani, as well as experiential installations for events such as the Coachella Music Festival.

Education & Training Headline News

UTS Animal Logic Academy Announces Key Appointments for Inaugural Master Degree

Chris Ebeling to serve as Creative Lead-in-Residence for the inaugural Master Degree of Animation and Visualisation; Dr. Andrew Johnston joins as Research and Course Director.

Film Titles Headline News

Sarofsky Masters Meticulous 3D Main Titles for Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange’

In its fifth collaboration with Marvel Studios, Chicago-based design company animates a series of intricate mandalas for the 90-second main title sequence for director Scott Derrickson’s ‘Doctor Strange.’

Commercials Headline News

Nice Shoes Expands Internationally with New Toronto Studio

New studio adds directors Gary Thomas and Matt Greenwood, design director Stefan Woronko, senior colorist Roslyn Di Sisto, and executive producer Kristen Van Fleet.

Framestore Headline News

Framestore Sells Majority Stake to Chinese Investors

Shanghai-based Cultural Investment Holdings to acquire 75 percent of the Oscar-winning VFX studio’s business in a deal valued at $187 million; Framestore founder & CEO William Sargent to retain minority stake.

Disney Headline News

Disney’s Live-Action ‘Wrinkle in Time’ Begins Production

Creative team for the live-action adventure based on the classic book by Madeline L’Engle includes ‘Frozen’ director Jennifer Lee, who wrote the screenplay for the film, and Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor Rich McBride.

Adobe Headline News

Adobe Charts Future of Creativity and Design at Adobe MAX 2016

Adobe showcases innovation coming to Creative Cloud in experience design, photography, virtual reality, character animation and 3D compositing.

Thinkbox Software Headline News

Thinkbox Store Helps Straightface Studios Streamline Production

Straightface Studios employs Thinkbox Software’s Deadline coupled with on-demand licensing for The Foundry’s NUKE to manage the facility’s compute resources.

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