VFXWorld Magazine
Top Sundance Films Created Using Blackmagic Cameras and DaVinci Resolve Studio
More than 35 of Sundance’s hit films were created using BlackMagic Design technology, including Spike Lee’s ‘Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall,’ Kevin Smith’s ‘Yoga Hosers,’ indie superhero movie ‘Sleight,’ and Todd Solondz’s ‘Wiener-Dog.’
Gnomon Live Australia Presents ‘The Art of Entertainment’ March 4-6
Curated by Gnomon founder and director Alex Alvarez, first-class lineup of Los Angeles-based VFX artists includes Jonathan Berube, Alexandre Lopes Cancado, Dylan Ekren, Devon Fay and Brandon Fayette.
Motion Picture Sound Editors Announce 2016 Golden Reel Nominations
‘Anomalisa,’ ‘Hotel Transylvania 2,’ ‘Inside Out,’ ‘Minions,’ ‘Shaun The Sheep Movie,’ ‘The Good Dinosaur’ and ‘The Peanuts Movie’ nominated for best sound editing in an animated feature film.
Rodeo FX Recreates 1800s Whaling Village for ‘In the Heart of the Sea’
Rodeo FX recreates 19th-century Nantucket with VES-nominated visual effects for Ron Howard’s historic drama.
Zoic Adds Executive Producer Blythe Klippsten
Klippsten returns to Zoic Studios with nearly 15 years of experience working with top studios including Psyop, MassMarket, Stardust Studios and Ntropic.
ZERO VFX Creates Invisible Effects for ‘Southpaw’
ZERO VFX steps into the ring to deliver invisible visual effects expertise for director Antoine Fuqua’s boxing drama.
Frankie Powers The Master Chief’s Inaugural Adventure in ‘Halo: The Fall of Reach’
The Sequence Group taps Cospective’s cloud-based review and approval toolset to create a 3D-animated cinematic for AAA game franchise.
O2 Filmes Grades Virtual Reality Music Video with DaVinci Resolve Studio
Brazilian production and post house uses DaVinci Resolve 12 Studio to color grade Ivete Sangalo’s new virtual reality music video, ‘O Farol.’
Sony Names Randy Lake President, Studio Operations and Imageworks
Former Sony Pictures Imageworks EVP will continue to report jointly to Sony Pictures Television chairman Steve Mosko and Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group chairman Tom Rothman.
MASTERSFX Creates Creepy Character Effects for ‘The Boy’
Character effects artists create ‘Brahms,’ the creepy doll featured in Lakeshore Entertainment and STX Entertainment’s new horror movie directed by William Brent Bell.
PGA Announces 2016 Producers Guild Award Winners
Jonas Rivera receives the award for outstanding producer of animated theatrical motion pictures for Pixar Animation Studio’s ‘Inside Out’; ‘Game of Thrones’ wins the Norman Felton Award for outstanding producer of episodic television, drama.
CG-Animated Sci-Fi Short ‘Empsillnes’ Now Online
MPC Unveils VFX Breakdown for ‘The Martian’
Lead VFX vendor MPC delivers 425 shots for Ridley Scott’s space epic, including shuttle launch sequences, the storm sequence, and scenes on Mars.
Vicon and Artanim Announce Strategic VR Partnership
Artanim delivers new technology allowing users to experience, physically interact, and collaborate in a virtual 3D environment using Vicon motion capture technology.
‘Giant’ Delivers Cinematic VR Experience at Sundance
Five-minute VR film experience created by developers Jack Caron, Todd Bryant, Omer Shapira and Uros Otasevic and shot in 6K is rendered using the Unreal Engine 4 game engine accelerated by NVIDIA Quadro M6000 GPUs.
ShortsHD Sends 2016 Oscar-Nominated Short Films to Theaters on January 29
World’s only short movie channel to showcase famed Oscar shorts release with theatrical premieres of live-action, animated and documentary short categories.
New York Int’l Short Film Festival Wants Your Shorts
The New York International Short Film Festival is now accepting submissions of live-action, documentary and animated short films and videos; the deadline for entries is February 13.
Disney Sets New Dates for ‘Star Wars: Episode VIII’ and ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’
Originally scheduled for release on May 26, 2017, ‘Star Wars: Episode VIII’ will now debut on December 15, 2017; ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’ will set sail on May 26, 2017.
Vicon Research Reveals Obstacles to Virtual Reality’s Success
Industry survey highlights need for affordable consumer headsets and high-quality, interactive content.
WATCH: Warner Bros. Unveils New ‘Suicide Squad’ Trailer
With visual effects provided by MPC, Sony Pictures Imageworks and Ollin Studio, new trailer provides a closer look at the film’s main characters, including the elusive Joker.