MASTERSFX Delivers New Season of Effects for Top TV Series
Los Angeles and Vancouver-based VFX house dominates the small screen with work for ‘Monsterville,’ ‘Heroes Reborn,’ ‘Arrow,’ ‘The Flash,’ ‘The 100,’ ‘iZombie’ and more.
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MPC Creates Out-of-This-World Effects for ‘The Martian’
As the lead VFX vendor, the Moving Picture Company delivers 425 shots for Ridley Scott’s space epic, including shuttle launch sequences, storm sequence, and scenes on Mars.
Box Office Report: ‘Hotel Transylvania 2’ Crosses $200M Globally
Ridley Scott's ‘The Martian’ wins weekend box office race with $37 million; Sony's animated ‘Hotel Transylvania 2’ follows in second place with $20.3 million for a new worldwide total of $207.7 million.
Troika Delivers ‘Scary Good Halloween’ for Food Network
Integrated marketing and branding agency celebrates the season with Halloween-themed, food-centric broadcast package.
DHX Names Michael Serafini Programming VP
Former CBC Television exec to oversee the strategic development, execution and promotion of the DHX Television channels and their digital extensions.
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Mataio Gardi Joins Animatrik
Mataio Gardi joins the Animatrik team as Executive Producer, bringing his vast video game production knowledge to the growing team.
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The VIEW Looks Great from Turin
Italy’s VIEW Conference 2015 is just around the corner, with a top lineup of industry leaders preparing for a memorable week of presentations and al dente agnolotti.
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Shuttlecraft Celebrates First Anniversary with Olay Campaign
New York-based full-service production company celebrates one-year anniversary with the debut of a new commercial campaign for Olay.
Framestore Creates Tactile New Installation for Tate Modern
Framestore completes new exploratory interactive timeline experience comprising massive amounts of data from over 3,500 works of art.
Method Delivers Apocalyptic Destruction in TV Campaign for ‘Halo 5: Guardians’
Working with agency twofifteenmccann and Microsoft Xbox, Method artists deliver complex effects introducing the next installment of the ‘Halo’ franchise.
Maxwell Render V3.2 Now Available
Version 3.2 update of standalone render engine includes new VR-ready stereo lenses, massive speed improvements on Subsurface Scattering, and new channel upgrades and additions.
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MPC Creative and Hennessy Craft Animated Light Installation
Animated ‘Crafted Light’ optical illusion celebrating the 250th anniversary of Hennessy showcased at Harrods through October.
Academy’s Tech Council Adds Two New Members
Cary Phillips and Dr. Doug Roble accept invitations to join the Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Stargate Studios Appoints Peter Ware and Andy Williams
Award-winning production company specializing in virtual production and visual effects for episodic TV appoints Peter Ware and Andy Williams to oversee the company’s production department.
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Bläck Envisions PostApocalyptic Stockholm with ftrack
Stockholm-based studio Bläck transforms Stockholm into a postapocalyptic nightmare in ‘State Zero,’ a live-action short film directed by Andrée Wallin.
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VIEW 2015 Celebrating LAIKA’s 10th Anniversary
Special presentations on the future of video games and ‘Everest’ planned for remarkable gathering of talent in Turin, Italy.
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Framestore Delivers Stellar VFX for ‘The Martian’
Framestore delivers 338 out-of-this-world visual effects sequences for Ridley Scott’s ‘The Martian,’ including the space ship Hermes, CG environments on Mars, and a dazzling ending sequence.
Box Office Report: ‘The Martian’ Makes $55M U.S. Launch
Ridley Scott's space epic also dominates overseas with $45.2 million; Robert Zemeckis’ ‘The Walk’ sees soft limited IMAX debut.
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SIGGRAPH Asia 2015 to Shine World Spotlight on Japan
Set to draw 7,000 participants from more than 50 countries, SIGGRAPH Asia 2015 introduces two new programs, the Symposium on Education and the Symposium on Visualization in High Performance Computing.
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Thinkbox Software Releases Deadline 7.2
High-volume data management solution provides new Quick Draft options, NIM integration and support for SideFX Software’s Houdini.
Allegorithmic’s Substance Designer 5.3 is Now Here!
New 5.3 update provides one-click switch between real-time and Iray rendering, real-time post processing with Yebis, complex real life and emissive materials, and the ability to render at unlimited resolution.
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Jens Pohl Joins Germany's Mackevision
German animation and VFX studio grows global management team with the appointment of COO Jens Pohl.
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NVIDIA Launches New Quadro Graphics Line for Mobile Workstations
New generation of Quadro processors allows artists to run the same professional applications as desktop workstations at nearly the same level of performance.
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animago CONFERENCE Announces 2015 Program Highlights
Animation Experts and VFX Luminaries behind ‘Minions,’ ‘Terminator: Genisys,’ ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘The Hobbit,’ ‘Paddington,’ ‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E,’ and more will be guests at the animago AWARD & CONFERENCE running October 15 & 16, 2015.
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Disney Releases Practical Guide to Hyperion
Walt Disney Animation Studios releases a detailed breakdown of its new in-house production rendering software used on ‘Big Hero 6’ and the forthcoming ‘Zootopia.’
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