HOLLYWOOD — Inception, which took home the Oscar for “Best Visual Effects,” features VFX created by Double Negative (www.dneg.com). The studio relied on its proprietary fluid simulation system — Squir ...
March 1, 2011
HOLLYWOOD — To no one’s surprise, The King’s Speech took home the Oscar gold last night, earning the statuette in four categories, including Best Picture. In a more heated race, Inception won for Best ...
February 28, 2011
LONDON – The Mill (www.themill.com) has installed two Nucoda Fuse systems to manage all footage that travels in and out of The Mill TV and Film Studio. The studio has already used Fuse on projects suc ...
February 16, 2011
BEVERLY HILLS — This year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences expanded the Best Visual Effects category to five nominated films. All five relied on Nvidia Quadro professional graphics sol ...
February 15, 2011
SOFIA, BULGARIA — Chaos Group (www.chaosgroup.com), a developer of software solutions for the computer graphics industry, has acquired Baltimore, MD-based software developer and visualization firm ASG ...
February 10, 2011
LOS ANGELES — Production company/design studio Brand New School (www.BrandNewSchool.com) recently completed work on a new spot promoting the 2011 Honda CR-V. Conceived by agency RPA, Forecast will deb ...
February 4, 2011
LOS ANGELES — The Mill LA (www.themill.com) has hired eight new CG artists. The studio reports that its 3D department has tripled in staff size from the start of 2010, and includes both generalists an ...
February 3, 2011
BEVERLY HILLS — It was, no doubt, a difficult decision: Which film deserved the top prize for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture. Also vying for the award at the Nint ...
February 2, 2011
NEW YORK — Intent to focus on the New York advertising, broadcast, content services and feature film markets, Prime Focus (www.primefocusworld.com) will open a new visual effects and post production f ...
February 1, 2011
LOS ANGELES — The Visual Effects Society (VES) has announced its newly-elected board of directors. Jeffrey A. Okun, VFX supervisor, was re-elected for a third one-year term as board chairman.
January 31, 2011