LONDON — CG academy Escape Studios (www.escapestudios.com), which plans on opening a campus in Los Angeles this spring, has brought on several advisory board members from studios such as Pixar, Sony P ...
March 16, 2011
SAN RAFAEL, CA — Kerner (www.kerner.co), which was previously known as ILM's Model Shop, has named VFX producer Camille Cellucci to the position of executive producer. She was most recently VFX produc ...
March 9, 2011
ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA — Rising Sun Pictures has hired Marc Sadeghi, naming him executive VP and head of business development and marketing. The appointment is part of an effort by Rising Sun Pictu ...
March 8, 2011
LONDON — VFX studio The Mill (www.themill.com), with locations in London, New York and Los Angeles, has invested in a global site license of The Foundry’s Nuke compositing solution.
March 3, 2011
LONDON — “Best Picture” winner The King’s Speech went through final DI grading at post house Molinare. The film was graded using a FilmLight Baselight system and reunited DI colorist Gareth Spensley w ...
LAS VEGAS — Autodesk (www.autodesk.com) has introduced new releases in the company’s digital entertainment creation software and middleware. The 2012 versions are now shipping and enable iterative wor ...
March 1, 2011
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 ...
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