The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today narrowed the field of films that are being considered for a visual-effects Oscar this year from 15 to 10.... »
The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) has issued a call for television entries in the 26th annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards competition. There are three categories: (1) An episode or pilot of a regular half-hour series (2) An episode or pilot of a regular hour-long series, and (3) A movie or miniseries made for television.... »
The SIGGRAPH Technical Papers program is the premier international forum for disseminating new scholarly work in computer graphics and interactive techniques. SIGGRAPH 2011, 7 –11 August 2011 at the Vancouver Convention Centre, will feature 82 Technical Papers, selected from among 432 submissions.... »
Oscar-winning actress Julia Roberts will receive the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) 2011 Board of Governors Award. Roberts will be honored during the 25th Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards gala here on February 13 at the Hollywood & Highland Grand Ballroom.... »
Nominees for this year’s annual Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards include leading proponents of the art of sound editing, music editing and sound design from around the world.... »
The King’s Speech receives 14 nominations. Black Swan is nominated in 12 categories, Inception has nine nominations and 127 Hours and True Grit are each nominated eight times. The Social Network has six nominations.... »
Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging and the Official Digital Camera of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, will debut a collaborative film, entitled the “The Story Beyond The Still,” on Sunday, January 23, at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. This exclusive event will be attended by Sundance Film Festival guests, industry professionals and members of the media. The film will then publicly premiere on Monday, February 7, on the Sundance Channel and Vimeo.com.... »
Nine films will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 83rd Academy Awards. Sixty-six films had originally qualified in the category.... »
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 scientific and technical achievements represented by 22 individual award recipients will be honored at its annual Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation at the Beverly Wilshire on Saturday, February 12, 2011.... »
When they first broke in the early 1980s, Duran Duran single-handedly transformed the music video from a gimmicky marketing tool into one of the music industry’s most valued assets. With exotic locations, beautiful girls and stunning special effects, Duran Duran took the visual imperatives of the New Romantic movement to another level. From the controversial video for “Girls on Film,” which was so risqué it was banned, to one of the most expensive music clips ever made, for “Wild Boys,” the band have always been at the forefront of the music video revolution.... »
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films have been selected as semifinalists for Achievement in Visual Effects for the 83rd Academy Awards.... »
