2011 was a big year for new products and Apple and Canon certainly hogged the spotlight with their respective releases. But that wasn't the whole story. Not so surprisingly our readers—who span many craft categories—were drawn in the largest numbers to camera and software reviews and news, as well as high-profile project stories, that told them something they didn't know before.... »
For their indie feature Odd Brodsky cinematographer Matthew Irving and director/producer Cindy Baer chose to use LED lighting from Litepanels, a Vitec Group brand.... »
Leading entertainment motion graphics firm Devastudios has created the new animated 100th Anniversary logo for Paramount Pictures, it was announced today by Devastudios President and Creative Director John Berlin. Produced stereoscopically at a resolution of 4k, the new logo premieres in theaters worldwide with the release of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol.... »
When a spot's been touched by the creative team at Psyop, that usually translates into nuanced animation with an element of surprise. In "Enchanted Forest," their latest collaboration with BBDO for FedEx, a fairy-tale conceit ends up delivering a sober message about sustainability.... »
Kung Fu Panda 2 apparently has all the right moves — the DreamWorks Animation release scored no fewer than 12 nominations in the 2011 Annie Awards, leading the list of plaudits announced this week by the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood.... »
Montreal-based visual effects studio Modus FX delivered a surreal dream sequence for Immortals, the stereo 3D feature film released in theaters on Nov. 11.... »
Real Steel, directed by Shawn Levy and released by DreamWorks, imagines a future world where powerful robots replace human athletes in the boxing ring. While no robots assisted in the making of the movie, there was a futuristic element to the production — Real Steel pioneered the use of gear and technology from Codex Digital for a feature-film workflow.... »
For a recent spot featuring the Wilton BASH (the acronym stands for "Bad-Ass Sledge Hammer"), Odd Machine brought some Hollywood-studio-style showmanship and special effects to bear on what could have been just another low-budget promotional piece.... »
Big Vision Empty Wallet (BVEW), the networking organization dedicated to bringing both emerging and established artists and innovators together and helping them collaborate, create and showcase their work, has teamed up with Canon to launch its first National Film Pitch Competition.... »
The Wilderness is a New York-based facility known for its commercial, music video and film title work. Co-founders Gabe Imlay and Juliet Rios have directed a range of campaigns heavy on animation, motion graphics and live-action. But Imlay is also a composer, which may explain why SoundCloud, a social network where composers and the audibly obsessed can post their works in progress, recently came calling for a short film that delivered an even richer message with its soundtrack.... »
The new science-fiction film In Time, shot by cinematographer Roger Deakins for writer/director Andrew Niccol, represents the fifth time invisible VFX experts Luma Pictures worked with Deakins.... »
The Cinema Eye Honors spread the love around this year, nominating six documentaries for its top award and handing four nominations each to a total of seven films. Clio Barnard’s The Arbor, Steve James’ The Interrupters, Patricio Guzmán’s Nostalgia for the Light, Leonard Retel Helmrich’s Position Among the Stars, James Marsh’s Project Nim and Asif Kapadia’s Senna are all in contention for Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking.... »
For dailies screenings and color-correction on TNT's Dallas, a relaunch of the classic TV franchise that's slated to debut next summer, MTI Film in Los Angeles is turning to IP networks to move footage between Texas and Hollywood in real time. Producers in Dallas, Texas, will screen and approve dailies using MTI's Remote Control Dailies, and MTI staff colorists will correct the footage in L.A.... »
