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Pamela Kleibrink Thompson helps us overcome the fear of asking.
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'The Advanced Art of Stop-Motion Animation': An Interview with Pete Kozachik, ASC
In the latest excerpt from The Advanced Art of Stop-Motion Animation, Ken A. Priebe talks with Pete Kozachik, ASC.
'Hop' To It
Rhythm & Hues takes on more CG than usual for the Easter Bunny comedy.
Career Coach: DUMB Stuff People Do
Pamela Kleibrink Thompson has some great advice that's no April Fool's joke.
Annual Open International Festival of Multimedia Art "Multimatograf-7"
Begins: April 23, 2011
"Multimatograf” is a non-commercial festival and we invite creators from everywhere to share a message with the world using multimedia technologies.
Should VFX Oscar Reward Groundbreaking, Innovative or Just Clever?
Doug Larmour, MPC London's Head of Compositing, launches his blog on AWN, questioning and analyzing the reasons why Inception won the Oscar this past Sunday.
The Oscars: Getting Personal with 'Let's Pollute'
The director of Let's Pollute talks about combining entertainment with an environmental message.
Halo Commercials Director to Take on Die Hard 5
Noam Murro, who directed the feature SMART PEOPLE and has nominated five times by the DGA for his commercial work, has been hired to direct 20th Century Fox's DIE HARD 5, reports Deadline.com.
In Films, People, Visual Effects, Films, People, Visual Effects | Headline News | Geographic Region: All
The Oscars: Franklin Talks 'Inception'
The Inception supervisor discusses the challenges and take away of the celebrated Christopher Nolan mind-bender.
Career Coach: Wake Up Call
Pamela Kleibrink Thompson offers fresh inspiration after visiting Ringling College last weekend.
Tim Burton, Creativity, Originality and the Mashup Culture
This article argues that we need to seriously examine the relationship between genuine creative activity and the mashup culture. The pressure to produce competitive show reels and creative work can easily result in derivative results that try to short circuit the effort needed to master the core skills and personal style that distinguishes the best artistic work.
Rushes Soho Shorts Festival 2011
Begins: July 20, 2011
We are a not-for-profit festival celebrating the wealth of talent working across all genres of short film including live action drama, documentary, animation, music video, and broadcast design including online or mobile content, title sequences, and idents.
The work of newcomers and established filmmakers is promoted by screening work at cinemas, screening rooms and cafes throughout Soho and London’s West End.
Rushes Soho Shorts Festival is Now Calling for Submissions
Rushes Soho Shorts is now calling for submissions for their 13th celebration of everything short.
In Awards, Call for Entries, Event, Films, Short Films, Awards, Call for Entries, Event, Films, Short Films | Headline News | Geographic Region: Europe
Oscar-Winning FX Artist McCune Dies
Special effect artist Grant McCune has died at the age of 67, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
In Films, In Passing, People, Visual Effects, Films, In Passing, People, Visual Effects | Headline News | Geographic Region: All
Handicapping the VFX Oscar Race
Find out what the likely nominees will be and which film is favored to win the Oscar.
CafeFX Officially Closes
Venerable Santa Maria-based VFX house CafeFX has just made official what has been rumored for months.
In Business, CG, Visual Effects, Business, CG, Visual Effects | Headline News | Geographic Region: North America
Dashing Collective Bolsters Its Creative Ranks
Dashing Collective, the creative visual effects studio that launched onto the scene earlier this year, introducing a streamlined approach that takes cues from live action production, is pleased to announce the hiring of EP Danielle Lyons and CG Supervisor Doug Law.
In CG, Commercials, People, Visual Effects, CG, Commercials, People, Visual Effects | Headline News | Geographic Region: All
Winding Down with the Penultimate 'Potter'
Tim Burke takes us inside Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.
A Personal Co-Production Dialogue
Mary Bredin and Emmanuèle Pétry, two respected TV animation development execs, share their “tongue-in-cheek” insights into the realities and challenges of international co-productions, delivered in their Keynote at this year’s TAC in Ottawa.
Six Point Harness Drives Design On Hanks' Electric City
Six Point Harness Animation Studio is slated to work with Playtone on the sci-fi based internet series Electric City, a compilation of twenty three-minute webisodes.
Hornet Launches Workshop for Handmade Work
Hornet Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of Workshop, a division of Hornet for all things handmade.
In Business, Commercials, Stop-Motion, Business, Commercials, Stop-Motion | Headline News | Geographic Region: All
Leveraging Priorities; Every Budget has its Look, but not every Look has its Budget
Occasionally I'm confronted with the following scenario: an independent or student film is already half-finished, but now the budget's used up and the initiators are running out of steam / taking on jobs / otherwise reducing their future engagement on the production in question. But the film is really looking good and - yeah, it's half-finished! Here's what I tell them...
Powering Bollywood's Sci-Fi Sensation
Get the scoop on India's most vfx-intensive film, Endhiran.
Asylum Helps Build Bud Light Playbook in 3D
Football season has arrived, and with it a new batch of Bud Light spots, this time featuring VFX from LA-based Asylum.
In Commercials, Visual Effects, Commercials, Visual Effects, 3D | Headline News | Geographic Region: All
Career Coach: Ghosts Can Haunt Your Career
Pamela Kleibrink Thompson reveals how to take care of your invisible resume.
