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Space Lab Teaser from DIMENSION³
Elegant minimalism and playful pacing speak volumes about the motives and culture of Space Lab, a thoroughly modern collaborative workplace and event facility located in the ancient Greek port city of...
View ArticleImaginary Forces: 17 Years Later
Demo reels serve as the primary sales tool for studios, but they also act as unintentional time capsules reflecting the tastes and attitudes of the company, their clients, and the audiences they...
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Keeping an Eye on the Festival of Animated Film Berlin
Berlin design and animation studio dyrdee have all sorts of fun abusing a helpless group of eyeballs to promote the Festival of Animated Film Berlin (opening at the Villa Neuköln, April 25)....
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Art&Graft “Lost Hope”
Exactly two years ago London design and animation studio Art&Graft released their wonderful in-house project “The Walk”, a calm, almost ambient ode to light and perambulation. Their newest short,...
View ArticleJAMM Welcomes Flame Artist Brian Hajek
From the release: Santa Monica-based visual effects creative studio JAMM adds commercial and feature flame artist Brian Hajek to its growing roster. Brian Hajek is well-known for creating...
View ArticleEdit 1 Adds Creative Director Ken Kresge
From the release: NEW YORK, NY – With the opportunity to join forces with a creative talent he’s long-admired and respected, Michael Zimbard, Owner/President of Edit 1, the full-service post production...
View Article2017 CalArts Character Animation Student Films
Perhaps because each student creates their own films (rather than in teams), graduation season at the California Institute of the Arts always produces a wide and intriguing array of short animated...
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Unleashing Dorothea Lasky’s “Monsters”
It may look like it was hand painted by a mischievous Van Gogh in grade school but this new Motionpoem, by Method Studios for “Monsters” by Dorothea Lasky, hides a complex workflow beneath its...
View ArticleZOIC STUDIOS UPS JEFFREY BAKSINSKI TO CREATIVE DIRECTOR
From the release: Culver City, CA, April 24, 2017: Zoic Studios has promoted Emmy-nominated VFX Supervisor Jeffrey Baksinski to Creative Director. Baksinski has over 30 years of experience in...
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Convincing the World that “Love Matters”
Portuguese creative houses HomemBala and AIM Studios team up to make the case for the Love Matters initiative from Dutch NGO RNW Media, a program focused on the sexual health and rights of young...
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Jr.canest Urges You to “Keep Looking”
Vancouver-based animator and creative director Jorge Rolando Canedo Estrada (aka Jr.canest) applies his signature brand of detailed-oriented key framing to a story about a fish, a professor, and the...
View ArticleHue&Cry Welcomes Sean McClintock as New Creative Director
From the release: Richmond, VA – (April 26, 2017) – Hue&Cry has welcomed Sean McClintock as the company’s new Creative Director. The announcement was made this morning by the company’s Executive...
View ArticleJogger Adds Yoko Lytle as Senior Producer
From the release: Cut+Run’s sister company Jogger welcomes Yoko Lytle as Senior Producer. Lytle brings a wealth of experience to her role at the visual effects and finishing company, located within...
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Rudo Company: SIAMES “The Wolf”
Dynamic camera work and visceral action from co-directors Ezequiel Torres and Pablo Roldán at Buenos Aires studio Rudo Company create a rush of 2D monochrome mania for Argentinian band SIAMES. Esteban...
View ArticleFramestore Launches in Chicago
From the release: Oscar-winning Framestore is opening its third US location, and fifth globally, in Chicago’s West Loop May 1st. The office will be run by current Framestore employees David Mellor, as...
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Moonbot: Dolby “Escape”
Moonbot directors Limbert Fabian and Brandon Oldenburg combine CG and a 30 x 40-foot practical model to create “Escape,” a five-minute animated brand film for Dolby “about the world-changing power of...
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Matt Berenty’s “Napoleon: The Ticket”
Regardless of their physical stature (or current political relevance), few characters in history provide the rich comedic potential of frustrated narcissist dictators. Snappy timing and solid character...
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John Carpenter’s Favorite Music Memory
American feature film directing icon John Carpenter takes us back to a log cabin in Kentucky and unfolds a formative childhood memory in this wonderful film by Barcelona’s Device for the Primavera...
View ArticleAssembly Welcomes Executive Producer Oritte Bendory
From the release: Premiere New York-based production company Assembly is pleased to announce the arrival of Oritte Bendory as Executive Producer. Taking the helm at Assembly alongside Executive...
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Coming Soon: Kibwe Tavares “Robot & Scarecrow”
If you caught Kibwe Tavares’ short film “Jonah”, you know his talent for story craft enhanced with magic realism VFX work is second to none. Tavares describes his upcoming personal film (with VFX from...
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