The-Artery Adds Nick Haynes to NYC Studio
Recent Carbon NY and former MPC executive producer brings 20+ years of industry experience, having held various production and managerial positions at companies including Absolute Post and the Mill.
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50th Annual Annie Award Nominations Announced
Best Animated Feature nominees ‘Turning Red,’ ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,’ ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,’ ‘The Sea Beast,’ and ‘Wendell & Wild’ top the expansive list of category nominations; animation’s biggest awards ceremony is scheduled to return live on Saturday, February 25 at UCLA’s Royce Hall.
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‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ and ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ Lead VES Award Nominations
‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ tops all TV contenders as nominees are announced in 25 categories across film, television, real-time, and special venue projects; ceremony set for February 15 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in LA.
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Virtual Production Event to Showcase Technology for New York Filmmakers
Hosted by Post New York Alliance (PNYA), the Hollywood Professional Association (HPA), and Fuse Technical Group, the January 26 event will explore how filmmakers can utilize Unreal Engine to enhance their projects, including presentation, speakers, and Q&A.
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LOBO and Ground Control Climb Higher on ‘You’ll Totally Get There’ Spot
Created for TotallyMoney, the advert melds 2D, and 3D animation, capturing a hand-painted feel, making every frame look like an individual painting; the short conveys the client’s customers’ determination to climb towards their goals.
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Oscar Shortlisted ‘Save Ralph’ Delivers an Emotional Punch About Animal Testing
Spencer Susser’s stop-motion short, featuring the voice talents of Taika Waititi, Ricky Gervais, and Zac Efron, features a compelling and relatable bunny who delivers a genuinely impactful performance, part of the Humane Society International’s global campaign to ban animal testing for cosmetics.
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Animated Characters: Sequence 2 – My New York Times Part 2
Animator, director, character designer, teacher, and writer Nancy Beiman concludes her 2-part story – complete with dead body - on her introduction to 'commercial' animation, when she snagged her first job, at Jack Zander’s Animation Parlour in NYC, while still managing to graduate Cal Arts, in the third of an ongoing series of articles - and eventual blog - she’s penning for AWN.
Calabash Delivers Tasty ‘Dogs Eat Everything’ Campaign for the ASPCA
The award-winning animation studio releases the hounds, and their creative skills, for the fun social media campaign promoting a serious topic for dog owners.
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Animated Characters: Sequence 2 – My New York Times Part 1
Animator, director, character designer, teacher, and writer Nancy Beiman shares her introduction to 'commercial' animation, when she snagged her first job, at Jack Zander’s Animation Parlour in NYC, while still managing to graduate Cal Arts, in the second of an ongoing series of articles - and eventual blog - she’s penning for AWN.
Podcast EP 189: Eliott Deshusses' Stop-Motion Journey in Germany
The stop-motion animator discusses industry job opportunities in Germany, how he got a rep and shares a behind-the-scenes look at his grad film.
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Lupus Films Creates ‘The World of The Snowman’ Channel 4 Ident
The animated commercial celebrates the 40th-anniversary debut of the original iconic film ‘The Snowman,’ which first aired on the channel in 1982; spot, along with the franchise’s other movies, will air throughout the holiday season.
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Amazon Studios Opens Stage 15
The AWS-powered Virtual Production stage debuts alongside the new Amazon Studios Virtual Production department; ‘Candy Cane Lane’ directed by Reginald Hudlin and starring Eddy Murphy, kicks off as the stage’s inaugural feature film production.
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Factory Fifteen Co-Founder Jonathan Gales Tragically Killed at 36
The BAFTA award-winning animation and visual effects director, who was expecting a second child with wife Claire Pepper, was struck by a drunk driver while visiting Los Angeles on business.
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‘Key & Peele’ Inspired ‘Mr. Garvey's Mountain Survival Skills’ Released by Paramount+
The one-minute sketch features a delightful mix of the streamer’s live-action and animated characters, along with Keegan-Michael Key, part of its ‘A Mountain of Entertainment’ campaign.
Nexus Mixes Stopmo and Puppetry on Black Market’s ‘Tech Reborn’ Campaign
Award-winning director Johnny Kelly delivers animated short about the endearing relationship between a young girl and a monster that highlights the company’s alternative, regenerative approach to society’s insatiable desire for the ‘new.’
Fancy VFX Adds Janine Conway and Chris Green
The two visual effects veterans join the studio as Senior Producer and Compositing Supervisor, respectively.
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Jogger Studios Adds Producer Joel Paisner
Industry veteran produced for The Mill and Media Arts Lab before joining the boutique visual effects studio.
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Call for Submissions: 21st Annual VES Awards
The submission deadline is November 30; you have less than one month left to submit work for consideration.
Hero4Hire Creative Unveils Rebrand
The motion design and animation studio gets a new look with logo and website redo; rooted in children’s television, the company has expanded into tech, pharmaceutical, education, sports, food & drink, gaming, and entertainment industries.
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Carbon Taps AWS For Streamlined Creative Workflow
Production studio employs an easily scalable cloud-based workflow, using tools like Maya, Cinema 4D, Arnold, Nuke, and Unreal Engine, built around a shared Amazon Web Services storage system on Amazon S3 connecting VFX and finishing artists at various locations.
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New ‘VES Emerging Technology Award’ Announced
New honor recognizes individual creators of technology behind the visuals, such as product developers, R&D technical directors, and software engineers; inaugural award will be bestowed at the next VES Awards ceremony in February 2023.
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Studio AKA Creates Spot for Climate Healers and World Food Healers Day
Featuring Vega the cow, the studio’s 60-second animated ‘Food Healers’ began with simple drawings, then used Maya and Houdini to create a fun, colorful animated short promoting themes of ‘climate catastrophe’ and ‘food poverty’ without trivializing the issues.
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Technicolor Creative Studios Public Spin-Off Now Official
Previous division of Technicolor SA is now an independent, publicly traded company under TCHCS on Euronext Paris, while Technicolor, comprised of the Connected Home and Vantiva Supply Chain Services divisions, will remain listed on Euronext Paris under its new name of Vantiva.
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‘Bird in the Peninsula,’ ‘Dozens of Norths’ Take Top OIAF 2022 Honors
Atsushi Wada is awarded the Grand Prize for animated short, while Koji Yamamura takes home the Grand Prize for animated feature, at the 46th annual Ottawa International Animation Festival.
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‘Rabbert’ Creator Launches Smallstep Animation Studio
Finnish animator Robert Hanses and French animation art director Remy Chanfreau have teamed up to write and produce engaging original animated content for high-profile companies’ social media platforms.
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