9th Street Films’ Flame Post Pipeline Helps Deliver High-End VFX on Indie Budget
Full service creative shop’s innovative workflow helps deliver time and money-saving VFX, color, and editorial on projects like ‘Sixth of June’ and ‘Love 40.’
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Creating ‘Bridgerton’s 19th Century High Society London
VFX house One of Us worked through the COVID-19 pandemic to deliver 350 shots on Netflix’s wildly popular period romance drama set in an alternate Regency-era universe.
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Framestore Adds VFX Supervisor Thomas Montminy Brodeur
Multi-faceted VFX artist brings 15+ years’ experience to lead creative studio’s New York episodic team.
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Paramount+ Renews ‘Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out the News’
Show returns for second season with March 4 special to celebrate rebranded streaming platform’s launch; new daily segments begin March 8.
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JAMM Scores a Touchdown with ‘The Neighborhood’ Spot
DoorDash’s first SuperBowl campaign featured rapper Daveed Diggs and the Sesame Street Muppets; creative studio incorporated elements including a CG train and added a bit of animation magic to make Grover fly.
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Disney’s Immersive, Interactive ‘Baymax Dreams’ Short Premieres at Sundance
Studio’s first interactive episode, part of the festival’s New Frontier Gallery, uses interactive cloud streaming technology to enable seamless interaction and high-end graphics on mobile platforms.
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WATCH: Pixomondo’s ‘Raised by Wolves’ Season 1 VFX Breakdown Reel
Studio’s VFX supervisors Ed Hawkins, Max Riess, and Mark Spindler highlight their teams’ work delivering around 520 shots on HBO Max and Ridley Scott’s hit sci-fi thriller, which has been renewed for Season 2.
WATCH: ‘Stick Figure War’ Showcases Blackmagic Cameras and Unreal Engine
SoKrispyMedia’s hilarious and slickly produced ‘Stick Figure Battle’ sequel skillfully displays their innovative and cost-effective use of virtual production, 3D tools, CGI, and real-time rendering.
‘Bearly’ Charms as SCAD Animation Studio’s Debut Film
The delightful 2D/3D animated musical short, about a curious bear cub’s attempt to resist hibernation, marks the start of the program’s ambitious plan to produce two new shorts each year.
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Chaos Group Releases V-Ray 5 for Cinema 4D
Upgrade combines features from V-Ray 5 and V-Ray Next, providing an easier to use rendering solution that is up to 7x faster.
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WATCH: Psyop’s ‘Lost & Crowned’ CG Animated Short
Borja Peña Gorostegui’s film, inspired by the Supercell ‘Clash’ universe, garnered over 100 million views online in the 2 months after its September 12 release.
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Method Scares Up the Boogeyman in ‘A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting’
Led by VFX supervisor Hamish Schumacher, the Vancouver studio designs and produces three digital monsters, known as Toadies, bringing frighteningly-good fun to Netflix’s new film, based on the Joe Ballarini’s book series.
David Beckham Aged Without Scans in ‘Malaria Must Die – So Millions Can Live’ PSA
Digital Domain added decades to the soccer star’s face without producing any geometry using their non-invasive face-swapping technology, Charlatan.
WATCH: Pixomondo’s ‘The Umbrella Academy’ Season 2 VFX Breakdown Reel
Studio’s Toronto branch head of 2D Eric Covello details their visual effects work on Netflix’s hit dysfunctional superhero family adventure series, which last week was renewed for Season 3.
Brad Minnich Explores New Animation Territory with ‘The Good Lord Bird’ and ‘2150’
The veteran VFX editor and supervisor talks about his two latest projects, Ethan Hawke’s Civil War-era period Showtime series, and a fully animated feature inspired by ‘Love, Death & Robots.’
A Digital Woman Discusses Society’s Perception of Femininity in ‘I.D.A’ CG Short
VFX studio Nu Boyana FX’s first inhouse animated short, based on a spoken word poem, started as an R&D project before blossoming into a film asking fundamental questions about what makes a girl real; the fully keyframed film’s production toolkit included Zbrush, Mari, Maya, and Nuke.
MR. X Delivers Otherworldly VFX for Ridley Scott’s ‘Raised by Wolves’
Visual effects house’s Toronto and Bangalore studio’s tackle the Necromancer and its scream as they produce 476 shots on the hit HBO Max sci-fi thriller.
Rising Sun Pictures and UniSA Create Hands-On VFX Training Program
South Australia’s booming movie industry has created a demand for skilled VFX artists; RSP and University partner to train and provide home-grown talent to bolster burgeoning industry.
Foundry’s Nuke Wins Engineering Emmy Award
Engineering team members Bill Spitzak, Jonathan Egstad, Peter Crossley, and Jerry Huxtable to be recognized for their contributions to development of their industry leading compositing tool; virtual awards ceremony scheduled for October 29.
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The Oddly Disquieting and Extremely Funny ‘Tigtone’
For creators Andrew Koehler and Benjamin Martian, Adult Swims’ satirical fantasy series about bold adventures and murderous quests proves you can still get plucked from obscurity and given an animated series… without a pitch.
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WATCH: Pixomondo’s ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 1 VFX Showreel
VFX supervisor Goran Backman details the studio’s creature and environment work on Jon Favreau, Lucasfilm and Disney+’s VES and Emmy Award-winning hit space-adventure series.
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Union Illustrates Marie Curie and Radium’s Impact in ‘Radioactive’
UK visual effects studio tackles a choreographed radium dance, WWI battlefield, Hiroshima bombing, and Chernobyl disaster in Marjane Satrapi’s captivating biographical drama.
Foundry’s Nuke Indie 12.2v3 Update Now Available
With the addition of support for H.264 and AAC audio codecs, the indie version for solo artists now includes all file formats supported by commercial Nuke Studio; 3rd party OFX plug-ins are also now enabled.
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A Welcome Return to Dysfunctional Spy Craft in ‘Archer’ Season 11
Justin Wagner and Chi Duong Sato share artwork and creative insights as FXX’s hit animated comedy awakens from a 3-season coma and returns to the good old fashion, sexually charged, bickering filled, often drunkenly performed business of espionage.
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WATCH: Digital Domain’s ‘The Twilight Zone’ Season 2 VFX Breakdown Reel
Led by VFX supervisor Mitch Drain, the studio delivered a wide variety of visual effects shots across six episodes, including a crazy, shapeshifting creature inspired by Google DeepDream.
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