Thursday, August 15, 2013

VFX work by SpinVFX on Game of Thrones - Season 3

Check out some great visual effects shots from Game of Thrones - Season 3


Friday, August 2, 2013

Avatar will have three sequels



It's official! Avatar will be getting not one, not two, but three sequels. On Thursday, James Cameron and 20th Century Fox revealed that they had upped the planned number of Avatar films and that the three new installments will be shot simultaneously next year. According to Deadline, the first sequel is set to be released in December 2016, followed by the second in December 2017, and the third in December 2018.
(hollywood.com)

Thursday, July 18, 2013

2013 Emmy Nominations



The 65th Primetime Emmy® Award nominations were announced this morning at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in North Hollywood. Neil Patrick Harris, Aaron Paul and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Chairman-CEO, Bruce Rosenblum made the announcements early this morning. See list for Outstanding Visual Effects here.




Here's a video I really liked. Canon "Inspired" Commercial nominated for Outstanding Commercial.




Thursday, July 11, 2013

Building a better Zombie


Building a better Zombie - MPC's World War Z podcast from MPC on Vimeo.
In this podcast, MPC CG Supervisor Max Wood describes how MPC's teams created the crowds of Zombies in the Jerusalem sequence for World War Z.
Music - "Hellzauber" from the album "Epic Music" by Phil Rey.- 2011
http://www.phreymusic.com/

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Analog’s Honda ‘Hands’


Honda - "Hands" from Analog on Vimeo.
Directors Smith & Foulkes together with Wieden + Kennedy have launched a new set of animated idents for Honda's sponsorship of Channel 4 documentaries featuring miniature versions of some of the automotive brand's best-known inventions.

We were responsible for the assembly of the multiple shots, remove props, track all the objects, shade, light and render everything. All of the FX animation, compositing and grading also happened under one roof at Analog. We shared the modeling with Nexus since it was a massive undertaking with so many products. Nexus also provided us with the amazing character animations and the subtle physical secondary movements of the objects.

Credits
Creative directors: Tony Davidson & Kim Papworth
Copywriter: Chris Lapham
Art Director: Aaron McGurk
Producer: James Guy
Production company: Nexus
VFX & Animation: Analog & Nexus Productions
Director: Smith & Foulkes
Music + Sound: Factory & Siren
Physical Models : Andy Gent

Monday, July 8, 2013

'Despicable Me 2' Scores $142 Million



The $76 million animated film from Universal and Illumination Entertainment crushed the competition in its first five days in theaters, earning a jaw-dropping $142 million — $82.5 million of which came in during the traditional Friday-to-Sunday frame. In fact, Despicable Me 2, which features the voice work of Steve Carrell and Kristen Wiig, led the box office to the best July 4th weekend of all time. Over the Friday-to-Sunday period, the Top 12 movies grossed $220.7 million, which marks the 10th-strongest weekend in box office history.

(cnn.com)