GRASS VALLEY, CA — Relativity Media and Bandito Brothers' Navy SEAL action-thriller Act of Valor, starring active-duty Navy SEALs, took the No. 1 spot in America in its debut weekend. The film was ind ...
March 2, 2012
VENICE, CA — Blur Studio (www.blur.com) used Thinkbox Software’s XMesh and Frost for the fluid shots that make up the two-and-a-half minute opening clip featured in “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.” ...
February 29, 2012
BROOKLYN — Ogilvy/NY called on Charged Studios (http://charged.com) and director Adam Pierce to create a new Web spot for UPS that combines live action and stop motion animation techniques to promote ...
CORVALLIS, OR — In autonomous robotics, the right inputs reveal the right path. Each day the University of Waterloo’s WAVELab Research Group navigates these waters as they work out the best ways to he ...
February 27, 2012
HOLLYWOOD — Paramount Pictures’ animated action-adventure, The Adventures of Tintin, was brought to life by the Academy Award-winning team of director Steven Spielberg, producer Peter Jackson, and sen ...
February 21, 2012
LOS ANGELES — COPA recently worked on “Turn Me On,” the new music video for David Guetta and Nicki Minaj. Directed by Sanji at Wondros Productions via EMI Music, the video is set in an antique world, ...
The 3D family tale Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, from New Line Cinema, Contrafilm Production and Warner Bros. Pictures, features an array of fantastical visual effects shots, 81 of which were comp ...
February 14, 2012
TORONTO — The sequel to Journey to the Centre of the Earth hits theaters tomorrow (February 10), and Eyeon’s Fusion and Dimension software applications played a key role in bringing the fantasy to lif ...
February 10, 2012
LOS ANGELES — Directors at Biscuit Filmworks ( www.biscuitfilmworks.com ) worked on seven commercials that aired during the Super Bowl broadcast.
LOS ANGELES — MPC ( www.moving-picture.com ) provided visual effects for a pair of Hyundai spots that aired during the Super Bowl. For Cheetah, the studio created a photorealistic cheetah that races a ...