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October 15, 2018, 9:36 am
FRIEDRICHSDORF, GERMANY — Maxon (www.maxon.net), the developer of professional 3D modeling, animation, and rendering solutions, has announced a number of leadership appointments. The executive leadership team changes, effective immediately, reflect the strategic goals of David McGavran, chief executive officer, for the future of Maxon and its acclaimed 3D software application, Cinema 4D.
February 12, 2019, 6:43 am
Blacksmith worked with Atk Pln to create the VFX featured in Mercedes-Benz's Super Bowl LIII commercial, which features many familiar characters.
February 8, 2019, 11:46 am
DALLAS — Republic Editorial (http://www.republicedit.com/), here, has launched Threaded Pictures (www.threaded.pictures), a new, full-service, client-focused production company. Brian Hwang will serve as its executive producer, bringing nearly two decades of production, post production and agency experience to the table.
February 7, 2019, 12:42 pm
LOS ANGELES — The Visual Effects Society (www.visualeffectssociety.com), held its Annual VES Awards on February 5th, recognizing outstanding visual effects artistry and innovation in film, animation, television, commercials, video games and special venues. Comedian Patton Oswalt served as host for the eigth time to the more than 1,000 guests gathered at the Beverly Hilton. The ceremony recognized VFX talent in 24 categories.
February 6, 2019, 11:37 am
SAN FRANCISCO — Made-SF (www.made-sf.com) is a new creative studio offering a range of post production services in San Francisco. Executive producer Jon Ettinger, editor/director Doug Walker, and editors Brian Lagerhausen and Connor McDonald, all formerly of Beast Editorial, are partners in the new venture, which aims to provide agencies and brands with flexible, streamlined solutions for producing advertising and other content. Along with creative editorial, the company will provide motio...
February 4, 2019, 11:53 am
BEVERLY HILLS — The 69th Annual ACE Eddie Awards were presented on February 1st, recognizing the best editing of 2018 in 11 categories of film, television and documentaries. The black-tie ceremony was held in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel with over 1,000 in attendance. President of American Cinema Editors, Stephen Rivkin, ACE, presided over the evening’s festivities with comedian Tom Kenny serving as the evening’s host.
January 31, 2019, 10:56 am
LOS ANGELES — The Visual Effects Society (VES) has announced its 2019 board of directors. The officers, who comprise the VES Board Executive Committee, were elected at the January 2019 board meeting.
January 31, 2019, 5:22 am
Just when you thought the world was settling down and adopting 4K video, it looks like 8K video will be making its debut as home entertainment media, in time for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. This piece will discuss developments in 8K video from the 2018 IBC and SMPTE Technical Conference that took place late last year.
At the 2018 SMPTE Technical Conference and Exhibition a speaker from NHK in Japan said that the company would begin 8K Super Hi-Vision satellite broadcasting in Japan...
January 30, 2019, 10:24 am
BOURNEMOUTH, UK — Karsten Hecker has joined Outpost VFX (outpostvfx.co.uk) as head of technology. He will lead the studio’s security, pipeline, systems, engineering and IT teams.
January 30, 2019, 10:24 am
Pixomondo (www.pixomondo.com) recently released a breakdown video detailing the studio’s visual effects work on The Girl in the Spider's Web, which is now available digitally and on DVD. The film represents 10 months of work for the studio, including 70 days of on-set supervision. The Pixomondo team completed close to 600 VFX shots for the film, with approximately 100 artists from its Stuttgart and Frankfurt facilities contributing to the project.
More than 50,000 photos were taken on ...
January 28, 2019, 1:06 pm
MADRID, SPAIN — SGO (sgo.es) has announced that it is now offering Apple ProRes support for all of its Mistika Technology products. This includes full finishing solution Mistika Ultima and Mistika VR, the optical flow stitching software.
Gordon sits down with the Sound Design team (Just nominated for an Oscar) for A Quiet Place. Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadah ...
Gordon sits down with Wyatt Smith to discuss the editing of Mary Poppins Returns and the challenges the film presented him in ...
Gordon sits down with Chayse Irvin to discuss his approach to shooting BlacKkKlansman and his theories about cinematography.
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