Pixar and the Craft of Storytelling

January 9, 2017, 07:01 PM

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17 movies produced. 16 movies #1 at the box office. Worldwide B.O. gross over $10 billion. Average B.O. per film: $650M+ by far the highest average per film of any studio in Hollywood history.

Budgeting for Post Production Sound

January 9, 2017, 07:01 PM

http://filmmakermagazine.com/100993-jon-vogl-on-bu...

On a shady street in New Orleans’ Lower Garden District you’ll find Second Line Stages’ annex building, where Apex Post Production is located. Depending on the day you arrive, you might witness an ADR session for Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven or Ava DuVernay’s new TV show Queen Sugar. The man running the ADR session is Jon Vogl, a Los Angeles transplant and studio veteran who moved to New Orleans to take advantage of increased film and TV production in the state. In this sit-do...

2017 VES Awards nominations: Oscar preview?

January 9, 2017, 07:01 PM

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Last year, the Visual Effect Society snubbed the eventual Oscar champ “Ex Machina.” Will the same fate await this year’s Oscar winner for Best Visual Effects on Tuesday (Jan. 10) when the VES reveals its roster of contenders for its 15th annual awards?

About that CGI Peter Cushing in Star Wars: Rogue O

January 9, 2017, 10:23 AM

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The most recent cinematic foray into the Star Wars universe resurrects Peter Cushing's Tarkin from the original films, but did the computer generated version of the beloved actor span the dreaded Uncanny Valley? By Joe Foster. Star WarsRogue OnePeter CushingCGIVFX

January 9, 2017, 10:20 AM

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Monter avec son intuition ? En novembre 2016, Nora Meziani et moi-même avons fait circuler un questionnaire à des monteuses et monteurs de LMA – Les Monteurs Associés (et à des fidèles lectrices-lecteurs du blog), au sujet de l’intuition dans le processus de … Lire la suite →

Workflow Must Evolve to Support 4K/UHD

January 9, 2017, 10:20 AM

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Think you know all there is to know about 4K? Think again, says a new survey on this industry-changing format.

Oán Vfx Breakdown

January 9, 2017, 10:19 AM

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Oán Vfx Breakdown

Life, Animated – Roger Ross Williams

January 9, 2017, 06:43 AM

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This unbelievable, yet true, life story all began when a three-year-old disappeared. Not the horrible found in the woods type of disappeared, but suddenly he was lost to his family, stuck within the confines of his own head. It seemed as if he was just inextricably “gone.” When Pulitzer Prize winning writer, Ron Suskind and […] The post Life, Animated – Roger Ross Williams appeared first on Below the Line.

Adobe Creative Cause: Meet the winner

January 9, 2017, 06:43 AM

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To Support The Prince’s Trust, Adobe launched the Creative Cause competition. Here, we catch up with the winner to find out more about his work. Here at Adobe, we don’t need an excuse to get creative, but for the last two months we’ve had an extra incentive. As part of our work with the Prince’s Trust, we founded the Adobe Creative Cause competition, which encouraged people across the UK to get artistic and share their masterpieces inspired by the charity’s work on social media. ...

Off The Grid: A Modern FCPX-RED-Resolve Narrative

January 9, 2017, 06:43 AM

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Patrick Southern and Sam Mestman take us on a detailed walk-through of the workflow involved in the post production of a feature. We start with part one, on set where the capture of logging information is essential to cut time and costs in post production. With the first part containing over 4000 words of wisdom, this series will be the 'go to' post production reference for future filmmakers.