In Focus


New Tools, New Artists
15-May-2012
Alfonso Cuarón predicts a new generation of filmmakers as the tools, techniques change.
Monumental Maneuvers
7-May-2012
The first African-American military aviators to serve in the U.S. armed forces endured and overcame adversity, including racial segregation and discrimination, during World War II to fight in defense ...
Autodesk 2013: More Options For More Customers
4-May-2012
Autodesk updates its content creation suites for its 2013 line, offering customers more options, as the company reaches for a wider market.


Web Exclusives


Luma Continues Super Hero Work For 'Avengers'
15-May-2012
Visual effects facility Luma Pictures reunited with a familiar cast of characters on Marvel Studios’ highly anticipated “The Avengers,” using CGI to integrate a wide range of VFX.
Hands-On With Tiny Victories
14-May-2012
When Brooklyn's Tiny Victories wanted a music video that gave their breakout track, “Mr. Bones,” a visual life, they turned to Nice Shoes’ creative director Brian Bowman for assistance.
'The Wrath Of The Titans'
8-May-2012
Handheld virtual camera system helps leading previs house navigate the underworld for director Jonathan Liebesman's mythological blockbuster.


News


'Games For Change' Festival Planned For June 20
15-May-2012
NEW YORK — Technology makes it easier to learn about and assist worthy causes worldwide in the “digital democratization” of philanthropy. Games for Change (www.gamesforchange.org/festival), the ...
Student Academy Award Winners Selected
15-May-2012
BEVERLY HILLS — Ten students from nine US colleges and universities have been selected as winners in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 39th Annual Student Academy Awards competition.
Student Oscar Nominees Announced
14-May-2012
BEVERLY HILLS — Thirty-five students from 20 US colleges and universities have been selected as finalists in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 39th Annual Student Academy Awards ...


Student and School News


New Stanford Computing Lab Imagines the Mobile-social Future
11-May-2011
By Andrew Myers At the MobiSocial Lab, an engineering research team asks fundamental questions about the marriage of mobile communications and social networking, and begins to design the future of ...
VFX Talent Joins Escape Studios US Advisory Board
16-Mar-2011
Los Angeles, Calif. - CG academy Escape Studios announced five new US advisory board members, including Afonso Salcedo of Pixar Animation Studios, Ken Maruyama of Sony Pictures Imageworks, John Leonti ...
The Gnomon Workshop Releases Stylized Character Modeling DVD for Production 3D
9-Mar-2011
Hollywood, Calif. - The Gnomon Workshop, offering professional training for artists in the entertainment and design field, announced its first release from lead modeler Alessandro Baldasseroni: ...


Academy News


Student Academy Award Winners Selected
15-May-2012
BEVERLY HILLS — Ten students from nine US colleges and universities have been selected as winners in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 39th Annual Student Academy Awards competition.
Student Oscar Nominees Announced
14-May-2012
BEVERLY HILLS — Thirty-five students from 20 US colleges and universities have been selected as finalists in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 39th Annual Student Academy Awards ...
Foreign Winners Selected For 2012 Student Academy Awards
11-May-2012
BEVERLY HILLS — Three student films, selected from 51 entries representing 29 countries, have been selected as winners in the Foreign Film category in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ ...


GDC 2011


GDC 2012: A Wrap
15-Mar-2012
On the way back to the parking garage from the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, we saw a street vendor selling knitted Angry Birds hats and thought, “Well, that’s one way to make money ...
Record 22,500 game professionals converge at Game Developers Conference 2012
13-Mar-2012
GDC 2012 Attracted Game Makers From Across the Entire Spectrum of the Sector, Provided Vital Learning, Networking and Inspiration
Independent Game Festival Announces Winners
8-Mar-2012
SAN FRANCISCO – Montreal-based developer Polytron Corporation proved 2D and 3D environments can get along in Fez , the unique ‘perspective-shifting’ platformer which earned the Seumas McNally Award ...

























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