TORONTO — To promote the sports model MX-5, Mazda created “Mazda Drives: The Sound of Tomorrow” campaign, the highlight of which is a special concert by DJ Licious. The Sound of Tomorrow is being adve ...
August 23, 2016
LOS ANGELES – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 12 scientific and technical investigations have been launched for the 2016 Oscars. These investigations are made public so ...
August 22, 2016
LOS ANGELES – Oscar-nominated director and former Academy president Arthur Hiller died on August 17th of natural causes. He was 92. A member and longtime governor of the Directors Branch, Hiller ...
August 18, 2016
The excitement and hustle and bustle of SIGGRAPH 2016 is now behind us. After taking a bit of time to review all the information collected from the show, the staff is ready to name the winners of the ...
August 17, 2016
SAN JOSE, CA — Reallusion (www.reallusion.com) has released Character Creator 1.5, which allows users to design 3D, animation-ready and fully rigged characters, along with custom clothing. The iClone ...
August 15, 2016
CULVER CITY, CA — After eight years in Santa Monica, MPC LA has moved to a 25,000-square-foot digital studio in Culver City. The new space is twice the size of their old home and is located at 8921 Li ...
LOS ANGELES – Dr. Donna Kornhaber and Dr. Ellen Christine Scott have been named 2016 Academy Film Scholars by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (oscars.org). Their respective book projec ...
August 12, 2016
SANTA MONICA, CA — Boutique VFX and animation studio Brickyard VFX (www.brickyardvfx.com) was recently tapped by Deutsch LA to build a fully CG environment for the new Volkswagen spot “Graph.” The spo ...
LONDON — The VFX industry is proud to be launching two new VFX specific apprenticeships in autumn 2016, the first of its kind in the UK. The roles of Junior 2D artist and Assistant Technical Dir ...
LOS ANGELES/FRANKFURT, GERMANY — The results of a survey with the participation of 201 universities announced by VR First shows that a remarkable number of academic institutions around the world are i ...