Winning smiles
Crying With Laughter, a bold, low budget, Scottish revenge thriller, has scooped the top prize of Best Film at this year’s Scottish BAFTA awards
Category: Exposure
Royal review
Stereo 3D technology introduces a new way of looking at the British royal family, as well as Frankenstein and Hannah Montana, in a multi-strand project for Channel 4
New Focus
Prime Focus has merged facilities in the UK, USA and India into a single global company and announced a new 2D to 3D conversion process
IBC 2009 Roundup
IBC, held annually in Amsterdam in September, offered a chance to catch up on the latest technology and trends in the broadcast and film world
Different drummers
Audiovisual performance-art pioneers The Sancho Plan kick off The Black Page tour next week, with some stunningly rendered 3D backdrop animation from Golden Square
Rhythmic robot
Love’s Tokyo-based director Muto Masashi has created a starkly high-tech promo for DJ Tiesto and the Sneaky Sound System
Postal strikes
Specsavers Creative has enlisted the help of British kids TV icon Postman Pat for its latest TV, radio and online campaign
Aerial infection
Prime Focus VFX has created 124 effects shots for the Stephen Sommers film “G.I. JOE: The Rise of Cobra”, work that entailed building a complex animation pipeline and orchestrating a flying swarm of bioweaponry for an aerial sequence.
Natural growth
Golden Square’s 3D and 2D teams have created organically growing mahogany furniture with Joy Films Middle East for Otobi.
Cereal offenders
Aardman’s Stefan Marjoram has directed a series of spots for Nestlè Cheerios, featuring a light-fingered family of CGI characters intent on stealing breakfast
Pond life
Hollywood VFX veteran Michael Fink unveils his directing debut for Indian TV – an amphibious Prime Focus commercial for Lotte Coffy Bite toffee.
Local Heroes
Actress Tilda Swinton and director Mark Cousins are currently leading a team of film fans who are dragging a mobile cinema around the Scottish Highlands.
Taken for a spin
Disqo and CHI have created a photorealistic 360-degree journey around the latest car from Lexus, as well as a micro-site that features a virtual trip through Europe.
Missing Papers
Motion graphic designer and film maker Will MacNeil has created a 30 second promotional film for Liberty, with extensive post work by Unit.
Final cut at Soho Shorts
The winners of the eight competition categories for Rushes Soho Shorts 2009 have been announced
