Rodent rap
Framestore has spent three months creating 45 photoreal CG rodent rap stars for David & Goliath’s hilarious new Kia Soul spot, This or That.
Tagged: vfx
Space odyssey
Brickyard VFX has created all of the CG elements in a spot for Panasonic including a sun, meteors, star fields, nebula and particle effects
Persian Peril
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time’s stunning visual effects were created almost entirely in London, with Framestore contributing some 124 shots, including the creation of the movie’s breathtaking penultimate action sequence.
On wings of song
MTV Award-winning music video director Robert Hales of Mothership has teamed up with Miley Cyrus on the music video for “Can’t Be Tamed”
Sands of time
Cinesite has completed over 280 shots on the new Walt Disney Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films film, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, which opens in cinemas tomorrow.
Historical epic
Prime Focus has teamed up with TV production company Nutopia and the History Channel to post the 12-part series, America: The Story of Us.
American icon
Stardust has created a TV and cinema spot for the Ford 2011 Mustang which fuses seductive camera work and aggressive type treatments.
The Foundry and Weta to launch Mari at NAB
The Foundry will announce a new range of products at NAB 2010 next week and is collaborating with Weta Digital to bring to market Mari, a cutting-edge 3D texture painting technology.
Creature Clash
Cinesite has completed over 170 visual effects shots on the new Warner Bros film, Clash of the Titans, including a battle involving giant arachnid creatures called scorpiochs.
Maya, 3ds Max, Mudbox and Softimage upgrades in GDC debut
Autodesk has announced the latest versions of its digital entertainment creation software in time for the annual Games Developers Conference (GDC)
No monkey business
Gorillaz are back – Rushes has completed grading and conform for the music video ‘Stylo’, the debut single from the album Plastic Beach.
Crash scene uncovered
Jam3 puts users in the driver’s seat with Autopsy.ca, an interactive experience to promote Cra$h and Burn, a new TV series in the US
Metal in motion
The Embassy Visual Effects has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for its climactic battle sequence and elaborate exo-suit work on District 9, directed by Neill Blomkamp
Natural growth
Rushes has met a number of complex 3D and compositing challenges in the postproduction for a campaign of six separate Daily Mail commercials.
Ancient adversaries
MPC Vancouver has provided a range of visual effects and post production work for 160 shots across 9 sequences for ‘Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief’
