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
Face to face
Form has completed work on the brand creation of FaceTime, a newly launched marketing body to represent the multi-billion pound live events industry.
Furry Faced FX
MPC’s work on recently released monster hit ‘The Wolfman’ includes fully animated creature scenes, three gruesome transformations, completely created London rooftop scenes, enhancement of live-action wolfman shots, and the film’s climactic waterfall environment
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’
Andy Hargreaves now Lead 3D Artist at Rushes
Rushes has appointed Andy Hargreaves as Lead 3D Artist for all commercials going through its 3D department.
TV & games tie up in Edinburgh
Edinburgh Interactive, part of the Edinburgh Festival, and the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival have announced a combined event that will bring the games industry together with the TV industry.
Creative Scotland announces CEO
The Chief Executive of Scotland’s new national arts and culture body, Creative Scotland, will be Andrew Dixon. Creative Scotland will take over the functions and resources of Scottish Screen and the Scottish Arts Council.
3D AV DJs
Minivegas create interactive visuals with onedotzero and the Illustrious Company for the Red Bull 3D Soundclash between Warp and Ninja Tune.
Free upgrade to bonzai3d v 2.0
AutoDesSys provides free upgrade to version 2.0 for existing bonzai3d users
Green screens
Brickyard VFX has contributed visual effects to a series of spots for Titleist golf clubs and golf balls, creating animated overlays on footage of courses in St Andrews and Chicago.
Gorillabox creates iPhone weather App
Gorillabox has provided the Met Office with an iPhone weather App
Hot 100 for 2010
Web Designer Magazine’s Hot 100 for 2010, written and researched by yours truly, is out
Foundry shipping Nuke 6.0 And NukeX 6.0
The Foundry has announced the release of its VFX compositing applications, Nuke and NukeX 6.0
Dancing queens
SquareZero and Musion Systems have made it possible for devoted Abba fans to come closer to their heroes – by interacting with 3D holograms
