Tag "commercials"

VES Announces Dates for 2012 Awards

August 17, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The 10th Annual VES Awards Show has been scheduled for February 7, 2012 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. The Annual Awards show will honor the best in 23 visual effects categories in features, TV series, commercials and games. The society has also announced the following related event [...]

Digital Domain, Reliance MediaWorks Form Global Alliance

July 12, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

India-based Reliance MediaWorks has formed an alliance with Hollywood-based Digital Domain to offer visual effects and stereoscopic 3D production services for movies, TV, commercials and other media. Reliance has studios in Mumbai and in London and will offer the services of more than 500 artists. The company will set up a [...]

‘Lion King’ PSA Lifts Dads for Father’s Day

June 16, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean 1 Comment divider image

With Father’s Day this weekend, Disney has lent the characters and footage from The Lion King to a public-service announcement for fatherhood.gov, the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. Take a look: The Lion King is getting converted to stereoscopic 3D and will return to theaters Sept. 16 for a limited theatrical [...]

Stardust Expands into New Santa Monica Offices

June 13, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Design, motion graphics and live-action production company Stardust has expanded into new Santa Monica offices to accomodate its growing roster of directors, animators, producers and designers. The 8,000 square foot studio is set up for both animation and production and boasts a host of new equipment, including two render farms, multiple edit suites [...]

Deluxe Merges CIS into Method Studios

June 1, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Deluxe Entertainment Services Group is merging two visual effects studios, absorbing CIS Visual Effects into its recently acquired Method Studios. The merge is intended to create a single studio that can offer a broad range of services for feature films, TV and commercials with an integrated workflow across mulitple locations. [...]

MPC Sets Spring Opening for New York Studio

May 23, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

London-based visual effects studio The Moving Picture Co. has announced a spring opening and key staff members for its New York Studio. The new studio will be based in the heart of SoHo, take up 13,000 square feet of space on the eighth and ninth floors of a renovated former [...]

Watch the Super Bowl Ads for ‘Rango,’ ‘Rio,’ ‘Kung Fu Panda 2′

February 7, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean 2 Comments divider image

If you’re like us, the best part of watching the Super Bowl is the ads. And with so many big animated movies out this year, there were plenty of sneak peeks. Now that the chips and beer have been cleaned up, let’s take a look at the ads from this [...]

Aardman Animates Ad for Canada’s Funcheez

January 17, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Canadians who don’t skip the commercials will be getting a peak at some delicious new animation from Wallace & Gromit creators Aardman Entertainment. The U.K.-based company has animated a new spot for Funcheez Moon and Stars, a snack food aimed at kids. For non-Canadians, here’s a look at the commercial: [...]