Tag: MPC
State of the Art: The Changing Face of the VFX Industry
***This article originally appeared in the August '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 312)***
Everyone was impacted by the sudden surge of the pandemic in...
Technicolor Unveils New Creative Organization with Ambitions ‘Beyond Imagination’
Technicolor today launched Technicolor Creative Studios, forming a collaborative global structure to drive innovation and creativity across its family of studios. As the company's...
Escape Studios Announces The VFX Festival 2021 for March
Hosted by Escape Studios, The VFX Festival returns in 2021 and will celebrate the theme of ‘limitless creativity’ in the visual effects, animation, games...
Technicolor Sharpens Focus on VFX & Animation with Sale of Post Studio
Technicolor announced Thursday that L.A.-based Streamland Media (formerly Picture Head Holdings) is purchasing the Technicolor Post business in an acquisition backed by Trive Capital...
Jellyfish Pictures Ups Matthew Bristowe to MD, Sarah Tanner as DOP
Multi-award-winning VFX and animation studio, Jellyfish Pictures, today announced the strengthening of its Leadership Team, with the promotion of Matthew Bristowe to Managing Director...
Katie Hooten Named Head of Technicolor’s LA Pre-Prod Studio
Technicolor has appointed Katie Hooten as Head of Studio at its Pre-Production Studio in Los Angeles. The outpost was launched last year as a...
Akhauri P. Sinha Named MD of Framestore Mumbai
Framestore has announced the appointment of Akhauri P. Sinha as the head of its new, purpose-built Mumbai studio.
Sinha joins from Method, where he was...
VES 2020 Board of Directors, Mike Chambers Re-Elected as Chair
The Visual Effects Society (VES) announced its 2020 Board of Directors officers. The officers, who comprise the VES Board Executive Committee, were elected at...
Much Ado About the VFX of ‘Dolittle’
Two-time Oscar-winning VFX supervisor John Dykstra shares some of the details of bringing the good doctor’s adventures to life.
It seems that every generation deserves...
Maxon and Red Giant Combine Post-Prod Powers in Merger
Maxon, the developers of professional 3D software solutions, and Red Giant, creators of unique tools for editors, VFX artists and motion designers, cooperatively announced...
News Bytes: MPC Vancouver Logs Off, ‘Thrones’ Creators Tackling ‘Lovecraft’, New ‘Short Treks’ Blast Off & More
Boy, A Lot of People Searched Pornhub for Animated TV Characters in 2019
We hope you’re all proud of yourselves ... Especially whoever was searching...
December Tech Reviews: Nuke 12, Cartoon Animator 4, Ziva 1.7
Foundry’s Nuke 12
Last month, Foundry released version 12 of their flagship, Nuke. And there is some pretty groovy stuff in it. So, with minimal...
‘Maleficent 2’: No Rest for the Wicked
***This article originally appeared in the December '19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 295)***
Five years ago, Disney opted to retell the story of Sleeping...
The VFX of ‘Ad Astra’: Envisioning the Retro Future of Space Travel
***This article originally appeared in the November ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 293)***
Forty years ago, Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now transferred Joseph Conrad’s...
Jellyfish Pictures Expands Senior Team with Matthew Bristowe
Multi-award-winning VFX and animation studio Jellyfish Pictures has appointed Matthew Bristowe as Director of Operations. With both a creative and commercial background working for...
The Top 10 VFX Supervisors of 2019
Featuring a keynote address from Marvel Studios production chief Victoria Alonso and 11 different production sessions delving into the making of blockbuster hits, this...
The VFX Evolution of ‘Dark Phoenix’
Dark Phoenix is clearly the end of an era. The final X-Men movie to be conceived and made at Fox prior to its absorption...
Chapeau FX Evolves into Well-Rounded Creative Studio
Chapeau FX has become Chapeau Studios, expanding the core team from its VFX/animation foundation into production, design and creative IP development (both for digital...
Lost Boys School of VFX Caps 1st Year with Student Placements
Lost Boys Studios’ Montreal School of Visual Effects – Campus D’Effets Visuels – has just marked its first full year in operation, and has...
Crafting ‘Dumbo’s High-Flying Effects
***This article originally appeared in the April ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 289)***
Many credit Tim Burton’s live-action version of Disney’s Alice in Wonderland...
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