by SIGGRAPH Conferences | Feb. 19, 2019 At SIGGRAPH 2018, Derek Ham shared his VR project “I Am A Man” in the Immersive Pavilion’s Vrcade. This captivating experience immerses users in the middle of the historic events of the African-American Civil Rights Movement, including those leading up to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As we close out February,[…..] […]
by Maxwell Planck | Feb 13th, 2019 We are still in a high-fashion stage of VR where the experimentation and far-out art being presented at festivals like Sundance have yet to inspire the “ready to wear” market we are all waiting for. Since 2013, Sundance has been the first annual “runway” that sets the tone for[…..] […]
“SparkShorts is indie filmmaking inside of Pixar.” There came a newly unveiled initiative from Pixar: SparkShorts. Though first revealed to SIGGRAPH attendees in 2017 via a Talk on “Smash and Grab,” the program offers artists from all areas of the studio a chance to create their own, independent short film. Lester was one of six filmmakers[…..] […]
by SIGGRAPH Conferences | Jan 29th, 2019 In December, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its annual Scientific and Technical Awards recipients. Among the list of honorees are longtime SIGGRAPH all-stars Ed Catmull (co-founder, Pixar Animation Studios), Paul Debevec (senior staff engineer, Google VR), and Tony DeRose (senior scientist, Pixar Animation Studios). Catmull and DeRose, along[…..] […]
by SIGGRAPH Conferences | Feb. 12, 2019 In a conversation that spanned multiple disciplines, and multiple years, the team behind “Incredibles 2” spoke to a rapt audience during its SIGGRAPH 2018 Production Session last summer. Relive some of the magic as Rick Sayre, who was responsible for all aspects of the technical production of the film — from crewing up[…..] […]
CGGE: Your company was established in 2009, but there is little news about your company online. Your company seems always to keep a low profile, engaged in business with a down-to-earth attitude. We would like to ask, have your business structure and serving objects changed since your company was founded? Viewing that small companies struggle[…..] […]
To produce believable looking and sounding fireworks for director Jon Chu’s final shot, VFX supervisor Nhat Phong Tran broke new ground with his ‘Crazy Niche Equations.’ By AWN Staff Editor | Monday, February 18, 2019 at 12:59pm Sound designers play a big part in adding their magic to the work of VFX artists to make their[…..] […]
By Mercedes Milligan | February 19, 2019 Turner Asia Pacific and Japan’s TV Asahi have partnered to create a new animated series titled Super Shiro *48 x 5;30”), inspired by the Crayon Shin-chan franchise which has aired internationally since 1992. The agreement was sealed during Kidscreen Summit in Miami last week. The deal includes broadcast rights across APAC (excluding China) as[…..] […]
By Mercedes Milligan | February 19, 2019 Indie global kids and family content distributor Jetpack Distribution has picked up international rights to Funrise’s new animated series Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty. The deal grants Jetpack distribution in Canada, Latin America, Europe (excluding Italy and Russia), Australasia, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty launched on Nickelodeon in[…..] […]
One of the first three short films to emerge from the studio’s Sparkshorts experimental storytelling initiative, ‘Kitbull’ is directed by Rosana Sullivan and produced by Kathryn Hendrickson. By Jennifer Wolfe | Monday, February 18, 2019 at 4:11pm Pixar has released Kitbull, one of the first three projects to emerge from the studio’s SparkShorts experimental storytelling initiative program into the wild,[…..] […]
