VFX producer Kimberly Nelson LoCascio wrangles two VFX supervisors and multiple VFX houses to help deliver more than 2,300 visual effects shots for director James Wan’s take on the DC Comics super hero. By Trevor Hogg | Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at 3:48pm Cinema has long been enthralled with the ocean, whether it be Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), Captains[…..] […]
Alongside primary visual effects vendor DNEG, Oscar-winning VFX supervisor Paul Lambert and production designer Nathan Crowley employ a hybrid of practical and digital techniques for the cinematic adaptation of ‘First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong.’ By Trevor Hogg | Thursday, January 3, 2019 at 3:34pm When conducting research for the cinematic adaptation of “First Man:[…..] […]
Industry News | 2019-01-02 14:16:29 Recently, major ministries and commissions have successively held year-end work conferences to deploy key tasks in 2019. Xiaobian combs the various “keywords” of the work of various ministries and commissions this year, and strives to outline an investment roadmap for investors. National Development and Reform Commission Keywords: fostering the development[…..] […]
By Ramin Zahed | January 3, 2019 DreamWorks Animation’s third and final chapter of the epic fantasy series, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, is one of the most anticipated animated features of 2019. After making a splash at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on New Year’s Day via its award-winning float, the movie[…..] […]
By Mercedes Milligan | January 3, 2019 The National Film Board of Canada has unleashed Alison Snowden and David Fine’s Oscar shortlisted animated short Animal Behaviour on its YouTube channel, available now through January 12. This Academy Award season has seen each of the 10 film vying for a Best Animated Short nomination made available online,[…..] […]
Multi-award-winning short film co-produced by Croatia’s Bonobostudio and the National Film Board of Canada released online as a Vimeo Staff Pick. By Jennifer Wolfe | Friday, December 28, 2018 at 3:17pm As we close out 2018 there have been a number of award-winning short films released online, including Eva Cvijanović‘s exquisitely polished stop-motion adaptation of the classic[…..] […]
By Mercedes Milligan | January 2, 2019 The merc with a mouth returns in the home video release for a unique fairy tale-twisted version of Deadpool 2 that the whole family can enjoy in Once Upon a Deadpool — arriving digitally on Movies Anywhere and on Blu-ray on January 15. The flick follows Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) as he teams up with[…..] […]
By Karen Idelson | January 2, 2019 ***This story originally appeared in the February 2019 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 287)*** Before he was even finished with middle school, Perry Chen began a deeply personal creative journey he hoped would touch and inspire his terminally ill father to live even just a little bit longer so[…..] […]
Character designer Masayoshi Tanaka, animation director Atsushi Tamura, and art director Hiroshi Takiguchi returning for Shinkai’s latest anime feature. By Jennifer Wolfe | Thursday, December 27, 2018 at 5:41pm CoMix Wave Films has announced that Makoto Shinkai, the director of the 2016 blockbuster Japanese animated feature Your Name, will write and direct a new film[…..] […]
Get ready for virtual reality with Chinese characteristics. By Kevin Geiger | Monday, December 31, 2018 at 10:25am Say what you will about the People’s Republic of China, but it’s never without a plan (even if those don’t always pan out). Just in time for Christmas, mainland China’s Ministry of Industry has set out a platform of[…..] […]
