Immersed in Blu-ray/DVD


Eureka's Master of Cinema series offers Sacha Guitry's black comedy, La Poison,  and Federico Fellini's City of Women on Blu-ray in the UK, while Warner Archive and Fox Cinema Archives uncover The Mask of Dimitrios and Unfaithfully Yours, respectively, on DVD. La

Sizing Up the Microscopic World of Epic


Blue Sky's biggest achievement on Epic was going naturalistic for a more believable animation style. It's certainly a far cry from the Ice Age franchise or even Rio and required technical adjustments as well as a different approach to performance. However, scale was the

Talking House of Cards BTL


I recently spoke with the three Bs of below-the-line craft on the acclaimed, $100 million House of Cards, which is in pre-production on its second season for Netflix: cinematographer Eigil Bryld (You Don't Know Jack), costume designer Tom Broecker (Saturday Night Live),

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Events

SIGGRAPH Previews Production Sessions

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Bill Desowitz in 3-D, Animation, Education, Events, Festivals, Movies, Oscar, Shorts, stop-motion, Tech, Trailers, VFX, Virtual Production | Leave a comment

The tech behind Pacific Rim, Frozen, Monsters University, and Oz the Great and Powerful will be on display at SIGGRAPH 2013. Held this year in Anaheim on July 21-25, the production sessions are part of the Computer Animation Festival. Read more

Adobe Acclerates Creative Cloud

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Bill Desowitz in Animation, Clips, Events, Movies, Tech | Leave a comment

At Monday’s Adobe Max conference in L.A., Adobe offered a major update to Creative Cloud with a new set of of desktop applications and sophisticated cross-device collaboration and publishing capabilities available in June. Read more

Composer Elliot Goldenthal Honored by NYFA

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Bill Desowitz in Blu-ray, Events, Movies, Music | Leave a comment

Film composer and frequent Julie Taymor collaborator Elliot Goldenthal (Across the Universe, Heat) was recently inducted into the NYFA Hall of Fame with Michael Findlay, author and co-director of the Acquavella Gallery, filmmaker Mira Nair, and visual artist Fred Wilson. Read more

The Academy Salutes Mattes and Environmental VFX

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Bill Desowitz in 3-D, Animation, Below the Line, Clips, Events, Music, Oscar, performance capture, previs, Production Design, Tech, VFX, Virtual Production | Leave a comment

The Academy continued its informative “VFX Convergence” series last Tuesday at the Dunn Theater with “From Matte Paintings to Full Environments and Set Extensions,” which took us full circle from Méliès to Hugo and beyond. Read more

FMX 2013 Offers Iron Man 3 and Oblivion

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Bill Desowitz in 3-D, Animation, Events, Movies, performance capture, previs, Production Design, Shorts, Tech, VFX, Virtual Production | 1 Comment

FMX 2013 is happening next week Tuesday through Friday in Stuttgart, Germany. Unfortunately, I’m unable to attend but the latest conference on nimation, effects, games, and transmedia will be touting Iron Man 3 (May 3) and Oblivion, among other new and upcoming treats. Read more

World Building and the Science of Fiction

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Bill Desowitz in 3-D, Animation, Education, Events, Festivals, Movies, Tech, VFX, Virtual Production | Leave a comment

On Saturday, I participated in a very unique live and interactive festival at USC: “The Science of Fiction: World Building in Action,” sponsored by USC | 5D Institute. The brainchild of production designer and 5D co-founder Alex McDowell (Man of Steel), I collaborated with professionals and students in creating a futuristic LA 2020 and learned more about how and why we build worlds for a more immersive narrative experience. It was “a giant circus trick” creating a new world in a day. Read more

Autodesk Unfolds 2014 Creation Suite

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Bill Desowitz in 3-D, Animation, Events, Movies, performance capture, previs, Production Design, Shorts, Tech, VFX, Videogames, Virtual Production | Leave a comment

In conjunction with Autodesk’s Unfold conference this week, they’ve launched the Entertainment Creation Suite 2014 with the latest versions of Maya, 3ds Max, MotionBuilder, Mudbox, Softimage, and Sketchbook Designer. They offer new workflow enhancements to handle complicated data sets more quickly and efficiently. Read more

Autodesk Unveils Unfold 2014

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Bill Desowitz in 3-D, Animation, Events, Movies, performance capture, previs, Tech, VFX, Videogames, Virtual Production | Leave a comment

Autodesk will commence Unfold 2014, a two-day celebration March 26-27 unveiling the latest 3D animation software releases. Festivities will include live and virtual events, where artists can see Autodesk’s newest technology in action, interact with product managers, learn from 3D experts and check out new customer projects. Read more

Pixar Comes to FMX 2013

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Bill Desowitz in 3-D, Animation, Events, Movies, performance capture, previs, Shorts, Tech, Trailers, VFX, Videogames, Virtual Production | Leave a comment

Pixar’s Oscar-winning Brave and new Blue Umbrella short will be showcased at FMX 2013 in Stuttgart (April 23-26), Europe’s most influential conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Transmedia. Read more

Tippett Brings Ted to the Oscars

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Bill Desowitz in 3-D, Animation, Events, Movies, Oscar, Tech, VFX, Virtual Production | Leave a comment

Tippett Studio brought Ted, the title character from Universal Pictures’ blockbuster live action/CG-animated comedy, back to life for the 85th Academy Awards telecast. Accompanied by friend and co-star Mark Wahlberg, the animated Ted riffed about sex last night before the duo presented Oscars for Sound Mixing and Sound Editing. Read more

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