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CSI Chooses Dilated Pixels for VFX

Hollywood-based VFX company Dilated Pixels announced that it will serve as the sole VFX vendor for season 12 of the hit CBS TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation . Concurrently, the company announced that it has named Emmy award winner Rik Shorten...

Published Tue, Jan 31 2012 11:23 AM by Below the Line
MPC and Goodby Take to the Streets with Chevy Volt

MPC recently teamed up with director Nick Gordon and Goodby, Silverstein & Partners to capture the rejuvenated spirit of Hamtramck, Mich. – the hard-working Midwestern town where the Chevrolet Volt is assembled. The spot, “Morning in Hamtramck,”...

Published Tue, Jan 31 2012 11:23 AM by Below the Line
Contender – Visual Effects Supervisor Matthew Butler, Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Digital Domain ’s Matthew Butler finds himself with his first Academy Award nomination, one of the co-VFX supervisors on Transformers: Dark of the Moon , along with Scott Farrar , who suped for ILM ’s share of the work, and special effects supervisor...

Published Tue, Jan 31 2012 11:23 AM by Below the Line
Iran’s Best Foreign Film Nominee: Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation

One of the surprises of this awards season is A Separation , a highly lauded film from Iran that has captivated reviewers and moviegoers and garnered two Oscar nominations. The beautifully photographed movie tells a multi-layered story of a modern-day...

Published Tue, Jan 31 2012 11:23 AM by Below the Line
Red Tails

Published Tue, Jan 31 2012 11:23 AM by Below the Line
Michel Hazanavicius Wins DGA Feature Film Award for The Artist

The winners of the Directors Guild of America outstanding directorial achievement awards for 2011 were announced on Saturday during the 64th Annual DGA Awards dinner at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles. Michel Hazanavicius...

Published Mon, Jan 30 2012 11:45 AM by Below the Line
SAG-AFTRA Merger Moves to Membership Vote

This weekend, the boards of directors of both the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists , AFL-CIO (AFTRA) voted overwhelmingly to merge. “Professional performers are now an important step closer to the strongest...

Published Mon, Jan 30 2012 11:45 AM by Below the Line
Pixomondo Creates Aerial Acrobatics For Lucasfilm’s Red Tails

International visual effects company Pixomondo completed 546 shots on Red Tails , about a third of the film’s 1,524 total VFX shots. A passion project of executive producer George Lucas more than 20 years in the making, the tale of World War II Tuskegee...

Published Mon, Jan 30 2012 11:45 AM by Below the Line
Montreal Facilities Collaborate on VES-Nominated Film

When visual effects supervisor Louis Morin and VFX producer Annie Godin were nominated for a VES Award for their work on Duncan Jones ’ Source Code , the Montreal-based facilities involved in the film had reason to celebrate as well. Under the guidance...

Published Fri, Jan 27 2012 11:49 AM by Below the Line
SOC to Honor Eastwood and Radin with Lifetime Achievement Awards

The Society of Camera Operators announced the recipients of the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Awards to be held Feb. 19 at the Leonard Goldenson Theater at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in North Hollywood, California.

Published Fri, Jan 27 2012 11:49 AM by Below the Line
Contender – Visual Effects Supervisor Erik Nash, Real Steel

In Oscar’s “final five” in the visual effects category, Erik Nash finds himself nominated as the VFX supervisor for the robotic fisticuffs opus, Real Steel , along with very busy animatronic supevisor John Rosengrant , animation supervisor Dan Taylor...

Published Fri, Jan 27 2012 11:49 AM by Below the Line
VFX Producer Lauren Shawe Joins Leviathan

Chicago-based design studio Leviathan has added VFX producer Lauren Shawe to its full-time staff, effective immediately.

Published Thu, Jan 26 2012 11:13 AM by Below the Line
Jay Kriss Relies on Fujinon Digi-Cine Lenses For Harvesting the High Plains

Filmmaker Jay Kriss recently relied on Fujinon E-Series digital cinematography HD lenses in the production of his full-length historical documentary, Harvesting the High Plains , which is slated to air in late summer or fall nationally on PBS .

Published Thu, Jan 26 2012 11:13 AM by Below the Line
Motion504 Delivers Poetic Animations for Motionpoems

Following its successful participation in Motionpoems last year, broadcast design and animation studio motion504 was, once again, invited to create original animated pieces for the 3rd annual event, which showcases visual explorations of previously published...

Published Thu, Jan 26 2012 11:13 AM by Below the Line
Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis of Soundelux Receive Oscar Nominations for Drive

Supervising sound editors Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis of Soundelux are among the nominees for best sound editing in the 84th Annual Academy Awards. This is the third Oscar nomination for Bender. He previously won the award, with Per Hallberg , in...

Published Wed, Jan 25 2012 11:40 AM by Below the Line

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