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A.D. Teaser (CG zombie movie)

Freddy — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:44:20 +0000

Check out this teaser for a CG Zombie movie, it looks pretty nicely done and I really like the design of the zombies in it. Looking forward to hearing more about this.

Also, here’s an interview from the people behind it. No mention of when it’s coming out or who’s working on it though.

Link: A.D Interview

2010 Oscar Nominees

Freddy — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:01:57 +0000

The Oscar nominees for 2010 have been posted. Looks like Up is nominated for Best Picture and Best Animated Feature which is pretty awesome considering the last animated feature film to be nominated for Best Picture was Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Check out the entire list of nominees below:

2010 Oscar Nominees

VES Nominees

Freddy — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:54:09 +0000

The Visual Effects Society posted up nominees for their annual VES awards. These awards are for visual effects and animation across TV, film, commercials, games, etc. Click the link below to see who the nominees are:

VES Nominees

Pixar grants girl’s dying wish to see ‘Up’

Freddy — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:32:53 +0000

Here’s a pretty touching article that’s been going around today. Check out the link below:

Pixar grants girl’s dying wish

Blood: The Last Vampire Teaser

Freddy — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:40:52 +0000

Oh man, can’t believe they’re making a live-action version of this! I remember buying the anime a few years back and thought it rocked. Check out the wiki page for the anime here and the trailer (sorry, no subtitles) for the live action below.

Benjamin Button on fxguide

Freddy — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:37:12 +0000

After watching The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (great movie by the way!), I’ve been wanting to know how they pulled off the aging effects for the film. To me, it worked seamlessly and there wasn’t a part that took me out of the movie. To see him from transforming from old to young was amazing and I have to say congrats to the studios involved!

Below is a link to an article on fxguide where they discuss the aging effects in the movie. It’s really interesting to see how they pulled it off.

fxguide – The Curious Case of Aging Visual Effects

Excerpt from the article: “But even those with an appreciation of the power of vfx will be stunned to learn that for the first 52 minutes of this epic motion picture, the head of Brad Pitt’s character is a CGI creation. “

Jim Henson Creature Shop on fxguide!

Freddy — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:41:13 +0000

The Jim Henson Creature Shop (where I’m working right now) was featured on the fxguide podcast for their work on Sid the Science Kid! They get pretty in-depth on the process of producing a show. Check out the link below.

fxguide – Sid the Science Kid

Thanks to Rico for the heads up!

First of the month

Freddy — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:39:58 +0000

You know what this means? Seriously…do you know what this means to the world of animation?!

It means a new audio clip at the 11 Second Club!!

This month’s clip clip sounds like it would be so much fun to animate. If only I hadn’t started my dialogue shot, I would’ve loved to take a crack at this one. Ah well…perhaps next month the planets will align and I’ll be able to give it a shot.