Proof Inc. Provided Previs on Night of the Museum
Proof Inc. provided extensive previs and postvis services to Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, which was released by 21st Century Fox Studios on December 19th.
Visual Effects
Digital-Tutors’ Mysterious Meteor Video Now a Free Workshop
The real or fake debate raged on recently after Digital-Tutors released a fake meteor sighting video online.
Red Giant Universe Releases Version 1.3
The Red Giant Universe has released Universe 1.3, the latest update to its visual effects environment for Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro X and Motion, Sony Vegas and now, Blackmagic’s DaVinci Resolve.
Digital Domain to Produce 3D Virtual Holograms of Miss Teresa Tang
Digital Domain Holdings Limited, the parent company of Digital Domain 3.0, has entered into an unprecedented ten-year agreement with TNT Production Limited to produce 3D virtual performance holograms of Miss Teresa Teng for concerts, movies and all manner of media.
Seah Named Executive Director, CEO of Digital Domain Holdings
Digital Domain Holdings Limited has named Daniel Seah executive director and CEO. Seah had been serving as CEO of the company’s visual effects division Digital Domain 3.0.
Atomic Fiction Opens Montreal Facility
Visual effects studio Atomic Fiction has opened a facility in Montreal.
Encore Names Jennifer Tellefsen Vice President, VFX
Post-production and visual effects company Encore has appointed Jennifer Tellefsen as vice president of business development, VFX for Encore offices worldwide. Having served as vice president of business development, post at the Hollywood location since 2009, Tellefsen helped Encore complete its transition to file-based workflows and will now focus on piloting the company's thriving visual effects department under senior vice president, VFX, Tom Kendall.
Pakistan’s Film Business Reborn with Main Hoon Shahid Afridi
Pakistan post house Darkroom Asia has won a major contract with ARY Films as a strategic partner in providing post-production and VFX-related services. Darkroom Asia CEO Salman Hasan credits the company’s new SGO Mistika 4K system with sealing the deal. The first project was the feature film Main Hoon Shahid Afridi, which some say marks the rebirth of the Pakistan film industry.
Slowing Down the Finish
Kicking off the 2014 season of Canada’s Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, Toronto’s Woodbine Racetrack hosted The Queen’s Plate Stakes last month. The event is the longest continuously run stakes race in North America, and this year marked its 155th anniversary. To ensure not a moment of horseracing action was missed, the production of the event included use of For-A’s FT-One 4K variable frame rate camera, used in conjunction with For-A’s ZE-One 4K extraction system.
The Room Transforms a Black and White World
The Room, the boutique finishing facility located within Technicolor-PostWorks, New York, recently completed two months of post-production finishing on The Giver, the new film from director Phillip Noyce and The Weinstein Company. In a project involving numerous creative and technical challenges, the facility handled editorial conforming and color grading. The latter included applying the finishing touch to an onscreen world that undergoes a gradual transition from black & white to color.
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