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New Deal Studios Wins Two Prestigious VES Awards

New Deal Studios received two prestigious awards from the Visual Effects Society (VES) at the Awards Dinner held on February 21, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. The 21st Century studio was again acknowledged for its outstanding miniature effects artistry…


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Nola Pictures Collaborate on U2 Grammy Performance

Juan Delcan from Nola Pictures recently teamed up with Rabbit director Catherine Owens to create the screen visuals for U2’s brilliant opening performance at the 2009 Grammy Awards broadcast. Artists, designers and animators from creative house Loyalkaspar were enlisted to collaborate on the project which…


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ROKKAN Teams With Virgin America As Its Web Agency Of Record

When things between two companies get this good, it’s time to make it official. ROKKAN is pleased to announce it’s now Virgin America’s Web Agency of Record. ROKKAN, a full-service interactive agency, has been with Virgin America since the airline’s launch, and it’s been a breathtaking ride for both parties.


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Oscar Winners – Best Animated Feature & Visual Effects

Best Animated Feature Film – ‘Wall-E’ The Oscar for 2009 Best Animated Feature Film went to the Disney/Pixar sci fi adventure Wall-E. The award was presented by Jennifer Aniston and the film beat Kung Fu Panda and Bolt in this category. Wall-E is a love…


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Mother & jumP Open It Up To Full Throttle

New York-based creative editorial company jumP recently collaborated with Mother on a six spot campaign showcasing a behind the scenes racetrack view for the energy drink Full Throttle. The :30 and :60 spots pique our senses as various types of race inspired music sets the…


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Object Multipath Script Tutorial for Active Worlds

Using the multipath script shown below, copy it all to notepad then edit the path url’s and add your world name in the field that says “ENTERWORLDNAMEHERE.” Be sure that your first op path url entered is the one you wish to use that holds…


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Crossroads Mines Manhattan For Bravo’s Make Me A Supermodel

The second season of the hit Bravo series Make Me a Supermodel is strutting onto the scene with promos shot and directed by bi-coastal Crossroads Branding + Promotion. The provocative clips feature a rich montage of host Tyson Beckford, Nicole Trunfio, and the show’s models…


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‘This Way Up’ – Best Animated Short Oscar Nominee

‘This Way Up’ is an animated short about two undertakers, one corpse and a bungled burial… this darkly humorous film takes the characters A.T Shank & Son from their humble funeral parlour, across country and down to the afterlife itself – all without one word…


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Asylum and Teleflora Unleash The Flower Power

Premier West Coast design and VFX studio Asylum brings to life a foul mouthed bouquet of flowers in the new high profile ad for Teleflora via The Fire Station. The spot had its debut during this year’s Super Bowl. The spot, spearheaded by VFX Supervisor Piotr Karwas, opens with several office workers standing around a cubicle as a box of flowers is delivered to a fellow co-worker. When she opens the box she gets more than she bargained for as a wilted but rowdy bouquet of flowers hurls insults at her while co-workers look on in shock.


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“Special Guest: The Journey” by Vinicius Costa

Special Guest, the multi-talented sibling of 1st Avenue Machine, recently summed up the company’s eclectic creative spirit with an 80-second stop-motion style animated film entitled “Special Guest: The Journey.” The film is the debut for the studio’s newest addition, Director Vinicius Costa. In the studio’s tradition of having new directors create a film based on their idea of The Special Guest, Vinicius Costa created “Special Guest: The Journey” The film employs the metaphor of travel using a neatly-packed suitcase to reveal the company’s diverse and multi-faceted capabilities.


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Rhino Rebrands to Reflect Global Reach

Nearing a decade in the advertising and entertainment business, the entire team at rhinofx is pleased to announce that the studio is dropping off the f and x and changing its name to Rhino. A year after uniting with Gravity, one of Israel and Canada’s premier media development studios, Rhino has updated its name, identity, and vision to coincide with its dramatic and global evolution in both traditional and non-traditional work across TV, film, web, and mobile screens.


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Company 3 & Method Contribute To Super Bowl Spots

For Super Bowl XLIII, which aired earlier this month on NBC, Company 3 contributed color correction to more than 1/3 of all commercials broadcast for this year’s game. Sister company Method Studios contributed visual effects to a total of six spots aired during Super Bowl…


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VES Awards Nominee: Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Moo2u takes a closer look at VES Awards nominee ‘Hellboy II: The Golden Army’.
Each year the VES Awards recognize outstanding visual effects within film, animation, television, commercials and video games. The nominees for the 7th annual VES Awards were chosen in January earlier this year by panels of VES members who viewed submissions at the FotoKem screening facilities in Burbank.


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