Monthly Archives: March 2009

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The Mill Scores With The Damned United

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Moo2u
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The Mill, working with BBC Films has recently completed work on the critically acclaimed ‘The Damned United’. Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by David Pearce and adapted for screen by Peter Morgan, (The Queen and Frost/Nixon) the film was directed by the award winning Tom Hooper (Longford and John Adams).

The Damned United plays out the humorously dark story of Brian Clough’s doomed 44 day tenure as the manager of the reigning champions of English football in the 70’s, Leeds United.

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Click 3X Creates Animated Circus for ‘See You Sunday’ on MTV

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Moo2u
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Embarking on a new creative partnership, Click 3X recently collaborated with MTV to create a show open, packaging, and promos for See You Sunday. Promoting four new shows in their latest block of Sunday programming, the clips incorporate live action footage of high-profile stars with…

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Monster Debut for Animated Movie

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Moo2u
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Animated adventure Monsters vs. Aliens has scored the biggest US box office debut of the year so far with takings of $58.2m (£41m). The Dreamworks film, which sees classic movie monsters pitted against beings from outer space, beat ghost story The Haunting In Connecticut into second…

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Autodesk Announces Softimage Mod Tool 7.5

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Moo2u
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Autodesk, Inc., has announced Autodesk Softimage Mod Tool 7.5 software (formerly SOFTIMAGE_XSI Mod Tool). This free* 3D modeling and animation package for aspiring game artists is based on the same professional toolset as Autodesk Softimage (formerly SOFTIMAGE_XSI). Game studios have used Softimage software to create hit titles such as “Metal Gear Solid 4″ and “Fable II.”

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New Autodesk Middleware Empowers Game Developers

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Digital4D
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Autodesk, Inc., (NASDAQ: ADSK) has announced new versions of its two runtime technologies for the game engine – Autodesk HumanIK 4 animation middleware and Autodesk Kynapse 6 artificial intelligence (AI) middleware. Autodesk’s high-performance middleware solutions are flexible, production-proven and backed by solid support. The products have been adopted for at least 100 triple-A titles, including “FIFA 09″ and “Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning.”

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Superfad Collaborates With MTV On Indebted Campaign

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Moo2u
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Animation has the powerful ability to make the abstract instantly personal and relatable. To inspire a call to action via www.indebted.com, a joint project between mtvU and the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, Superfad has produced the second in a series of animated PSAs addressing the dangers of personal and government debt.

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’s Head

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Moo2u
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“…The first “digital head” shot is the one we did for the test, where there’s a long dolly and pan until the audience sees Benjamin sitting at the table banging his spoon. That’s the first body actor for Ben in his 80s, as he grows younger we have another body actor take over for him in his 70s, when he goes out on the tugboat with Cap’n Mike and goes to the bar.”

“The bulk of our work is the “Ben 70″ character, and “Ben 60″ when he leaves home. One of our last shots is when he is reading the letter from Daisy on the back of the tugboat. The line where he tells the Captain, “Well you do drink a lot”, that’s where the real Brad takes over. “

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Crossroads Creates Fire For Death Cab for Cutie

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Moo2u
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Crossroads’ directorial duo Walter Robot’s dynamic and inventive visual style is the driving force behind a trio of uniquely inspired music videos for Grammy award-winning recording artists Gnarls Barkley, French-born DJ Vitalic, and Death Cab For Cutie. Grapevine Fires, the must see music video for alternative rockers Death Cab For Cutie, is the ingeniously animated story of a boy in search of his brother amidst a wildfire that decimates his neighborhood. This emotive story reflects the autobiographical lyrics of lead singer Ben Gibbons who was caught in the horrific 2007 California wildfires and witnessed the tragedy firsthand.

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Click 3X Builds Interactive CG World For Go Army

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Moo2u
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In collaboration with MRM and Smuggler for the U.S. Army, Click 3X and ClickFire Media designed and animated interactive elements for A World Like No Other, a CG military base complete with marching squadrons, tank battalions, and screen-shaking Apache helicopter flyovers. The Click team provided the 3D animation to help transport visitors through and across the base in an immersive, full motion journey, combining life-like graphics with MRM’s interactive hotspots linked to live action webisodes enhancing the realism and depth of the online experience.

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Crossroads Takes DJ Vitalic to a Land of Fantasy

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Moo2u
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Crossroads’ directorial duo Walter Robot’s dynamic and inventive visual style is the driving force behind a trio of uniquely inspired music videos for Grammy award-winning recording artists Gnarls Barkley, French-born DJ Vitalic, and Death Cab For Cutie.

Crossroads Takes DJ Vitalic to a Land of Fantasy. Vitalic’s U and I finds an Average Joe on his way to work at his average job in a sprawling metropolis when his briefcase full of comic books flies away, luring him to an abandoned fenced off field. When he peers through a hole in the fence, he witnesses a fantasy world with a 21st century composer churning out fresh beats amidst a grooving sea of geometrically inspired shapes, trees and flowers.

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Company X & Detox Create Lush Video For Nat King Cole

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Moo2u
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EMI Records recently tapped Company X to produce a promotional music video for RE: GENERATIONS, a remix album featuring modern interpretations of jazz legend Nat King Cole’s indelible work, which released on March 10th.

Performing alongside Cole’s virtual croon, the album features a diverse cast of artists including daughter Natalie Cole, will.i.am, Bebel Gilberto, Stephen and Damien Marley, The Roots, and TV on the Radio, among others. Company X and its production arm, Detox, directed, edited and animated the video, which includes 2D stop-motion, 3D and After Effects. The end result is a multimedia scrapbook that serves as a visual embodiment of the album’s mashed-up tracks, as well as a conceptual homage to Cole’s boundless influence on modern music including hip hop, Latin, reggae, and rock.

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MPC Create Darkness For Depeche Mode’s ‘Wrong’

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Moo2u
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Patrick Daughters directed ‘Wrong,’ Depeche Mode’s first single from their latest album, Sounds of the Universe. The dark promo shows us a car going backwards crashing into things with an unexpected outcome (not for the faint-hearted!) The promo was produced by Mute Records and Lana Kim at The Directors Bureau, with post by MPC.

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New Tutorial: 3DS Max – 3D Tire Tutorial

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Digital4D
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This tutorial will explain how to create the tire tread as shown here (Fig.00). Fig.00 You can start the treading from box modeling or splines. I personally use splines for 90% of my work, but if using splines then you will need to tidy up…

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