Tag: MPC
Animex Sets Diverse Speaker Lineup
Animex Festival for animation and computer games has announced its lineup for the 2015 edition, scheduled for Feb. 9-13 at Teesside University in the...
3D Training Inst. Presents ‘Dream Job’ Webinar
Leading production-based Autodesk training programs producer 3D Training Institute has announced that senior VFX, animation and digital media executive Stan Szymanski will be the...
Oscar Watch: Best Visual Effects Contenders
The short list of visual effects films that will head to the annual bake-off won't be known until early in December, but the race...
Digging Into World Building
Naturalistic and convincing environments form the canvass for the subjective storytelling of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1.
Dystopian sci-fi always brings out the...
News Bytes: Merged Animafest, ‘Belladonna’ Restored and More
Wrapping up the week with the following desk-clearing news items:
• After years of alternating its focus, The World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest...
Animals and Plants – In Space!
Framestore and MPC each faced distinct challenges in animating Guardians of the Galaxy's Rocket and Groot.
Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy is like a...
MPC Presenting on Blockbuster VFX at SIGGRAPH
Top feature visual effects house MPC will be celebrating a year's worth of major movie spectacle at SIGGRAPH next week, teaming up with releasing...
SIGGRAPH Announces 2014 Festival Winners
SIGGRAPH, which takes place in Vancouver this year August 10-14, has announced the award recipients for the 41st edition of the Computer Animation Festival...
Technicolor to Acquire Mr. X VFX Studio
Technicolor has reached an agreement to acquire Toronto-based visual effects studio Mr. X, which will join Technicolor's Production Services division -- already home to...
Building a Better Godzilla
Effects crew emphasizes the drama in the classic monster design for director Gareth Edwards' reboot of Japan's most famous feature creature.
Director Gareth Edwards' transition...
MPC NY Debuts First In-House Short for Easter
Acclaimed vfx house MPC's New York facility has produced its first-ever, in-house animated short film: Sunny and Steve - Enjoy the Sweets. Written and...
Autodesk Opens CG Student Awards Submissions
CG Student Awards has announced that entries for the 2014 Autodesk CG Student Awards will be accepted through May 15, 2014. Owned and produced...
MPC Opts for OptiTrack Mo-Cap
International vfx studio The Moving Picture Company (MPC), which recently lent movie magic to World War Z and Man of Steel, has revealed its...
MPC Breaks Down Winning ‘Ranger’ Effects
London-based MPC has released a breakdown showing the visual effects work on The Lone Ranger that won it a VES Award for Outstanding Supporting...
VIEW Conference Reveals More Details
The Italian digital media conference VIEW, happening Oct 15-18 in Torino (immediately following VIEWFest) will be chock full of activity, information and special events...
MPC Reanimates the Dead in ‘World War Z’
Moving Picture Company played a big role in bringing Marc Forster’s current blockbuster thriller World War Z to cinematic life, contributing 450 vfx shots...
‘Man of Steel’s’ VFX: Building a Better Son of Krypton
The vfx gurus behind Man of Steel reveal some of the the behind-the-scenes secrets of this summer's spectacular Superman blockbuster.
Superman certainly doesn't look his...
Pixar’s ‘Monsters’ to Fight Zombies This Weekend
This weekend is shaping up to be an interesting battleground between new arrivals Disney/Pixar's much-awaited prequel Monsters University and Paramount's intriguing Brad Pitt zombie...
‘Man of Steel’ Expected to Soar at the Box Office
Make way for the Man of Steel.
Warner Bros.' long-awaited reboot of the venerable Superman franchise from DC Comics is expected to triumph easily at...
BFX Festival Adds Competition for VFX, Animation Students
Brits looking to break into the visual effects industry, take note: The BFX Festival set for this summer in Bournemouth in the south of...
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