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Pixel Liberation Front AMPs Up Avatar
For AVATAR, PLF (Pixel Liberation Front) was charged with the designing and animation of the monitors and HUDs for the fleet of military aircraft, a handful of shots in the shack set and some set-extension composites. In all, they delivered more than 220 shots. “For the military aircraft, Jim [Cameron] wanted an authentic approach to the [...]
Continue reading...Review: Avatar
25. December 2009
James Cameron generally gets the bang for his bucks, even though the bucks are mind-boggling. This fascinating sci-fi adventure took four years to produce. There is very little wasted on speeches about people contemplating their navels. Cameron’s films are action films and they proceed apace. There are really two stories when you go to see Avatar. [...]
Continue reading...Director Henry Selick on Coraline and 3D Animation
23. December 2009
Coraline is a 2009 American animated stop-motion 3-D horror/fantasy film based on Neil Gaiman’s 2002 novel of the same name. It was produced by Laika and distributed by Focus Features. Written and directed by Henry Selick, it was released widely in US theaters on February 6, 2009, after a world premiere at the Portland International [...]
Continue reading...Ford Uses Hollywood Motion-Capture Software Behind ‘Avatar’ to Improve Vehicle Designs
23. December 2009
Ford Motor Company is the only automaker to use the same type of motion-capture software in its virtual engineering labs as Hollywood employs to create such motion pictures as “Avatar,” “Lord of the Rings,” “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” and “Polar Express” Ford uses motion-capture software for a variety of automotive applications including the study [...]
Continue reading...Avatar to Open in Record Number of IMAX Theatres on December 18
16. December 2009
IMAX Corporation and Twentieth Century Fox today announced that James Cameron’s Avatar will open in 178 IMAX(R) theatres domestically on December 18, 2009, simultaneously with the motion picture’s premiere in conventional theatres. The IMAX(R) 3D release will also open in 83 IMAX theatres internationally starting on December 16th, for a total of 261 theatres, making [...]
Continue reading...IMAX Generates 14% of A Christmas Carol’s Opening Weekend
12. November 2009
IMAX Corporation and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures today announced that Disney’s A Christmas Carol, the spectacular Disney Digital 3D animation holiday release from director Robert Zemeckis and starring Jim Carrey, grossed $4.2 million from 181 IMAX(R) theatres domestically from November 6th through November 8, 2009, registering 14% of the film’s total domestic gross of [...]
Continue reading...The Twilight Saga: New Moon Themes Up Habbo Hotel
12. November 2009
Summit Entertainment and Habbo Hotel, the largest virtual world for teenagers, today revealed new details for the exclusive The Twilight Saga: New Moon-themed activities, rooms, virtual goods and much more planned to kick-off at Habbo Hotel this week to celebrate the highly anticipated release of The Twilight Saga: New Moon on November 20. Beginning November 6, [...]
Continue reading...Tinker Bell Brings Her Magic to Family Channel
23. October 2009
Astral Media’s Family Channel invites viewers to the magical world of fairies in the Canadian broadcast premiere of Disney’s animated movie,Tinker Bell. This animated movie for the whole family features the voices of America Ferrera, Raven-Symoné, Kristin Chenoweth, Mae Whitman, Lucy Liu and Anjelica Huston. Tinker Bell premieres Saturday, October 24 at 7 p.m. ET/PT. In Tinker [...]
Continue reading...Gamer Has 568 Visual Design shots from yu+Co
18. September 2009
yU+co. accomplished the task of visualizing the futuristic virtual world of Gamer using motion graphics applied as visual effects. Designing and executing over 568 shots and elements, this ambitious undertaking became one of the most elaborate motion graphics projects committed to film. Set in a dystopian future where the worlds of entertainment and gaming have merged, [...]
Continue reading...District 9, A Foreshadowing
16. August 2009
Ancient lore dictates that an eclipse could only mean radical changes or worse, turbulent times ahead. The modern world has just witnessed the longest eclipse this month and it won’t happen again until after a century and a half. And though it would seem a little bit backward to still be spooked by this natural [...]
Continue reading...Mediafreaks Reviews – Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
11. August 2009
Traditionally sequels steal from the magic of the original film. One can only hope that these installments of a film franchise break even and sustain the interest of its fan base. But tell that to J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, one of the best-selling books and mass media franchise in the world. They are [...]
Continue reading...Watch Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland 2010 Trailer Here
27. July 2009
Walt Disney has released the teaser trailer for Tim Burton’s ALICE IN WONDERLAND. The film stars Mia Wasikowska as Alice, Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen, Alan Rickman as The Caterpillar, Anne Hathaway as the White Queen, Michael Sheen as the White Rabbit, Stephen Fry as the Cheshire [...]
Continue reading...What to Expect: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince – No Spoilers!
15. July 2009
Rise, Potter heads! The latest live-action adaptation of Harry Potter is back with Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. By now you should have heard of this hype giant book from JK Rowling because it is hard to ignore the generation which has followed it through the years – first through the books and [...]
Continue reading...Influenza Animation Movie Seeks to Enlighten, Not to Infect
14. July 2009
A scene from the medical animation “Shingata Influenza no Kyoi,” or “The Threat of New Influenza Strains” DVD, explaining how virulent strains of influenza can even infect people through the toilet. A new DVD seeks to teach businesses and schools about the threat of virulent new H5N1 influenza strains through the medium of animation. Some of Japan’s [...]
Continue reading...Mediafreaks by the Movies – Terminator: Salvation
1. June 2009
Twenty five years since the first film of the Terminator franchise scintillated science fiction fans all over the world, the future is upon us now with Terminator: Salvation. Starring Christian Bale as John Connor and Sam Worthington as the enigmatic cyborg Marcus Wright, Terminator: Salvation offers fans a glimpse of the future foretold in the [...]
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30. December 2009
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