42 Crazy Awesome VFX Breakdowns

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Toy Story 3, trailer

Toy Story 3 is an upcoming American computer animated 3d film being produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the third installment in the Toy Story series and is scheduled for release on June 18, 2010, in the United States. Lee Unkrich who edited the previous films and co-directed the second, takes over as director.

Students portfolio- Motion graphic Demoreel

Siddharth Jain's portfolio on motion graphics. The artist already has a two year working experience with a leading animation content designing company where he had the opportunity to work for giants like Airtel, Vodafone, Indiatimes and several other companies. Check out his portfolio and stay tuned for more updates for the same artist.

Crest animation studio rides the 3D wave

US studio Lionsgate and Crest India announce further developments in the 3D arena

“Exciting news for us, exciting news for India," enthuses A.K. Madhavan, CEO for Crest Studios, India when discussing the prospects of Crest's latest project. U.S- based studio Lionsgate has given India- based Crest Animation the green light to continue with the second installment of a three-feature film project. The multi-film project kicked off with Alpha And Omega with Justin Long, Hayden Panettiere, Christina Ricci, Danny Glover, Dennis Hopper and Larry Miller voicing the characters for the film, which is poised for worldwide theatrical release in stereoscopic 3D on October 1.

The second film in the project is Norm Of The North, penned by Steven and Daniel Altiere. The story centres on Norm, a polar bear, joined by three lemmings, who, as their icecap home melts, find themselves in New York City. Finding work in showbiz as a mascot for a big company, Norm soon learns that the icecaps are still melting, and his new friends are responsible; forcing Norm to choose between his lifelong dream and his old home. Norm is anticipated for a 2012 delivery, also in stereoscopic 3D.

With 3D animation becoming the biggest growth area in the global film industry, with 3D profits outstripping 2D profits working out at a ratio of 3:1, it is perhaps no wonder that the film industry is facing what has widely been called the 'Avatar Effect' - a rush to produce 3D movies, that incidentally, are notoriously difficult to pirate, and therefore potentially generate higher profits. Ken Katsumoto, Vice President of Lionsgate, Family Entertainment, notes the use of a 3D format to enhance and enrich what he believes is already a wonderful and promising story.

Lionsgate and Crest are believed to be undertaking the only joint venture of its kind between a U.S and an Indian studio. Although both companies have numerous awards, notably Lionsgate with its recent 6 academy award nominations for Precious, and Crest with its 2007 Maharashtra IT award and EMMY Awards to name but a few, the details released to the press remain focused on high-quality production values that are reported to rival major studio productions. "We're not resting on our laurels," states Katsumoto, giving a glowing report of his faith in Crest. The work done with Crest not only increases Lionsgate's content portfolio, but also intends to use Norm and Alpha to capitalize on a profitable emerging market.

While recent concerns have been raised about U.S. outsourcing affecting overseas industries, both companies are adamant this is not the case and emphasize their partnership, saying that both have an equal split in this project. The cross-continental partnership, owing to time differences, allows for continuous work on the project."Everyday we operate like a 24 hour studio," says Noah Fogelson, CEO of Crest Animation Productions, which suggests that in the future we could well see similar partnerships springing up. But for now, Lionsgate and Crest are breaking new ground.

Students portfolio- Lighting Demoreel

Following is the portfolio of a MAAC Jaipur student Diwanshu Gupta. The students has completed his course from the institute and is successfuly placed. The video showcases his creative skills at lighting.

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www.ifeelclub.com is a unique service using which you can send a video greeting to anyone on all occasions. The user also gets to select from a wide range of characters to reflect their unique personality. Further, they can add their own personalized message with the video to make the greeting very unique and special.

The recipient can download the video greeting directly on the mobile phone. A vast majority of handsets have multimedia capabilities and will play back the video. With all the operators offering low cost unlimited data plans, it hardly costs anything to download the video greeting file which is small in size. The greeting is also delivered on email and you can download on the desktop.

The best part is that once downloaded, the video stays on the recipients mobile. So this valentine, your sweetheart can play your video greeting 24x7x365. The mobile becomes your greeting library and you can share with anyone, anytime and anywhere.

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Samadhan has a professional animation studio at Delhi. Its team consists of professional animators who have successfully completed their course from Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC), Jaipur and other centers.

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Disney India aims to boost domestic animation market

New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Undeterred by the failure of their first outing “Roadside Romeo”, the Indian arm of leading animation studio Disney is set to continue making films here to tap the over Rs.17 billion (approx $360 million) Indian animation industry.
While their next offering is Darsheel Safary-starrer “Zokkomon”, they also plan to venture into regional content.

“Within the country there is a lot of resistance to going and watching an animation film even today because it’s seen as for kids. But as a company we are committed to grow that market. Nowhere else in the world you see animation doing lower numbers (like here),” Seshasaye Kanthamraju, director (marketing and distribution), Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, India, told IANS in an interview.

“In any developed country, animation makes as much as live-action films (unlike here). We continue to believe in animation and we will continue to make animated movies (here). It’s just a matter of saying ‘do we have the right story?’ and we are looking at different scripts,” he added.

“Zokkomon”, which has Darsheel in the lead as a child superhero, is releasing May 7.

According to a report by global tax and audit firm KPMG, the Indian animation industry has been growing rapidly with an estimated compounded average growth rate of 20.1 percent in 2006-08. It is estimated to reach a size of about Rs.39 billion (over $830 million) by 2013.

Disney ventured into India in December 2004. The studio signed a two-film deal with Yash Raj Films and their first joint venture was 2008 animation dud “Roadside Romeo”.

Asked about the next project with YRF, Kanthamraju said: “We had a two-film animation deal with Yash Raj Films and we are looking at a story for the next.”

The studio is also considering venturing into regional content.

“We want to make local films…for that we need to have much more relevant content and the content that provides us that kind of reach so that we continue to make films (here),” he said.

“Our management has already announced that we are looking at stories across the country (irrespective of regional languages) as and when an opportunity comes up,” he added.

So far as distribution is concerned, Disney India has its support in UTV Motion Pictures.

“Today all our movies in India are distributed by UTV. We have a business investment in that company and it makes a good synergy for us to work with them to distribute our film,” he said.

Apart from the theme park business, the other four Disney businesses are operational in the country. It includes Disney consumer products (Disney publishing, etc), the TV network which has three channels - Disney, Disney XD and Hungama - and the new media group, which creates mobile and Internet content. The fourth one is the studio.

“All these four businesses lead to what we call the ‘Disney Difference’ which is providing as many touch points to a single story as you are able to reach audiences whether on mobile, comics, television, etc,” said Kanthamraju.

“We are focusing on this (Indian) market with not just movies but through all our lines of businesses and local content plays an important role in that. With that as the preamble, we are looking at doing far more in the local market in terms of local content,” he added.

More at :http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/disney-india-aims-to-boost-domestic-animation-market_100316587.html#ixzz0evwMpwdx

MARKERLESS 4D FACIAL MOTION

If you are interested in Facial Animation / Facial Motion Capture, check out this new YouTube video from the company Dimensional Imaging:

Markerless, 4D Facial Motion Capture Workflow

Markerless, 4D Facial Motion Capture

Markerless, 4D Facial Motion Capture Input vs. Output

The video is an example output of their high resolution, markerless 4D facial motion capture process. Created using a combination of their 3D and 4D technologies.

For more information visit: http://www.di3d.com