January 17, 2020

Unstoppable Stop-Motion, and Animating FARMAGEDDON

A SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE: FARMAGGEDON co-director Richard Phelan on creating the Aardman stop-motion sequel (VFX Voice)

Visual Effects Society Announces 2020 Board of Directors Officers

Mike Chambers Re-­Elected as Board Chair (SHOOT Online)

1917’s VFX Team Had to Completely Rethink How Films Are Made

Sam Mendes’ war epic is presented as one continuous shot. Making the illusion work was no small feat (Wired)

Picture Shop Acquires Copenhagen’s Ghost VFX

Picture Shop VFX, a division of Picture Head Holdings, has acquired Ghost VFX, located in Copenhagen, Denmark (Computer Graphics Weekly)

Oscars 2020 – A Closer Look at the VFX Award Nominees

With the 2020 Academy Award nominations now announced, IBC365 looks at who is leading the way for a gong in the VFX category (IBC)

Visual Effects Society Sponsors Int’l Georges Méliès Restoration Project

The Visual Effects Society has announced its sponsorship of The Méliès Collection, an unprecedented project to reconstruct and restore all of the original negatives of 88 short films created by pioneering French auteur Georges Méliès (Animation Magazine)

Inaugural RealTime Conference To Take Place Simultaneously In Paris & NYC

The inaugural RealTime Conference will address the growth of realtime technology and how it is shaping a range of industries (Computer Graphics Weekly)

Chinese Effects Leader BaseFX Sold to Sunac Culture

BaseFX, one of China’s leading visual effects groups, has been bought by fast-moving media conglomerate Sunac Culture Group (Variety)