filmmaking. Tag Archive

The final session of VIEW Conference 8 had Sharon Calahan of Pixar Animation Studios presenting the making of the Look of Ratatouille, the CGI animated feature film. Introduced by Italian animation master Bruno Bozzetto.

VIEW Conference (former Virtuality Conference) comes back with its annual event dedicated to the world of: digital content world, computer graphics, 3D animation, visual effects, design and videogames.

A new section in the CG Explorer Guide helping students to choose a Computer Graphics school to learn skills dedicated to the following application fields: illustration, digital arts, filmmaking, visual effects, advertisements, television, videogames. Finally I am starting to use this dedicated section to collect resources useful to the CG community.

Maybe the best film I watched in year 2006. This 7-minutes documentary tells some of the “behind the scenes” about the filmmaking and the special effects. The long takes and the visual style of the film do really makes “Children of Men” an innovative work.

Cinema and Television are the most powerful media in the World. They can and they do affect our lives for the good and for the bad. Can you work with moving pictures and sound to improve the world where you are living?

Tired of BAD EFFECTS in GOOD MOVIES?
How sick are you of seeing the BEST EFFECTS in the WORST MOVIES?
This sad state of affairs exists because of the widely held belief that visual effects are something that can only be afforded in “Big Effects Movies”.
Link: A CALL TO ALL VISUAL EFFECTS CREATORS - MANIFXTO

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005
8:30am to 4pm
Get behind-the-scenes Linux and Macintosh insights into feature animation and visual effects production in the motion picture industry.
Excerpt from the Agenda