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  • The Oscar Effect
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    The Oscar Effect

    It had been a favorite during awards season this year. It won an Annie Award for Best Animated Feature Film. It also won a Golden Globe. On Sunday night, Zootopi a’s winning streak continued, taking h ...

    February 27, 2017

  • Space-Age VFX
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    Space-Age VFX

    Passengers, Morten Tyldum’s ( The Imitation Game ) latest project for Sony, may not be the director’s first trip around the block, but it is his first walk in space. A different sort of sci-fi adventu ...

    February 8, 2017

  • Planning Makes Perfect
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    Planning Makes Perfect

    When a script calls for folding buildings or stairways floating up to the sky, you can bet those scenes were visualized as detailed previs prior to any footage or visual effects being produced. For al ...

    February 8, 2017

  • MPC Branches Out with 'A Monster Calls'
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    MPC Branches Out with 'A Monster Calls'

    Twelve-year-old Conor is dealing with far more than other boys his age. His beloved and devoted mother (Felicity Jones) is ill. He has little in common with his imperious grandmother. His father has r ...

    February 8, 2017

  • A World Divided
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    A World Divided

    Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, developed by Eidos-Montreal and published by Square Enix, is an action role-playing game set in the year 2029 – two years after Human Revolution. The highly anticipated game, ...

    January 10, 2017

  • VFX Fit for a Queen
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    VFX Fit for a Queen

    The Crown, available through Netflix, is a royal gem. It provides a history lesson about the still-reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth II as she uses a steady yet firm royal hand while on the throne, eve ...

    January 10, 2017

  • Method's Magical Touch
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    Method's Magical Touch

    Expanding the wizarding universe of Harry Potter, Warner Bros.’ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them follows magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) as he attempts to track down magical creat ...

    January 9, 2017

  • Enchanting!
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    Enchanting!

    Framestore Creative Director Christian Manz took the rein as overall VFX supervisor on Warner Bros.’ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, alongside long-time collaborator Tim Burke. Reuniting the ...

    December 14, 2016

  • Luma Creates 'Strange' VFX
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    Luma Creates 'Strange' VFX

    In the multidimensional world of Marvel's latest blockbuster, Doctor Strange, superpowers take an enchanting shape; heroes and villains cause the world to twist, turn, fold and shrink, defy and rewrit ...

    December 14, 2016

  • Spotlight on Animation
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    Spotlight on Animation

    Conrad Vernon co-directed 2016’s Sausage Party with Greg Tiernan. The animated feature about a sausage, out to discover the truth behind his existence, has taken in nearly $140M worldwide, far exceedi ...

    December 13, 2016

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