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To fully realize Ted, a motion capture suit incorporated Seth MacFarlane's movements and gestures, while a VFX team fine tuned the overall look of the bear's physique and appearance.
Photo courtesy of: Universal Pictures
A fan of Seth McFarlane's witty social and political commentary, producer Jason Clark was excited to work on the animator's live-action directorial debut. McFarlane, who supplied the voice of Ted the teddy bear, also wanted to infuse his creation with his own mannerisms and gestures. Working with a tight budget, Clark had to find visual effects companies that could deliver the artistic needs within the production's financial restraints. MORE... |
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Arthur Reinhart knew very little about the Civil War and American history when he agreed to shoot the History Channel’s “Hatfields and McCoys.” A German director of photography living in Poland, Reinhart was attracted to the dynamics of the feuding families and immediately immersed himself in researching the period. When he encountered a wealth of original photos of the families, he knew he had the basis for his visual style.
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On June 1, the California Film Commission (CFC) awarded a new round of film tax credits under the California Film & Television Tax Credit Program. A total of 28 projects were selected by lottery from an initial pool of 322 program applicants. Capped annually at $100 million, and with its popularity soaring, California’s incentive program is able to award credits to only a handful of interested parties. The initial list of approved projects for the new year appears at the bottom of this article.
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20,000 plastic water bottles. That’s what 20th Century Fox lot employees were using per month, according to a study performed by their Sustainability department a few years ago. Per month! If you include all the people working on productions on the lot, that number goes up to 70,000.
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An organization facilitated by volunteer efforts, New York Prodcution Alliance held an election June 26th to fill recently vacated board seats. Below is a list containing the newly elected board directors as well as the returning members of NYPA.
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Known to fans around the world as Pogo, remix artist and music producer Nick Bertke creates highly original compositions of sounds and images sourced from popular films and the world around him. With over 40 million YouTube hits for his mash-ups, he is clearly striking a chord with audiences across the globe.
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Because "The Amazing Spiderman" is a reboot of the Spiderman story, the first order of business was defining the look of Spiderman and how visual effects would bring this newly defined character to life. Director Marc Webb wanted the basis of the film's visual style to revolve around the love story between Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) and Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone.) VFX Supervisor Jerome Chen worked alongside director Marc Webb in their "mission" to transform Peter Parker into his super-hero alter-ego.
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Welcome to the New LA 411 and New York 411 Listees
Congratulations to the following companies and listees who have been qualified and entered into the 411 directories during the month of June! Los Angeles: Crown Disposal Dumpstars LA
New York: Rogue Agent Productions, Inc. The Players Club
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June Production Tech Tip Videos: Manhatten Edit Workshop & Movement
411 Publishing offers short video primers that highlight the latest developments affecting the film, video, and online production communities. The Production Tech Tip videos featured in July include an interview with New York training staple Manhattan Edit Workshop and a discussion about how apps, 3D and advanced frame rate are affecting editing practices. Additionally, the first part of our movement series featuring movement coach Lorin Eric Salm will answer the question: "Why should a producer care about movement?" Check out these episodes and the full archive of Production Tech Tips at the link below: www.411publishing.com/TechTips/
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Announcing Articles From PGAGreen.org
The Producers Guild of America has made a commitment to green production by establishing the PGA Green Production Guide as well as a website devoted to sharing green practices, profiling production professionals who regularly practice green production standards, and highlighting new innovations and equipment that help to reduce waste on set. 411 Publishing is proud to partner with PGA Green and highlight an article each month taken from www.pgagreen.org to further promote awareness of their great service. July marks the commencement of this collaboration. Check out PGAGreen.org's article "Greening Screens at Produced By 2012" in the body of this issue!
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New York 411's Aaron Biberstein elected to NYPA Board
Congratulations to New York 411's Aaron Biberstein who became one of the newest members on the New York Productin Alliance's board of directors. Biberstein, a Sales Account Executive for both New York 411 and LA 411, was unanimously elected to fill one of the board's four vacant seats during elections held on June 20th. He joins ten other NYPA directors representing companies who represent companies including Kodak, Panavision, Silvercup Studios, PGA, Entertainment Partners, and NBC Universal..
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Comic Con International
07/12— 07/15
San Diego Convention Center
San Diego, CA
www.comic-con.org/cci/index.php
Tickets have been sold out for months, as have hotel rooms, for the industries premier fan event: Comic Con! Originated in 1970 as a convention for comic book fans, the convention has grown over the years and now incorporates everything from mobile apps, games, television shows and movies as well as comic books.
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Film Independent Member Night
07/10
Los Angeles, CA
my.filmindependent.org/membernight071012
Los Angeles Post Production Group’s Plug-In Showcase
07/11
Showbiz Store & Café
Los Angeles, CA
www.lappg.com
Outfest: The Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
07/12 — 07/22
Los Angeles, CA
www.outfest.org
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Understanding HD: Workflows and Media Management
07/09
AbeleCine, NY
New York, NY
training.abelcine.com
Sony F3 Workshops - New York
07/10 — 07/11
AbelCine, New York
New York, NY
training.abelcine.com
Long Island International Film Expo
07/13 — 07/19
Bellmore, NY
www.longislandfilm.com
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