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LAIKA at VES Awards

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The results are in – and even though we didn’t take home the gold, the team at LAIKA had a big presence at this year’s VES awards in LA.  ParaNorman was nominated in several categories:

Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Chris Butler
Sam Fell
Travis Knight
Brad Schiff

Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Graveyard
Phil Brotherton
Robert Desue
Oliver Jones
Nick Mariana

Main Street
Alice Bird
Matt Delue
Caitlin Pashalek

Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Practical Volumetrics
Aidan Fraser
Joe Gorski
Eric Kuehne
Andrew Nawrot

Angry Aggie Ink-Blot Electricity
Michael Cordova
Grant Laker
Susanna Luck
Peter Vickery

 

Ah, you’ll get ’em next time.  And apparently the next chance will come on a 2014 feature announced today, entitled The Boxtrolls, reports the Portland Business Journal and others who picked up the wire.  This is based on Alan Snow’s book Here Be Monsters.  Due October 17, 2014 – and to that can I just say THANK GOD THEY ARE FINALLY BRINGING OUT A LAIKA MOVIE FOR HALLOWEEN.  It’s about time.  Own it, guys!

DNEG Lets You Ask The Questions

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Our good friends at major league VFX studio Double Negative (London/Singapore) are doing some fun social media things these days, not the least of which is opening things up for questions with a featured DNEG artist every week or so.

And I say “our good friends” because of the recent shift of DNEG’s HQ to Great Portland St. in London.  Clearly they think we’re great.  And who can blame them?

This week’s interviewee is Compositor Christopher Jaques.

If you have questions about life, the universe, everything?   Don’t ask Christopher.  VFX?  Career advice?  Compositing?  How many ounces are in an English pint?  Fair game.

Head over to Facebook and fire away.

Edit:  questions are now closed but you can read the answers here.

Look for future interviewees on DNEG’s Facebook page here.

Spark Conference & Job Fair in BC This Weekend

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The 2013 Spark FX conference, film festival and job fair takes place in Vancouver, BC this weekend.  A hop, skip and a jump across the border gets you access to a killer headliner lineup including Joe Letteri and all of the lead VFX Supervisors on the Hobbit w/Weta Digital, Scott Ross (formerly of Digital Domain), journeymen Bill Taylor, Hoyt Yeatman Jr. and others.

These are heavy hitters and certainly worth the drive.  Plus, if you’re lookin’, there’s a job fair as well.  Looks like over the course of Friday and Saturday it will catch all of the major players in the Vancouver market – Image Engine, Digital Domain, MPC, Pixar Canada, etc.  I’ve not been super impressed with Vancouver job fairs in the past, they usually seem to just be going through the motions (what’s that aboot, eh?) – but with so many new studios opening this past year there might be a genuine demand this time around.

More information at sparkfx.ca

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