Stash Latin America 2
We at Stash are proud to present Stash Latin America 2, another massive collection of outstanding animation, visual effects and motion design talent
from Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Puerto Rico. This new collection delivers exclusive interviews, creative and techical insights, [Read more]
First Look At Blomkamp’s Elysium
The king of cinéma-vérité sci-fi, director Neill Blomkamp rises high above the ashes of the canned Halo film project with the upcoming Elysium. From the looks of this first preview we can anticipate equal parts brilliant VFX mixed with Blomkamp’s signature in-your face social commentary. Fans of Alive in Joburg and [Read more]
Meet the 2013 Collider Conference Speakers!
Oscar®-winning “Paperman” director John Kahrs and VFX industry icon Scott Ross will anchor the stellar cast of COLLIDER speakers, panelists and masterclass presenters hitting NYC this June 9-11. Spanning advertising to feature films, the roster also includes Weta Digital, Logan, MPC, LucasArts, Method, [Read more]
Troll: “Jeremiah Harm” Feature Film Pitch Demo
If you read TheWrap.com interview with Digital Domain CEO Ed Ulbrich you know he believes VFX studios “need to stop acting like visual effects vendors and start acting like digital production companies.” In Finland 3D specialists Troll are doing just that: creating VFX-intensive projects from the ground up in concert [Read more]
“Chasing Shakespeare” Titles Take SXSW Audience Award
The 2013 SXSW Audience Award for Excellence in Title Design went to this lush visceral dream that opens Norry Niven’s feature “Chasing Shakespeare,” directed/designed/edited by Lucky Post’s Sai Selvarajan and Lucky Twenty One’s Marc Chartrand, with additional photography by Melanie Chartrand and music composed by Eric Kaye at The Lodge/New York.
Sai Selvarajan “We wanted to make a piece that played almost like a short film before the feature. Something that could stand on its own, while serve as an appetizer to the main course.” [Read more]
BUF: “Life of Pi” VFX Breakdown
With the VFX controversy still swirling around “Life of Pi,” it’s often tough to remember R&H was not the only studio working on the film. Veteran Paris VFX house BUF contributed the tiger’s hallucinogenic fauna-filled journey to the sea floor. “To satisfy the request for the transition from the body of the sperm whale [Read more]
Behold: Danny Yount 2013 Show Reels
Stash resists the urge to run demo reels, show reels, montages, and other compendiums of animation/vfx/design work because the immediacy of online media means (for the most part) we’ve already seen the various components and they are very (very) rarely elevated to a more-than-the-sum-of experience by a genius track and surgical editing. [Read more]
Daniel Kleinman Lets The Skyfall
Here are the extremely captivating Skyfall opening titles from Rattling Stick director Daniel Kleinman with VFX by Framestore. From Goldeneye onward, Kleinman has directed all of the modern era Bond titles with the exception of Quantum of Solace handled by MK12. And as Skyfall celebrates the 50th anniversary of Bond with several campy nods to [...] [Read more]
