Canadian ethnogeographer Félix Pharand-Deschenes animated this extraordinarily detailed 3D view of our planetary dominance from government and satellite data as part of a short film called “Welcome to the Anthropocene” produced through Pharand-Deschenes’ Globaia initiative for environmentalist site Anthropocene. Fullscreen highly recommended.
Watch the narrated version here.
Herve Lopez just left Paris Prodco Mr. Hyde and took his roster of directors with him to launch Lord of Barbes promising to “make all kinds of commissioned films: and even print.” [Read more]
LA’s Royale scoops up ex-Superfad stars EP Chris Volckmann, head of digital production Beck Henderer-Peña, and senior art director Loren Judah to lead Royale’s new Seattle location. [Read more]
Venice, CA, editorial house Spot Welders moves into the VFX fray with the launch of Shipping + Handling headed up by VFX Super Casey Price and EP J. Patrick McElroy. [Read more]
NY VFX and design house Phosphene grows its core creative team with the addition of CG Supervisor Vance Miller, Lead Digital Artist Eddie Porter, and Lead Compositor Scott Winston. [Read more]
Industry professionals and young talents alike are invited to submit their work to the 2013 animago competition. The international contest is free of charge and covers the entire field of digital media and visualisation. The submission deadline is June 30th, 2013. [Read more]
Shotbox® invites you to test out their the new web-based pre-production tool now in Public Beta (and free). “Our goal is to become the number one tool where you as a filmmaker take [Read more]
VFX veteran Mark French joins Brand New School in NY after nearly a decade of freelancing as a Flame Artist and VFX Supervisor at The Mill, Psyop, MassMarket, Framestore, and well, Brand New School. [Read more]
The Incredibly Short Film Festival in Sydney wants your animated GIFs (and other tiny works) for screenings with a live musical score at the Museum of Contemporary art during the Vivid Festival (May 24-June 10) and assorted projections onto buildings around Kings Cross. [Read more]
Check out the winners in the first edition of the BassAwards selected from entries from 50+ countries in Broadcast Design, Cinema, Video Games and Mapping categories. [Read more]