From Variety: “On Friday, Technicolor began alerting customers and employees, sending U.S. employees a WARN notice as required by law for large companies that anticipate closings and mass layoffs. A total shutdown of MPC and Technicolor’s operations would affect thousands of visual effects workers. [Watch]
From the release: Technicolor Group, a global leader in creative technology and visual experiences, is excited to announce the appointment of David Conley as the new President of MPC (Moving Picture Company). [Watch]
French director Geoffroy Barbet-Massin, who we last covered for his twist on traditional Japanese art for France TV’s coverage of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, flies off in a totally different direction in this CG holiday comedy for Duracell. [Watch]
Division director François Rousselet and the VFX team at The Mill Paris build a fabulously over-the-top, gilded maritime adventure around American actress/producer Yara Shahidi for Jean Paul Gaultier’s Divine perfume. [Watch]
From the release: With an ambition to become the world’s largest creative visual arts company, Technicolor Creative Studios has announced the incorporation of award-winning VFX studio MPC Advertising into sister brand The Mill, to create one global studio network. [Watch]
In the right hands, the superpower of digital visual effects allows the impossible to be recast as reality. When thoughtfully integrated with live-action to support (rather than upstage) the narrative, the results can be magical. [Watch]
