July VFX News

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July 3rst

On Sunset Blvd. by Jesse Toves

Weta Digital is starting up a TV division, branching out.
— VFX Law (@vfxlaw) August 1, 2013

• New Zealand Eyes More International TV Production With Incentives Boost (hollywoodreporter.com) - July 31, 2013 @ 9:08 pm
• Crest Animimation looks to cut costs by 50% to combat cash crunch (deadline.com) While the studio already does VFX for its clients, the areas of simulation and education will be explored as new revenue streams. - July 31, 2013 @ 7:01 pm
• ‘Pacific Rim’ $9M Opening In China Biggest Ever For Warner Bros: Sequel Likely Now (deadline.com) - July 31, 2013 @ 4:48 pm
• Effects Corner: The Impact of Visual Effects Subsidies (effectscorner.blogspot.com) - July 31, 2013 @ 3:56 pm
• Sony plans Digitial Motion Picture Centre at Pinewood Studios (t3.com) - July 31, 2013 @ 2:13 pm
• DreamWorks Animation earnings jump 73% in the second quarter (latimes.com) - July 31, 2013 @ 1:43 pm
• DreamWorks Animation Taps Nickelodeon's Marjorie Cohn to Head TV Efforts (hollywoodreporter.com) - July 31, 2013 @ 1:30 pm
• Nickelodeon Vet Marjorie Cohn to Run DreamWorks Animation Television (variety.com) - July 31, 2013 @ 1:30 pm
• TAG Blog: Profits, Why anim features keep getting made. (animationguildblog.blogspot.com) ”Despicable Me Universals most profitable movie ever" - July 31, 2013 @ 10:54 am
• Legendary Pictures Will Focus on Fanboy Films in Deal With Universal (thewrap.com) - July 31, 2013 @ 7:31 am
• Shadowy Buyer Emerges in Digital Domain Purchase (hollywoodreporter.com) - July 31, 2013 @ 5 am
• Film funding changes a win-win for industry (stuff.co.nz) - July 31, 2013

@DigitalDomainDD 3.0 is headed 4 turbulence w/ its takeover by a new Chinese parent http://t.co/WELJ4PoStP "nothing but trouble ahead" #VFX
— VFX Tipping Point (@VFXTippingPoint) July 31, 2013

July 30th

• Digital Domain's new Hong Kong owner, Wanda's Imax affair (scmp.com) - July 30, 2013 @ 3:10 pm
• Why filmmakers may return to old-school special effects (bbc.com) - July 30, 2013 
• Film Visual Effects Studios Turn to Games in Hard Times (usgamer.net) As the movie business gets harder for VFX houses, video game work starts to look pretty good. - July 30, 2013
• 3 Zynga Executives Have Resigned In The Past Month (businessinsider.com) - July 30, 2013 @ 11:22 am
• Dennis Dyack: the games industry today is like early 1920s Hollywood (oxm.co.uk) Triple-A as it stands is unsustainable, says former Silicon Knights head - July 30, 2013
• Doom & Gloom Break: Cinema's Greatest Effects Shots Picked By Hollywood's Top VFX Specialists (empireonline.com) - July 30, 2013

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July 29th

• SIGGRAPH: WTO Rule Key to Imposing Duties on VFX Shots (awn.com) - July 29, 2013 @ 6:14 pm
• Mysterious Billionaires and Back-Door Deals: Inside the Sale of Digital Domain (variety.com) - July 29, 2013 @ 2:55 pm
• UK 'Sweatshop' Studio Littleloud Closes Its Doors (forbes.com) - July 29, 2013 @ 2:51 pm
• Hollywood Studios Haven't Been Paid by China in Months (Exclusive) (hollywoodreporter.com) - July 29, 2013 @ 3:11 pm
• Hollywood, CA: Mammal Studios: A Veteran Team With a New Name (mammalstudios.com) - July 29, 2013

DD 3.0's new CEO Daniel Seah ~> "My No. 1 priority will be to save as many jobs as I can," Seah said. "Having said that, I have an obligation to turn this into the most profitable company in the visual-effects industry, and I have to be responsible to my parent company." 

"We’re moving people to Vancouver not because we want to," Seah said. "The real reason is our clients prefer it that way, so they can get rebates." 

"We have a new parent company, so we have no more issues financially," Seah said. "The second message is that since I've become the new CEO, I've seen how important the artists are at Digital Domain, and I'm going to do whatever I can do to keep these great people and to try to save more jobs." (thewrap.com)

@neonmarg "Those who make things happen, those who watch, and those who ask 'What Happened'" @daverandcom @martinweber
— The Animation Guild (@AnimGuild) July 29, 2013

• Crossover Careers in VFX, Animation and Gaming / Getting Creative Within Limitations: VFX and Animation (crosschannelfilmlab.com) Free Online Sessions Tonight - July 29, 2013 @ 10:50 am
• Pixeldust Studios Names Julie Fischer As Senior Visual Effects Producer (shootonline.com) Fischer Previously Held Posts with Framestore, Technicolor, Rhythm & Hues and Digital Domain - July 29, 2013 @ 10:50 am
  Digital Domain 3.0 Reveals New Owner, Names New CEO (studiodaily.com) Ed Ulbrich Becomes Creative Consultant As Hong Kong's Sun Innovation Takes Over - July 29, 2013
• Digital Domain's New CEO on Exporting Hollywood VFX to China (Exclusive) (thewrap.com) New CEO Daniel Seah said he will lobby California lawmakers to create film incentives so that visual-effects work can stay in Los Angeles - July 29, 2013 @ 6:41 am
• Blooming UK Animation & VFX Housse Set for Growth (thenorthernecho.co.uk) - July 29, 2013 @ 3:06 pm UK
• The Evolution of Visual Effects in Film (gizmodo.co.uk) - July 29, 2013 @ 3 pm UK

News about growth in UK #vfx work is fine but can anyone name uk film vfx work that goes beyond Summer 2014? (Star Wars not included) #lumpy
— Juan-Luis (@juanluissays) July 29, 2013

July 28th

• Louisiana Keeps 'Hollywood of the South' Nickname by Surviving Assault by Politicians (thewrap.com) - July 28, 2013 @ 7:05 pm
• Tech is a double-edge sword in filmmaking, It's like the same VFX house is doing everything. They all look the same. (news.cnet.com) - July 28, 2013 @ 9 am

• July 27th

  Sun Innovations, which just bought the majority stake in Digital Domain 3.0, runs car parks and trades scrap copper and plastic. #vfx
  — David S. Cohen (@Variety_DSCohen) July 27, 2013

  
  • Visual Effects Company Behind 'Titanic' Sold, CEO Steps Down (thewrap.com) Digital Domain 3.0 has been purchased by Sun Innovation - July 27, 2013 @ 1:13 pm
  • Hong Kong-Based Sun Innovation New Owners Of Digital Domain (deadline.com) - July 27, 2013 @ 11 am
  • Hong Kong-Listed Company Sun Innovation Acquires 70% Share in Digital Domain 3.0 (online.wsj..com)  Reliance MediaWorks Continues to Own Minority Stake in Digital Domain 3.0 - July 27, 2013 @ 9:10 am

  July 26th - Digital Domain 3.0

  
  • Digital Domain Gets Yet Another New Owner; CEO Steps Down (variety.com)  Longtime DD staple Ulbrich to move to creative consultant role - July 26, 2013 @ 11:06 pm
  • Ed Ulbrich Steps Down as CEO of Digital Domain 3.0 (businesswire.com) - July 26, 2013 @ 9:10 pm
  • Digital Domain 3.0 Becomes Part of Sun Innovation (heraldonline.com) - July 26, 2013
  • Reflections On Siggraph: 'The Only Ones Making Money Are For-Profit Universities' (hollywoodreporter.com) - July 26, 2013 @ 3:57 pm
  • TAG Blog: SIGGRAPH Postmortem (animationguildblog.blogspot.com) - July 26, 2013 @ 3:29 pm
  • Fantastic Four bolts, reigniting film subsidy debate in B.C. (theglobeandmail.com) - July 26, 2013 @ 11:37 am
  • Defence, Aerospace Deals Propel RaceRocks 3D Visual Effects Firm (timescolonist.com) - July 26, 2013
  • UK Visual Effects House Bloom: ‘Blooming’ Teesside business thanks to VFX industry boom? (bdaily.co.uk) - July 26, 2013

  July 25th - SIGGRAPH Day3

  
  Two Events @ Siggraph 2013
  The State of the Visual Effects Industry | Thursday, 25 July | 2 – 3:30 pm | Anaheim Convention Center, Ballroom AB
  Moderated by: Jim Hillin
  Panelist: Dave Rand, Scott Squires, Scott Ross, & Dave Kaplan
  
  

  Follow the State of the #VFX Industry Panel @Siggraph with live updates from @vfxunited, @VFXFan1, & @V_F_X_G - Thx for sharing
  — VFX Tipping Point (@VFXTippingPoint) July 25, 2013

  
  
  

  Dailies by Jesse Toves

  • Siggraph: Could a WTO Rule Be Used to Impose Duties on VFX Shots? (hollywoodreporter.com) VFX industry leaders discussed a proposed plan aimed at addressing subsidies during a panel at the CG conference - July 25, 2013 @ 8:40 pm
  • TAG Blog: Dave's Letter to the DGA (bc.ctvnews.ca) - July 25, 2013 @ 7:44 pm
  • Liberals blamed as Fantastic Four film flies away from B.C. (bc.ctvnews.ca) - July 25, 2013 @ 5:32 pm
  • VFX Industry Rescue Could Come From WTO Rules (variety.com) U.S. f/x industry could benefit from existing anti-subsidy duties - July 25, 2013 @ 4:55 pm
  • Plea to Directors: Speak Out for the Visual-Effects Artists (thewrap.com) - July 25, 2013 @ 3:14 pm
  • Empire Visual Effects: New partnership aims to build digital post-production (news.wbfo.org) - July 25, 2013 @ 9:40 am
  • Why the Bidding Process Is Killing the Visual Effects Industry (thewrap.com) - July 25, 2013 @ 9:27 am
  • Are the movies really doomed? (avclub.com) - July 25, 2013

  July 24th - SIGGRAPH Day2

  

  An Open Letter to the Directors Guild of America.

  • Industrial Light & Magic and Sony Pictures Imageworks Release Alembic 1.5 (cgw.com) - July 24, 2013
  • Why Videoconferencing Is Killing the VFX Industry (thewrap.com) The largest cost in visual effects is not labor, it is waste due to lack of live pure direction - July 24, 2013 @ 12:48 pm
  • Open Letter to the DGA (fxguide.com) - July 24, 2013
  • fxpodcast #256: SIGGRAPH 2013 – Tuesday Report (fxguide.com) - July 24, 2013
  • Blockbusters go bust: Big budget movies keep going belly up this summer (foxnews.com) - July 24, 2013
  • 'Fantastic Four' Reboot Moving Production From Vancouver to Louisiana (Exclusive) (cgw.com) - July 24, 2013 @ 11:41 am
  • VFX Artist Dave Rand to DGA: 'We Desperately Need Your Help' (hollywoodreporter.com) In an open letter to the guild, he warns that the visual effects community's current business model results in “wasted time, wasted money, and even worse, wasted creativity.” - July 24, 2013 @ 8:18 am

  July 23rd - SIGGRAPH Day 1

  
  Birds of Feather: From Golden Statue to Pink Slip: A Conversation on the State of the #VFX Industry Tuesday, July 23 | 11am-1pm | Room 213B | Attending Siggraph? Join this conversation Today!
  
  VFXUnited covered today's Siggraph discussion, follow/read his feed From Golden Statue to Pink Slip: A Conversation on the State of the VFX Industry.
  
  
  
  • Hollywood's Trouble With China? It Has All the Leverage (awn.com) - July 23, 2013 @ 10:56 pm
  • Autodesk's Fix for Slumping Special Effects Industry (cadinsider.typepad.com) - July 23, 2013 @ 8:21 pm
  • ILM Licenses Solid Angle's Arnold (thewrap.com) - July 23, 2013 @ 7:34 pm
  • Hollywood Movies Losing Out to Chinese Films in a Big Way (thewrap.com) - July 23, 2013 @ 2:37 pm
  • Now With Added Batman-Superman, Here’s A Crazy List Of 2015′s Tentpole And Franchise Films (bleedingcool.com) - July 23, 2013 @ 11:48 am
  • TAG Blog: The best of times, the worst of times... (animationguildblog.blogspot.com) Regarding the article Siggraph: Henry Selick Wants to Make Comedic, Live-Action Horror Films - July 23, 2013 @ 10:23 am
  • Pixar Sets First-Ever Collaboration Pact for Renderman (variety.com) The Foundry's Katana lighting software to be bundled, tested with Pixar's crown jewel - July 23, 2013 @ 9:01 am
  • Legend3D taps eyeon for VFX Pipeline (awn.com) - July 23, 2013 @ 7:34 am
  • Is Steven Spielberg Right About an Imminent Movie Industry Meltdown? (beta.fool.com) - July 23, 2013 @ 7 am 
  • Visual-effects firms get a boost from video games (latimes.com) As film studios cut back on releases, the fast-growing video-game industry is picking up some of the slack at visual-effects houses. - July 23, 2013 @ 4:30 am
  • fxpodcast #255: SIGGRAPH 2013 – Monday Report (fxguide.com) - July 23, 2013

  "Rhythm & Hues plans to aggressively expand into the video-game business," said Lee Berger, president of R+H. http://t.co/mWc9Zl21Sn #VFX
  — VFX Tipping Point (@VFXTippingPoint) July 23, 2013

  July 22nd

  • Method Studios and HALON Entertainment Announce Collaboration (cgw.com) - July 22, 2013 
  • Method Studios and Halon Entertainment form a creative alliance (flickeringmyth.com) - July 22, 2013
  • Why Studios Must End Their Mega-Budget Obsession (variety.com) Are slower years for #VFX on the horizon? - July 22, 2013 @ 12:26 pm
  • Siggraph: Have Film Incentives Plateaued? (hollywoodreporter.com) Tax credits were among the topics at Siggraph's business symposium. - July 22, 2013 @ 11:01 am
  • TAG Blog: Biting the Dust - Crest Animation (India), it has problems, yes? (animationguildblog.blogspot.com) - July 22, 2013 @ 6:07 am
  • Four Sentenced in U.K. Film Tax Incentive Fraud Case (hollywoodreporter.com) A London court handed out sentences of up to seven years after the group was previously found guilty of a $7 million fraud scheme run between 2007 and 2011. - July 22, 2013 @ 6:02 am 
  • Weekend death for India’s largest animation firm (mumbaimirror.com) - July 22, 2013 @ 10:21 am IST

  July 21rst 

  @TheVFXWatchers is eagerly awaiting your employer review, support this vital resource to #VFX pros in our industry http://t.co/b6XuUpNJ2d
  — VFX Tipping Point (@VFXTippingPoint) July 21, 2013

  • The Future of Visual Effects Education (redsharknews.com) - July 21, 2013
  • Render Rocket to Bow LaunchPad and Throttle at SIGGRAPH (studiodaily.com) - July 21, 2013

  July 19th

  Bahhh, our industry is doing just fine, Happy Friday folks.
  
  • 3-D Printing Movie Props: CGI isn’t the only tech on the digital frontier of special effects (spectrum.ieee.org) - July 19, 2013 @ 14:00 GMT

  #VES whitepaper presents number of actions #VFX Industry can adopt to increase business & financial management acumen http://t.co/LYjRcu6a6c
  — VisualEffectsSociety (@VFXSociety) July 19, 2013

    July 18th

  

  Old School Techniques Always Work by Jesse Toves

  • TAG Blog: Where the jobs have been going ... (animationguildblog.blogspot.com) - July 18, 2013 @ 4:30 pm  
  • Visual Effects Society Event - Dennis Muren: The Artist's Eye - Learning to See (visualeffectssociety.com) - July 18, 2013 @ 3:41 pm

  July 17th

  @vfxwages Welcome Back! ~ Your global database of hourly monetary rates of people in the #VFX & related industries. http://t.co/r2w13sW4Be
  — VFX Tipping Point (@VFXTippingPoint) July 17, 2013

  • MPC Taps Tweak RV for Global VFX (awn.com) - July 17, 2013 @ 1:39 pm
  • Rhythm & Hues assets hit the auction block (bizjournals.com) - July 17, 2013 @ 1:39 pm
  • MPC link up ‘huge’ for Derry Creatives (derryjournal.com) - July 17, 2013 @ 8:09 am
  • Hollywood Visual Effects Company Drawn By The Light Celebrated 1rst Anniversary with the addition of EP Peter Ware (marketwatch.com) - July 17, 2013 @ 6:01 am
  • Studio Cash Influx Shifts Power in Hollywood (Analysis) (hollywoodreporter.com) The number of Big 6 titles per year impacts the #VFX diet. - July 17, 2013 @ 5 am
  • The State of Rendering – Part 2 (fxguide.com) - July 17, 2013 @ 4:48 am
  • TAG Blog: The VFX Society's Colonoscopy (animationguildblog.blogspot.com) - July 17, 2013 @ 4:37 am
  • Too Many Tentpoles: Hollywood's Homegrown Summer Movie Crisis (hollywoodreporter.com) Expect another VFX slowdown next summer! - July 17, 2013 @ 1 am

  Las summer I was seeing problems with the tentpole business. Toldja: Are tentpoles too much of a good thing? http://t.co/01QVb7E7K6
  — David S. Cohen (@Variety_DSCohen) July 18, 2013

  July 16th (whew... busy day)

  The @VFXSociety white paper is pretty diplomatic, but read between the lines and there's quite a call to action. http://t.co/cwAnItGA8R
  — David S. Cohen (@Variety_DSCohen) July 16, 2013

  Interested in your thoughts about the VES #vfx whitepaper - do you have questions you’d like us to ask? email me: jeff at fxguide dotcom
  — Jeff Heusser (@neonmarg) July 16, 2013

  
  • VFX Soldier: Siggraph Q&A With VFX Subsidy Law Firm (vfxsoldier.wordpress.com) - July 16, 2013
  • Blinn’s Law and the Paradox of Increasing Performance Courtesy of Boxx Technologies (cgw.com) - July 16, 2013
  • Nvidia Quadro Is a Game-Changer for San Francisco based motion design house Swordfish (cgw.com) - July 16, 2013
  • Study Finds Tariffs Could Help Ease VFX Subsidies (awn.com) - July 16, 2013 @ 5:10 pm
  • Bankrupt visual effects firm Rhythm & Hues auctioning off assets (latimes.com) - July 16, 2013 @ 3:03 pm
  • Rhythm & Hues Options 'Chastity' Comic Book (Exclusive) (hollywoodreporter.com) The visual-effects company is looking to translate the property into a TV show and movie. - July 16, 2013 @ 2:58 pm
  • Visual Effects Society to Industry: Shape Up (David S Cohen @ variety.com) VFX studios must change if they're to survive, says org (VES) - July 16, 2013 @ 2:41 pm
  • Visual Effects Workers Struggle Without Health Care, Overtime Pay, Survey Finds (thewrap.com) Findings suggest the industry's financial difficulties have trickled down to the rank and file - July 16, 2013 @ 1:27 pm
  • Visual Effects Society Says Business Training, New Bidding Models Could Save the Industry (thewrap.com) - July 16, 2013 @ 1:15 pm
  • New VFX Industry Report Urges Training, Alternative Bidding Model (hollywoodreporter.com) The whitepaper, created by a working group of industry stakeholders, outlines problems and makes initial recommendations. - July 16, 2013 @ 12:34 pm

  

   The State of the Global VFX Industry 2013

  
  
  • The rise and fall of Lucasarts (pcauthority.com) - July 16, 2013
  • Developing that "Business-Owner Mindset" Talking with Ilise Benun of Marketing-Mentor.com about the mindshift we need for a successful freelance economy (freelancersunion.com) - July 16, 2013
  • Additional £275K available for film and VFX organisations (film-news.co.uk) - July 16, 2013
  • The Computer Graphics Market Will Exceed $142 Billion by 2016, According to Jon Peddie Research (fortmilltimes.com) - July 16, 2013 @ 9:12 am
  • Assets Of Oscar-Winning Visual Effects Company Being Auctioned (prnewswire.com) - July 16, 2013
  • VES: The State of the Global VFX Industry 2013 (fxguide.com) - July 16, 2013 @ 7:08 am
  • VES Announces "The State of the Global VFX Industry 2013" Comprehensive Analysis of Business Drivers & Best Practices (visualeffectssociety.com) - July 16, 2013 @ 6:01 am
  • TAG Blog: The Uncomped (animationguildblog.blogspot.com) - July 16, 2013 @ 1:28 am

  VES issues “The State of the Global VFX Industry 2013” - an analysis of business drivers and best practices. Read it http://t.co/LYjRcu6a6c
  — VisualEffectsSociety (@VFXSociety) July 16, 2013

  In the wake of today's report from the @VFXSociety, an oldie but still goodie on the forces breaking the #vfx biz http://t.co/cyZCcJ1qdG
  — David S. Cohen (@Variety_DSCohen) July 16, 2013

  July 15th

  • Visual Effects Industry Struggling (cbc.ca) - July 15, 2013
  • Blockbuster busts: Big summer flicks in peril (nbcnews.com) - July 15, 2013
  • MBC launches hi-tech production studio in Dubai (tradearabia.com) - July 15, 2013
  • 'Machete' Producers Sue Texas for Yanking Tax Credits Post-Production (thewrap.com) - July 15, 2013 @ 11:59 am
  • fxpodcast #253: Feasibility Study on Subsidies (fxguide.com) - July 15, 2013  
  • Animal Logic Contemplates Cloud Options for VFX Rendering (datacenterknowledge.com) - July 15, 2013
  • Working to create the ‘Pixar of India': Namit Malhotra, chairman & founder, Prime Focus (economictimes.indiatimes.com) - July 15, 2013
  • Prime Focus secures VFX contract for Robert Rodriguez's Sin City 2 (myiris.com) - July 15, 2013
  • Prime Focus World wins its biggest VFX contract for Robert Rodriguez's "Sin City 2" (equitybulls.com) - July 15, 2013

  July 14th

  
  
  • Hyderabad VFX: Beyond the Fly & a Tiger (deccanchronicle.com) - July 14, 2013

  July 12th

  
  • Creative Skillset census 2012 figures released (moviescopemag.com) - July 12, 2013 
  • Dinosaurs, Creatures, and Special Effects in your Videos, Oh My! (cgw.com) - July 12, 2013
  • Nickelodeon’s CG Artists Have Voted To Go Union (cartoonbrew.com) - July 12, 2013 @ 4:43 pm
  • Nickelodeon CG Artists Ratify Contract With Animation Guild (deadline.com) - July 12, 2013 @ 4:20 pm
  • Tired of Waiting for VFX Work, Tippett Turns to Consumer App (variety.com) Famed creature maker supplying animated characters for Efexio app - July 12, 2013 @ 1:30 pm
  • Can the VFX Industry Make Hollywood Give Up Tax Subsidies? (studiodaily.com) - July 12, 2013 @ 11:23 am
  • The "Pacific Rim" Problem: Is Anyone Impressed by Visual Effects Anymore? (complex.com) - July 12, 2013 @ 8:38 am
  • VFX Company Tippett Studio Entering App World (hollywoodreporter.com) - July 12, 2013 @ 5 am
  • Houghton joins Prime Focus as VFX creative director (broadcastnow.co.uk) - July 12, 2013

  

  Salvation for VFX?

  July 11th

  • Empire Visual Effects Opening in Buffalo, NY, Creating 150 Jobs (wkbw.com) - July 11, 2013 @ 11:31 am
  • Salvation for VFX?: U.S. Could Tax Foreign Film Subsidies, Study Finds (thewrap.com) - July 11, 2013 @ 6:36 am
  • Legal Recommendations On VFX Subsidies (vfxsoldier.wordpress.com) - July 11, 2013 @ 6:27 am
  • Hyderabad: Animation Industry Caught in Cleft Stick (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com) Hyderabad may have been an established hub of animation and related industries for several years, but the scenario has turned bleak now, with mounting costs and lack of fresh talent forcing dozens of studios to shut shop every year. - July 11, 2013 @ 6:04 am IST
  • WhoActually.com goes live Beta, Site ives creatives the recognition they deserve. (whoactually.com) Who actually makes all the films, games, TV shows, videos, music, design, artwork, websites, comics and other cool stuff you love? - July 11, 2013 @ 6:32 am
  • LipSync Post recruits head of VFX (broadcastnow.co.uk) - July 11, 2013
  
  

  Recording fxpodcast with lawyer on @VFXSoldier #vfx subsidy study tomorrow - DM or email me questions: jeff at http://t.co/IsJWaXbQrn
  — Jeff Heusser (@neonmarg) July 11, 2013

  July 10th

  

  Post of Importance, Get Involved!

  • E.U. Thumbs Up French Rebate Hike (auctions.tigergroupllc.com) - July 5, 2013
  • R&H equipment Auction :( (auctions.tigergroupllc.com) - July 10, 2013

  State of the #VFX Industry at @siggraph 2013 http://t.co/QqWB4dhQVb Rand, Kaplan, Scott & Scott speak on it July 25th pic.twitter.com/0SA3fvUGQn
  — VFX Tipping Point (@VFXTippingPoint) July 10, 2013

  

  Is An Intervention Required? by Jesse Toves

  July 9th

  • Can Los Angeles’ new film czar save California’s visual effects industry? (rlyl.com) The VFX industry needs to ensure it has the ear of the new czar if it’s to have any hope of turning its fortunes around. - July 9, 2013
  • The Failed Gaming Projects Of This Year's Hottest Filmmakers (kotaku.com) - July 9, 2013
  • Peter Jackson Is Transforming Into the Next George Lucas (huffingtonpost.co.uk) - July 9, 2013

  July 8th

  • L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti on Film Tax Incentive: Let's Lift the Cap (thewrap.com) New mayor gets grilled by TheWrap on improving the state of production in the city - July 8, 2013
  • VES Event - Job Search Prep & Demo Reel/Resume Review (Los Angeles) (visualeffectssociety.com) Date:Saturday, 13 July 2013 - 10:00am - 2:00pm - July 8, 2013
  • BBC 3D programming 'on hold' indefinitely (bbc.co.uk) Visual Effects Proffesionals Rejoice!?! - July 8, 2013

  The State of the Visual Effects Industry THURSDAY, 25 JULY 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Anaheim Convention Center, Ballroom AB
  — Scott Ross (@DrScottRoss) July 9, 2013

  July 7th

  • AP's first virtual online college for Animation & Gaming 'Creative Mentors Animation & Gaming College' launched (indiaeducationdiary.in) - July 7, 2013
  • Hyderabad: Game City: AP to unveil GAME policy soon (thehindubusinessline.com) - July 7, 2013
  • Chinese Filmmakers will Eventually Get Oscars: Specialist (english.cri.cn) - July 7, 2013
  • Pittsburgh goes Hollywood (post-gazette.com) - July 7, 2013 @ 12:05 am

  July 6th

  @VFXrecruit I'm still not getting paid to work weekends so: bad.
  — Sweep (@want2BinsideU) July 6, 2013

  • Faulkner State seeks niche in film industry with Canadian partnership (post-gazette.com) - July 7, 2013 @ 7 am

  Interesting discussions on #vfx industry at http://t.co/d897BGRfYl Doesn't sound good anywhere
  — Scott Squires (@scott_squires) July 7, 2013

  July 5th

  "keep Hollywood visual-effects shops working for a decade" Ha. Won't be any left. MT @TheWrap: Books Need Movies http://t.co/HyRHYh0uHM
  — Scott Squires (@scott_squires) July 5, 2013

  July 4th

  Remember when they said there'd never be a VFX Union ? http://t.co/vv10g3ufBk pic.twitter.com/uMNlNpOnjn
  — Dave Rand (@daverandcom) July 4, 2013

  July 3rd

  • Rhythm and Hues will be speaking at one of BFX industry talks (bfxfestival.com) - July 3, 2013 @ 10:25 am

  July 2nd

  So #vfx workers: What "mistakes" did you make, what "bad choices," that launched your downward mobility? http://t.co/Kh02TS7PIS
  — David S. Cohen (@Variety_DSCohen) July 3, 2013

  • VFX Subsidy Study To Be Released Next Week (vfxsoldier.wordpress.com) - July 2, 2013 @ 10:52 pm
  • L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti Calls Runaway Film Production a Civic 'Emergency' (Exclusive) (hollywoodreporter.com) - July 2, 2013 @ 6:53 pm
  • Production Up in L.A. But Experts Warn of Dim Future (backstage.com) - July 2, 2013 @ 3:04 pm
  • Robert Rodriguez's 'Sin City 2' Brings Prime Focus on Board as Investor (Exclusive) (thewrap.com) The visual-effects house will contribute cash and effects work, as well as offer tax incentives it receives for post-production work in places like Canada and the U.K. Prime Focus' total investment in the Robert Rodriguez-directed sequel is valued at between $16 million to $19 million, according to an individual with knowledge of the negotiations. In return it will receive equity in the production starring Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Josh Brolin and Mickey Rourke. - July 2, 2013 @ 1:18 pm
  • Rhythm & Hues Has Cut L.A. Staff By 71% Since Oscar Win (Exclusive) (thewrap.com) - July 2, 2013 @ 6:05 am
  • What Happens When Hollywood’s Critical Acclaim Fails to Match Box Office Receipts? (popmatters.com) - July 2, 2013

  July 1rst

  
  • The Highest Grossing Movie Franchises (buzzfeed.com) - June 27, 2013
  • Why Hollywood Is Setting Movie Release Dates 5 Years in Advance (thewrap.com) Three studios have begun planting extremely early release-date flags for their superhero and animated epics.  Studios are escalating the tentpole race, claiming dibs on the best dates into late 2018 as big bets grow ever more important to the bottom line. - July 1, 2013 @ 6:17 am
  • VFX Relevant: The Expendables: How the Temps Who Power Corporate Giants Are Getting Crushed (motherjones.com) By hiring temporary workers, big companies shield themselves from complaints about poor working conditions: - July 1, 2013 @ 3 am

  Can this trend be reversed? http://t.co/nHW8z1Ci9M via @VFXSolidarity from February 25, 2013 #VFX pic.twitter.com/t1QEsTPjsA
  — VFX Tipping Point (@VFXTippingPoint) July 1, 2013