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Benheck.com Podcast Episode 65
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We’re back again! In the last podcast we forgot to talk about the Xbox Dashboard update beta that Jones is participating in. Thus, we cranked out this new podcast quickly so we could discuss these changes before the update goes live. We also - once again - discuss how Robert Zemekis needs to ditch the motion ...2 days ago -
Digital Design Studio (DDS)
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The Digital Design Studio (DDS) is a postgraduate research and commercial centre of Glasgow School of Art. Its intense learning and research environment exploits the interface between science, technology and the arts to explore imaginative and novel uses of advanced 3D digital visualisation and interaction ...2 days ago -
Zemeckis Directing Motion Capture Nutcracker?
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Not content with taking three beloved books and turning them into expensive, glass-eyed renderings, Robert Zemeckis is planning yet another Christmas-themed motion capture movie. The director of The Polar Express , Beowulf , and A Christmas Carol is considering a 3-D animated adaptation of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s ...3 days ago -
Do You Believe in Avatar?
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To begin, I want to admit that this won’t be the most thorough look at Avatar . I’m not going to chronicle Avatar from its 1994 conception. But I am going to try and throw down why it’s such a big effing deal—Or not? I haven’t updated a lot on Avatar over the last couple of years and that’s mostly ...3 days ago -
Zemeckis wants to adapt THE NUTCRACKER using 3D motion-capture
GeekTyrant —
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I’m done being surprised when it is announced that Robert Zemeckis will make a 3D motion-capture adaptation of (insert beloved property here). Zemeckis has blazed the trail for this technology with his last three films. He believes it is the future of filmmaking, and I agree to a certain extent — if practical ...3 days ago -
All Aboard ‘The Polar Express!’
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I read a review of The Polar Express comparing the look of the film to illustrations in old children’s books, the ones that, for certain generations, bring back warm and much-cherished memories, and while the movie didn’t exactly knock my socks off like I expected it would, this is exactly what it looks like, and ...4 days ago -
Robert Zemeckis to Adapt The Nutcracker Next?
Cinematical —
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Heres the thing about Bob Zemeckis and all his newfangled motion-capture outings. When put to more mythic use in Beowulf , I was more drawn in by the adventure and less distracted by the characters. However, between The Polar Express and A Christmas Carol , I couldnt help but be re-struck time and time again ...4 days ago -
Robert Zemeckis still making movie magic – ‘A Christmas Carol’ Review
Hollywire.com —
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Will Zemeckiss "A Christmas Carol" live up to expectations?4 days ago -
A Christmas Carol
Spectacular Attractions —
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Another Robert Zemeckis performance-capture movie, and that can only mean one thing – another round of reviews complaining that the “actors”‘ eyes all look a bit funny. You know the angle by now (if not, see my earlier post about Beowulf ): Zemeckis, director of Back to the Future and Who Framed Roger ...5 days ago -
NewBlueFX Introduces “Video Essentials III” Effects Plugins
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Video, Multimedia and Technology Editors LA JOLLA, CA (November 04, 2009)— NewBlue, Inc. today launched Video Essentials III, the third and latest offering in its best-selling Video Essentials series of video effects and transitions plugins. NewBlue Video Essentials III provides highly-practical video tools ...5 days ago -
As expected, This Is It still on top overseas
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Sonys Michael Jackson documentary "This Is It" managed to hold on to its No. 1 spot at the international box office this past weekend with a solid $29.4 million in ticket sales in 110 territories. The films overseas total gross currently stands at $129.1 million. At a distant No. 2, Robert Zemeckis 3D motion-capture ...6 days ago -
A Christmas Carol easily tops Friday box office
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Robert Zemeckis 3D motion-capture version of " A Christmas Carol " topped the North American box office Friday with a solid $8.9 million in ticket sales. Opening at 3,683 locations, the Walt Disney release scored an average of $2,433 per theater. New entry " The Fourth Kind " also delivered a decent start at the box ...1 week ago -
ROGER RABBIT sequel will use motion capture technology
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I have been behind Robert Zemeckis for quite some time now. After all, he is the man that brought us the fantastic BACK TO THE FUTURE franchise. Then Zemeckis met his true love, motion capture technology. He then shared that love with the world in THE POLAR EXPRESS in 2004. Families everywhere were captivated by ...1 week ago -
A Christmas Carol
Marquee Marquis —
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Get that light outta my face or youre getting a visit from the Ghost of PETA Present! Grade: B Director: Robert Zemeckis Starring: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins, and Robin Wright Penn MPAA Rating: PG Running time: 1 hour, 36 minutes Combining ...1 week ago -
Pond5 Turns Up the Volume with Audio Launch
The Briefing Room —
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Leading stock video marketplace adds music and sound effects to its royalty-free collection New York, NY, October 28, 2009 — Pond5.com, the fast-growing marketplace for stock video, has significantly expanded its offering by adding stock music and sound effects to it’s collection of downloadable royalty-free stock ...1 week ago -
Roger Rabbit Sequel Will Contain Both 2D and Mo-Cap Animation
Cinematical —
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As Peter reported a few days ago, Robert Zemeckis is going forward with a Roger Rabbit sequel . We all seem to be intrigued by the possibility of returning to Toontown, but Zemeckis obsession with motion capture really casts a Judge Doom-like shadow over the project. Will he motion capture Roger Rabbit and his ...1 week ago -
VICON House of Moves Animates Final Boss Fight Battle Sequence for WET
The Briefing Room —
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VICON House of Moves was involved in creating the animation and providing motion capture services for the recently released highly cinematic video game, WET, published by Bethesda Softworks. WET, developed by Artificial Mind and Movement (A2M), is a highly-stylized third person shooter that seamlessly blends gun ...1 week ago -
When Robots Dance, It’s All In The Hips
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As every dancer knows, in order to maintain stability your entire body has to move dynamically, especially your hips. The hips are the body’s center. That’s why South Korean robot researchers have been looking into the creation of dynamically stable whole body humanoid robot motions using data captured from the ...1 week ago -
Roger Rabbit sequel in the works
QUICKFLIX BLOG —
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source: mtv.com Robert Zemeckis has told MTV that the original screenwriters of Who Framed Roger Rabbit are, as we speak, working on a screenplay for a sequel to the hit 1988 film. The men who gave Roger a voice almost two decades ago, Jeffrey Price and Peter Seaman, have been commissioned by ...2 weeks ago -
Organic Motion Gets $7.4M to Go Virtual
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Organic Motion, a startup that makes software that will help enable a new generation of simulation products and even gesture-based computer controls, has raised $7.4 million from the Foundry Group, bringing its total funding to somewhere in the range of $10 million. The startup’s software could usher in ...2 weeks ago
