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VFXTalk Interviews Double Negative on Iron Man 2

Posted by cgnews On August - 31 - 2010

September 2010 sees the return of the VFXTalk Master Interviews where the VFXTalk community present questions on the latest VFX film & tv work to the best VFX artists in the industry. Over the next year VFXTalk guarantee a number of fantastic opportunities for their members to speak with respected digital artists on some visually [...]

MPC Bring Players to Life For Cadbury Game

Posted by cgnews On August - 27 - 2010

Fallon and A Glass and A Half Full Productions have created Cadbury’s latest commercial ‘Spots V Stripes’, an underwater adventure eagerly anticipating the ‘big game’ of 2012. Nick Gordon directed the spot through Academy Films and Augusto Sola was the Creative Director. MPC created a full cast of over 60 photorealistic CG creatures [...]

SWAY Studio Contributes to New Trailer for Dexter

Posted by cgnews On August - 25 - 2010

Dexter Morgan, Miami Metro Police Department blood spatter analyst, has a double life. When he’s not helping the Homicide division solve murders, he spends his time hunting and killing bad guys who slip through the justice system.

Dexter will charm fellow officers with a doughnut, while away a Sunday with his wife Rita and the kids, [...]

MPC Solve Rubik Puzzle For Drench

Posted by cgnews On August - 13 - 2010

Ulf Johansson has directed Drench latest spot ‘Cubehead’ featuring a puzzled man trying to solve his own Rubik’s style puzzle head. The commercial was produced by Kate Bailey at CHI&Partners and Philippa Smith at Smith & Jones. MPC created the puzzle head combining live action elements.

With the classic song ‘Oops Upside Your Head’ by [...]

Cadbury Calls For Spots v Stripes

Posted by cgnews On August - 10 - 2010

Cadbury, official sponsor of the London 2012 Olympic Games, invites one and all to pick a favourite team and sign up to an incredible social media event. Cadbury has launched Spots v Stripes, a multi million pound project designed to rouse the British spirit of play in the build up to the 2012 Olympic and [...]

Jellyfish VFX on ‘America: The Story of Us’

Posted by cgnews On August - 3 - 2010

Jellyfish Pictures were one of several companies asked to pitch for the extensive VFX work on ‘America: The Story of Us’, a 12 part ambitious series made by new indie production company Nutopia (started up by former head of BBC2 and Discovery, Jane Root) for the History Channel.
With an introduction from Barack Obama, the [...]

Zoic Creates Teaser for Return of Twisted Metal

Posted by cgnews On July - 22 - 2010

Sony Computer Entertainment reached out to Zoic Studios to produce a compelling live-action teaser trailer to launch the return of Twisted Metal in what proved to be the ultimate E3 surprise. The trailer, which was met with enthusiasm from the gaming industry and fans, marked the directing debut for Zoic Studios’ Levi Ahmu, who [...]

Lady Gaga Gets Company 3 For Alejandro

Posted by cgnews On July - 21 - 2010

Company 3 recently completed work on Lady Gaga’s newest music video, “Alejandro,” which was released on the web on June 7 2010. Directed by Steven Klein and shot by DP Janusz Kaminski, “Alejandro,” the third single from Lady Gaga’s “The Fame Monster” on Interscope Records, is reminiscent of Madonna’s “Vogue,” but with a more militant [...]

MPC Created VFX for Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood

Posted by cgnews On May - 27 - 2010

MPC completed 570 shots for Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood, starring Russell Crowe, Mark Strong and Cate Blanchett and produced by Universal Pictures. MPC’s Richard Stammers was the overall VFX Supervisor for the show, working closely with Universal’s VFX Producer Allan Maris to achieve a wide range of visual effects including CG armies, CG boats, [...]

“Meet Méline” – An Animated Short Film

Posted by cgnews On April - 16 - 2010

In an ordinary barn, in a quiet small town, a little girl will be faced with an extraordinary event ….. ….. “Meet Meline” tells the story of a young girl who spends much of her time playing in a dusty old wooden shed at her grandparents home.

One day, whilst engrossed in of her favourite past [...]