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Motion Picture Sound Editors Present the 2015 Golden Reel Awards

Mon, 02/16/2015 - 11:34 -- Nick Dager

The Motion Picture Sound Editors presented the 62nd MPSE Golden Reel Awards at a black-tie ceremony at the Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. Golden Reel Awards recognizing outstanding achievement in sound editing were presented in 20 categories encompassing feature films, long-form and short-form television, animation, documentaries and other media. Supervising sound editor Craig Henighan presented the annual MPSE Filmmaker Award to Darren Aronofsky. Re-recording mixer Greg Orloff presented the Career Achievement Award to Supervising Sound Editor Skip Lievsay.

Laika Animation Puppets, Props, Raise Money for Charity

Mon, 02/16/2015 - 11:21 -- Nick Dager

More than 250 screen-used puppets, maquettes, paint test models, props, set pieces, and original concept and production art from Laika, the visionary animation studio behind the Academy Award-nominated films The Boxtrolls, ParaNorman, and Coraline, together generated sales of more than $1 million in Heritage Auctions’ The Art of Laika auction in Beverly Hills, California on February 12.

Oscar-Nominated Short Film A Single Life Relied on Cinema 4D

Wed, 02/11/2015 - 11:41 -- Nick Dager

The Dutch film A Single Life is an Academy Award nominee in the Animated Short Film category. Created by Job, Joris & Marieke, a Netherlands-based creative studio, A Single Life relied extensively on Maxon’s Cinema 4D as its central application to handle the complexities of 3D content creation including modeling, rigging, character animation, lighting, rendering and more.

Slik Uses Mistika to Create Edgy Urban Look for Med

Mon, 02/09/2015 - 11:57 -- Nick Dager

New hit comedy series Med, currently airing on VRAK 2, outlines the amusing antics of an insolent youth, with his two inseparable friends and eccentric parents. Produced by KOTV (Alain Chicoine, Louis Morissette and Louis-Philippe Drolet) and directed by François Bégin, the program premièred on January 7th. “Med is Slik's very first TV project to benefit from Mistika's creativity and has been well received, with our client more than satisfied. In fact, the broadcaster is ecstatic,” colorist Mathieu Marano said.

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