Three Weta Digital artists have won one of 21 scientific and technical achievements awards that the The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced yesterday for their work on innovative hair manipulation software known as Barbershop.
Barbershop is hair-grooming software that enables digital artists to literally comb, brush and blow-dry CG hair. Its unique architecture allows direct manipulation of full-density hair using an intuitive, interactive and procedural toolset, resulting in greatly enhanced productivity with finer-grained artistic control than is possible with other existing systems.
Marco Revelant is being recognised for the original concepts and artistic vision, while Alasdair Coull and Shane Cooper are being honoured for the architectural and engineering design of the Barbershop hair-grooming system. Continue reading “Weta Digital wins scientific and technical Academy Award”
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Nominations for the British Academy Film Awards were announced today. The BAFTAs ceremony will be hosted by Stephen Fry on Sunday, February 8 in London. “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” received a nomination for special visual effects with Joe Letteri netting two nominations — one for his work in “The Hobbit” and the other for “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”:
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Erik Winquist, Daniel Barrett
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Nicolas Aithadi
THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White
INTERSTELLAR Paul Franklin, Scott Fisher, Andrew Lockley
X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Tim Crosbie, Cameron Waldbauer
Source: BAFTA
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Nominations for the 17th Costume Designers Guild Awards were announced today. “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” received a nomination in the category for Excellence in Fantasy Film:
EXCELLENCE IN FANTASY FILM
Guardians of the Galaxy – Alexandra Byrne
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – Bob Buck, Lesley Burkes-Harding, Ann Maskrey
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 – Kurt and Bart
Into the Woods – Colleen Atwood
Maleficent – Anna B. Sheppard, Jane Clive
Congratulations to the team who worked on “The Hobbit” for this recognition! The winner will be announced at a gala event on Tuesday, February 17th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Source: Awards Daily
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Our One Last Party giveaway had such a huge response that, to celebrate J.R.R. Tolkien’s birthday (born January 3 1892, folks!), we’ve decided to hold another for all those who pledge $10 or more between now and 6pm EST on Monday January 5!
The prize is pretty fab: a hardback copy of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Children of Hurin — signed by illustrator Alan Lee and editor Christopher Tolkien. Continue reading “Pledge to our One Last Party campaign this weekend and win a signed copy of The Children of Hurin!”
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J. R. R. Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892 in Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State in South Africa to English parents. If he was still alive, today he would be 123 years old — and fast catching up on The Old Took!
To celebrate this event, The Tolkien Society invites Tolkien fans around the world each year to raise a glass and toast the birthday of our much-loved author. When? Continue reading “January 3: It’s time for the Tolkien Toast!”
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Our One Last Party fundraiser on Indiegogo has just hit the $100K mark and we’re pretty stoked!
If you’d like to join us at our Party of Special Magnificence — a toast to all SIX Middle-earth movies — in Hollywood on Saturday February 21, now is the time to jump on board.
We’ve come a long way, but we still need your help to get from $100K to our $180,000 goal. Continue reading “TORn One Last Party fundraiser hits the $100,000 mark!”
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