Here is a new trailer for SIN CITY – A DAME TO KILL FOR: The VFX are made by: Prime Focus World (VFX Supervisors : Jon Cowley, Tim McGovern and Joshua Saeta) The Show VFX Supervisor is Stefen Fangmeier © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2014
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In 2011, Jesper Kjolsrud had explained in details the work of Image Engine for THE THING. He then supervised the effects R.I.P.D.As one of Image Engine’s longest serving crewmembers, Bernhard Kimbacher has contributed to many of the company’s p…
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After the VFX breakdown for THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY, Look Effects have released a new great VFX breakdown this time about the various mix of effects for THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL. Click here to watch it. WANT TO KNOW MORE? Look Effects: My int…
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Since his last interview here, Dan Schrecker worked on several projects such as THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY and GODS BEHAVING BADLY. NOAH is the occasion to work again with director Darren Aronofsky since BLACK SWAN.
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Here are the first five minutes of HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2: © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2014
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Look Effects have just published a beautiful VFX breakdown of their invisible work on THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY. WANT TO KNOW MORE? Look Effects: My interview of Everett Burrell – Senior VFX Supervisor. © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX –…
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Are you ready? The FMX 2014 will open tomorrow with as always an impressive program and speakers. The program will focus on THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2, GRAVITY, CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER, THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL and many more. The list of th…
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Great news! The Visual Effects Society have launched their really cool YouTube channel. Here are some of the great things you will find on this channel: Alfonso Cuarón and the making of Gravity CGI Breakdowns including Game of Thrones, The Wolf of W…
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Oliver Hohn is working for over 5 years in the compositing at RISE. He has participated on various movies such as PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF, CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER, CLOUD ATLAS or IRON MAN 3.
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Intelligent Creatures have published a really cool video showing their studio and main artists: © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2014
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FMX 2014 got underway in Stuttgart, Germany on Tuesday. Over the years, this has become Europe's premiere VFX related conference and this year is no exception. We recap some of the highlights from the first day, with help from fxphd prof Matt Leonard…
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We cover the new release of Flame 2015 in an exclusive interview with Product Designer Philippe Soeiro.
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Behind the scenes of two recent TVCs for Evian and Nissan with VFX by Mikros Image and Digital Domain.
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In this bonus article for fxinsiders, find out more about the digital environments and CG work in Divergent.
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Mike Seymour, Matt Wallin and TyRuben Ellingson discuss the deluge in Darren Aronofsky's Noah.
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This week on fxguidetv we're at ILM to discuss their incredible visual effects for Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier, looking in-depth at the Helicarriers and Falcon.
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Flame 2015 and Smoke 2015 were introduced at NAB this week - here's fxguide's rundown of the new releases.
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This week Mike and Jason (and John briefly) discuss NAB 2014 and some impressive new tech gear and cameras. Some of the tech discussed includes Blackmagic URSA, AJA CION, and more.
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In these bonus videos for fxinsiders, we talk to ILM's Grady Cofer & Philippe Rebours about the 'creation' sequence in Noah & the Watcher characters. Thanks for being a member.
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Behind the particle effects in inFAMOUS: Second Son, a new game where the hero conjures up an array of smoke and neon powers.
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We talk to The Foundry's Jon Wadelton and Philippa Carroll about NUKE STUDIO. PLUS, the first screen shots from the new toolset.
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See how ILM crashed a Helicarrier in this video on Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
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Valiant, the new sci-fi epic from director Robin Phillips, will premiere at the Newport Beach Film Festival on April 28th.
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Carbon VFX welcomes Marlo Baird Kinsey as West Coast Executive Producer.
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3D technology developer MAXON partners with Side Effects Software to develop a plug-in which gives CINEMA 4D users access to the Houdini Engine.
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First app created for general public by Academy's Sci-Tech Council.
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Marking the company’s sixth collaboration with Marvel, Luma Pictures contributes to over 375 shots in the recent release of Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier, including the Winter Soldier's bionic arm, CG Cars, CG explosions, and a varie…
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In another major victory for Marvel Studios and Disney, Captain America: The Winter Soldier remains at number one for its third consecutive weekend at the North American box office; Fox and Blue Sky's animated family film Rio 2 comes in second place,…
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Visual effects house Zoic Studios morphs a seemingly ordinary lunch date into an explosive entrance in the surprisingly full-throttle 30-second “Arrival” for Scion.
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The Visual Effects Society launches a new YouTube channel dedicated to showcasing outstanding examples of visual effects artistry and innovation from around the world, practical skills demonstrations, insights from leading practitioners, and original…
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Executive Producer Eric Mueller joins Minneapolis-based design, animation and VFX company Gasket Studios, where he is working on spots for General Mills & Cheerios, McDonald’s, Sony PlayStation and Mayo Clinic, as well as a branded film for Subaru.
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DreamWorks Animation taps siblings Wendy and Lizzie Molyneux to write live-action/CG hybrid feature Hot Stuff.
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Framestore partners with Richard Ayoade to provide over visual effects on more than 150 shots on his second feature film, an adaption of Dostoyevsky’s The Double.
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VH1 taps Galaxy 61 to create a show open for the new season of The Fabulous Life that is pure gold.
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Moo Studios has worked with advertising agency The Integer Group to create a new ad for Blue Moon Brewing Company as part of its ongoing "Artfully Crafted" campaign.
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Lytro, the company whose light field camera technology made waves a few years ago, is back with fancier hardware.
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Mobile operators want a way to keep urban users happy as they get more thirsty for data, and a professor in New York City thinks he's found what they're looking for.
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See the new illustrated posters for Robot Chicken, Aqua Teen, The Venture Bros & more.
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Developers will be able to build applications to remotely control two Sony lens cameras, using new features the company has added to an SDK.
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Angie Taylor reports back from NAB 2014, the must-visit event for anyone working in the broadcast industry.
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"I dunno, that 4K TV just doesn't have enough pixels," said no one ever. But that isn't stopping the march of progress - 8K resolution is coming.
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Purple Creative has turned 20, so has created four wonderfully detailed whisky bottle designs to celebrate.
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This year's artists include the Chapman brothers, Sir Anthony Gormley and a whole host of leading illustrators.
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The director of John Lewis' The Bear & The Hare advert, Yves Geleyn has directed a thought-provoking animated film for States United to Prevent Gun Violence.
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The artist behind the cover of Queens of the Stone Age's ...Like Clockwork has a new line through Disturbia Clothing.
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In this exclusive extract from his new book Teach Yourself How to Papercut, Mr Yen shows you how to cut elegant letterforms easily.
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Hollywood Visual Effects Go GlobalVoice of AmericaLOS ANGELES — Many of today's Hollywood blockbuster movies include stunning visual effects. Most of those effects used to be produced in Hollywood, but that has changed. Now, one film can include vi…
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'Captain America: Winter Soldier' Visual Effects ExplainedHollywood Reporter'Captain America: Winter Soldier' Visual Effects Explained. 5:12 PM PDT 4/17/2014 by Carolyn Giardina. 0. 5. 0. 0. 0. Email; Print · Comments. "We used digital doubles in wa…
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How one visual effects company saves thousands with FileMaker's databaseComputer Business ReviewThe visual effects company behind Skyfall, The Dark Knight and Gravity has saved tens of thousands of pounds after looking to database management provider…
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Watch Dogs PS4 and Xbox One visual effects detailedComputerandvideogames.comWatch Dogs uses a custom anti-aliasing solution on Xbox One and PS4 and frame rate is "very important" to the team, according to its lead programmer. Ubisoft's Francis Bolvin…
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The News InternationalPakistani visual effects artist wins third OscarThe News InternationalPakistani visual effects artist wins third Oscar. April 16, 2014 - Updated 854 PKT From Web Edition. HOLLYWOOD: Pakistan national visual effects artist Mir Za…
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The Express TribuneKarachi to Hollywood: Pakistani visual effects artist wins third OscarThe Express TribuneThe recognition from the industry for Pakistani visual effects artist, 38-year-old Mir Zafar Ali, has been nothing short of a dream come true.…
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Oscar-winning visual effects firm sees the future of virtual realityTechRadar UKBut virtual reality is still the future of entertainment, according to someone who should know: Mike Woods, creative director at Framestore, the visual effects company th…
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Get a job: CCP is hiring a Visual Effects ArtistGamasutraCCP wants a great Visual Effects Artist to join the EVE Online crew for a full-time position based at the CCP headquarters in unique Reykjavik, stunning Iceland. Experience required: Hands-on k…
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Visual Effects Could Change How Movies are MadeMalaysia SunBut there is still one challenge for visual effects artists, said Paul Debevec of the University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies. "We're still trying to figure out…
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Washington PostHow Captain America 2's Explosive Visual Effects Were MadeGeekSugar.comWe spoke to visual effects supervisor Dan Deleeuw, who revealed how the team achieved that feel with the Winter Soldier, the Captain, and the Falcon. He also shared…
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The first official set photos have arrived from Colin Trevorrow's "Jurassic World" over at EW.The shots showcase the lovely Bryce Dallas Howard dressed in white and stepping out on the Hawaiian set which is doubling for Isla Nublar - the Costa Rica…
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Mattel and Sony Pictures are teaming up to produce a live action contemporary comedy movie based on the most famous doll in the world - Barbie.Jenny Bicks ("Rio 2," "The Big C") is penning the script, though plot details are unknown. Considering t…
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HBO and the BBC are set co-produce a mini-series adaptation of "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling's 2012 bestseller "The Casual Vacancy".The story is set in Pagford, a seemingly placid idyll that hides a series of running battles between its inhabi…
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Though we saw a Twitter photo indicating this the other day, Paramount and Skydance Productions have finally and officially announced the start of production on their "Terminator" reboot in New Orleans.The most interesting aspect of the press relea…
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Paramount and MGM are teaming to co-produce and distribute the upcoming remake of "Ben-Hur".The new adaptation of Lew Wallace's 1880 novel follows a falsely accused nobleman who survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who bet…
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Alloy Entertainment is developing "Sisterhood Everlasting," a film adaptation of the fifth and final novel in Ann Brashares' 'Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants' series.'Everlasting' would mark the third film in the series and picks up ten years lat…
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HBO has forged an exclusive long-term licensing deal with Amazon's streaming service Prime Instant Video. The first wave of content will arrive on Amazon Prime on May 21st.The deal makes it the exclusive online-only subscription home for hundreds…
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One thing that has been heavily talked about in the lead up to the release of David Fincher's new thriller "Gone Girl" is how the film adaptation changes up the ending of the novel by Gillian Flynn.The talk was fuelled by Flynn herself who told EW:…
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"The Green Destiny," the upcoming prequel to Ang Lee's acclaimed martial arts fantasy feature "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," is set to be shot in New Zealand.The Weinstein Company-produced film will take advantage of the country's newly increase…
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It was rumored the other day and now its confirmed - 20th Century Fox has closed a deal to pick up the screen rights to pulp comic-strip "Flash Gordon".The package deal includes John Davis ("Chronicle") as producer, and up-and-coming "Star Trek 3"…
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"National Treasure" director Jon Turteltaub has signed on to helm a feature film based on the Disneyland ride "It's a Small World"."The LEGO Movie 2" scribe Jared Stern will write the screenplay after reportedly pitching a potential franchise-creat…
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He only recently joined Twitter, and now Robert Downey Jr. has answered fan requests and has snapped his first 'selfie' from the set of "Avengers: Age of Ultron." As expected, it doesn't show much of anything aside from Downey and executive producer…
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Get another look at the new Shakespeare comedyToday - according to many sources, but not Wikipedia so frankly we don't know what to think - marks the 450th birthday of the greatest writer the world has ever known, one Mr. William Shakespeare.And to m…
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Plus Colin Trevorrow on Omar SyAmong the panoply of filmmakers to have contributed to Empire’s latest and 300thest issue – Coppola! Spielberg! Whedon! Fincher! – a less familiar name, Jurassic World’s Colin Trevorrow, chips in with a fascinat…
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And he's splitting up his writing partnership with Alex KurtzmanPhoto: Art StreiberAfter writing as a unit for more than a decade and turning into something of a production company powerhouse/hive mind, Star Trek scribes Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orc…
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DreamWorks Animation puts its WonderCon clip onlineAt WonderCon this past weekend, DreamWorks Animation and 20th Century Fox brought out writer/director Dean DeBlois and actor Jay Baruchel to introduce How To Train Your Dragon 2. Then, to even more e…
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Callie Kloves will adapt the YA novelThe young adult juggernaut continues to careen through our multiplexes. With The Hunger Games and Divergent doing excellent business, and the likes of Fallen and Daughter Of Smoke And Bone on the way, Sony have ta…
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Denzel Washington helps the hopelessThough we can’t strictly describe these as the first images from The Equalizer, since the pic of Denzel Washington in the chair has been floating around for months and the poster arrived last week, here is at lea…
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And Catherine Hardwicke is taking over the director's chairCast your mind back two years. We were wondering whether London could deliver the Olympics, anticipating the cinematic arrival of the Avengers and reporting that Toni Collette would be co-sta…
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Producer buys sweet brand as next movieWhere next after the unlikely pitch-hitter of The Lego Movie? Looking for the next colourful and popular intellectual property to turn into a blockbuster narrative animated classic, producer Adam Rifkin has hit…
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He's set for a new canine comedyHe may not have had a lot of success with critics on Parental Guidance, or with reviews or audiences on You Again, but director Andy Fickman is shrugging off past disappointments and looking ahead. He’s currently at…
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Update: Gordon's alive! At Fox!Update: Well, we promised to keep you up to date with developments and here's the first... 20th Century Fox has now made a deal for the rights to make the new Flash, with Payne and McKay indeed on board to write the scr…
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Paranormal espionage activity?You might think that between the Underworld franchise and his duties as producing director on madcap TV drama Sleepy Hollow, Len Wiseman would want a break from action with supernatural elements. You would be wrong, beca…
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She's in talks to be Marilyn Monroe for Andrew Dominik's latestAndrew Dominik has been trying to make a film based on Joyce Carol Oates’ 2001 novel Blonde for more than four years now. It appears he’s close to making it happen, with The Wrap repo…
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The LA Daily News reports on some recommendations by the LA Mayor’s Film Czar office at City Hall which you can hear at the 16:25 mark here: Alluding to industrywide complaints that store owners frequently ask for money in return for allowing a pr…
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Last month many of you read about the blockbuster revelation by the MPAA that made national and international news and bolstered our legal effort to place anti-subsidy duties on trade distorting subsidized VFX. This was a case concerning dental brace…
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@VFXSoldier raises some good points. A federal approach (duties & other rules) is also needed @vfxlaw @shootincali @filmworksla @SaveLAFilm— Mike Gatto (@mikegatto) March 27, 2014 Assemblymember Mike Gatto is one of the main legislators behind the…
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Over the weekend some great news: Disney’s hit film “Frozen” has become the top-grossing animated film in box office history, knocking Woody off his pedestal. With its opening in Japan this weekend, “Frozen” has taken the top spot and push…
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Latest financials have been released for Digital Domain Holdings which is the company that partly own’s Digital Domain: DIGITAL DOMAIN (00547.HK) announced that in 2013, the revenue rose 153% yearly to $467 million; loss equaled $192 million, again…
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Citizen Lame #vfx vfxsoldier.wordpress.com/2014/03/26/dre… http://t.co/00vuYvG0PF— Jesse Toves (@zeustoves) March 27, 2014 Three years ago I wrote about an anti-poaching agreement revealed in a Federal investigation between Pixar and ILM. The cas…
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Last summer a number of readers emailed me about a college in Buffalo, New York partnering up with a subsidy induced VFX startup called Empire VFX. I largely ignored the story because if you knew the intimate details of NY’s subsidy program, you’…
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Sigh. I’m really surprised that I have to write this post but I’ll go ahead. Some in the VFX community are going starry-eyed over some potential carve out for VFX in the CA film subsidy bill. Some have been given the impression that if we contin…
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A few weeks ago I went to City Hall to attend an Ad Hoc Film Committee Meeting setup by LA City Council. You can hear my statement in my post about the meeting. This event is open to the public and I will be “suiting up” to make another appearanc…
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California State employment officials were sent a WARN act filing yesterday by Sony. In the US large employers are required to send employees a 60 day notice of a large layoff of facility closing. One of the addresses listed is the location of Sony P…
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