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Digital
Media FX News Archives
Monday
- October 15, 2001
- Passion Affords Animators
New Opportunities
- New dFX Newsletter
Tomorrow
- Release Charts: Animated,
Anime, and FX DVDs
- News Link of the Day
- Animation of Shooting Weighed
Passion
Affords Animators New Opportunities
(by digitalmediafx.com) As technology becomes more advanced,
animators are finding it more possible to bring the power of imagination
to life in ways never before possible. Take, for example, the
artists at Fathom Studios who assembled a company to make CGI
feature films out of a passion and are using the Internet in savvy
marketing efforts to bring attention to their work.
Fathom Studios
first major feature film effort, in production since 1998, is
called Delgo. It is described by the creators as a "fantasy
epic adventure of a world's struggle for unity." You can
view the trailer here
or the Website here.
The movie is fully funded with work currently underway on Hollywood
voice talent and distribution.
To attract
interest of animators and animation enthusiasts, Fathom Studios
posts official production
digital dailies reports to its site so that anyone
with an online connection can follow the progress and inside workings
of the movie. Here's what Fathom Studios says about its Digital
Dailies reports:
"What
these Digital Dailies offer is something that has never been done,
a window to the world of the reality of the animation process.
The postings on this site (while slightly delayed) are what actually
occur on our virtual set. You can see and read it all: the good,
the bad, and the ugly. We hope that students, burgeoning animators,
and film enthusiasts alike can all learn from and appreciate what
is involved in the making of a computer animated movie. Education
is the key to unlocking everyone's creative potential."
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New dFX
Newsletter Tomorrow
(by digitalmediafx.com) A new issue of the dFX
Animation and FX Newsletter will be delivered to those
subscribed via email. The publication, put out twice a month,
contains articles not found on the Digital Media FX Website and
links to top stories, forum discussions, and sneak peeks of new
material. To subscribe right now, click
here.
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Release
Charts: Animated, Anime, and FX DVDs
(by digitalmediafx.com) Here are new animated, FX, and anime
DVDs hitting store shelves tomorrow, including the first Star
Wars DVD - The Phantom Menace, Cats & Dogs, and Thumb Wars:
Star
Wars: Espisode 1 - The Phantom Menace (1999 - FX)
Cats
& Dogs (2001 - FX)
Mobile
Suit Gundam The 08th MS Team - Vol. 3 (anime)
Farscape
#7: The Flax/Jeremiah Crichton (1999 - FX)
Arc
the Lad - Oath of Vengeance - Vol. 5 (2001 - anime)
Bartok
the Magnificent (1999 - animated)
Dragon
Ball Z - Frieza - Super Saiyan Goku (1996 - anime)
Independence
Day: Special Edition Rerelease (1996 - FX)
Magic
Users Club - I Wanna Do More (anime)
Spike
and Mike's Classic Festival Of Animation (Animated
- not for kids)
Thumb
Wars! (FX)
If you like
Thumb Wars you may enjoy another Star Wars type spoof (no fx or
animation) called George Lucas in Love. Click
here.
Amazon.com is now accepting pre-orders for the Shrek 2-Disc
DVD. Click
here.
Amazon.com is now accepting pre-orders for the Final Fantasy DVD.
Click
here.
If you haven't
yet ordered the Snow White DVD (availability will be limited),
click
here.
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News Link
of the Day - Animation of Shooting Weighed
According to the Post Gazette:
"In a
first for Pennsylvania, a judge said last week that he would probably
allow jurors to see a computer animation that simulates a man
shooting his wife to death.
Lackawanna
County Judge Terrence R. Nealon ruled that prosecutors may use
the two-minute animated depiction provided it 'does not include
any inflammatory features which may cause unfair prejudice'..."
Click
here for the full story.
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