AVATAR: brand new trailer and featurette !!!

One week after his theater release the brand new trailer of James Cameron's AVATAR is coming on the web !!!

That's more than 3 minutes of pure magic that we can see !!!
The trailer is available in HD, here, and here are some pictures of it:

In addition to that, ComingSoon is purposing a 4 minutes featurette !!!

I recall that Jean-Denis Haas is working on this show as animator at ILM !!!

TOY STORY 3: shots of Simon Christen

To follow my past news trailer, here is some precisions: we can see some shots animated by Simon Christen !!!

These are the first 3 shots of the trailer (The door which opens, Andy playing and the mother who speaks to the camera).

As well as 2 shorts later (Rex running towards the door and when he says: " I' m gonna get played with ").

Presentation of Le Truc

Let's go on in the presentation of the VFX houses with Le Truc.

This studio based in Geneva is specialized in 3D.
It was founded in 2007 by ancient students of the prestigious CG school SupInfoCom of Valenciennes.

Le Truc works in the domains of animation, the print but also webdesign.

Here are some pictures of their demoreel::

Please go check their site internet for more information !

Presentation of Boutiq

Here's a short presentation of a motion design and animation studio, Boutiq.

The studio is based at Zurich and was founded in 2006.
His team with international experience is composed of a mix of directors, animators and artists.

Here are some screenshots of their demoreel:

Please go see their website for more informations !

SWISS MADE VFX - ONE YEAR PARTY D-7 !!!

Quick recall: Next Saturday, at Bern starting at 4pm, will be the 1st SWISS MADE VFX anniversary !!!

The precise place will be announced monday or tuesday.

Please confirm your coming as soon as possible !!!
For that register directly on the events on Facebook, LinkedIn or mail me !!!
I'm looking forward to see you there ;)

Vincent

Presentation of MDI Production

Founded in 1995 by Franco Gaudiano, mdiproduction is a 3D production and postproduction studio based at Neuchatel.

mdiproduction counts among his customers some of the biggest watches makers like: Breitling, Breguet, Blancpain, Bulgari, Jeager-lecoultre, Tag Heuer and Longines.

For the technical part, mdiproduction is a 220m2 studio with two HD/SD edit suite, a 35m2 greenbox, 6 workstations and a renderfarm for the 3D render.

mdiproduction has just opened a blog.

Don't hesitate to go on their site for more informations.

TOY STORY 3: the trailer !!!

After UP, Simon Christen is now working on the highly anticipated TOY STORY 3 !!!

The trailer has just come on the Web in HD !!!

ELEFANT STUDIOS: The polar bear

Elefant Studios shows to us his new Greenpace's ad.
It's impressive, in full 3D and almost with a strong message !!

Here are some screenshots:

You can see the ad, here.

VERSO: the trailer !!!

The trailer for the new movie directed by Xavier Ruiz, VERSO, with Carlos Léal, Laurent Lucas and Stress is available ici.

The visual effects were done by Demain La Lune and are of different kind:

- the main and end titles
- font effects
- adding weapon visor
- adding blur and reflects
- subliminal shots
- restorations
- adding some car lights on police car (for wide shots)

Here a some trailer screenshots:

The release dates are November 19th 2009 for the swiss german and February 2nd 2010 for the french part.