http://if.com.au/ Inside Film - Australia en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss info@if.com.au (The Editor) http://if.com.au////article/Iloura-Priest-VFX-Seth-MacFarlanes-Ted/AFLVHWNFBH.html http://if.com.au////article/Iloura-Priest-VFX-Seth-MacFarlanes-Ted/AFLVHWNFBH.html Sam Dallas With a modest budget of just $US60 million for a VFX-intensive film, the filmmakers of Priest had to be creative. With 750 VFX shots in total, about a dozen companies were employed to help bring the dark vampire tale to life. Creative Cartel served as the VFX head on the production, while other facilities included Tippett Studio, Spin VFX, Spy Post and Melbourne-based Iloura. The latter’s recent credits include Killer Elite, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Sanctum and The Pacific. Iloura’s work on Priest – essentially a “911 stress call” – commenced about 18 months ago. The company employed a team of up to 15 to produce about 60 shots over a two-month period. The Scott Stewart-directed project, shot on anamorphic... Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:08:52 +1100 http://if.com.au////article/Coca-Cola-Siege-commercial-scores-VES-nomination/ZJPABINMCL.html http://if.com.au////article/Coca-Cola-Siege-commercial-scores-VES-nomination/ZJPABINMCL.html Rodney Appleyard The Visual Effects Society anounced the nominations for its 10th annual VES Awards this week. Among the list forŒ'Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Commercial or Video Game Trailer'Œwas the Coca Cola Siege TV commercial, which featured in IF Magazine #140 (April-May 2011). The article is re-printed below. An incredible 111 million people in the US recently watched Framestore’s new Coca-Cola commercial Siege as part of the Super Bowl. Now the rest of the world is set to see the 100 per cent CG-generated commercial in cinemas as part of Coca-Cola’s latest campaign. Over recent years, Framestore has been experimenting with full-CG sequences on films like The Tale of Despereaux and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, but even this project... Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:04:26 +1100