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Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 12/07/12 02:12:08 PM

Teaser for 'Star Trek Into Darkness' Released

The first teaser for J.J. Abrams' highly antitipated follow-up Star Trek Into Darkness has been released and features new villain Benedict Cumberbatch (as Khan) narrating a menacing threat that "he has returned to have his vengeance." Watch below.

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Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 12/07/12 11:12:06 AM

Chris Curtis Brings Back Christmas Americana of Yore with New Music Video

Get lost in the nostalgic world of mid-century Christmas greeting cards with this quirky, animated music video directed by Chris Curtis. The video is for Cornershop's Christmas single "Every Year So Different." Says Curtis, "The song inspired me to go down a rabbit hole of bygone bucolic happenings and into the inner mind of a cuckoo clock jukebox. Clockwork feline hosts and floating bears fill a festive snow globe world inspired by the rosy nostalgia of 50s and 60s American greetings cards. Scratching back and forth, the video serves up a wistful and warm classic.” (via Promo News)

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Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 12/04/12 11:12:25 AM

The Digitally Created World of 'Life of Pi'

Life of Pi's visual effects supervisor Bill Westenhofer talks to Fast Company's Co.Create about his work creating everything from digital water to a digital tiger in the visual spectacular. He explains, "I was really nervous about the water. Part of my job is to figure out how to get things to work but there’s an even more important function--which is that even when I’m terrified about something I have to emote confidence. It’s still kind of shocking that it all worked. It came down to the fact that water behaves according to physical laws and is predictable. We could do things like find the peaks per frame when the raft goes up and down, and code that into our wave function. We then sat down and matched all the fine details." Read the full piece here.

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Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 12/03/12 05:12:18 PM

San Francisco Gets Destroyed in Viral Promo Clip for Guillermo Del Toro's 'Pacific Rim'

The first piece of video from Guillermo Del Toro's sci-fi film Pacific Rim's viral campaign has been released -- and San Francisco is getting the brunt of it. The fictional news clip shows a monster attacking the California city while an announcer calls it "a war zone." Pacific Rim releases next summer. Watch the viral clip below. (via Film Equals)

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Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 11/28/12 01:11:59 PM

Moleskine's Planners Get the Stop-Motion Treatment

Check out the charming stop-motion commercial that Rogier Wieland painstakingly directed for Moleskine planners. Says Wieland about the most challenging aspects of the shoot, "Worst was the scene with the mouse. We built a big wooden box around the set, so the mouse couldn’t escape. The height of the walls of the box and the warm light that was close made it physically pretty hard to do all the frame by frame stop motion. But the mouse stayed cool and did an excellent performance!" Watch the spot and a making-of below and read more with Wieland here on DitoGear.

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Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 11/28/12 11:11:48 AM

How to Elevate Food Commercials Into Slow-Motion Art

German commercial production company The Marmalade goes behind-the-scenes of its gorgeous slow-motion shoots, often of mouthwatering foods. They explain their unique mix of mechanics, technology and CGI in the 7-minute video found below. (via Adweek) Here is just one of The Marmalade's artsy finished spots.  

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Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 11/27/12 01:11:20 PM

'The Hobbit' Vlog: The Post-Production Process

In Peter Jackson's latest Hobbit vlog, the director takes us through the hectic post-production and visual effects schedule, which involves working right up until two days before the premiere. Watch below.

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Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 11/27/12 11:11:28 AM

The Special Effects Behind 'Breaking Dawn''s Final Battle Scene

See the greenscreen and motion-control rigs that went into creating the final battle scene between werewolves and vampires in Breaking Dawn - Part 2. Visual effects supervisor Eric Leven narrates below.

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Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 11/26/12 06:11:57 PM

DreamWorks Releases Open Source Animation Tool

Dreamworks has released one of the animation tools that it used in its new feature Rise of the Guardians as a piece of open source software. OpenVDB has also been used to create digital effects like smoke for the studio's previous animated outings, such as Puss in Boots and Madagascar 3. Get OpenVDB here and read more here on The Verge.

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Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 11/20/12 04:11:37 PM

The Visual Effects of 'Wreck-It Ralph'

Visual effects supervisor Rich Moore talks to FXGuide about the challenges of creating three different video game environments for the digitally animated film Wreck-It Ralph. He says, "One of the biggest challenges was the different worlds, mostly because they were so different in design language. For each one we had this notion that you had to feel you went into one Cineplex and then came out and went into another one. It was something John Lassetter was very specific on – he wanted each world to feel very unique and very different."

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