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Video Games Industry: not looking so hot
Newsday
Wednesday 16 May, 2012 (U.S.A.)

Some numbers in the decline. Expect to see hardware manufacturers with long faces.

Screentime: takes silvers at MCA-I
Wednesday 16 May, 2012 (New Zealand)

Screentime Communications has been awarded Silver Reels in both the Internal Communications and Writing categories of the 2012 Media Communications Association- International Golden Reels in the US for a GM’s Annual report video to staff for Coca-Cola Amatil.

Sony HXR-NX5P: Wins Over Educators
Tuesday 15 May, 2012 (Australia)

The democratisation of video has resulted in a rapid rise in the numbers of students enrolling in film and television courses and the Sony HXR-NX5P has become the introductory camera of choice for educational institutions across Australia.

Playpen: animating the animators
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Screen Hub
Tuesday 15 May, 2012 (U.K.)

What do animators do? Here is some behind the scenes footage documenting the work on a stop motion film, which deploys some modern camera tricks of its own to create a cool world between the frames you are meant to see.

Mirage VFX: Felgueras and Jaffers open new business
Monday 14 May, 2012 (Australia)

Visual effects specialist Patrick Felgueras and executive producer Jeff Jaffers have teamed up to open Mirage VFX, a new Sydney-based post production company housing a collection of skilled artists to produce cinema-quality visual effects and animation for advertising and film in the Asia Pacific region.

FSM: buys animation studio Halo Pictures
FSM
Friday 11 May, 2012 (Australia)

Post-production house FSM has bought animation studio Halo Pictures, rapidly expanding the company’s digital animation capacity.

Panavision: new at the top
Wednesday 9 May, 2012 (Australia)

After 17 years with the company MD Martin Cayzer has decided to leave Panavision Asia Pacific.

Film Vic: budget removes funding for games
SMH
Friday 4 May, 2012 (Australia)

The Victorian government will stop funding the development of games as a result of the May 2 budget, leaving local games developers in a nasty bit of limbo.

Screen Edge 2012: Sex sells
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Screen Hub
Friday 4 May, 2012 (New Zealand)

The old adage `sex sells` is alive and kicking when it comes to storytelling in the modern age – that was the general consensus of the representatives from across the creative spectrum discussing technology at Wednesday`s `Sexy Tech` forum session.

Rupert Murdoch: reveals nasty side to Google
Hollywood Reporter
Tuesday 1 May, 2012 (France)

Type Rupert Murdoch into google and wait for it to autocomplete. It adds the word Jewish, leading basically to hate sites about world Jewish conspiracies. Google is being sued in France for this, because it can easily stop the word from appearing and the imputation encourages hatred.

Global TV: comes home from NAB with 24 Sony HDC2400
Screen Asia Online
Monday 30 April, 2012 (Australia)

Television production services company Global Television has bought 24 Sony HDC2400 camera chains at this year`s NAB Show..

Peter Jackson: 48fps will be fine
THR
Monday 30 April, 2012 (New Zealand)

Peter Jackson responds to criticism of the footage shown at CinemaCon last week.

Autodesk: files lawsuit against defendants unknown
Marin Independent Journal
Monday 30 April, 2012 (U.S.A.)

Autodesk has filed a lawsuit in the US alleging misappropriation of name or likeness, publication of material that puts Autodesk and its employees in a false light, and fraudulent conduct. The company says it will update the lawsuit as soon as it has identified the defendants.

David Bennett: Faceware hires ex-Weta & Animal Logic animator to head sales
Develop
Monday 30 April, 2012 (U.S.A.)

recently formed 3D facial animation firm Faceware Technologies has hired former Weta Digital and Animal Logic facial animator David Bennett to head its sales team.

NAB 2012: reflections after jetlag
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Screen Hub
Monday 30 April, 2012 (U.S.A.)

Stuart Pointon, the business development manager at Lemac, is a keen student of NAB, which shows off the wares which the company may want to sell or hire later.

Toybox: stealing Carter and Willis from Animal Logic
On Screen Asia
Friday 27 April, 2012 (New Zealand)

New Zealand VFX and post-production company Toybox has announced that Bruce Carter and Leoni Willis will be leaving Animal Logic to take up residence in Auckland.

Archaeoacoustics: reconstructing the sound of Stonehenge
Ars Technica
Friday 27 April, 2012 (U.K.)

UK and US scientists have reconstructed the acoustics of Stonehenge, which turns out to have been at the cutting edge of stone-age audio.

Canon: joins V48 Hours
Thursday 26 April, 2012 (New Zealand)

Canon New Zealand is proud to announce their partnership with New Zealand’s iconic V48HOURS Film Festival. Canon has come on board as the festivals official Technology Partner for 2012, teaming up with industry leaders to showcase the countries creative videographers and to celebrate the 10th anniversary of V48HOURS.

The Hobbit: looking, well, OK ... ish
IGN
Thursday 26 April, 2012 (U.S.A.)

Ten minutes of The Hobbit fails to impress at least one journalist.

Editors: explain politely the irrelevance of script
Screen Hub
Wednesday 25 April, 2012 (New Zealand)

Director Leanne Pooley gave David Coulson (Whale Rider, North Country) and Cushla Dillon (Beautiful Machine, This Way of Life) the chance to be nice to writers in front of a strong turnout at Script to Screen`s Writers Room in Auckland. With honesty and good humour, they instead stuck the knife in.

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