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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; visual effects</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/visual-effects/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:41 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>AVATAR Wins Six Visual Effects Awards</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-visual-effects-awards-59012/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-visual-effects-awards-59012/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:49:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22523</guid> <description><![CDATA[James Cameron's 3D sci-fi epic Avatar won six Visual Effects Society Awards on Sunday. Among those was the top VES Award for visual effects in a visual effects-driven feature. Avatar's competition was District 9, Star Trek, 2012, and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Additionally, James Cameron received the VES Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Bill Paxton. Avatar is obviously the favorite to win this year's [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-visual-effects-awards-59012/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR, STAR TREK, 2012 &#8211; Oscar 2010 Visual Effects Semi-Finalists</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-star-trek-2012-district-9-112/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-star-trek-2012-district-9-112/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:57:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20422</guid> <description><![CDATA[James Cameron's Avatar (WETA / 20th Century Fox) (top); Roland Emmerich's 2012 (Columbia TriStar Marketing Group) (middle); J.J. Abrams' Star Trek (Industrial Light &#038; Magic / Paramount) (bottom) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that seven films remain in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 2010 Academy Awards. The films are listed below in alphabetical order: Avatar District [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-star-trek-2012-district-9-112/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2010: Visual Effects Semi-Finalists</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-visual-effects-semi-finalists-885/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-visual-effects-semi-finalists-885/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:02:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19387</guid> <description><![CDATA[2012 by Roland Emmerich (top); Star Trek by J.J. Abrams (middle); Avatar by James Cameron (bottom) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that 15 films have been selected as semifinalists for Achievement in Visual Effects for 2010 Academy Awards. The films are listed below in alphabetical order: Angels &#38; Demons Avatar A Christmas Carol Coraline District 9 G-Force G.I. Joe: The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-visual-effects-semi-finalists-885/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Linwood Dunn: Celebrating a Visual Effects Pioneer &#8211; CITIZEN KANE Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/linwood-dunn-celebrating-a-visual-effects-pioneer/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/linwood-dunn-celebrating-a-visual-effects-pioneer/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:51:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16909</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#34;Linwood Dunn: Celebrating a Visual Effects Pioneer,&#34; will explore the work of special effects artist Linwood Dunn (above, lower photo), including the techniques he used in creating optical effects for Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane, on Friday, October 9, at 8 p.m. at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' appropriately named Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. A newly struck print of Citizen Kane from [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/linwood-dunn-celebrating-a-visual-effects-pioneer/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE at the Egyptian</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/star-trek-the-motion-picture-screening/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/star-trek-the-motion-picture-screening/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:14:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16584</guid> <description><![CDATA[DeForest Kelley, William Shatner, Stephen Collins, Leonard Nimoy in Star Trek: The Motion Picture The director's cut of Star Trek: The Motion Picture will be screened at the American Cinematheque's Egyptian Theatre on Sunday, Sept. 27, at 5:30 pm. Pre-show elements begin at 5 pm. As per the Cinematheque's press release, &#34;this program will review the full spectrum of Star Trek’s visual achievements and its [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/star-trek-the-motion-picture-screening/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>When Worlds Collide: The Science of Movies</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/when-worlds-collide-the-science-of-movies/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/when-worlds-collide-the-science-of-movies/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:20:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=14694</guid> <description><![CDATA[Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight (top); Tobey Maguire in Spider Man 3 (bottom) &#34;When Worlds Collide: The Science of Movies&#34; is the title of the Academy's Science and Technology Council's program about the physics behind some of Hollywood’s best-known action and science-fiction scenes. &#34;When Worlds Collide&#34; will be presented on Thursday, August 6, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/when-worlds-collide-the-science-of-movies/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in GUNGA DIN Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/gunga-din-cary-grant-douglas-fairbanks-jr/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/gunga-din-cary-grant-douglas-fairbanks-jr/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:14:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=13262</guid> <description><![CDATA[George Stevens' rousingly politically incorrect &#8212; and for the most part much admired &#8212; action-adventure tale Gunga Din will have a special screening on Friday, June 12, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Prior to the film, Oscar winners Ben Burtt and Craig Barron will discuss the sound and visual effects used in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/gunga-din-cary-grant-douglas-fairbanks-jr/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE ABYSS Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/the-abyss-james-cameron/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/the-abyss-james-cameron/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:13:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=13191</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Abyss, the costly, special-effect-laden, deep-sea adventure drama about underwater aliens and a bickering married couple, will be screened at a special 20th anniversary event by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday, June 23, at 7:30 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. This Academy screening will premiere a newly struck 35mm print from the Academy Film Archive. Considering that [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/the-abyss-james-cameron/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Liam Neeson to Star in CLASH OF THE TITANS</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/liam-neeson-clash-of-the-titans/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/liam-neeson-clash-of-the-titans/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:02:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=9971</guid> <description><![CDATA[Liam Neeson, 56, whose wife Natasha Richardson died last March 18, is set to begin work on a remake of Clash of the Titans. Neeson will play Zeus, the ancient Greeks' top god (Zeus is akin to the Latin Deus, God), a role played by Laurence Olivier in the 1981 film. Louis Leterrier, of The Incredible Hulk, is set to direct the new version, which [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/liam-neeson-clash-of-the-titans/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2009: Visual Effects Semi-Finalists</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2009-visual-effects-semi-finalists/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2009-visual-effects-semi-finalists/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:57:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=6721</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the seven semi-finalists in the 2009 Oscar's Visual Effects category. They are, in alphabetical order: Australia The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Hellboy II: The Golden Army Iron Man Journey to the Center of the Earth The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Among those missing in action are Indiana Jones and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2009-visual-effects-semi-finalists/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Trevor Wood, Ben Morris, Bill Westenhofer, Michael Fink Photo: Oscar 2008</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/trevor-wood-ben-morris-bill-westenhofer-michael-fink/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/trevor-wood-ben-morris-bill-westenhofer-michael-fink/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:39:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24354</guid> <description><![CDATA[Trevor Wood, Ben Morris, Bill Westenhofer, Michael Fink - best visual effects winners, The Golden Compass Photo: Matt Petit / &#169; A.M.P.A.S. Click on the photo to enlarge it.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/trevor-wood-ben-morris-bill-westenhofer-michael-fink/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2008: Visual Effects Shortlist</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2008-visual-effects-shortlist/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2008-visual-effects-shortlist/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:35:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2008-visual-effects-shortlist/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Transformers (top); Evan Almighty (middle); Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (bottom) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that seven films have been shortlisted for the 2008 Visual Effects Oscar. They are: The Bourne Ultimatum Evan Almighty The Golden Compass I Am Legend Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 300 Transformers On January 16, members of the Academy's Visual [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2008-visual-effects-shortlist/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2008: David A. Grafton to Receive Gordon E. Sawyer Award</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/david-a-grafton-gordon-e-sawyer-award/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/david-a-grafton-gordon-e-sawyer-award/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:54:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/david-a-grafton-gordon-e-sawyer-award/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted the Gordon E. Sawyer Award to David A. Grafton. According to the Academy's press release, Grafton is &#34;a pioneering designer of lenses for optical effects printers, which at the time of their development were adopted by nearly every visual effects facility in the motion picture industry.&#34; For more than three [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/david-a-grafton-gordon-e-sawyer-award/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Visual Effects Society Awards 2007</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/ves-awards-2006/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/ves-awards-2006/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:20:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/ves-awards-2006/</guid> <description><![CDATA[2007 Visual Effects Society Awards 2007 Visual Effects Society award nominations: January 8, 2007 2007 Visual Effects Society award winners: Kodak Grand Ballroom in Hollywood on February 11, 2007 (&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category) &#160; With special effects provided by Industrial Light &#38; Magic, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest won in six categories at the 2007 Visual Effects Society awards ceremony [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/ves-awards-2006/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Visual Effects Society Awards 2005</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/ves-awards-2004/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/ves-awards-2004/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2005 03:04:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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