41 Imagine the impossible Imagine it. Then achieve it. New Vegas Pro 8 software provides you with the tools to accomplish what was once considered impossible – complete video and audio production in one application. It’s the ultimate all-in-one environment for demanding creative professionals. Vegas Pro 8’s unique way of working with media has established it as the fastest-growing non-linear editing platform among producers who demand more. Its unique, progressive approach to video production, unrivaled audio control and powerful DVD authoring tools set it apart from other non-linear editors. Having established the benchmark for speed and ease of use, this new version moves the bar higher with additional features that offer increased power, functionality, and creative possibilities. Now with ProType Titling Technology, multicamera editing, a comprehensive channel-based audio mixing console, Blu-ray disc burning, and superior 32-bit fl oat engine processing – in addition to its robust support for HDV, XDCAM, 5.1 surround encoding, and 3D compositing – Vegas Pro 8 offers a never before imagined array of opportunities to reach your production goals. Try Vegas Pro 8. And achieve the impossible. Learn more at www.sonycreativesoftware.com/vegasi CALL FOR ENTRIES! New contest for Public Service Announcements. Winner receives national television distribution and a media production suite valued up to $25,000 including PC’s and cameras. More information at www.sonycreativesoftware.com/cyber Copyright © 2007. Sony Creative Software Inc. All rights reserved. VP8a_Stash.indd 1 8/8/07 4:45:45 PM Animation inspires games. Effects merge with film. Science conspires with art. Imagination and reality converge. Get fmx-ed! Come discover what has made fmx one of the hotspot events for digital media professionals worldwide: www.fmx.de fmx/08 is an event by Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in collaboration with VES - Visual Effects Society, Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film and AIAS - Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. fmx/08 is organized by the Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction, Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg and NX Publishing. fmx/08 is funded by Staatsministerium Baden- Wuerttemberg, Wirtschaftsministerium Baden-Wuerttemberg, MFG Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Wuerttemberg and the FFA German Federal Film Board. stash_booklet_anzeige-02.indd 7 08.01.2008 17:25:57 Inspiration. Everywhere. MUNICH JAKARTA MINNEAPOLIS SAN DIEGO LIMA BANGKOK KUALA LUMPUR SANTA MONICA HONG KONG TORONTO NEW YORK LONDON TEL AVIV CAPETOWN ISTANBUL SINGAPORE TOKYO VANCOUVER CARACAS PARIS GHENT NEW DELHI BANGKOK SHENZHEN BELO HORIZONTE HAMBURG Find a Stash retailer near you at www.stashmedia.tv/community As screenings of the Stash Best of 2007 get underway around the world (and the companion two-disk collection rolls out the door), the stash pressure is on to play pundit and spew some sort of drivel about the DVD MAGAZINE 41 state of the animation and VFX universe. STASH MEDIA INC. There have been technical improvements in the software and hardware Editor: STEPHEN PRICE tools, the number of screens demanding content continues to grow, Publisher: GREG ROBINS and new studios sprout like mushrooms every couple of hours – all Associate editor: HEATHER GRIEVE important ingredients – but none are new. Associate publisher: CHRISTINE STEAD Account managers: STACY JAMES FRY, Here’s an idea: What feels new is a certain overall mood or zeitgeist. APRIL HARVEY For the sake of drama and sound-bite-ability I’ll call it the NO FEAR Producer: BRANDON DEMARCO factor (so much more punchy than an “up-tick in courage” or “wanton Submissions coordinator: ABBEY KERR abandon runs amuck”). Music editor: STEVE MARCHESE Here’s what I mean: Fear of technology, fear of outrageous ideas, fear Proofing editor: MARILEE BOITSON of budgets, fear of schedule, fear of clients, and fear of failure are all in Preview director/producer: retreat. A quick glance at this month’s line-up will demonstrate… STACY JAMES FRY Preview editor: JEAN-DENIS ROUETTE How else to explain our lead-off spot from Park Village for Greenpeace Montage editor: JEFF ZEMETIS where light actually does shine out of many asses? No fear of Contributing producer: ERIC ALBA outrageous ideas. Technical guidance: IAN HASKIN How else to explain Simon Tofield and Vinicius Costa choosing to learn Cover image: AKAMA STUDIO brand new animation software during tight production schedules? No WWW.STASHMEDIA.TV fear of technology. ISSN 1712-5928 And what about Neill Blomkamp starting from scratch on three new Legal things: Stash Magazine and Stash DVD Halo 3 virals because all his work on the feature film is locked away in are published 12 times per year by Stash development hell? No fear of failure. Media Inc. All rights reserved and contents copyright Stash Media Inc. No part of this booklet nor the Stash DVD may be copied Like I said, it’s just an idea. But damn, I hope I’m right. without express written permission from the publisher. Stash Media Inc.does not promote or endorse products, services or events advertised by third party advertisers. Stephen Price Submissions: www.stashmedia.tv/submit Editor Subscriptions: www.stashmedia.tv Contact: Stash Media Inc. New York, February 2008 484-1641 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver, [email protected] BC V7M 2J5 Canada. Curated in New York. Printed in Canada. stash 41.01 Greenpeace “Sunshine” Viral :45 Agency: Escape Partners Director: Sven Harding Production/VFX: Park Village www.parkvillage.co.uk How do you divert the Red Bull- addled minds of 16 to 24-year-old men to think (at least momentarily) about something as politically correct as energy-efficient light bulbs? We’re pretty sure Escape Partners and Park Village director Sven Harding have found a way with this viral – the first attempt by Greenpeace to reach this demo, “It has been hard for us to get the message across that there are simple things that people can do to affect climate change,” says Martin Atkin, Greenpeace’s Amsterdam-based head of creative development. “By taking a For Park Village light-hearted approach to a serious Director: Sven Harding issue like the need to save energy, Producer: Polly Du Plessis we can reach the generation who Production Assistant: really will make the difference in Adam Dolman tackling climate change.” 1st AD : Gary Lansbury DOP : Adam Frisch STASH 41.02 For TBWA\China Adidas “Together”, CDs: Yang Yeo, John Merrifield “ZHENG ZHI” CD/copy: Sarawut Hengsawad TVCs 2x :60 (director’s cuts) CD/AD: Elvis Chau Associate CD: Lesley Zhou Agency: ADs: Nie Lang, Xia Zheng, TBWA\China Susie Sun, Amani Qian Directors: Copy: Lesley Zhou, Nicky Zhang, Marie Hyon, Marco Spier Michelle Wu Production: For Stink Stink/PSYOP EPs: Daniel Bergman VFX: Producer: Mungo Maclagan Psyop DOP: Alex Melman www.psyop.tv For Psyop “The main challenge was figuring Directors: Marie Hyon, out a way to create the right Marco Spier mixture of live action and pencil,” EP: Justin Booth-Clibborn admits Psyop co-directors Marie Producer: Lucia Grillo Hyon and Marco Spier. “We’d Associate producer: Nathan Jew made these beautiful style frames, Assistant producer: Kay Chen then we had to figure out how Lead TD: Pakorn Bupphavesa to make them move. Hence a Designers: Kim Dulaney, three-month R&D process with Marie Hyon, Joshua Harvey CG: Mike Papagni, Rich Magan, Roto: Joseph Oberle, Josh Bush, the help of countless compositors, TD: Alvin Bae, Bashir Hamid, Chris Pete Hamilton, Helen Choi, Carlos Rosario, Leslie Chung, and our collaborators, Boolab, Bach, Damon Ciarelli, Ted Kofsatis, Anthony Patti, Tatchapon Tiffany Chung, Will Frazier, in Barcelona. Finally, we hit upon Tony Barbieri Letwirojkul, Andreas Berner Max Kornev, Rich Pernice, a solution that incorporated VFX super: Theo Maniatis Massive: Joerg Liebold, Jelena Vukosav composite techniques with hand- Modeling/rigging: Lee Wolland, Dave Barosin Editor: Cass Vanini drawn cell animation. In total, we Kitty Lin, Anthony Patti, Jaye Kim Compositors: Matt Hanson, Assistant editor: Brett Goldberg had about 65 people working Lead animator: Pat Porter Bee Jin Tan, Elliot Blanchard, on the spots – from 3D to roto to Animators: Ian Brauner, Justin Audio Post: Sound Lounge Borja Pena, Eric Concepcion, compositing to tracking – you name Burton, Nicholas Johnnides, Music Production: Songzu Makoto Sato, Theo Maniatis, it, we used it.” Gerald Ding, Eddy Estevez, Chris Aska Otake , Joe Vitale Toolkit Santoianni, Jae Ham, Jed Mitchell, Tracking: Hyunjeen Lee, Seung XSI, Maya, Massive, After Effects, Melanie Tonkin Hyung Lee Flame stash 41.03 Microsoft Zune “Academy of Dreams”, For TAG, San Francisco “The Ballad of Tina Pink” CDs: Geoff Edwards, TVCs :60 x 2 Scott Duchon AD: Ben Wolan Copy: Rick Herrera Agency: DOB: Jan O’Malley T.A.G./MCCann Worldgroup Producer: Ben Latimer Director: Assistant producer: Mandie Bowe Patrick Daughters For The Directors Bureau Production: EP: Melissa Culligan The Director’S Bureau Director: Patrick Daughters DOP: Shawn Kim VFX: Line producer: Youree Henley Method Studios SÜperfad For Method Studios www.methodstudios.com Lead 2D VFX artist: www.superfad.com Katrina Salicrup CG CD: Laurent Ledru Method and Süperfad conjure 2D VFX artist: Kyle Obley, an ambitious and surreal mix of Miles Essmiller, Zach Lo 2D/3D elements, particle effects, 3D VFX artist: Chris Smallfield, greenscreen and carefully graded Matt Wheeler HD stock footage for these Zune Visual effects shoot super: spots, but according to Laurent Katrina Salicrup, Laurent Ledru Ledru, CG CD at Method in Santa Visual effects EP: Lisa Houck Monica, the most difficult shot was Visual EP: Luisa Murray the man transforming into little For Süperfad cubes. “Even before it was shot, CD: Will Hyde I worked for three weeks just on Producer: Nate Barr how we could slice him up in an EP: Robert Sanborn artistic and aesthetically pleasing Animator: David Holm way.” The solution? Flame for compositing and Maya for 3D.