Former Queer As Folk star, Thea Gill provides the voice of Hazel Switch, a rocker chick, electrical switch in Linda Andersson’s (The Seer, Triple Crossed) soon to be completed, independently produced, 2D animated feature, The Grid: Zombie Outlet Maul.
Growing up, my younger brother was unlike most of his peers – he stayed in to watch, read about, and think about films while everyone else went out and did whatever it is that young boys do. As a result, his interpersonal communicating took a backseat to his introverted pondering. Everyone assumed my brother was quiet because he just didn’t have much to say. It wasn’t until we attended the premiere of his first independent film that we realized how wrong we all...
An example of the sort of work created for this contest. (Designed by Finalist Andre Peisker)
Los Angeles, CA, August 11, 2015 – After 3 months of intense participation from members of Polycount and Reallusion’s animator communities, the Game Character Animation Contest has now ended with dozens of awesome entries that made the overall judging process very challenging! Our judges carefully deliberated over each category, and each runner-up, making sure to consider not just the quality of each entry, but their length, effort, working in progress post, and final delivery.
Check out the Contest Winners & Best Of Animation Showreel
Indies are Saving time, Winning awards
and getting Funding for their games.
RGBird Games is a two-person game studio that achieved Steam Greenlight in less than 9 days for their game, Mute. RGBird uses iClone for 3D character design and animation.
Pixel Ripped is a game created in Unity for the Oculus Rift and has achieved funding based on their wildly popular prototype.
Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Reallusion is a leadingedge software developer providing cinematic animation tools for PC, Mac and mobile platforms. Reallusion’s pioneering storytelling technology excelling at character animation, facial morphing and voice lip sync allows fast creation of interactive avatars for 3D real-time filmmaking and previsualization for professional postproduction. Their powerful yet easy-to-use tools make character animation accessible to both Mac and PC users of all skill levels. Reallusion’s development of core technologies and growing base of intellectual property firmly establish the company as power among emerging technology innovators, furthering their graphic and imaging embedded kernels to top-brand device manufacturers worldwide. http://www.reallusion.com/
From the producers of Weeds and Orange is the New Black, comes Spare Change. The feature film comedy debut from co-directors Arturo Guzman and Jonathan Talbert recently took home the award for Best Supporting Actress (Elyse Levesque) and was nominated for Best Picture at the 2015 Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival.
For many in the Indie world, filmmaker Josh Trank has been an inspiration. His character-driven reimagining of the superhero film using a "found-footage"-style made his debut film, Chronicle, a hit with most reviewers earning a super high 85% Rotten Tomatoes score. The film took a more Gothic/horror approach on super "heroes" by looking at teens being granted powers by an alien artifact and how power tends to corrupt, especially among the young.
Nottingham, England – July 24, 2015 – Hague Camera Supports releases the Hague Camslide Micro Go–the ultimate camera slider for GoPro, action cameras, small SLR cameras or even lightweight video cameras. Its smooth 500mm rail and compact carriage offer a true gliding effect which allows you to achieve wonderful slider tracking shots.