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.
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.
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.
Nottingham, England – July 20, 2015 – International charity MMBF Trust’s latest competition with talent site Total Talent is open for entries from aspiring actors and performers around the UK. The competition will offer the winners a place on an 8 week course at The International Acting Academy plus a £250 prize money courtesy of the Matthew Martino Benevolent Fund.
Speaking of the competition a trustee for MMF said – It’s a very exciting opportunity for young creatives and fresh in the industry talent who want to establish themselves by doing a course and furthermore getting financial resources to be able to undertake the course, this should work as a really good starting point for all future talent in the performing arts sector’.
June 22, 2015 (New York, NY) – After being celebrated at the St. Louis Film Festival, Queer Film Festival, Boston LGBT Film Festival, and Melbourne Queer Festival, Emmy Award-winning director, Elizabeth Rohrbaugh releases her latest work ‘Dylan’, a poignant short film about a transgender man’s journey. The film became available for free streaming online starting in June, in honor of LGBT Pride Month. Based on an interview with childhood friend, Dylan Winn Garner, the film tells Dylan’s story (as performed by transgender actor, Becca Blackwell), of his exploration of the transgender community, his family’s approval of his identity, and ultimately his physical and emotional transformation.
Rohrbaugh began the process of making this film nearly ten years ago when she wrote the script as part of a theater writing workshop taught by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen, who were best known for creating The Exonerated. Tasked to interview someone with an interesting story, Rohrbaugh chose newly transitioned Dylan, whom she had known since childhood as Emily. This year, Rohrbaugh turned his story into a script and completed the film.