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PIXEL MAZIK STUDIOZ

noreply@blogger.com (Rajan Durgade) — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 01:17:00 +0000

PIXEL MAZIK STUDIOZ (PMS) is a dream come true….A Dream which was seen 10 years back with a high spirited, energetic vision by MR. SANTOSH MUDGAL.

We at PIXEL MAZIK STUDIOZ are a complete animation solution provider, based in MUMBAI, India. pioneering not only in creating rich and state of the art 3D/2D animations and Visual Effect but also in concept development. Our team of versatile experts have unmatched skills in research, storyboarding, and character development etc. The result is production of stunning, realistic animations and VFX satisfied clients.

PIXEL MAZIK STUDIOZ (PMS) is a production house offering high-end 3D, 2D & Visual effects animation services. We differentiate ourselves by our holistic approach in the creative and innovative process, adding new facets and learning to our portfolio each day. The services involve live-action and animation films and ad films with a diversified client base that includes TV Networks, Ad agencies, Production Houses, Bollywood Production Houses, Govt. Agencies, NGOs and International clients.

We provide tailored services and solutions right from concept development phase to final presentations for your animations and visual presentations needs, which further helps you to promote your products and services in a unique way and also to create newer markets for the same.

Our commitment to a culture, based on a set of strong core values is the heart of our organization. The Value Code reflects this commitment, which emphasizes placing our Clients' interest first, Integrity, Quality, Creativity and Teamwork.

By combining design and animation expertise with skills from various disciplines, including architecture, signage, graphic design and the visual arts, the result is a solution that is unique, well-informed, and innovative. Our blend of animation skills, design experience and technical knowledge allows us to give our clients the edge they need to compete in an industry where television, film and the Internet are rapidly converging.

Services Offered :

* Motion Graphics :
    Logo Animation
    Corporate Logo Designing & Animation
    Film Logos
    Show Packing
    Channel Ids
    Corporate Presentations(AV)

* VFX:
    Roto
    Croma
    Wire Removal
    Special Effects
    Stereo Conversion

* Editing :
    3D Packshots & Animation
    Product Designing
    FCP & Editing Fecility
    AV Editing & Packaging

Address:
Pixel Mazik Studioz
64-A-102, Karan Shanti, above abhyudaya bank,
Opp. Shanti Shopping Center.
Mira Road (east).Mumbai- 401 107. INDIA

Tel: +91 22 28555232
Cell : + 91 9867316240

Pixel Mazik DI
GL-94, Veer Surendra Sai Nagar,
Bubhneshwar 751 007.Odisha

Tel: +91 22 28555232
Cell : + 91 9867316240

Email: santoshmudgal1@gmail.com,
    santosh@pixelmazik.com,
Website: www.pixelmazik.com

Multitude9 fx

noreply@blogger.com (Rajan Durgade) — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 01:02:00 +0000

Multitude9 fx Specializes in visual effects & Commercial Projects For The Entertainment World.

We produce 3D character animation, motion design and visual effects for feature films and television, game cinematics & trailers, large format films, location-based entertainment, commercials and integrated media. We consider ourselves to be a transparent firm, that believes in honest relationships with out clients.We seek the true objectivein creating projects and we help our clients focous on what they really want to

We are skilled in many different designing animation vfx , softwares and scripts to get the ultimate result required by client. We are small but efficient! Anytime your company needs any custom Creative Projects, Multitude 9 fx offers expert service. Check out our Works..

Now why we are called Multitude 9 fx! In “Multitude 9 fx” we have combined (multitude + 9 + effects), Multitude fx means large amount of visual effects, and 9 for a real number that can be shown to be the number one , We pronounce it m9fx.

Who we are..

Multitude 9 fx was founded by Sravan kumar and Lakshmikanth in the year 2010 with vision of Graphic designing, Animation and Visual effects.

Contact Us:

Multitude9 fx™
16-11-405/18,
Sbi Officer’s Colony
Karate Raju Bhavan,
Moosambagh Hyderabad-500 060,
Andhra Pradesh

T: 009140 64580589

Email:info@m9fx.com

Web: http://www.m9fx.com

Sujeerya Animation

noreply@blogger.com (Rajan Durgade) — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 00:57:00 +0000

Sujeerya is framed with young energitic industry fronts in the year 1996. Since inception Sujeerya has seen development growth started with a small team, today Sujeerya is a group of techie leaders in different tires of digital world.
Sujeerya is proud to have many multi national companies as a clientle to its flagship
in different technologies integrating 3d, animations, visual effects, gaming etc.

Our Services Includes :

Ad Film Making / 3d Walkthroughs / Print Media Works / 3d Elevations
Animation Ads / Animation Films / Corporate Presentations / TV Trailers
CAD Digitizations / FILM VFX / Stereoscopic 3d Films Etc.,

We can deal any type of Multimedia Works.

Print Media Works
(Logos, Brochures, Flex Designs, Hoardings Etc., Including Printing.)

Web Media Works
(Web Designing, E-Commerce, Web Hosting etc.,)

3d Elevations
(3d Buildings, 3d Cities, 3d Locations & 3d Sets etc.,)

2d/3d Animation
(3d Animation Films, Animation, 3d Props ,3d Sets for Films & Video also. etc.,)

Corporate Presentations
(Powerpoint/Flash Presentations, Virtual Reality, Interactive Presentations Etc.,)

Outdoor Publicity
(Hoardings, Auto Ads etc.,)

Brochure Designs
(Product Designs , Real Estate Brochures, 3d Elevation Brochures Etc.,)

CAD Layouts / CAD Digitizations
(Large Scale of Map Digitization works Etc.,)

Film VFX
(Film Compositing, Roto, Wire Removing, CG, Etc.,)

Stereoscopic 3d Films
(Specialized in Shooting of Double Camera 3d Films)

These are only some Sample Services. We can deal any type of Multimedia Projects.

Contact Us:

Sujeerya Animation & Entertainments Pvt. Ltd.
Plot No : 232/a,
Film Nagar, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad,
Andhra Pradesh , India

Cell : +91-9247104162

for Business Enquiries :
sujeerya@gmail.com // bob.indya@gmail.com

for Career Opportunities :
sujeerya@gmail.com

Website: http://www.sujeerya.com

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

noreply@blogger.com (Rajan Durgade) — Mon, 21 May 2012 02:11:00 +0000

The Adventures of Tintin (known as The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn outside North America) is a 2011 American 3D motion capture computer-animated adventure film based on The Adventures of Tintin, a series of comic books created by Belgian artist Hergé (Georges Remi). Directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by Peter Jackson, and written by Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish, the film is based on three of the original comic books: The Crab with the Golden Claws (1941), The Secret of the Unicorn (1943), and Red Rackham's Treasure (1944). It is the first-ever animated film for both Spielberg and his longtime collaborator, composer John Williams.

Spielberg acquired rights to produce a film based upon the Adventures of Tintin series following Hergé's death in 1983, and re-optioned them in 2002. Filming was due to begin in October 2008 for a 2010 release, but release was delayed to 2011 after Universal opted out of producing the film with Paramount, who provided $30 million on pre-production. Sony chose to co-produce the films. The delay resulted in Thomas Sangster, who had been cast as Tintin, departing from the project. Producer Peter Jackson, whose company Weta Digital provided the computer animation, intends to direct a sequel. Spielberg and Jackson also hope to co-direct a third film.

The film received generally positive reviews from critics, and became a box office success with a worldwide gross of over $373 million. The Adventures of Tintin also won the award for Best Animated Feature Film at the Golden Globe Awards that year. It is the first non-Pixar film to win the award since the category was first introduced. Williams was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score. It is currently nominated for five Saturn Awards, including Best Animated Film, Best Director for Spielberg and Best Music for Williams.

Plot:
Tintin (Jamie Bell), a young journalist, and his dog Snowy are browsing in an outdoor market in a European town (scene starts off with a cameo of Hergé doing Tintin's portrait). Tintin buys a model of a three-masted sailing ship, the Unicorn, on the cheap, but is then immediately accosted by the sinister Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine (Daniel Craig), and the mysterious figure of Barnaby (Joe Starr), who both try to buy the model from Tintin, without success. Tintin takes the ship home, but it is broken during a fight between Snowy and a neighbour's cat. As it breaks, a parchment scroll slips out of the ship's mast. Snowy spots it but is unable to alert Tintin. Meanwhile, incompetent detectives Thomson and Thompson (Nick Frost and Simon Pegg) are on the trail of a pickpocket, Aristides Silk (Toby Jones). Tintin visits Sakharine in Marlinspike Hall, where he learns that there are at least two model ships. Tintin puts the scroll in his wallet, only to have it (his wallet) stolen by a pickpocket.

Later, Tintin is shot at, then abducted by accomplices of Sakharine, and imprisoned on the SS Karaboudjan. On board, Tintin escapes and meets the ship's nominal captain, Haddock (Andy Serkis). Haddock has been supplied with whisky by first mate Allan (Daniel Mays), who is working for Sakharine, and the captain is permanently drunk, and doesn't know what's happening on board his ship. Tintin and Haddock (and Snowy) eventually escape from the Karaboudjan in a lifeboat. Sakharine sends a seaplane to find them, but Tintin is able to capture the plane, and fly towards the (fictitious) Moroccan port of Bagghar, but they crash in the desert.
Dehydrated in the heat, and suffering from a sudden lack of alcohol, Haddock hallucinates, and starts to remember stories about his ancestor, Sir Francis Haddock (Andy Serkis), who was captain of the Unicorn during the 17th century. Sir Francis' treasure-laden ship was attacked by a pirate ship, led by the masked Red Rackham (Daniel Craig), and, after a fierce battle and eventual surrender, Sir Francis chose to sink the Unicorn, and most of the treasure, rather than allow it to fall into Rackham's hands. It transpires that there were three models of the Unicorn, each containing a scroll. Together, the scrolls will reveal the location of the sunken Unicorn, and its treasure.

In Bagghar, Tintin and the Captain find out that the third model ship is in the possession of the wealthy Omar Ben Salaad (Gad Elmaleh), but it is encased in a bullet-proof glass display case. Sakharine's plan is to stage a concert involving famous diva Bianca Castafiore (Kim Stengel), the "Milanese nightingale", whose penetrating singing voice will be able to shatter the glass case, allowing Sakharine's trained hawk to fly down and steal the third scroll. After a chase down to the harbour, pursued by Tintin and Haddock, Sakharine finally escapes with all three scrolls. Tintin chases him back to Europe and arranges a police reception for him on the dockside. Haddock and Sakharine, who is revealed to be the descendant of Red Rackham, replay their ancestors' swashbuckling sword fight, using dockside cranes, swords, and even bottles of whisky. Haddock is eventually victorious and Sakharine is promptly arrested by Thomson and Thompson.

With the three scrolls in their possession, Tintin and Haddock find that the indicated location is Marlinspike Hall, and that the hall had been built originally by Sir Francis Haddock. There, in the cellar, they find some of the treasure, and a clue to the location of the sunken Unicorn. Both men agree to continue the adventure.

Box office

The film grossed $77,591,831 in North America and $296,402,120, in other territories, for a worldwide total of $373,993,951.

On its first day, the film opened in the UK, France and Belgium, earning $8.6 million. In Belgium, Tintin's country of origin, the film made $520,000, while France provided $4.6 million, a number higher than other similar Wednesday debuts. In France, it was the second best debut of the year for its first day after Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2. On its first weekend it topped the overseas box office with $56.2 million from 21 countries. In Belgium, it earned $1.99 million. It also earned the top spot in many major markets like France and the Maghreb region ($21 million), where it set a record opening weekend for an animated title, the UK, Ireland and Malta ($10.9 million), Germany ($4.71 million) and Spain ($3.75 million). It retained first place for a second-consecutive and final weekend, earning $39.0 million from 45 territories. In its native Belgium it was up 20% to $2.39 million, while in France it plummeted 61% to $8.42 million. Its biggest debut was in Russia and the CIS ($4.81 million).

The movie grossed 7.5 crore (US$1.5 million) on its opening weekend (November 11–13, 2011) in India, an all-time record opening for a Steven Spielberg film and for an animated feature in India. The movie was released with 351 prints, the largest ever release for an animated film. In four weeks, it became the highest-grossing animated film of all time in the country with 25.4 crore (US$5.07 million).

GAMECLOUD Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

noreply@blogger.com (Rajan Durgade) — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:53:00 +0000

GameCloud Technologies Private Limited is an ISO 9001:2008 organization (accr. TUV Austria), established by experienced gaming professionals from the industry with a mission to be world's leading outsourced game services provider.

We are currently building our dedicated offshore centre for gaming services, helping our clients to meet constraints of cost and growth. GAMECLOUD provides flexible partnership models that allocate teams to work on client's projects at short notice to become a strategic component of the operations, also working as an integral part of long term plans.

We are a group of gaming professionals, animators, engineers and graduates with great experience from the industry, dedicated to provide best possible experience with services

Our aim is to offer unparalleled quality of game outsourcing services with help of our dedicated teams in each area. Our clients include leading game publishers and developers and work with us in strategic partnerships to regulate costs and use outsourcing to gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace. We provide flexible partnership models that allocate teams to work on your projects at short notice, working as an integral part of it.

Staff:
•   Experienced management with knowledge of executing projects for companies ranging from small to some of     the industry giants.
•   Managers comprising of customer care specialists, quality control analysts with several years of experience.
•   Staff contains professional gamers with experience in gaming industry
•   Team players, passionate about gaming
•   Have credentials ranging from undergraduate to multiple master’s

Services:
1) Game Testing:
* QA Testing Services for Games & Interactive Applications
* Game Testing: Bug Sweeping, verification, Reporting
* Gameplay Functionality Testing
* Compatibility Testing
* Usability Testiong
* Localization Testing
* Online and network testing with delay/timing reports
* MMOG Testing
* Supported Game Platforms by Gamecloud:
    PC (Standalone and Browser-Based games)
    Macintosh (Standalone and Browser-Based games)
    Nintendo
    Sony (PS2, PS3, PSP etc)
    Microsoft (XBox, Xbox 360 with Kinect / other controllers)
    Handheld devices (Including iPhone & Android based systems)
* Beta team management
* Gamer's Review/Rating Services

2) Animation:
GAMECLOUD Technologies Pvt. Ltd. is having a team of dedicated animators that focuses producing on Character Design, Visual Effects, Traditional 2D Animation, Cracking spoof action content for Product Demos, Education, Architectural Walkthroughs, TV Commercials & online marketing purposes, backed by state of the art animation workstations. We can conceptualize your story, scenes, and characters, in 2D and take your ideas to a new dimension.

* Animation for Games
* 2D Animation

3) Game Development:
GAMECLOUD offers number of specialized services in field of gaming and mobile game production is one of them. We deliver high-quality game production including graphic design, character development, programming, level design and quality assurance/game testing. We offer offshore resources, technology and capacity to optimize game development in all fields where outsourcing can bring tangible benefits. We want GAMECLOUD to become the outsourced production partner of choice for leading game developers and publishers.

* Game-based Learning
* Application Porting
* Porting Services for Mobile Game Developers
* Quality Assurance
* Android game development
* The Brand Game
* Web/Mobile Advergames Development
* In-Game Advertising (IGA)

4) Customer Care Services:
Customer Service / Tech Support to gaming companies. GAMECLOUD is having experts and gamers with technical knowledge and experience of over 10 years in the gaming industry to provide 24/7 in-game technical support through game-masters, online chat(Text/Voice) support in different languages. Game companies with their titles / servers / realms released for number of countries can enjoy such services in their local languages. MMO is the key.

Address:
GAMECLOUD Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
F11/B2, Dahanukar Colony, Kothrud.
Pune 411 038.
Maharashtra State, India.

Contact Person    : Mr. Laxmikant B. Thipse (Director)
Contact Numbers   : +91 020 65294197
                    +91 9822876296 / 9028061430
                                +91 9422045688 / 9422045661
Information         : info@gamecloud-ltd.com
Request for Quote : sales@gamecloud-ltd.com
Career                  : jobs@gamecloud-ltd.com

Website : http://gamecloud-ltd.com

Mile Nine Studios

noreply@blogger.com (Rajan Durgade) — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 01:54:00 +0000

Based in Mumbai and Toronto, Mile Nine is a state of the art studio designed to provide you with spectacular visuals for all your graphical and Digital needs across Games, Advertising and Television industries.

Services:

Animation:

Pre - Production :

With a wide array of excellent Concept Artist, Character Designers (gestures, expressions, turn-arounds,) Layout Artists, Storyboard Artist, Scene Planners, Background Artist, Matte Painters and Copywriters; we make sure that the base is strong and neat. This enables us to work in a structured form with minimal mistakes and maximum time benefits. The pre-production process is the most important process as it is the guide for the whole project. Therefore, at Mile Nine, extra care is taken to make sure that every small aspect is taken into consideration and every detail is finalized.

Production :

Our team is well equipped in both skill and technical knowhow, to produce results that exceed client expectations. With the help of our, state of the art studio and a chain of skilled staff, we have become veterans at our work. By means of vast and comprehensive processes of Modeling, Rigging, Texturing, Animation, F/X animation, Lighting and Compositing, a reel is created in its most basic and rough stage. Whether the style is realistic or cartoony, we make sure that we concentrate on the detailing of every character, object and background even if it is in the tertiary.

Post Production :

With our incredible Editors, Sound Technicians, F/X artist and Artistic Renderers we create the Work Print and the Rough Cut. It is here that every detail is checked and rechecked all over again and finally, with the last nod from the director the reel originates.

Game Development:

Our Mafia makes games with avidity for the reason games are made, to simply entertain. The games we make are fresh, challenging, interactive and accessible. We keep our focus on providing supreme Game Play, an outstanding story and Spectacular Graphics to match them. Our ardor towards gaming cant be defined in words. You have to play it... to know it.

Flash Online Games

With a skilled team of Game Programmers and versatile Artists creating stunning imagery Mile Nines mafia produces the best quality of Flash Games seen in the industry today. Our Mafia is excellent in developing Flash games in a flash !

Smart Phone : IOS & Android

Our Mafia develops IOS and Android games for various markets and genres. Our programmers have mastered the art of good gameplay and interactivity. With new Tablet´s and smart phones coming out each day, our Research and Development team makes sure that the Mafia is always updated.

Social Media Games

We are good at generating large crowds as well as turning them into your loyal mob. From establishing Target Groups, to Product Understanding as well as Advertising Campaign Integration, our Mafia is proficient. We make sure that your pages achieve appropriate views and feedback. The Mile Nine mafia is exceptional with Customer Relationship management.

Mobile Game Development

The Mile Nine Mafia is adept at developing high quality games for mobile phones. We also carry out the process of porting the game to various models and makes. The Mile Nine Mafia is very mobile with creativity when it comes to developing Mobile games.

Address:

Mumbai

601, Hyde Park, Saki Vihar Road,
Saki Naka, Andheri - E,
Mumbai - 400 072
Maharastra, India.

Phone : +91 22 2857 7979

Toronto

47 Honbury Road,
Etobicoke,
ON - M9V1W5
Canada.

Phone : +1 647-217-5686

Website: http://www.mileninestudios.com

Hyderabad Animations

noreply@blogger.com (Rajan Durgade) — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 01:53:00 +0000

A near religious devotion to Animation saw Hyderabad Animations Private Limited (HAPL) envision a compelling script and a vivid storyboard for its incorporation. With a bonnet full of talent, a boot full of dreams and a tank full of passion, HAPL embarked on an ambitious journey across Animation terrain.

A promising start with many a milestone to conquer in the near future. As we step on the gas, it’s just a matter of time before we arrive in style, on the global stage.

Our forte: Creating high-quality 3D Animation content.
Our mission: To ideate, narrate and animate timeless stories with aplomb. AND To evolve into an integrated CG powerhouse with the size and scale required for developing full-length animated features.
Our vision: To invent, innovate and generate game-changing IP.
Our destination: The corner cabin at the global Animation industry's office.

STUDIO
Our studio is wired to sophistication as we employ best-in-breed technology to enable on-time delivery of high-resolution output. In line with evolving trends and market demands, we invest significantly in up-grading technology and software to improve quality and productivity.

The flexibility, speed and efficiency of our production workflow is optimized for best results. Our set-up is volume-compatible and we can instantly scale-up to execute larger-than-now projects. Currently, we are capable of producing atleast two half-hours of high-resolution animated content per year.

HAPL’s Infrastructure spectrum:

High-performance Intel Xeon Work stations | 1 GBPS High-speed network
Express internet connectivity | Hi-end server with sprawling storage space
Full Power back-up (UPS, Generators)

SERVICES
HAPL offers a range of high-end 3D Modeling and 2D/3D Animation for Feature films, Commercials, Television Episodes, Online promotions and Interactive Media including:
Concept Art and Content development
Character Design, Character Animation
Modeling, Rigging, Look development
Compositing
Simulations/Logos
3D Architectural visualization & Virtual walkthroughs
Content Engineering / New Media (Infotainment)

CHARACTERS
Our team is brim with tech-savvy CG experts cherry-picked from acclaimed studios. Their influential artistry, depth of experience and sheer professionalism give HAPL, the power to execute complex projects with shining quality and allows for effortless execution of rush hour jobs without any compromise on deliverables.

Importantly, our Animators come with extraordinary acting skills; the key to generating original and appealing Animation for films and commercials.

HAPL's talent spectrum:

Story writers
Concept Artists
Art Directors
Modelers
Rigging Artists
Texturing Artists
Animators
Lighting Artists
Compositors

CONTACT
Hyderabad Animations Private Limited,
Fourth Floor, Sai Towers ,
Main Road , Dilsukhnagar,
Hyderabad - 500 036. India .

Phone: +91 40 2404 2343 / 2405 2277

Email: contact@hyderabadanimations.com

Website: www.hyderabadanimations.com

Delhi Safari

noreply@blogger.com (Rajan Durgade) — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 02:01:00 +0000

Delhi Safari is an upcoming bilingual 3-D animation film directed by Nikhil Advani. It has been produced by Krayon Pictures (a Pune based 3D animation studio) and People Tree Films. The film features the voices of Akshaye Khanna, Govinda, Suniel Shetty, Boman Irani, and Urmila Matondkar. The screenplay of the film is written by Girish Dhamija and Suresh Nair. The film traces the journey of five animals and birds from Mumbai to Delhi. The music of the film is composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, while the lyrics are penned by Sameer.

Plot:
The residents of the national park welcome a bright sunny morning, birds singing away merrily, animals running around with joy, Sultan (Suniel Shetty) and his cub Yuvi (Sweeney Khara), playing by the lakeside. The jungle has an air of joy and peace. A distant thunder breaks the silence and a closer look reveals the jungle being raided by man and machine destroying everything in its path. Sultan tries to fight a futile battle and ends up losing his life.

The night has a very tense air as all the animals gather around with fear in their heart, discussing their fate of losing their habitat to human beings. Yuvi tries to reason with the elders, urging them to not give up their homes.

Everyone is convinced that it is futile to fight humans, and the only option is to leave and move to a safer home.

The hot headed militant monkey, Bajrangi (Govinda), wants to declare a full scale war against the humans taking over their homes. But the anger management Guru, Bagga the bear (Boman Irani), has a more civilized suggestion. He believes that all problems could be sorted out through peaceful discussions. So the best way to get back their homes is to have a dialog with the humans, win their hearts and their own homes. The only problem being that no one can speak the human language. Air India, the pigeon recommends Alex (Akshaye Khanna), the talking parrot who can come to their rescue.

With hope in their hearts, Yuvi, Bajrangi, and Bagga decide to kidnap Alex from his luxurious golden cage. However, their hope turns to despair as the talking parrot Alex hates animals. Loves humans. And wants nothing to do with the problems of these barbaric animals especially, the primitive ape. Bajrangi. Also Alex is sure that such issues need to be addressed in the parliament at Delhi.

Now starts a journey from Mumbai to Delhi. From hate to love. From enmity to friendship as a motley group of five animals travel across India with a message. A message that they discover not only plagues their homes, but the homes and lives of thousands of other animals on the way.

The journey across the country becomes a journey where enemies become friends and a family comes together to fight for what rightfully belongs to them, a home.

Zebra vfx

noreply@blogger.com (Rajan Durgade) — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:50:00 +0000

Zebra vfx is boutique visual effects and CG animation firm, based in Chennai, India. Our core business is the creation of high end Cg visual effects and animation for the commercial market, both in the country and beyound.

We characterise ourselves as an artist driven company - and we mean exactly that, Each member of the team is highly skilled in their fields of fine art, sculpting, motion graphics, compositing, modeling, texturing, animation or character animation.

what we do

3D/2D animation

- modeling, texturing, lighting, dynamics and animation
- visual effects for film and TV photoreal pack shorts and demos
- simulation.
- character animation
- compositing
- seamless integration of CG and live action
- all basic compositing including: green screen, rotoscoping, grading
- motion graphic

Address:

zebra vfx
flat no. T1, 3rd floor,
Anira apartments
Saligramam, Chennai 93
Tamilnadu, India

Tel: +91 44 42652053

email : zebravfx@gmail.com

Website : http://www.zebravfx.com

TODO Animations

noreply@blogger.com (Rajan Durgade) — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:28:00 +0000

TODO Animations stands for every thing in animation. We are major provider of 3D Animation to the industries in the world where 3D requires. TODO Animation was founded in Chennai, India, year 2010. TODO Offers its worldwide clientele end – to – end Animation service includes 3D Animation Movies & Ads, Architectural Walk-through, Industrial Product-Demos, Bio-Medical Animation, Live vs Computer Graphics, Title Animation and other part of digital filming.

TODO offers top-quality and creativity in character design and animation at competitive prices. We work for result not for money. The most updated technology in 3D animation industry is used at TODO, which is attracted by lot of customers. We have plenty of much talented and experienced artists to do any kind of project in any Quality required. So our key formula is Artistic brain + Latest technology = Creativity and Quality. TODO has expanded its wings in Michigan, USA.

Services

We offer Script – to – Screen services with good experienced people in order to achieve best Quality and Creativity for the following services.
1. 3D Animation Movies & Series
2. 3D Animation Ads
3. Architectural Walk-through
4. Industrial Product-Demos
5. Bio-Medical Animation
6. Live vs Computer Graphics
7. Title Animation
8. Digital Matte Painting
9. Visual Effects

Process
How We Do

We cultivate an atmosphere of artistic talent, enthusiasm and teamwork in order to satisfy client’s need. We follow World class Production pipeline that is internally designed and developed by TODO team to complete the project with no compromise in quality, Creativity and Less Production Cost.
The basic pipeline process is mentioned below

1. Story

Here we first visualize the written script into sketched pictures and we call this as storyboard. In this we structure the basic elements like camera angles, sequence staging, plotting and pacing. Lots and lots of sketches will be done in order to achieve best flow of script.

2. Art

In the art department, we have character design artist, set design artist and color artist to create and explore the final look and feel of the film. Our artist designs each and every character with its own personality and look as a unique to meet the requirement of the script. We also concentrate on environment design with new style and creativity to meet the requirement for the film. Our color artist will give their best to see the lighting. Color feel and emotion for the film.

3. 3D Modeling

In this Department we do digital modeling for characters, Sets, Props, Cloths etc. in a digital scanning method to achieve perfection in modeling. First with sketches from the design department we model our objects or character in clay, which is easiest medium for sculpting, and then with scanners we scan our object.

4. Rigging

From pencil, paper and clay a digital character takes perfect shape. This department involves creating the framework that will deform the surface of the model by adding Skeletons and adding weight is a major part of this department. We will understand the anatomy of the character and action trough out the story.

5. Materials

All objects and characters have a surface and texture, for this we create and build surface in order to give life and realism to objects and characters.

6. Layout

In this our team have full responsibility for the appearance of the film, shot by shot and production. Using the storyboard and other sketches we work with director on staging, cutting, continuity and composition of each and every shot.

7. Animation

Animating a character in computer is like moving a puppet character about time line. Animator will pose the character using variety of controls to move head, Hips, arms, legs and etc. to achieve required action. We never compromise to achieve the desired animation, which is sketched as per the storyboard artist. We give soul to the character.

8. Lighting

Our Lighting Department uses newest technology and well knows how to lit a scene in order to achieve the complete look for our films. We work hard to achieve the mood and emotion of our stories.

9. Effects

In special effects team we do amazing looking effects as per the requirement for the film. In computer graphics there are some types of animation that are bettered achieved through computer simulation, than object animation like rain, snow, dust, fog, fire, Cloth, Hair and fur, fluids simulation and etc.

10. Rendering

In this department our render wranglers will touch every frame of the movie before it goes to post production department. This department plays a major roll in production and it is the last department in production. We make all our other production department works as viewable. We involve plenty of render blades with multi core processors in order to complete rendering in required time.

11. Compositing

In compositing, we are small department with big responsibility to achieve the final frame on screen. Rendered images are mixed and effects are added to every shot. We are the first department for post-production to touch a frame. Painting also is carried out in this stage to complete the every shot as final. The final image what you see in screen, what we done in compositing.

12. Editorial

In this department, first we record temporary dialogue from our in-house team to see the action and dialogue for in the film. Once cast is done, we will begin final recording sessions with the help of script and directors. After this we will insert this final recoded track on the rough one. Now the film is ready to go to post production, where we insert final sound effect, dialogue and complete score.

13. R&D

With out this department nothing will happen above. In this we have a small tem of dedicated professionals to develop new technological software for the best result of film production. We closely work with the production team to full fill the requirement for the production.

Address:
India
Todo Animations
4/79, Brindavan Street
West Mambalam
Chennai – 600033
Tamilnadu
India

Phone: 044-43512709

Email: info@todoanimation.com
Website: http://www.todoanimation.com

USA
2A, 2700, Trappers Cove
East Lansing
Michigan 48910
USA

BeeVeefx Studio

noreply@blogger.com (Rajan Durgade) — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 01:07:00 +0000

BeeVeefx Studio is a team of talented 3D / 2D computer graphics professionals who work hard to deliver you as per your customized needs at a particular moment of time, right from a film to other corporate reels. And yes, we deliver what we feel should be, so there's no craving for anything & everything.
     Couldn't find a better phrase for this, One Stop Solution, as they say, for all tasks amidst production to post production phases. We provide quality concept design, animation and editing to independent producers, agencies and corporate clients. BeeVeefx Studio has worked on many projects including animated series, documentaries, short films, commercials, corporate video, broadcast design and web design as well, and yes consciuosly, not anything and everything.
     A perfect blend of expertise personnel from various domains across the industry vertical, here at BeeVee, we are committed to provide you with a range of pre to post production services (including storyboarding, editing (HD & standard definition),) graphics, animation, web programming and web design and full range of production services including concept development. Bevee has also put a step down towards providing its client with IT solutions.
    BeeVeefx Studio has in-house capability in 2D and 3D animation. Our resources are our strength. BeeVeefx Studio is having its corporate and production facility in NOIDA, the IT HUB of UP. BeeVeefx Studio is also into imparting animation education. We have a training center to cater the resource needs of domestic as well as international clients for their 2D and 3D projects.
     BeeVeefx Studio has a good combination of management expertise and technical talents, BeeVeefx Studio is powered by proactive performing professional having creative insights to give the clients profitable satisfaction. Our vision is to bring in the global standards to Indian animation industry.

Services
We deal with 3d films, Commercials, Graphic Designing, 2d animation, Motion Graphics, Web Designing, Architectural 3d walkthrough, VFx films, Documentary, Short films (Duration half an hour).

Animation Production
We deliver both 2D and 3D animation. Having worked with some of India's most talented creative directors, and designers, we make sure that you get the most out of us workwise as well as billing wise.

Commercials
We tend and try our level best to be as much as reasonable, we can be as far as this is concerned but yes, mostly fail to be so, but still clients tend to work with us. Jokes apart, over a cup of coffee can this be discussed too.

Corporate Video
Our corporate videos are unique, visually stylized and will get your message out there in an engaging and entertaining package.

Effects & Compositing
As part of our post production services we offer compositing with Fusion and After Effects and are very experienced in all aspects of green screen shoots too.

Print Design
We can design your DVD jackets, posters and any other print materials you may require.

Multimedia
Any format, any platform ... We know multimedia and can deliver just about anything you desire whether it is music video , web sites or games.

BeeVeeFx Studio Interactive designed walkthroughs serves multidimensional usage. It can be used for a verity of business promotional programs. 3D Walkthrough used in,
•    Architectural Visualization
•    Construction Applications
•    Interior Decoration
•    Real-Estate Development
•    Engineering Simulations
•    Advertising Films
•    Cartoon Animations
•    Games etc.

BeeVeeFx Studio provides solutions in the areas of digital media
Corporate Multimedia
Corporate Multimedia Presentation
•    Presentation on Visiting Card.
•    Presentations - screen based.
•    Presentations for Trade shows & Exhibitions.
•    Interactive Sales & Marketing Presentations.
•    Product Presentation/Demo eBrochure (e-Profile)

Digital Media Interactive Communication Tools
Architectural Walkthrough Virtual Reality: Industrial & Mechanical Simulation

Animation, Visual FX & Film
•    2D Animation
•    3D Animation
•    Digital Visual Effects
•    AD Films
•    Corporate Films
•    Documentary Films
Graphic Design
•    Logo Design
•    Print & Ad Media

Contact us
BeeVeefx Studio
611-A, ROYAL
Shipra Sun City, Indrapuram, Ghaziabad,

Uttar Pradesh, India.
Pin-201014

DESKPHONE
+91-0120-4282137

Please send your CVs at hr@BeeVeefx.com

Website : http://www.beeveefx.com

Nextgen Studio

noreply@blogger.com (Rajan Durgade) — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 01:45:00 +0000

Nextgen Studio was established in 2006 as an end-to-end creative animation service provider. we have been consistently delivering valued services for its customers through our unique process and methods in for smooth transition of requirements into creative animation and special effects solutions. The company has its operations in Mumbai and Chennai. The main charter of the company is to provide services in the business of Animated Content Development which includes Flash, 2D, 3D & Visual effects animation services.

We have already a number of credits in our bag like Bearsy Bear, Soap on the range, Commander Ice, Book of adventures and above all, Hanuman – the first ever full-length animation film made in India.

The objective of the Company includes the Produce animation films, merchandising and Intellectual Properties based on global mythological themes and Indian folk tales themes; Animation Services to global corporate markets leveraging some of its Intellectual Properties Explore a niche Business Process Outsourcing division targeted to the Media and Entertainment Industry Committed to delivering globally, Nextgen works with its clients and its partners to attain higher business goals.

SERVICES
•    Film & episode work from concept to completion (Pre-Production, Production and post-Production)
•    Advertisements and promotional materials
•    Animated music video in 2D,Stop-motion, Flash and 3D
•    VFX and Post-Production
•    Industrial technical modeling
•    New IP creation for films and Episodic series
•    Live action feature pre-Production
•    Publication work for comic book illustrations
•    Gaming
•    Merchandizing and prototype development
•    Digital Restoration

Address:
Mumbai Office
Nextgen Animation Mediaa Limited
Unit 121, SDF IV
SEEPZ, Andheri (East)
Mumbai 400 096
India
Tel: 91-22-2829 1950
Fax: 91-22-2829 0199

Chennai Office
Nextgen Animation Mediaa Limited
Tower 2, 4th Floor Office 3, Indianland Tech park
Plot No 14, 3rd main road, Ambattur Industrial Estate
Chennai - 600 058
Tel: 91-44-6646 81(00 - 29)

Website : http://www.nextgenmediaa.com

Studio 9

noreply@blogger.com (Rajan Durgade) — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 01:16:00 +0000

"Our ideas come to life with everything we produce”

Studio 9 is a animation studio based in Bangalore, India and specialize in computer generated (CG) 3d graphics animation, visual effects & new media. We create a variety of 3D animations for different mediums - TV commercials, promos, interactive media - online and offline, graphics & the web. Studio 9 is equipped with state of the art technology, latest workstations, and a in-house edit studio empowered by the creative minds of the rich pool of talent we have for developing our ideas. We offer a complete set of manpower and infrastructure to develop and syndicate content for diverse media like films, TV, print, web and handheld smart phone devices. We strive to produce exciting and path breaking work in the years to come.

Services:

Modeling of asset Creation:

We create 3D assets for television, print, games & the web. This includes product visualization, engineering, architectural, characters & game design.

3D animation:

We can animate a bouncing ball or a sprawling medical campus. We can animate just about anything & we love the art of movement !

Architectural Visualization:

We can take your CAD drawings or blueprints & bring your vision to life. We can create fly-through animations or real time 3D walk through. If you need a current building or structure modeled, let us know.

Simulation:

We can simulate real world scenarios in virtual environments- Anything from realistic explosions to city roads filled with hundreds of cars & pedestrians.

Video Editing & Production:

From developing the script, creating a story board, editing the video, voice over’s, sound design, animation, special effects-all under one roof.

Motion Graphics & Visual Effects:

We create something spectacular out of nothing at all. Motion graphics and SFX are used in everything from Web videos to TV commercials.

Logo development & Identity suite:

A logo is the face of the business & is the most valuable thing you can invest in. We create or modify your existing logo, giving it a 3D feel which you can use in all communication-visiting cards, letterheads, envelopes, web, TV commercials, corporate films and presentations.

Web related services:

We create web banners, advertisements, & other multimedia design for web marketing. We conceptualize, design and develop interactive websites. If you already have a current website but it’s not producing the results you desire, come to us.

Address:

E 3O7, Sunrise Chambers,

22 Ulsoor Road,

Bangalore 56O O42.

Ph : +91 80 4113 4513

Mob: +91 98861 97731

email: info@s9animation.com

Website : http://www.s9animation.com/

Rango

noreply@blogger.com (Rajan Durgade) — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 01:05:00 +0000

Rango is a 2011 American computer-animated comedy western film directed by Gore Verbinski and produced by Graham King. It features the voices of actors Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Bill Nighy, Abigail Breslin, Alfred Molina, Harry Dean Stanton, Ray Winstone, Ned Beatty, and Timothy Olyphant.

Plot :

An unnamed pet chameleon (Johnny Depp) becomes accidentally stranded in the Nevada desert after his cage falls off his owner's car. After meeting an armadillo (Alfred Molina) who is seeking the mystical Spirit of the West, he narrowly avoids being eaten by a hawk. The next day, after having a surreal nightmare, he meets the lizard Beans (Isla Fisher), a rancher's daughter, who takes him to Dirt, an Old West town populated by desert animals.

Beans discovers that the water reserves, stored in a water-cooler bottle in the bank, are dangerously low. At the saloon, the chameleon, using bravado, presents himself as Rango, a tough drifter. He quickly runs afoul of outlaw Bad Bill (Ray Winstone), narrowly avoiding a shootout when the hawk returns, scaring Bill. The hawk chases Rango until by luck Rango kills the predator by crushing it under an empty water tower he's accidentally made collapse. In response, Mayor Tortoise John (Ned Beatty) appoints Rango the new sheriff. A skeptical Beans demands Rango investigate the water problem while the townsfolk worry that the hawk was the only thing keeping gunslinger Rattlesnake Jake from returning to terrorize them.

That night, Rango inadvertently gives some mole robbers the location of the bank and tools to break into the vault. When the townsfolk find their water stolen, Rango organizes a posse that finds bank manager Merrimack (Stephen Root) dead. They eventually track the robbers to their mountain hideout, only for their leader, Balthazar (Harry Dean Stanton), to reveal that his clan of moles, prairie dogs and others greatly outnumbers the posse. Nabbing the covered wagon water-bottle, the posse flees, chased in a ground and air fight before discovering the bottle is empty. Despite the robbers professing that they'd discovered it empty, the posse returns them to town for trial.

After Rango and Beans deduce that the Mayor has been buying all the nearby land around, Rango recalls the mayor telling him how controlling water equals control of everything. He confronts the mayor, who denies he has done anything wrong and shows Rango that he is building a modern city on the old land. With no proof of the mayor's wrongdoing, Rango leaves, while the mayor orders one of his men to call Rattlesnake Jake (Bill Nighy) — who soon arrives, firing shots with his gatling gun tail, and recognizing that Rango is a fake. Jake runs him out of town after humiliating him and making him admit that everything he told the town about himself is a lie.

Ashamed and no longer knowing who he is, Rango wanders the desert and in a daze meets the Spirit of the West (Timothy Olyphant), a cowboy whom Rango calls the Man with No Name. The Spirit inspires Rango and tells him, "No man can walk out on his own story." With the aid of the armadillo and mystical moving cacti, Rango learns the source of Dirt's water is Las Vegas, and that someone has shut off a water line. Realizing the mayor's hand in this, Rango recruits the hill clan in his plan.

Returning to town, he calls out Jake for a duel — a diversion so that the hill folk and the cacti can flood the town with water. The mayor threatens Beans' life, forcing Rango to surrender. The two are put into the water bottle to drown, while the mayor prepares to shoot Jake, whom he calls a relic. However, Rango manages to take the only bullet from the gun and uses it to break the tank, flooding the room and taking out the mayor and his men. Jake, acknowledging Rango as a worthy opponent, grabs the mayor and drags him into the desert to take his revenge. The citizens of Dirt celebrate the return of the water.

Kung Fu Panda 2

noreply@blogger.com (Rajan Durgade) — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 01:45:00 +0000

Kung Fu Panda 2 (originally entitled "Kung Fu Panda 2: The Kaboom of Doom") is a 2011 3D American computer-animated action comedy film and the sequel to the 2008 film Kung Fu Panda. The cast of the original film reprised their voice roles. The film was released on May 26, 2011 in Real D 3D and Digital 3D.

Plot :
Long ago, Lord Shen (Gary Oldman), heir of the peacock clan that ruled Gongmen City in China, sought to harness the power of fireworks as a weapon with which to rule the entire country. When he learned from the court's goat soothsayer (Michelle Yeoh) that "a warrior of black and white" would one day defeat him, Shen assumed she was referring to the giant pandas and had them exterminated to avert the prophecy. Shen's parents were horrified at this atrocity and exiled Shen, who swore revenge.

Years later, Po (Jack Black) is living his dream as the Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, the Furious Five, but is told by Master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman) that their masters have gone missing and fears Lord Shen is responsible. While fighting off a pack of wolf bandits who have been stealing refined metal for Lord Shen, Po is distracted by a symbol on the head wolf's (Danny McBride) armor, which causes Po to have a flashback of his mother and allows the wolves to escape. Po asks his goose father, Mr. Ping (James Hong), where he came from, but all Ping can tell him is that he found Po as an infant in a radish crate and adopted him.

Afterward, Shifu receives word that Master Thundering Rhino (Victor Garber), leader of the kung fu council protecting Gongmen City, has been killed by Lord Shen with his newly developed weapon, a cannon, which threatens to destroy kung fu tradition. Po and the Five go to stop him, reaching Gongmen City to find it under the control of Shen's forces. The heroes find two imprisoned council members, Masters Storming Ox (Dennis Haysbert) and Croc (Jean-Claude Van Damme), and ask their help to liberate the city, but both masters cite their helplessness against Shen's weapon and refuse to escape. Po and the Five are then discovered by the wolf leader, who they chase to prevent him from alerting Shen, only to be captured.

Upon being brought before Shen in his tower, Po and the Five free themselves and destroy Shen's cannon. However, Crane burns his wing and Po is again distracted by a flashback upon seeing the same symbol as before on Shen's plumage, allowing Shen to escape and destroy the tower with an arsenal of cannons. After escaping, Tigress (Angelina Jolie) confronts Po over his distraction. Po explains that he remembers Shen's presence on the night he was separated from his parents, and wants to question Shen about his past. Though empathetic, Tigress orders him to stay behind for his own safety. Po regardless breaks into Shen's cannon factory to confront Shen, inadvertently foiling the Five's attempts to destroy the factory. Shen claims that Po's parents abandoned him before he blasts Po out of the factory and captures the Five.

Po is rescued by Shen's soothsayer, who has been exiled by Shen to the ruined village where Po was born. Guided by the soothsayer to embrace his past, Po remembers that his parents had endangered themselves to save him from Shen's forces, his mother hiding him in a crate before she was subdued. Attaining inner peace, Po returns to Gongmen City to save the captive Five from being executed by Shen at the city harbor, as well as to prevent Shen's army to enter the open waters to begin his conquest of China. During the ensuing battle (in which Shifu participates after having persuaded Ox and Croc to do the same), Po uses his inner peace to enable a kung fu technique to redirect Shen's cannon fire against his own armada and destroy it. He then urges Shen to let go of his own past, but Shen refuses and attacks Po until Shen inadvertently slashes the ropes holding up his last cannon, which falls and crushes him to death. Victorious, Po returns to the Valley of Peace and reunites with Mr. Ping, declaring him to be his father. Moments later, we see Po's biological father (Fred Tatasciore) in a far-off hidden village inhabited by surviving pandas, sensing that his son is alive.

Rocksalt Interactive Gaming Solutions Pvt. Ltd

noreply@blogger.com (Rajan Durgade) — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:52:00 +0000

Rocksalt Interactive Gaming Solutions Pvt. Ltd

Rocksalt is a new rapidly emerging company in the field of gaming solutions. We develop visually and technically superior games for various platforms including Microsoft Xbox 360™, Sony® Playstation®3, Sony Playstation Portable, Nintendo DS, PC-DVD and Nintendo Wii™, mobile phones and provide persistent online services. We strive to bring excellence and innovation through our gaming solutions, while exhibiting a high degree of professionalism.

We are in sync with the emerging new opportunities in the fast-expanding digital entertainment market. Our vision is to become one of the top Game development Companies in the world gaming arena.

About Us

Rocksalt is a game development & interactive entertainment studio headquartered in the software Hub city Hyderabad, India. It is a subsidiary of QUAD. QUAD is an Indian company with a global DNA. QUAD’s foundation of success is based on its rich legacy of performance and results. Having evolved over the times, we understand and live the key values that define our character as a trustworthy, quality conscious, teamwork oriented & excellence driven organization.

Rocksalt follows proven and time-tested methodologies used by renowned firms in the software market. Our team of talented programmers and artists aim at providing high quality services to the gaming industry.

Services:

We specialize in development of computer games as well as in providing high-quality art outsourcing services. Our team possesses broad expertise in Interactive Digital Media technologies.

Having a dedicated production team at Rocksalt gives our clients the following advantages:

Access to professional and experienced resources
Possibility to choose and select team members
Easy planning and results tracking
Cost savings
Possibility to grow production team without increase of overhead

Rocksalt is a highly process driven team, which ensures all deliverables are subject to stringent process and quality controls.
This is facilitated by:

Complete Track of Development pipeline for performance and Cost Effectiveness

Multiple Checkpoints for Quality Control

Customer Focused team Culture

Quick in response and Communication

Address:

Rocksalt interactive

102, 1st floor,
Ashoka Bhoopal Chambers,
S.P. Road, Secunderabad - 500 003.
Andhra Pradesh

Email: hr@rocksaltinteractive.com
Web: www.rocksaltinteractive.com

Business Enquiries:

Mr. Utkarsh Veer
Chief Operating Officer
E-mail ID: utkarsh@rocksaltinteractive.com
Phone No. +91 8008096780

Mr. Vinay Vikram Singh
Chief Creative Officer
E-mail ID: vinay@rocksaltinteractive.com
Phone No. +91 8008200735

Megamind

noreply@blogger.com (Rajan Durgade) — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 01:11:00 +0000

Megamind is a 2010 3D animated superhero comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and Red Hour Productions, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was released in the United States in Digital 3D, IMAX 3D and 2D on November 5, 2010. It features the voices of Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, Tina Fey, David Cross, and Jonah Hill. The film is directed by Tom McGrath.

Plot:
Megamind (Will Ferrell), a super-intelligent alien, has constantly battled his nemesis Metro Man (Brad Pitt) since they both arrived on Earth as infants. Consistently losing to Metro Man, Megamind believes himself destined to be the villain. On the day that Metro City dedicates a museum to their protector, Megamind and his sidekick Minion (David Cross) kidnap reporter Roxanne (Tina Fey), and then lure Metro Man into a copper-lined room. To everyone's surprise, Metro Man is unable to escape, and appears to be killed when Megamind's death ray strikes him. Megamind revels in his victory, but shortly becomes depressed, his villainy having no meaning without anyone to stop him.

While attempting to destroy the museum, he disguises himself as its curator, Bernard (Ben Stiller) to hide himself from Roxanne. As he talks with her, Megamind is inspired to create a superhero by injecting a worthy target with a serum fashioned from Metro Man's DNA, granting them Metro Man's super-abilities. As Megamind is selecting his target, Roxanne sneaks into Megamind's lair; in the resulting chaos, Megamind accidentally fires the serum into Hal, Roxanne's cameraman. Taking advantage of the gullible Hal, Megamind appears to the transformed human as his "space dad", grooming Hal into the superhero Tighten (Hal's misunderstanding of Megamind's original name "Titan") and preparing him to fight Megamind in the coming days. Meanwhile, Megamind has become attracted to Roxanne, and continues to date her using his Bernard disguise. Tighten, also infatuated with Roxanne, becomes jealous of Bernard, while Minion, seeing Megamind losing interest in villainy, angrily leaves him. On a dinner date, Megamind's disguise falters, leading Roxanne to dump him. Megamind, heartbroken, returns to his lair and vows to fight Tighten the next day.
Megamind becomes impatient waiting for Tighten and seeks him out, finding the superhero has used his powers for nefarious purposes. Megamind taunts Tighten into fighting him by revealing his Bernard and space dad disguises. In the midst of the fight, Megamind tries to capture Tighten in a copper-lined trap, and is shocked to find it fails to work. The villain flees, leaving the city to celebrate Tighten's victory, until the "hero" reveals that he is taking over the city, and goes on a destructive rampage. Megamind returns to Roxanne, apologizing and convincing her to lead him to Metro Man's secret headquarters where they might find another way to stop Tighten. They are surprised to find Metro Man still alive, secluded in his headquarters. Metro Man reveals he had become tired of fighting Megamind, and had an epiphany that day, faking his own death to pursue his career as a musician. Without any new leads, Roxanne tries to convince Megamind to fight Tighten as the city's hero, but Megamind feels he is destined to always be the villain, and turns himself back in to prison.
Later, Tighten captures Roxanne and secures her to the top of Metro Tower, threatening to kill her if Megamind does not fight him. Seeing Roxanne in danger, Megamind pleads to the warden for his release, apologizing for all the wrongs he committed before. To the villain's surprise, Minion has disguised himself as the warden, and accepts Megamind's apology, and the two take off to the city. They use an elaborate ruse, Minion disguising himself as Megamind to lure Tighten from the tower, while Megamind disguises himself as Metro Man to save Roxanne and verbally berate Tighten. Tighten is temporarily bested, and told by "Metro Man" to leave "metrosity" (Megamind's distinctive mispronounciation of "Metro City"), but the defeated hero shortly returns, seeing through Megamind's disguise. Megamind is forced to run from Tighten's wrath, until Roxanne discovers where Megamind left his invisible car and the tool to extract the superhero serum from Tighten. Megamind successfully retrieves the device and uses it on Tighten, reverting him to Hal. The city cheers for its new hero, a role that Megamind realizes he is capable of choosing himself.
In the aftermath, the former Metro Man museum is rededicated to Megamind, who is slowly coming around to being the hero. He and Roxanne have developed a relationship, and hidden in the crowds, a concealed Metro Man gives Megamind his congratulations.

Xentrix Studios

noreply@blogger.com (Rajan Durgade) — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 02:13:00 +0000

Xentrix was founded in Bangalore in June 2010 when, by a happy coincidence, old friends and competitors Viren Patil and Jai Natarajan found themselves simultaneously free of previous work commitments. They have finally realized a long-standing ambition of working together, and have since been joined by several other good friends from the industry.

The founding team at Xentrix consists of this close-knit group of executives, and senior staff in Bangalore and Los Angeles.

The goal at Xentrix is to leverage our collective past work experience. We have successfully delivered hundreds of hours of TV, DVD and game graphics. Our key members have decade-long track records of delivery for marquee international clients on globally recognized brands. We have built, managed and mentored studios with several hundred artists and have managed over $50+ MM of global service projects. The majority of key personnel have hands-on experience in the CG pipeline and in production management.

Services:

Our range of services includes:

CGI Animation – including asset creation (modeling and surfacing), rigging, animation, lighting, FX, compositing
Gaming Services – including asset creation, normal mapping, animation, pre-rendered and in-game cinematics
Visual Effects – including tracking, rotoscopy, compositing, creatures, set extensions, and stereoscopic conversion

Our Studio

We are currently located in a 12,000 sq ft fully-equipped incubation centre inside a gated technology park
- By the fall of 2011, we will move to a 25,000 sq ft office in the same technology park (under construction)
- Our technology infrastructure includes:

24×7 secure physical and data access
24×7 power backup
HP and Dell workstations
End to end GBe network
Isilon storage

Work:

The members of the Xentrix team are obsessed with doing a great job for our clients. That’s why we have been successful, in our long careers, in contributing to marquee TV, film, DVD and gaming projects over the years. We’ve helped our clients create several #1 rated TV shows in the US and UK, top stereoscopic ride films, BAFTA, Pulcinella, Hugo and Emmy nominees or winners, and AAA game franchises.

We’ve hit the ground running in our first year of operations. Some of the projects already shipping from our studio are:

“Everything’s Rosie” – the hit series on CBeebies – Season 2 (26×11) for VNS Entertainment, UK
“The Tuneables”, a DVD series based on dance and music
A 5D stereoscopic interactive ride film for a Europe-based client
A 4D stereoscopic interactive dark ride for a US-based client
Ongoing PSN game work for a US-based client
Facial animation for an AAA game publisher

Office Address:

Xentrix Studios Pvt. Ltd.
Incubation 3, Bagmane World Technology Centre
Mahadevpura, K.R. Puram Outer Ring Road
Bangalore, India 560048

Website: http://xentrixstudios.com/

Business Enquiries: bizdev@xentrixstudios.com

Alpha and Omega

noreply@blogger.com (Rajan Durgade) — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 01:26:00 +0000

Alpha and Omega is a 2010 3D computer animated film produced by Crest Animation Productions and Richard Rich. The film is directed by Anthony Bell and Ben Gluck, starring the voices of Justin Long, Hayden Panettiere, Dennis Hopper (in his last film appearance), Danny Glover and Christina Ricci.
The film was released on September 17, 2010 to 2,625 theaters nationwide by Lionsgate. It has been shown in its 3D format

Plot:
Kate (Hayden Panettiere) and Humphrey (Justin Long) are two wolves from the same pack in Canada’s Jasper National Park but on opposite ends of the social order. Kate, daughter of the main alpha male Winston (Danny Glover) and his mate Eve (Vicki Lewis), is herself an Alpha and takes her duty to the pack seriously. Humphrey, on the other hand, is an Omega wolf, the lowest of the pack, and spends his days making jokes and playing about with his other Omega friends Shakey (Kevin Sussman), Salty (Brian Donovan), and Mooch (Eric Price). Despite his low rank in the pack, Humphrey has a crush on Kate and is valued in the pack as a peacemaker by virtue of his affable nature.
During her youth, Kate left to begin Alpha school with her father. She returns as a fully trained Alpha but on her first hunt, two members of the Eastern pack ruin her attempt, leaving her pack with nothing but bones and scraps. The two packs have had a bitter rivalry since Winston dislikes the fact that Tony (Dennis Hopper), the Alpha male of the Eastern pack, wants to unite them into one large pack. Winston and Tony meet up one night and arrange for Kate to marry Tony’s son Garth (Chris Carmack). Kate, having followed her father and heard everything, wearily agrees for the good of the pack and she meets Garth at the Howling Rock. Garth too is a fully trained Alpha but one thing lets him down - his howl, which is how wolves find their mate, when their howls match. Garth begins to howl, and Kate is mortified by how bad he is. Kate escapes the date for a drink of water and runs into Humphrey by the river. They are then shot with tranquilizer darts by a ranger and taken to Idaho.

The two wolves wake up at Sawtooth National Recreation Area and meet a French-Canadian goose named Marcel (Larry Miller) who has an avid interest in golf and his caddy, a duck named Paddy (also voiced by Eric Price). Kate and Humphrey learn that they were relocated to repopulate the species, which upsets Kate. Marcel and Paddy agree to help the wolves return home to Jasper and they hitch a ride in a camper truck driven by a couple that vacation to Jasper yearly while Marcel and Paddy follow from above.
Trouble brews back at Jasper as the two packs discover that Kate has gone missing. Tony warns Winston that on the next full moon if Kate doesn’t return to marry Garth, he and his pack will declare war for their territory. Lilly (Christina Ricci), an omega wolf who is Kate’s younger sister, falls in love with Garth and suggests that she shows him around.
That night when the camper stops by a truck-stop, Humphrey exits the camper to urinate. He is distracted by a cupcake and begins to eat it. A man mistakes Humphrey for a rabid wolf since he has creamy frosting around his mouth. He then prepares to shoot Humphrey, but Kate jumps in to save him. They escape, but they sacrifice their ride to Jasper.

That night, Kate finds a ravine and attempts to cross it. She slips down the cliff, but Humphrey saves her by swinging on a vine and telling her to grab his tail. After that the two of them make a den for the night.
The next morning, Marcel and Paddy find the wolves and direct them to a train over a snowy mountain that will take them to Jasper. Climbing the mountain Humphrey meets a bear cub (Maya Feltheimer) who is unfamiliar with wolves. When they are playing, the cub gets hurt when a snowball is thrown at him. This angers a trio of bears (most likely the cub's parents) who think that Humphrey was trying to harm the cub. When Kate realizes that Humphrey is in danger, she rushes in to help him, causing them to slide down the other side of the mountain on a log (which happens to be one of Humphrey's hobbies). Humphrey saves Kate, and, as the train passes by, the two wolves manage to get into a boxcar just in time.
On the train that night, Humphrey starts to howl at the full moon and asks Kate to join him. She does, after hearing his beautiful howl, and the two howl a romantic duet. Kate realizes that Humphrey is who she belongs with. Meanwhile at the Howling Rock in Jasper, Lilly helps Garth improve his howl. He succeeds and the two howl together. Tony and his pack show up at the scene to prepare to attack the other pack and berates his son for howling with an omega. Lilly retreats to alert her father. Since Kate has yet to return, Tony commands his pack to "take the valley."
Shortly, the train passes by Jasper. Humphrey attempts to tell Kate how he feels about her, but the sight of the packs fighting causes her to jump off the train before he can finish. Kate stops the fight by announcing that she will marry Garth for the good of the packs, much to Humphrey and Lilly’s surprise and disappointment.

The next day, a heartbroken Humphrey decides to leave Jasper and travel on his own and shares his goodbyes with Kate and Marcel and Paddy, who have arrived and decided to stay. Yet Kate feels heartbroken too after realizing how she feels about Humphrey. Halfway through Kate and Garth's marriage ceremony, Kate backs out after deciding Humphrey is who she wants to be with. Garth as well declares the same for Lilly. Winston is confused, while Tony and his pack start to fight the other pack out of anger, but the conflict is cut short when a massive stampede of caribou interrupts the scene. Winston and Tony are trapped in the stampede so Kate and Humphrey, who has decided to return, both jump in to the rescue. Kate is knocked out when attempting to reach cover, and Humphrey rushes forward to protect her, shielding her with his own body while Winston and Tony try to scare the caribou out of the path of the two.
After the stampede fades, it appears that Kate has been trampled to death. Humphrey declares his love for Kate and howls as a requiem for her, and all the wolves then join in. Then, Kate wakes up, much to everyone's relief. Kate and Humphrey finally declare their true feelings to each other, and Winston and Tony agree to unite the packs under a marriage between Garth and Lilly, and demolish the rule over social class. That night, everyone celebrates the happy ending at Howling Rock, and Humphrey and Kate howl a duet at the close of the film.

Despicable Me

noreply@blogger.com (Rajan Durgade) — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 01:26:00 +0000

Despicable Me is a 2010 American computer-animated 3D comedy film from Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment that was released on July 9, 2010 in the United States. The film stars Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews, Will Arnett, Kristen Wiig, and Miranda Cosgrove. It is the first CGI feature produced by Universal, in association with its Illumination Entertainment division. It was entirely animated in the French studio Mac Guff in Paris, France.
The story is of a supervillain named Gru who plans to use three orphan girls as pawns for a grand scheme, only to find that their innocent love is profoundly changing him.
The film earned positive reviews from critics, and grossed more than $500 million worldwide, against a budget of $69 million.

Plot:
The film begins with the news revealing that an Egyptian pyramid was stolen. When super-villain Gru (Steve Carell) hears of this, his pride is wounded and he plans to pull the biggest heist of the century by stealing the Moon.
Gru tries to get a loan from the Bank of Evil (which a sign notes tongue-in-cheek was "Formerly Lehman Brothers") and meets a young super-villain, Vector (Jason Segel), who annoys him. Bank president Mr. Perkins (Will Arnett) refuses to grant Gru the loan until he obtains the shrink ray necessary for the plan. Mr. Perkins tells Gru that he is getting too old and that new super-villains are younger and better, like Vector, who is revealed to be the one who stole the Pyramid of Giza. Gru and his minions steal the shrink ray from a secret lab in East Asia, but Vector steals it from him and shrinks his ship. Gru attempts to get the shrink ray back from Vector's lair, but all his attempts to enter the lair prove futile.

After seeing three orphaned girls, Margo (Miranda Cosgrove), Edith (Dana Gaier), and Agnes (Elsie Fisher) enter the lair to sell cookies to Vector, Gru adopts the girls from Miss Hattie (Kristen Wiig), the head of the orphanage, to use them to steal back the shrink ray. Gru has his assistant Dr. Nefario (Russell Brand) build robots disguised as cookies. He then has the girls sell the robots to Vector, and the robots help Gru steal the shrink ray. On the way home the girls ask to go to an amusement park. Gru agrees, intending to leave the girls there. Instead, the attendant says he, as an adult, has to ride the roller coaster with them. Gru ends up having fun with the girls. Back at home, he presents his plan to Mr. Perkins via video. The girls keep interrupting him. Perkins again refuses to give him the loan, claiming that although he doesn't have a problem with the plan, he just wants a younger villain to do it instead. Gru has a flashback of his childhood, depicting his wanting to go to the moon after seeing the first moon landing.

When he tried to impress his mother (Julie Andrews) with models of the rocket (and an actual working one), she just ignored him. Mr. Perkins calls Vector (revealed to be his son, whose real name is Victor) to the Bank of Evil to inform him that Gru has the shrink ray. Vector reassures his father that he will get the Moon. Gru almost abandons his plan due to lack of funds, but the girls and the minions take up a collection to keep it going. However, Gru has to make a choice, because the moon will be in the optimal position for the heist on the same day as the girls' ballet recital. Dr. Nefario, seeing the girls as a distraction, contacts Miss Hattie, who arrives to take the girls back. Gru, the Minions, and the girls are heartbroken. Gru goes on with his plan and flies to the moon.Gru successfully shrinks and pockets the Moon. Gru remembers the ballet recital and rushes to it. However, it has ended by the time he arrives. There, he finds a ransom note from Vector demanding the moon in exchange for the girls. After Gru hands over the moon, Vector reneges on the deal, keeping the girls and the moon. This enrages Gru, who storms Vector's lair, this time successfully breaching the defenses.

Vector flies off in an escape pod with the girls. Gru holds on to the exterior of the ship. He nearly falls to his death, but is rescued by Dr. Nefario piloting the same ship that Vector shrunk before. Nefario reveals that the bigger the object, the quicker the effects of the shrink ray wear off. Very soon, the moon begins to grow and roll around inside Vector's ship, hurting him and freeing the girls. The girls see Gru outside of the ship, and Gru tells them to jump over to him. Edith and Agnes successfully make it onto the ship, but before Margo can jump, Vector grabs her. The moon rolls again and knocks Vector over, and Margo grabs onto Gru's grappling hook. Gru rescues her with the help of his minions, while the rapidly-expanding Moon wrecks Vector's controls, causing his ship to carry it back into orbit.
Gru and the girls settle down to live a happy life as a family and Vector is stranded on the Moon. The girls give a special ballet recital for Gru, his minions, and his mother, who finally tells him she is proud of him and acknowledges him to be the better parent. The music changes from Swan Lake to You Should Be Dancing, and everyone rushes on stage to dance as the film ends.

Legend of the Guardians

noreply@blogger.com (Rajan Durgade) — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 01:09:00 +0000

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole is a 2010 Australian computer-animated fantasy/adventure film based on the first three volumes (The Capture, The Journey, and The Rescue) of the series Guardians of Ga'Hoole by Kathryn Lasky. Zack Snyder directed the film, with an ensemble cast. Warner Bros. distributed the film with the Australian companies Village Roadshow Pictures and Animal Logic. Production took place in Australia, and the film was released in RealD 3D and IMAX 3D on September 24, 2010.

Plot:
Soren, an adventurous barn owlet, and his younger sister Eglantine revel in their father's stories about the Guardians of Ga'Hoole, an alliance of owls led by Lyze of Kiel, who are sworn to protect the owl kingdom from an army of evil owls. Soren's older brother Kludd, however, dismisses the stories as fanciful. One night Soren and Kludd fall out of their tree while Branching. They get attacked by a tasmanian devil and are captured by two Long-eared Owls and taken to the St. Aegolius academy for orphaned owls home of the "Pure Ones," a group of Tyto owls who believe that they are the Owl kingdom's rightful leaders.

Nyra, a barn owl, whose mate Metalbeak, a sooty owl, leads the Pure Ones, takes some of the kidnapped owlets known as Tytos, including Kludd, to train as warriors. The rest, including Soren and Gylfie, an elf owl who was also taken from her home, are sent to be "moon-blinked," or brainwashed, and later forced into picking apart owl pellets to find metal "flecks," large numbers of magnetic debris which affect owls.
When Soren and Gylfie avoid being moon-blinked, Grimble, a boreal owl who works for the Pure Ones but has been secretly plotting against them, decides to teach them to fly, Grimble revealed that he was once snatched when he was an owlet, he tried to fight back and the Pure Ones decided to make him join them by attacking his family, Metalbeak promised Grimble that if he helps him they won't hurt his family. The lessons, however, are interrupted by Nyra, who kills Grimble for treason. Soren and Gylfie escape to find the Guardians of Ga'hoole, meeting and befriending a great grey owl, Twilight, and a burrowing owl, Digger, along the way. Soren also reunites with his family nest-maid, Mrs. Plithiver.

Soren and his friends encounter a severe blizzard, nearly losing Digger but also encountering two snowy owls, Boron and Barran, the King and Queen of Ga'Hoole. Boron and Barran take Soren and his friends to the Great Ga'hoole, where Soren tells the Guardians of Ga'hoole what the Pure Ones are planning. Boron dispatches another great grey owl, Allomere the prime minister of the Tree and several of Allomere's soldiers, to investigate. Allomere is the only one of the group to return, along with two moon-blinked owlets, Eglantine among them who was kidnaped by Kludd and Nyra and later "moon-blinked". After hearing Allomere's story, Boron and Barran and all the Guardians decide to fight the Pure Ones.
Ezylryb, a wise-whiskered screech owl, helps train and counsel Soren, who in turn discovers that he is really Lyze of Kiel, the hero from the legend Soren's father told him. Soren is thrilled to finally meet his hero, but also disillusioned when he sees Lyze disfigured from war and learns that the stories aren't as heroic as he had heard. Meanwhile, Eglantine comes out of her trance, and tells Soren that Kludd joined the Pure Ones, moon-blinked her, and willingly handed her over to Allomere. Soren realizes that Allomere has betrayed the Guardians and is leading them into a trap. Soren later flies off with Gylfie,Twilight, and Digger to help.

The Guardians reach the Pure Ones' fortress, only to become incapacitated by the fleck trap. Allomere avoids the flecks and joins Kludd, Metalbeak, and Nyra to watch his fellow Guardians die as Metalbeak and Nyra sends Vampire Bats to feed on the trapped Guardians, but instead of rewarding him for his treachery as the New king of the Great tree as due to a promise Metalbeak made him earlier, Metalbeak betrays Allomere and has him killed by the Bats, claiming that there is only room for one king. Soren and the band reaches the Pure One's fortress, Soren destroys the weapon exposing the Guardians to the flecks before the Vampire Bats can kill them, using a bucket caught on fire containing a tar-like substance while Gylfie and the others prevent the Bats from hurting the Guardians while they battle with the Pure Ones. Meanwhile Lyze confronts Metalbeak while Soren tries to reconcile with his brother. Kludd, however, only feigns reconciliation and attacks Soren, the fight continues and results in Kludd breaking his wing on a burning tree. Soren trys to rescue Kludd, but Kludd tries to throw him into a fire and ends up falling and disappearing into a burning forest. Soren then races to save Lyze, who is being attacked by both Metalbeak and Nyra. When Metalbeak subdues Lyze, Soren attacks Metalbeak, eventually killing him using a burning branch. Seeing her mate dead, Nyra orders the Pure Ones to retreat.
Back at the Tree of Ga'Hoole, Soren and his friends are recognized as heroes and made Guardians. Soren and his sister also reunite with their parents. The movie ends with Soren, who had been narrating the story from the beginning, finishing his story to a group of owlets. He adds that Nyra and the Pure Ones are still out there and that Kludd was never found, though the movie hints that Kludd is still alive while staring down now with red eyes at Metalbeak's mask. Ezylryb mentions that there's another storm brewing, and he flies off, along with Soren and his friends.

Tangled

noreply@blogger.com (Rajan Durgade) — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 01:43:00 +0000

Tangled, previously known as Rapunzel, is a 2010 American animated musical film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. The film features the voices of Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, and Donna Murphy and is the 50th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. The story is largely based on the German fairy tale Rapunzel by the Brothers Grimm. It premiered in theatres and in 3D cinemas on November 24, 2010. To date, it is the second most expensive film ever made, and the most expensive animated film, with a budget of $260 million

Plot:
An elderly woman named Gothel witnesses a single drop of pure sunlight hit the ground, creating a magical flower with the ability to keep herself young when she sings to it. Centuries later, the queen of a nearby kingdom falls ill while expecting a child. Her guards find the mysterious flower, which heals the queen and she gives birth to a girl named Rapunzel. Gothel learns that Rapunzel's golden hair retains the flower's healing abilities as long as it isn't cut, so she kidnaps the child and isolates her in a tower, raising the girl as her own daughter. However, every year on Rapunzel's birthday, the kingdom sends thousands of floating lanterns into the sky longing for their lost princess to return.

Eighteen years later, Rapunzel lives in the tower with her pet chameleon, Pascal. Rapunzel asks Gothel to let her see the floating lights on her birthday, but Gothel denies her request, saying the world is full of people who would covet her abilities for themselves. Meanwhile, thieves led by Flynn Rider, steal the tiara of the missing princess from the castle. Flynn abandons his accomplices and stumbles upon Rapunzel's tower, choosing it as a hideout. During the chase, the lead guard's horse, Maximus, is separated from his rider and continues the search for Flynn on his own. Once inside the tower, Flynn is knocked unconscious by Rapunzel, who then hides him in a dresser.

Rapunzel tells Gothel that she wants a special paint for her birthday. Gothel agrees, and after she leaves, Rapunzel makes a deal with Flynn—if he escorts her to the lights and back, she will return the tiara. While Rapunzel is excited to be free, she is soon conflicted between her freedom and her guilt of disobedience. While traveling, the two visit the Snuggly Duckling Tavern, which appears to be full of thugs like Gothel warned Rapunzel about, but they all each have their own dreams, just as Rapunzel does. As the royal guards continue their search, Gothel learns of the pursuit, returns to the tower and finds Rapunzel gone. The tavern regulars help the pair escape from the guards, but they eventually corner Flynn at a man-made dam, which Maximus inadvertently causes to collapse. Trapped in a flooding cave, Rapunzel reveals her powers to Flynn, which enables them to escape safely, and Flynn reveals his real name, Eugene Fitzherbert, and his reason for being a thief. While Flynn gathers firewood, Gothel secretly meets with Rapunzel, who tells Gothel she has feelings for Flynn. Gothel says he's only after the tiara, and that Rapunzel should give it to him as a test.

The next morning, Maximus confronts Flynn again, but Rapunzel befriends the horse and the group travels together to the royal kingdom. That night, Rapunzel gives Flynn the tiara, but he realizes as they watch the lanterns that it's Rapunzel he wants. Seeing his former accomplices, Flynn attempts to give them the tiara, but the pair are now working with Gothel. They make it appear that Flynn is escaping with the tiara, and Gothel, betraying the thieves, "rescues" the heartbroken Rapunzel and takes her back to the tower. Flynn, sentenced to be hanged for his crimes, learns of the treachery from the captured henchmen. The Snuggly Duckling regulars rescue Flynn and deliver him to Maximus, who takes him to the tower to find Rapunzel.
Meanwhile, Rapunzel realizes that she is actually the long-lost princess, and she confronts Gothel with the revelation. Flynn reaches the tower, but upon entering, he sees the bound Rapunzel and is stabbed by Gothel. Rapunzel pledges to remain with Gothel forever if she can heal Flynn's wounds. Gothel agrees, but Flynn, saying that he would rather die than have her trapped forever, cuts off Rapunzel's long hair, destroying its healing power. Gothel screams in horror as her true age begins to catch up to her, and as she writhes, trips on Rapunzel's hair and falls out of the tower window, turning to dust before she hits the ground. Flynn reveals his love for Rapunzel, and succumbs to his wounds. Heartbroken, she tearfully tries to sing the incantation as a single tear lands on his cheek and miraculously heals him. The group returns to the castle, where the royal family is reunited at last. In time, Flynn and Rapunzel get married, and live happily ever after as the pub thugs fulfill their individual aspirations, and Maximus becomes a respected official on the Royal Guard.

Lava Kusa – The Warrior Twins

noreply@blogger.com (Rajan Durgade) — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 05:35:00 +0000

Lava Kusa – The Warrior Twins

Lava Kusa – The Warrior Twins is a 2010 animation film written and directed by Dhavala Satyam as a joint venture of Kanipakam Creations with RVML Animation.
Pre-production of the film was announced by The Kanipakam Creations in April 2006. Using the skills of approximately 315 animators at the RVML Animation Studios in both Hyderabad and Manila, the film will be initially be released in English, Hindi and Telugu, with later versions to be dubbed into Tamil, Oriya, Bengali and other Indian languages. In 2006 L. Vaidyanathan and lyricist Sundara Ramamurthy created 5 original compositions for the film. Hindi lyrics were written by Dharmesh Tiwari and Pandit Kiran Mishra, with Telugu lyrics written by Ramamurthy. Additional dialogues in English and Telugu were provided by K.N.Y. Patanjali and in Hindi by lyricist D.K. Goel. Among the vocalists singing the songs are K.J. Yesudas, Sadhana Sargam, Chitra, and Shankar Mahadevan. The film is expected to be released across India in late December 2009 or early January 2010.
The film is reputed to be a "magnificent 2D masterpiece", and is reported to be the most prestigious animation movie ever made in India, having a budget of Rs. 25 crores (5 million U.S. $) and taking 3 years to complete. This movie is expected to set a landmark in Indian animation in bringing the Indian animation industry to international standards.

Synopsis

Lava and Kusa were born to mother Sita at Sage Valmiki’s hermitage; they grew up learning the essence of Ramayana and master the art of war by using divine weapons from the guidance of Sage Valmiki. The story goes on with their thrilling childhood experiences blended with action, comedy and enchanting magical powers. The role of gigantic falcon, squirrels, monkeys, rabbits and tortoises delights not only the children but also to all age groups.

On invitation the twins set off to Ayodhya to recite Valmiki Ramayana in front of the King Rama. The story turns gripping as the twins learn that Mata Sita was sent to vanvas by Lord Rama. They return from Ayodhya with anger and rage over lord Rama.

Lord Rama performs Aswamedha yagna for the properity of his kingdom and sets off a horse (ashwa), which encounters with Lava Kusa finally. The twins happen to read the declaration of Lord Rama inscripted in a golden plate on the forehead on the horse, arrests the horse considering that this would bring Lord Rama in front of them so that they can question him regarding the ill treatment given to Mata Sita and to debate on Lord Rama’s most acclaimed principle of dharma.

They arrest the Aswamedha horse thus inviting the mighty Ayodhya Empire to a war against them. The story gets in to a fast paced array of battles packed with scintillating/thrilling action sequences blended with spell bound visual effects. Lava Kusa defeats the two brothers of Lord Rama, Satrugna and Lakshmana thus bringing Lord Rama against them face to face in the battle field. Debate concludes with the start of war leading to both of them inevitably about to use the most dreaded weapons against each other. Hearing this Sita and Sage Valmiki enter the battle field and reveal the truth to Lord Rama that these twins Lava and Kusa are his own sons.

Lord Rama affectionately accepts the twins and praises their courage, requests Sita to return to Ayodhya. Sita refuses and recedes to the lap of her mother Bhoomatha (the goddess of earth) and merges in to the earth. Lord Rama announces Lava Kusa as the crown princes of the Ayodhya kingdom.

Website: http://www.lava-kusa.com/

Turtle in Motion Studios

noreply@blogger.com (Rajan Durgade) — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:38:00 +0000

Turtle in Motion Studios

Turtle in Motion Studios is a group company of RDB Organization which has been engaged in production and distribution of movies and Television series since 30 years. Steered by Mr. R D Bansal and Mr. Kamal Bansal, their Companies have produced several National and International Award winning films including six films directed by the world famous director Satyajit Ray (Oscar Awardee for Life time achievement). The Group is engaged in the imports, distribution, exhibition and financing of Motion pictures & Television programmes . They also have diversified interests such as in Real Estate and CD ROM publishing.

Advantage Turtle In Motion
Highly proficient in Imaging Software.
Expert and professional animation services.
Quick turnaround time.
High-quality services.

Services:
At, Turtle In Motion, we have strategically aligned our delivery operations to provide rapid turnaround of rendering and digital modeling projects while maintaining or exceeding quality. We execute basic to advanced 2d and 3d animation projects using tools like Vray, Mud box, Z Brush and Maya, and work as a cost efficient extended design studio for our clients. Turtle In Motion has forayed in the follwing avenues:

Pre-Production:
The success of any production is directly related to the amount and quality of the pre-production. Time spent at this stage is time wisely spent. It can provide clarity regarding the presentation of your movie.A careful preproduction planning can reduce the production cost of the movie by enabling you to make less mistakes and eventually make less compromises.
That’s a reason why here at Turtle In Motion, we provide this service in order to streamline the production process.
Whether you’re an experienced producer or it’s your first venture, you will enjoy working with us. So, if you have an idea for a video but not sure how to get started? Turtle In Motion can guide you through this very important pre-production phase. We provide following services.

Background and Character Design:
Based on our in-depth experience, we realize that a proper character design plays a pivotal role in the success of any production. A story has characters and each character requires some personality. These personalities needs an appearance in order to come on the screen.
Character designing in a nut shell, just implies, that we are supposed to create stars through the might of pencils.
Consequently, our creative skill set extends beyond mere execution—our team includes artists and character designers who are highly proficient in creating just the right character and other assets for your production.
Input: Story, Script
Output: Conceptual design, Color keys, Model Sheet

Storyboarding and Animatics:
Another important stage in the preproduction of any animation and VFX production is Storyboards. We begin the process of creating an animation by first creating a storyboard.
The storyboard lays out the sequence of events that are to be contained in the movie. This aids the animators, director, and clients to have a better visualization of the concept. The flow of a movie can be seen by viewing the storyboard. This makes it easier for the animators to visualize scenes. All confusion and anxiety about how a scene might look on the screen is solved at this stage and ensure the production process to be completed within budget.
Our artists take great efforts in making a storyboard more interesting and visually rich, to make it viable for the client to see the final output in as realistic manner as possible.
Once the storyboard is finalized we mock them up in a sequence with respect to the soundtrack to give it a sense of timing. This helps the director to visualize the story much better.
Input: Script, rough sound track
Output: Thumbnail Storyboard, Colored Storyboard Sheets, Animatics
Turtle in Motion is the answer to all your preproduction blues. The creative team at our disposal will ensure your success.

Animation:
At Turtle In Motion we offer a complete range of animation services ranging from animated TV episodes to full-length feature films, from animated documentaries to commercials and integration of Live Action with Computer Graphics.
Turtle In Motion is a place where creativity is a passion. A strong creative force of specialists back up our studio, which includes creative heads, scriptwriters, artists, modelers, animators, SFX & VFX artists, editors and voice artists. In particular, we cater to the following industries:
-- 3D Animated Series
-- Full Length Feature films
-- Game Animatics
-- Visual effects for films
-- Documentary Animation
-- TV Commercials
-- Medical Animation

VFX:
At Turtle In Motion we excel in affordable Visual Effects and Motion Graphics for Film, TV and Commercials, providing visual effects services and high-end post production.VFX (Visual Effects) is often considered too expensive for most budgets, but with today’s software and hardware advances, talented digital artists, high-speed internet, and careful shot planning and supervision, feature-quality VFX can now be produced within low to medium costs, anywhere in the world. With the integration of these elements and years of experience in cinema aethetics, great looking VFX can be created to make your story achieve larger than life proportions.
What we do ??
-Visual Effects for commercials (required: raw footages, references, audio files)
-Visual Effects for Film (required: same as above)
-Removal / Inserts (required: raw footage)
-Particle Effects (required:usually nothing)
-Colorgrading (required: references and raw footages)
-3D tracking / Matchmoving (required: raw footage)
-VFX supervision (required:nothing)
-Design (required: concept sketches, references)
-Photo reconstruction (required: raw footage)
-Training / Podcasts (required: concept ideas)
-Video galleries (required: raw footages)

We also assist in:
Handling a VFX project from conception through to completion
Script analysis/breakdown.
Manage and direct the technical, artistic, and production personnel
Various visual effects techniques with emphasis on camera set-ups and filming with an eye for composition and camera work.
Accurately predict timing and associated costs of project
Collaborate on the bidding and negotiation processes
Equipment / Gear / Software:
Here at Turtle in Motion we are equipped with the latest in hardware and software technology. Our labs boast of:
-HD Cameras
-Blue/Green Screen
-Realtime Keying System
-VFX Workstations
-Render Farm
-Leading Software Technologie

3D Architectural Visualization
We at Turtle in Motion are specialized to cater to all your 3D visualization needs.
What is 3D Architectural Visualization ??
Also known as photo-real renderings, complex 3d modeling and rendering software is used to create life-like images. These are mostly done for 3D interior or exterior designing, presentation and marketing purposes. Architectural 3D models of right proportion, scale and even real life textures, materials, color and finishes are often used. 3D architectural renderings come in various types specific to their particular use:
* Still renderings
* Walk through and fly by animations (movie)
* Virtual Tours
* Panoramic Renderings
* Floor Plan renderings
* Renovation Renderings (photomontage)
* and others

3D architectural renderings play major role in real estate sales. It also makes possible to take design related decisions well before the building is actually built. Thus it helps experimenting with building design and its visual aspects. In fact our skill has reached a stage where we can render complex 3D scenes to produce images that can be easily mistaken for photographs .
Composition is one of the most important parts of 3d architectural visualization. The digital framing of the building or interior space is very important to sell the space or the image to the client. Most of the architecture visualizers skip this step and so produce very inferior images.
We at Turtle In Motion make sure that the finer details are preserved in making your product a grand success at a fraction of the cost.

Website: http://www.outsource3d.com

Toy Story 3

noreply@blogger.com (Rajan Durgade) — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:59:00 +0000

Toy Story 3
Toy Story 3 is a 2010 American 3D computer-animated film. It is the third and most recent installment in the Toy Story series. The film was produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.
Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Don Rickles, Estelle Harris, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jeff Pidgeon, Jodi Benson, R. Lee Ermey, John Morris, and Laurie Metcalf all reprised their voice-over roles from the previous films. Jim Varney, who played Slinky Dog in the first two films, and Joe Ranft, who portrayed Wheezy and Lenny, died before production began on the third film. The role of Slinky was taken over by Blake Clark, while Ranft's characters and various others were written out of the story (Wheezy was mentioned in the beginning). New characters include voice-overs by Ned Beatty, Timothy Dalton, Bonnie Hunt, Whoopi Goldberg, Jeff Garlin and Michael Keaton.

Toy Story 3 was released worldwide in June, July and August. The feature broke the record of Shrek the Third as the biggest single day North American (aka 'domestic') gross for an animated film unadjusted for inflation and a big opening with an unadjusted gross of $110,307,189. It is also the highest grossing opening weekend for a Pixar film, as well as the highest grossing opening weekend for a film to have opened in the month of June. Toy Story 3 is currently the highest-grossing film of 2010 in the United States and Canada, and the second-highest grossing film of 2010 worldwide, behind Alice in Wonderland. In July, it surpassed Finding Nemo to become Pixar's highest ever grossing film at the North American box office, and in early August, the film became Pixar's highest-grossing film worldwide and surpassed Shrek 2 as the highest-grossing animated film of all-time worldwide.

Plot:
This time, Andy is 17 years old and has outgrown his old toys (though he apparently doesn't have the heart to get rid of them) and is preparing to move to college. He decides to take Woody with him and packs the other toys in a garbage bag, intending to store them in the attic, but Ms. Davis mistakenly puts the bag out on the roadside as garbage. Believing that Andy no longer wants them, the toys sneak into a box to be donated to Sunnyside Daycare. Woody, who saw what really happened, tries to clear up the misunderstanding, but the others refuse to listen.
The toys are driven to Sunnyside where they receive a warm welcome from the daycare toys, led by Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear (a.k.a. Lotso). Woody tries to convince the others to return to Andy, but they feel that they would be happier at Sunnyside, so they let him leave without them. The others soon discover the children Lotso assigned them with are too young, and they are innocently abused and tortured. Meanwhile, Molly's Barbie, who was also donated begins to fall for Ken, who is Lotso's right hand man and is also falling for Barbie. Buzz goes to ask Lotso to transfer them to the older children, but is instead caught by some of the Sunnyside toys and reset to his original, deluded space ranger self.

During his escape from Sunnyside, Woody is found and taken in by a girl from the daycare named Bonnie. One of Bonnie's toys named Chuckles reveals to Woody the truth about Lotso and Sunnyside: Lotso, Chuckles and Lotso's chief enforcer Big Baby, had once been owned by a little girl named Daisy, but Lotso snapped after his owner lost and replaced him, so he took over Sunnyside and turned it into a prison. At the daycare, the others discover that Andy is looking for them when Mrs. Potato Head sees him through her missing eye, which was lost in Andy's room. The toys try to leave but are imprisoned by Lotso and his henchmen, including Buzz in his demo mode.
Woody returns to Sunnyside to help his friends break out. Barbie helps them do so by tricking Ken into letting her out. The toys accidentally reset Buzz to his Spanish mode during the escape, after which he joins their side (believing they know where his spaceship is) and impresses Jessie. The toys use a garbage chute to reach a dumpster outside the daycare, but Lotso and his henchmen catch them. Ken protects Andy's toys, saying that being in love with Barbie has changed him, and that he has turned against Lotso. Woody explains to Lotso's henchmen about his past, and when Lotso finally goes too far, Big Baby throws Lotso in the dumpster. However, Lotso pulls Woody into the dumpster just before a garbage truck arrives, forcing the others to rescue him. In the chaos of falling garbage, Buzz rescues Jessie from being crushed, which results in a broken TV falling on him, resetting him to normal, with no memory of his other modes.

The truck takes the toys to a dump where they are dumped onto a conveyor belt for disposal. Woody helps Lotso and the others escape a shredder, but Lotso betrays them by not pressing an emergency-stop button and leaves them to slide into an incinerator. As the toys accept their imminent demise in horror and join hands, they are rescued by a giant claw crane operated by the squeeze toy aliens. Later, Lotso is found by a garbage man and tied to the front of a truck.
The toys return to Andy's house on a garbage truck and prepare to be stored in the attic. Woody, however, decides he and his friends would better serve their purpose elsewhere. He writes a message on a post-it note and sticks it on the box with all the toys inside.

After reading the message, Andy takes the toys to Bonnie. He introduces each toy individually and is surprised to find Woody included. but decides to let Bonnie have him. Then together with Bonnie, Andy plays with his toys one more time before he leaves for college. As Andy drives off, Woody sadly waves goodbye to his former owner as he says "So long, partner". He is immediately comforted by Buzz and then introduces his old friends to his new friends.As the credits roll, the conditions for new arrivals has vastly improved. It is revealed that Barbie and Ken are now in charge of Sunnyside and are making it a nice place for toys. The toys now take turns putting up with the younger children rather than forcing a certain group to put up with all of it. The toys at Bonnie's house keep in touch with those at Sunnyside by slipping notes through Bonnie's backpack.