Monkeyhut VFX http://monkeyhut.com.au Visual Effects for Film and TV Sun, 13 May 2012 14:33:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= A List of Post Houses in Australia http://monkeyhut.com.au/2011/05/24/post-houses-in-australia/ http://monkeyhut.com.au/2011/05/24/post-houses-in-australia/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 15:03:50 +0000 Monkeyhut VFX http://monkeyhut.com.au/?p=930 This is an ongoing list of post-production and VFX houses in Sydney. Feel free to let me know if you think of any others that I can add. As I find time I will update this post with more information about each of the companies along with direct links to their recruitment pages and maps of their locations.

]]> http://monkeyhut.com.au/2011/05/24/post-houses-in-australia/feed/ 0 2011 Oscar Winners http://monkeyhut.com.au/2011/02/27/2011-oscar-winners/ http://monkeyhut.com.au/2011/02/27/2011-oscar-winners/#comments Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:35:15 +0000 Monkeyhut VFX http://monkeyhut.com.au/?p=898 The results are in for the 2011 83rd Annual Oscar Awards:

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

  • Javier Bardem – Biutiful
  • Jeff Bridges – True Grit
  • Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network
  • Colin Firth – The King’s Speech Winner
  • James Franco – 127 Hours

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

  • Christian Bale – The Fighter Winner
  • John Hawkes – Winter’s Bone
  • Jeremy Renner – The Town
  • Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right
  • Geoffrey Rush – The King’s Speech

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

  • Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right
  • Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole
  • Jennifer Lawrence – Winter’s Bone
  • Natalie Portman – Black Swan Winner
  • Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

  • Amy Adams – The Fighter
  • Helena Bonham Carter – The King’s Speech
  • Melissa Leo – The Fighter Winner
  • Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit
  • Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

  • How to Train Your Dragon
  • The Illusionist
  • Toy Story 3 Winner

DIRECTING

  • Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
  • David O. Russell – The Fighter
  • Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech Winner
  • David Fincher – The Social Network
  • Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – True Grit

BEST PICTURE

  • Black Swan
  • The Fighter
  • Inception
  • The Kids Are All Right
  • The King’s Speech Winner
  • 127 Hours
  • The Social Network
  • Toy Story 3
  • True Grit
  • Winter’s Bone

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

  • 127 Hours
  • The Social Network Winner
  • Toy Story 3
  • True Grit
  • Winter’s Bone

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

  • Another Year
  • The Fighter
  • Inception
  • The Kids Are All Right
  • The King’s Speech Winner

MUSIC (SCORE)

  • How to Train Your Dragon
  • Inception
  • The King’s Speech
  • 127 Hours
  • The Social Network Winner

MUSIC (SONG)

  • “Coming Home” – Country Strong (Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey)
  • “I See the Light” – Tangled (Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Glenn Slater )
  • “If I Rise” – 127 Hours (Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong )
  • “We Belong Together” – Toy Story 3 (Music and Lyric by Randy Newman) Winner

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

  • Exit through the Gift Shop
  • Gasland
  • Inside Job Winner
  • Restrepo
  • Waste Land

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

  • Killing in the Name
  • Poster Girl
  • Strangers No More Winner
  • Sun Come Up
  • The Warriors of Qiugang

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

  • Day & Night
  • The Gruffalo
  • Let’s Pollute
  • The Lost Thing Winner
  • Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

  • The Confession
  • The Crush
  • God of Love Winner
  • Na Wewe
  • Wish 143

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

  • Biutiful
  • Dogtooth
  • In a Better World Winner
  • Incendies
  • Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)

ART DIRECTION

  • Alice in Wonderland Winner
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
  • Inception
  • The King’s Speech
  • True Grit

CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • Black Swan
  • Inception Winner
  • Inception
  • The King’s Speech
  • The Social Network
  • True Grit

COSTUME DESIGN

  • Alice in Wonderland Winner
  • I Am Love
  • The King’s Speech
  • The Tempest
  • True Grit

FILM EDITING

  • Black Swan
  • The Fighter
  • The King’s Speech
  • 127 Hours
  • The Social Network Winner

MAKEUP

  • Barney’s Version
  • The Way Back
  • The Wolfman Winner

SOUND EDITING

  • Inception Winner
  • Toy Story 3
  • Tron: Legacy
  • True Grit
  • Unstoppable

SOUND MIXING

  • Inception Winner
  • The King’s Speech
  • Salt
  • True Grit

VISUAL EFFECTS

  • Alice in Wonderland
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
  • Hereafter
  • Inception Winner
  • Iron Man 2
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Hereafter VFX Breakdowns

]]> http://monkeyhut.com.au/2011/02/17/hereafter-vfx-breakdowns/feed/ 0 A List of Post Houses in London http://monkeyhut.com.au/2011/01/25/post-houses-in-london/ http://monkeyhut.com.au/2011/01/25/post-houses-in-london/#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:23:43 +0000 Monkeyhut VFX http://monkeyhut.com.au/?p=834 This is an ongoing list of post-production and VFX houses in London. Feel free to let me know if you think of any others that I can add. As I find time I will update this post with more information about each of the companies along with direct links to their recruitment pages and maps of their locations.

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The film is officially released worldwide on December 10, 2010

If you haven’t already seen the trailer, be sure to check out the latest trailer on our Narnia Portfolio page.

Voyage of the Dawn Treader - World Premiere

Voyage of the Dawn Treader - World Premiere

Voyage of the Dawn Treader - World Premiere

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