Bent’s Nando Costa Sings a “Whale Song” for Modest Mouse

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Nando Costa’s colorful career recently took another interesting turn when he joined Bent Image Lab as a director/partner. The fruit of that union can be tasted in his first project with Bent, a music video for Modest Mouse’s “Whale Song.”

Nando took time to fill us in with loads of juicy behind-the-scenes details, as well as bringing us up to speed on life after Nervo.

Read the feature here.

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texture question

i have a background for compositing perpse and a plane
i want the plan to get the texture of the background by its location over the background, so it will fit in with the background

There is a texture projection in LW that do that, don’t know how to do it in 3ds max

thanks

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a52’s Travelers Insurance spot

Some background info on a52’s visual effects for ‘Drifters’, a Travelers Insurance spot.

Toy Story 3 Stereoscopic conversion

hi there
i just converted an image from the trailer and would like some of your comments

use red/cyan glasses

thanks
-Dan


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Find most “expensive” node in tree – cpu time related

Hey Guys,

in maya there is a way to show the most computational expensive nodes in the hierarchy…is this possible in nuke,too?

thx in advance
Oli

how VFX has allowed film-makers……

Hello, I am looking for any kind of book which explains and expands on how VFX has allowed film-makers to realise their visions within cinema. I require this book in French or english
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Bent Image Labs‘ Ken Lidster recently directed this stop-motion spot for Dr. Pepper: I Exist … “Bent created duplicates of the set and triples of the nine-inch-high characters to streamline production. They then shot the stop-motion on high-res digital cameras. Certain shots, such as the soda pour, were done on one of the studio’s in-house […]

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SPENCER TUNICK COMMANDS NAKED CROWD.

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Spencer Tunick has seen more nipples in a day than the boom mic guy at Jenna Jameson’s record breaking serial bangathon. His work captures the abstractions of the human form in massive structures to create a new organic view of life and the environment. These installations are voluntary based with his biggest one yet in Mexico city, with about 18,000 naked people free ballin’ it. Make the jump to see more nudies in mass.

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