Fredo's Fridays 21 - 3D

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FEATURED

THE CRAZY FROG
RINGTONE RIOT



Crazy Frog is the marketing title of a ring tone based on The Annoying Thing, a computer animation created by Erik Wernquist. The animation was originally created to accompany a sound effect produced by Daniel Malmedahl whilst attempting to imitate the sound of a two-stroke moped engine also known as the Insanity Test. In 2004, Jamster released the song as a ringtone. Across Europe in May 2005, "Axel F" went straight to number one on the UK charts, with some of the best weekly sales outselling the debut of Coldplay. Watch the hilarious video of this remix to the 1985 instrumental theme of Beverly Hills Cop movie.

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THE EMBASSY
V/FX STUDIO



This highly acclaimed visual effects studio from Vancouver, Canada is a major force in the 3d/VFX industry. Working in major film titles and high level commercials from I,Robot to Nike and the Matrix, these guys have enough render power to make your toes pop (whatever that means).

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BLUR
SOFTWARE/ANIMATION/VFX



Blur has always amazed me not only in their ability to do strong commercial work with Gaming Cinematics, movie V/FX, and animation, but also with their Brazil product which produces some incredible renders from 3d Studio Max.

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THE MILL
V/FX



I know I have mentioned The Mill before, but they deserve another link for their entire site. The undisputed VFX champion studio from the UK (and now NY) has talent coming out of their.......ears. Don't miss a single project from this impressive portfolio. It's all bueno.

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DIGITAL DOMAIN GROUP
VFX STUDIO



Do you guys remember that scene in Lord of The Rings where the Liv Taylor elf summoned the water horse spirits down the river to wash away the evil minions in hoodies?...Well, this is the studio responsible for such a marvelous spectacle. Oh yeah... and they did work on other high level work too, just go.

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iMAGINARY fORCES
IF



It all started with the movie "Seven". After that it was history for Kyle Cooper and his funky bunch. The masters of title sequences, an art started by the late Saul Bass in the movie Psycho. Ever time you watch a movie and you say "wow, the way they made the cast and title text come up on the screen was wayyy dope!", chances are, Imaginary Forces has left a finger print. These guys are also delving into interactive design and what not... their flash site is nice eyecandy tambien.

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MISC


Major studios we all know:

Industrial Light and Magic - George Lucas
Pixar Studios - Steve Jobs, Brad Bird and John Lasseter
Blue Sky Studios - Fox Entertainment (Ice Age, Robots)
Dreamworks - SKG (Spielberg, Kutzenberg, Geffen)- makers of Shrek
DNA Studios - Nickelodeon (Jimmy Neutron)