Industry Vet Paul Wilmot Joins RASCAL as VFX Supervisor
March 13, 2025
Staff of The Mill U.S. Launch Arc Creative with Dream Machine FX
From Variety: Amid financial difficulties, Technicolor has started to shut down parts of the company. But the creative leadership and “practically the entire creative staff” of what was Technicolor’s The Mill U.S. has pivoted and is joining forces with Dream Machine FX to launch a new venture, Arc Creative. [Watch]
VOLT Studios Welcomes MD Teah Strandjord and Sr. Producer Mariah Becchetti
From the release: VOLT Studios is excited to welcome two key additions to the team: Managing Director Teah Strandjord and Senior Producer Mariah Becchetti. Both Strandjord and Becchetti are excited to apply their passion and depth of experience to VOLT, a beloved content studio known for nurturing great ideas. [Watch]
Variety Reports Technicolor (Parent Company of The Mill and MPC) Ready to Close
From Variety: “On Friday, Technicolor began alerting customers and employees, sending U.S. employees a WARN notice as required by law for large companies that anticipate closings and mass layoffs. A total shutdown of MPC and Technicolor’s operations would affect thousands of visual effects workers. [Watch]
TAVO Studio Takes on the Future of Skin Care for MartiDerm
Director Tavo Ponce and his motion design team at TAVO Studio in Madrid explore a “futuristic aesthetic” to highlight the properties of the new day and night serum formulas from Spanish cosmetics brand Martiderm. [Watch]
Left Shoe Lost & The Mill Keep Cortisol on a String for Corcept
Mill+ directors Dael Oates & Stephen Beck (Left Shoe Lost) team with Mill CD/3D supervisor Yongchan Kim to conjure a photoreal world of faux felt marionettes and deliver an important personal health message for Corcept Therapeutics. [Watch]
Colors And The Kids Trip to the Unknown in “Trafo” Short Film
The latest experiment from Berlin CG innovators Colors And The Kids (whose work we track here) presents an enigmatic series of vignettes designed as “an excursion into the unknown, where every moment can spark a new understanding.” [Watch]
