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The Art of The Guillotine: Finishing Sentences

“The best collaborations are the director-editor teams, where they can finish each others sentences,” These are the words of Writer/Director and all around “Do-it-Different Guy” Quentin Tarantino when asked what the most important collaborations where in making a film. He … Continue reading

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My After Effects CS6 Wishlist

Recently, I found an unlicensed copy of After Effects 3.1 in cleaning out our storage room and I began to delve into the confusing world of the Adobe upgrade process. A morning glass of Orange Juice, a few mouse clicks … Continue reading

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Creating a Deadly Comic (Animated) Open

MadWerkz animation and graphic artist Jeff Black recently finished (6) six amazing hand drawn and inked comic book style illustrations for a series of Short Opens being produced by MadWerkz Films. DR_Open_teaser_480 The Open directed by Joddy Eric Matthews, which … Continue reading

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Of MOPs and Men: Learning How to Create a Winning Reality Show Pitch

I have the perfect ideal for a Television show! How many times have we all uttered this phrase? 50 times, 100 times, 200 times! Its a well used expression, by professional and novice alike. Everyone it seems, thinks they have … Continue reading

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Final Cut Pro-X: (Dr. Strangelove, or why I learned to love the bomb)

We recently spent some time with Professional DaVinci Colorist and Editor Jason Feiler of Kalman Pabst & Associate. His work ranges from color grading numerous Independent Films to editing spots for Moen and Arhaus Using Final Cut inhouse, Jason relies … Continue reading

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Today’s Independent Filmmaker – Choosing the correct RED Workflow Part 1

The approaching Fall usually signals the end of the shooting season here in the Midwest. Most productions aim to head into post production in the upcoming months and that usually signals our busy season here at the studio. With the … Continue reading

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2D to 3D Stereoscopic Conversion

MadWerkz Studios is doing 2D to 3D stereoscopic conversion work for a major feature film. We will be looking to hire Senior and Junior Roto artist. Stereoscopic Silhouette experience is a plus but not needed. Sr Roto artist should have … Continue reading

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A Little bit of Color in my Life

Having done quite a few Grading jobs for Indie Film and taught the fundamentals of color for the last three years at workshops and as a Professor, I’m often astounded when the subject of Color grading tools come up, especially … Continue reading

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A new take on an old story

The compelling open to a Project Gilgamesh sampler was completed by visionary Artist and Director Joddy Eric Matthews. The particle animation streams, synced to the haunting music of International Artist DBR, each consisting of over 12,000 particle per frame, was … Continue reading

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Tye designs upscale ID with twist

Uber designer R Tye designed an upscale but modern identity system for Thomas Eyecare, a unique medical business in that it handles both Lasik and Botox for clients.

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