Production house Believe Media and animation company Moo Studios have entered into an alliance whereby the latter and its roster will be represented as a division of Believe for animation and motion graphics-oriented work as well as postproduction services. The partnership was agreed upon by Believe exec producers Luke Thornton and Liz Silver and Moo Studios founder/owner David Lyons.
The arrangement extends Believe’s creative reach, rounding out its lineup of directorial talent. The partnership also allows Believe to offer a full range of postproduction services, letting its clients access complete in-house delivery of a project from inception to post.
Meanwhile Moo gains the advantage of tapping into Believe’s sales and marketing teams, opening up opportunities for new ad projects on a global scale.
Moo brings a creatively versatile team of directors, digital artists, graphic designers, illustrators and animators who collaborate as a multi-faceted creative combine. Together, they imagine stories for the world, employing a variety of mixed-media visual styles that include animation, CGI, illustration, 3D, 2D, stop-motion, live action production, and other multimedia. Moo–which maintains a Los Angeles office and brand new 5,000-square-foot soundstage–has turned out work for such clients as Guinness, Harley Davidson, Xbox, Google+ and Blue Moon.
Oscar Nominees Delve Into The Art Of Editing At ACE Session
You couldn’t miss Sean Baker at this past Sunday’s Oscar ceremony where he won for Best Picture, Directing, Original Screenplay and Editing on the strength of Anora. However, earlier that weekend he was in transit from the Cesar Awards in Paris and thus couldn’t attend the American Cinema Editors (ACE) 25th annual panel of Academy Award-nominated film editors held at the Regal LA Live Auditorium on Saturday (3/1) in Los Angeles. While the eventual Oscar winner in the editing category was missed by those who turned out for the ACE “Invisible Art, Visible Artists” session, three of Baker’s fellow nominees were on hand--Dávid Jancsó, HSE for The Brutalist; Nick Emerson for Conclave; and Myron Kerstein, ACE for Wicked. Additionally, Juliette Welfling, who couldn’t appear in person due to the Cesar Awards, was present via an earlier recorded video interview to discuss her work on Emilia Pérez. The interview was conducted by ACE president and editor Sabrina Plisco, ACE who also moderated the live panel discussion. Kerstein said that he was the beneficiary of brilliant and generous collaborators, citing, among others, director Jon M. Chu, cinematographer Alice Brooks, and visual effects supervisor Pablo Helman. The editor added it always helps to have stellar acting performances, noting that hearing Cynthia Erivo, for example, sing live was a revelation. Kerstein recalled meeting Chu some eight years ago on a “blind Skype date” and it was an instant “bromance”--which began on Crazy Rich Asians, and then continued on such projects as the streaming series Home Before Dark and the feature In The Heights. Kerstein observed that Chu is expert in providing collaborators with... Read More