Act3animation

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name = Act3animation

type = Private company
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foundation = 1992
founder = Mike Hollands
location_city = Melbourne
location_country = flagicon|AUS Australia
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key_people = Mike Hollands
industry = CGI animation, Visual Effects
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homepage = [http://www.act3animation.com/ www.act3animation.com]
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Act3animation (Act3) is an Australian CGI company, specializing in character animation, based in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1992 by current creative director, Mike Hollands, Act3 has produced various TVCs, FMVs and short films.

History

After being founded in 1992, Act3 produced TVCs and promotional shorts up until 1999 when they broke into the game industry with an E3 promotional cinematic for Blue Tongue Entertainment's "Starship Troopers" (2000), which won the AEAF award for "Best Game Animation" that year. Subsequent notable game cinematics include: ' [http://au.gamespot.com/video/555744/2869072/jurassic-park-project-genesis-trailer-1] (2003), "RoadKill" (2003), "N.A.R.C.", ' (2005), "Neverwinter Nights 2" [http://www.act3animation.com/movie/nwn2.html] (2006) and Fury (2007).

In 2005, Act3 made its short film debut with two films: "Anaka" [http://www.meetanaka.com/] , a short film made to promote the game franchise of the same name made by fellow Melburnians Tantalus Games [cite news |last=Hill |first=Jason |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/05/09/1115584883789.html |title=Paradise lost |publisher=The Age |date=2005-05-10 |accessdate=2007-09-15] , and the award winning tragicomedy "Piñata", which has been screened at various international animation festivals, most notably the Annecy International Animated Film Festival [cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.afc.gov.au/filmsandawards/recentintscreen/2005.aspx |title=Australian Film Commission - 2005 Screenings |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2007-04-09] .

December 2006 saw a new string added to Act3's bow, with the launch of Deakin University's "Motion.Lab" - an $800,000cite news |last= |first= |title=New Digital Motion Lab Bringing Animation to Life |url=http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsNewDigitalMotionLabBringingAnimationtoLife26September2006 |publisher=Multimedia Victoria |date=2006-09-26|accessdate=2007-07-29] 24 camera Motion Analysis brand motion capture studio at its campus in Burwood, Victoria - with which Act3 is partnered: managing and executing its commercial captures [cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.deakin.edu.au/motionlab/media-release.php |title=Deakin Motion.Lab Media Release |publisher=Deakin University |date=2006-09-26|accessdate=2007-04-09] .

References

External links

* [http://www.act3animation.com/movie/showreel.html Act3animation showreel]
* [http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=3720 CGSociety - Act3animation]
* [http://www.deakin.edu.au/motionlab/index.php Deakin "Motion.Lab" homepage]
* [http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/uploads/downloads/Invest_ICT/CS_Act3animation_003.pdf Case Study: Act3animation] (PDF)
*imdb company|id=0157815|company=Act3animation