Russian Buyer Spends £140 million on Britain’s Most Expensive House

Mike Spink, figurehead of Spink Properties and renowned developer of breathtakingly expensive properties has secured what must be a very satisfying sale – the £47 million he paid for Park Place in the village of Remenham, near Henley-on-Thames, Oxon has passed to a new owner for a consideration of *eek* £140 million. That’s pounds sterling folks. Naturally, the buyer hasn’t put his or her hand in the air but is (almost inevitably)... Read More

Barbican – Watch Me Move: The Animation Show – get in quick! Ends September 11th

The world of animation, as you can imagine, is high on the agenda for discussion in the Preconstruct office, from professional, personal and artistic points-of-view. If your a kid, a big kid, a pro or someone who loves immersing themselves in great visual things, how-to’s and history, then the Watch Me Move: The Animation Show at the Barbican has to be one for your diary. It’s only on for another 12 days – concluding on September... Read More

Bristol’s festival of animation, Animated Encounters is coming-up: 16-20 November 2011

There’s a lot going on down Bristol way and events like Encounters – The Bristol International Film Festival – play a huge part in gaining exposure of the best creative thinking and doing from all around. The festival of animation part, Animated Encounters, is the competitive strand for short animation, dedicated to showcasing the best home grown and international short animation talent around. Over 400 animated short films have... Read More

Classy New York City Timelapse from Mindrelic

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The 8th London International Animation Festival August 26 – September 4

LIAF 2011 hits the screen with 10 days of the best new animation combined with diverse collection of themed, retrospective and special programmes. From August 26 – September 4 at the Barbican, the Horse Hospital and the Rio Cinema, LIAF will undoubtedly become the centre of the international animation universe. You’ll see a comprehensive line-up from award winners, outstanding industry veterans, inspiring independents, stupendous studios... Read More

Panasonic: glasses-free 3D TV ‘within five years’

While the war over active versus passive 3D TVs rages on, it could be all but obliterated by the development of an autostereoscopic television which does away with the glasses altogether. Some manufacturers, like Toshiba, have committed to rushing out a glasses-free 3D TV as early as 2012, but Panasonic has now said that it’ll be at least five years before it has an auto-stereoscopic 3D set on the market. Speaking at Intellect’s... Read More

2D or not 2D, that is the question – BBC News

The 3D market is expected to be 25 times the size it is now within four years but many think there is not enough content to warrant buying the equipment. Could “upscaling” 2D content to give it an extra dimension be the answer?   Since the release of Avatar – both the most expensive film ever made and the biggest grossing – to great fanfare, some critics are starting to conclude that the 3D cinema has gone a little... Read More

Pixar’s Cars 2 spy story drives film animation to new heights – The Guardian

Cars take the part of tourists as Pixar’s animators use ground-breaking techniques to give Buckingham Palace a makeover. We loved the first one, really looking forward to this…. Director John Lasseter says level of realism is now 10 times greater for cinema audiences Dalya Alberge The Observer, Sunday 26 June 2011 The pioneering Hollywood studio that revolutionised the industry with the first computer... Read More

New Media Knowledge – Marketers told to embrace online video marketing at Internet World

  Video will make the Internet what it always meant to be, according to one of the presenters at Internet World in London. New Media Knowledge was there to find out more. By Chris Lee Online video marketing is one of the hottest topics in Internet Marketing right now. Not only does video enable organisations to add rich, engaging and shareable content to their website, but they can also benefit from search engines’ increasing respect for... Read More