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With well over a decade's experience in CG and a BAFTA for Best VFX, Darren manages a team of 7 experts who cover the M&E portfolio and interface with key customers, helping them ensure their pipelines are ready for tomorrow's challenges.

Magical stop-frame 3D typography with an iPad
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Magical stop-frame 3D typography with an iPad

Posted 4 April 2012 1:00 am by Darren Brooker on You and M&E

See how Dentsu London used an iPad to light paint truly magical images that start out as 3D motion graphics sequences.

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Popcap score games BAFTA with Peggle HD
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Popcap score games BAFTA with Peggle HD

Posted 23 March 2012 12:00 am by Darren Brooker on You and M&E

Congratulations must go to the Dublin Popcap team for scooping the BAFTA for best Game in its Mobile & Handheld category, for the HD port of the pachinko sytle Peggle.

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Moonrise Kingdom to open Cannes
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Moonrise Kingdom to open Cannes

Posted 9 March 2012 12:00 am by Darren Brooker on You and M&E

Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom to open the Cannes 2012 festival

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Matrix-style effects without a Matrix-sized budget
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Matrix-style effects without a Matrix-sized budget

Posted 22 February 2012 12:00 am by Darren Brooker on You and M&E

If proof was ever needed that budget isn't everything, then this Mint Julep video for Why Don't We provides it. With an incredible atmosphere and costumes to match, the use of 30 disposable cameras to create a lo-fi bullet time camera effect strikes the perfect emotional note.

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Time looks at the tools used on the Best VFX Oscar nominees
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Time looks at the tools used on the Best VFX Oscar nominees

Posted 30 January 2012 12:00 am by Darren Brooker on You and M&E

Time magazine takes a look at the tools used on this year's Best VFX Oscar nominees, from Rise of the Planet of the Apes to Hugo

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Red Bull gives UK animation wings
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Red Bull gives UK animation wings

Posted 17 January 2012 12:00 am by Darren Brooker on You and M&E

Red Bull's Canimation competition saw hundreds of animators from both the commercial & student communities compete...with some incredible results

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Disney commission brings Hugglemonsters to Brown Bag
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Disney commission brings Hugglemonsters to Brown Bag

Posted 13 January 2012 12:00 am by Darren Brooker on You and M&E

Oscar-nominated Irish studio Brown Bag Films has been commissioned to make The Happy Hugglemonsters - a new CG series for Disney Junior

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A look back at 2011's best VFX commercials
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A look back at 2011's best VFX commercials

Posted 5 January 2012 12:00 am by Darren Brooker on You and M&E

What better way to start 2012 by looking back at the best VFX commercials of last year, as posted by the kind folks at fxguide.com

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First look at Luc Besson's forthcoming film: Lock-Out
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First look at Luc Besson's forthcoming film: Lock-Out

Posted 16 December 2011 12:00 am by Darren Brooker on You and M&E

After several years away from the sci-fi genre, Lock-Out is the first of two films co-written and produced by Luc Besson to hit cinemas next year and looks like a fantastic mix of Escape from New York with a healthy dash of Die Hard. Here's the first peek...

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Runners vs. Flame ops...The Mill's christmas head-to-head
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Runners vs. Flame ops...The Mill's christmas head-to-head

Posted 14 December 2011 12:00 am by Darren Brooker on You and M&E

As a contest, pitching The Mill's runners head-to-head against the considerable talent of its Flame team might seem like a bit of an unfair contest...but, as you, can see from The Mill's Christmas videos, the runners more than held their own.

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