Digic Pictures
Digic Pictures is a Hungarian 3D animation studio specializing in the production of 3d animated game cinematics CGI . Digic also provides motion capture services at its own fully equipped studio, Digic Motion.
Company Info |
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| Type | 3D animation studio |
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| Genre | Game cinematics, VFX productions |
| Predecessor(s) | Games Unlimited (2001–2003) |
| Successor(s) | Digic Pictures |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Founder(s) | Andrew G. Vajna, Rabb Sándor Alex |
| Headquarters | Budapest, Hungary |
| Number of locations | Budapest, Hungary Los Angeles, USA |
| Products | Game cinematics, VFX, Commercials |
| Services | production of 3D animated intro movies & trailers for computer games |
| Employees | 80-90 |
| Parent | Cinergi Interactive |
| Divisions | Digic Motion |
| Website | www.digicpictures.com |
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Profile [edit]
Digic Pictures is a computer animation film studio which produces full 3D animated shorts and visual effects, in association with video games, feature films or commercial advertisements. Digic's productions have earned the studio global recognition with game trailers and intro movies which were screened at Siggraph CAF Electronic Theater, or awarded with Siggraph's prizes.[1] In June 2011 Digic's Assassin's Creed: Revelations trailer became the most viewed video on top gamer community portals.[2][3][4] and won Video Game Awards' Best Trailer of E3. Digic also provides motion capture services at its own motion capture studio, Digic Motion.
History [edit]
The history of Digic Pictures goes back to December 2001, when the first members of the later animation company have joined the video game developer company called Black Hole Entertainment. Digic Pictures, as the cinematic department of Black Hole, produced animation sequences for RTS games developed by Black Hole. Back in 2002 Digic produced five high quality full 3D cinematics -Intro, Outro, Human, Beast, Fallen- for the EA game called Armies of Exigo that was completed by the beginning of 2003, and was the first Hungarian project ever to make it to the selection of Electronic Theater, one of the most prestigious selection of the 2003 Siggraph Festival / Conference, that introduces the world's leading computer animation projects. Spurred on by Hungarian-born Hollywood producer and co-owner, Andrew G. Vajna, the studio got involved in the production of 60 VFX scenes of the American blockbuster Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and impressed "even the most prestigious professional forums bringing a good name of ... the world of the developing professional Hungarian computer animation".[5] Since 2006, Digic Pictures has turned from feature films to major video game developers, and kept on producing animated shorts for gamer audiences, including intros, outros, trailers and teasers for Warhammer, Darksiders, Assassin's Creed, and Mass Effect episodes.
Digic Motion [edit]
Digic Pictures has its own motion capture studio, Digic Motion. Based in Budapest, Digic Motion's capturing equipment consists of 16 mocap cameras of 16 megapixel VICON T160[6] capturing up to 2000 frames per second.
Credits [edit]
Spread out on 1200 square meters and located on Hajogyari sziget, Budapest, Hungary, the studio has a team of nearly 100 artists. Their latest cast officially published is of February 21 2012[7]
Publisher clients include Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, THQ, Sony Europe, 2K Games,Namco Bandai, Capcom, Sega, Funcom, KONAMI
Game developer clients include Bioware, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Toronto, Firaxis, Vigil Games, Obsidian, Gearbox Software, Bizarre Creations, Ninja Theory, Mercury Steam
Game cinematics [edit]
| # | Film | Release date | Publisher | Developer | Genre | Runtime (minutes) |
Awards & Screenings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armies of Exigo | January 15, 2003 | Electronic Arts | Black Hole Entertainment | Intro | 2:37 | Listed for screening at Siggraph 2003, San Diego, USA, Electronic Theater |
| 2 | Armies of Exigo | July 1, 2004 | Electronic Arts | Black Hole Entertainment | Outro | 3:48 | |
| 3 | Armies of Exigo Human | July 1, 2004 | Electronic Arts | Black Hole Entertainment | Short | 1:09 | |
| 4 | Armies of Exigo Beast | July 1, 2004 | Electronic Arts | Black Hole Entertainment | Short | 1:06 | |
| 5 | Armies of Exigo Fallen | July 1, 2004 | Electronic Arts | Black Hole Entertainment | Short | 1:05 | |
| 6 | Warhammer: Mark of Chaos | May 18, 2005 | Namco Bandai | Black Hole Entertainment | Teaser | 0:42 | |
| 7 | Warhammer: Mark of Chaos | May 30, 2006 | Namco Bandai | Black Hole Entertainment | Intro | 4:09 | Listed for screening at Siggraph 2006, Boston, USA, Electronic Theater[8] Gametrailers.com Top 100 Trailers of All Time No. 64. |
| 8 | Universe at War Earth Assault | August 21, 2007 | Sega of America | Petroglyph | Trailer | 2:37 | |
| 9 | Warhammer: Battle March | August 30, 2007 | Namco Bandai | Black Hole Entertainment | Intro | 2:24 | |
| 10 | Infiniti | October 10, 2007 | Pai International | Short | 2:44 | ||
| 11 | The Secret World series Firestarter | February 10, 2008 | Funcom | Funcom | Short | 1:06 | |
| 12 | The Secret World series Puritan | December 2, 2007 | Funcom | Funcom | Short | 1:04 | |
| 13 | The Secret World series Grifter | March 25, 2008 | Funcom | Funcom | Short | 1:15 | Gametrailers.com Top 100 Trailers of All Time No. 78. |
| 14 | The Secret World series Zuberi | April 20, 2008 | Funcom | Funcom | Short | 2:01 | |
| 15 | Aliens: Colonial Marines | May 13, 2008 | Sega | Gearbox Software | Teaser | 1:12 | |
| 16 | Darksiders: Wrath of War | December 21, 2008 | THQ | Vigil Games | Intro | 2:33 | |
| 17 | Darksiders: Wrath of War | June 23, 2009 | THQ | Vigil Games | Trailer | 1:32 | |
| 18 | Alpha Protocol | April 15, 2009 | Sega | Obsidian | Trailer | 2:06 | |
| 19 | Assassin's Creed II. | June 2, 2009 | Ubisoft | Ubisoft Montreal | Trailer | 3:41 | Best Technical Prizeat Siggraph Asia 2009, Yokohama, Japan[9] Best Post-production Award at Animago Award 2009, Babelsberg, Germany[10] Top 100 Trailers of All Time No. 03. Listed for screening at Siggraph Asia 2009, Yokohama, Japan, Electronic Theater |
| 20 | Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands | May 26, 2010 | Ubisoft | Ubisoft Montreal | Intro | 3:03 | Listed for screening at Siggraph 2010, Los Angeles, USA, Computer Animation Festival[11] |
| 21 | Assassin's Creed Brotherhood | June 14, 2010 | Ubisoft | Ubisoft Montreal | Trailer | 2:41 | Listed for screening at Siggraph Asia 2010, Seoul, South Korea, Electronic Theater Listed for screening at Siggraph 2011, Vancouver, Canada, Computer Animation Festival Gametrailers.com Top 100 Trailers of All Time No. 81. |
| 22 | Civilization V | September 21, 2010 | 2K Games | Firaxis Games | Intro | 3:26 | Best Technical Prize at Siggraph Asia 2010, Seoul, South Korea[12] Animated Com Award’s Technology Prize at 18. International Trickfilm Festival of Animated Film, 2011, Stuttgart, Germany Best Post-production Award at Animago Award 2010, Babelsberg, Germany[13] Listed for screening at Siggraph Asia 2010, Seoul, South Korea, Electronic Theater Listed for screening at Siggraph 2011, Vancouver, Canada, Computer Animation Festival |
| 23 | Dragon age 2 | August 17, 2010 | Electronic Arts | Bioware | Trailer | 2:39 | Nominated for Animago 2011 Best Post-production Award, Babelsberg, Germany Listed for screening at Siggraph Asia 2011, Hong Kong, China, Electronic Theater Listed for screening at Siggraph 2011, Vancouver, Canada, Computer Animation Festival |
| 24 | Mass Effect 3 | December 11, 2010 | Electronic Arts | Bioware | Teaser | 1:13 | Listed for screening at Siggraph 2011, Vancouver, Computer Animation Festival[14] |
| 25 | Assassins' Creed: Revelations E3 | June 6, 2011 | Ubisoft | Ubisoft Montreal | Trailer | 3:04 | SPIKE Video Game Awards: Trailer of the Year 2011 Best Post-Production Award at Animago Award 2011, Babelsberg, Germany Gamespot: Editor’s Choice - Best Trailer of E3 2011 Gamespot: Reader’s Choice - Best Trailer of E3 2011 Gametrailers.com - Best Trailer of E3 2011 1Up - Best Trailer of E3 2011 Listed for screening at Siggraph Asia 2011, Hong Kong, China, Electronic Theater Top 100 Trailers of All Time - Gametrailers.com No. 29. |
| 26 | Mass Effect 3 Take Earth Back | February 19, 2012 | Electronic Arts | Bioware | Trailer | 3:03 | |
| 27 | Assassin's Creed III | June 4, 2012 | Ubisoft | Ubisoft Montreal | Trailer | 3:10 | G4Tv "Best Trailer of E3, 2012", Gametrailers.com nomination for "Best Trailer of E3, 2012" |
| 28 | Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 | June 4, 2012 | KONAMI | Mercury Steam | Trailer | 3:16 | |
| 29 | Splinter Cell Blacklist | June 4, 2012 | Ubisoft | Ubisoft Toronto | Trailer | 2:18 | |
| 30 | HALO 4 Prologue | November 5, 2012 | Microsoft Studios | 343 Industries} | Intro cinematic | 3:36 | |
| 31 | HALO 4 Infinity | November 5, 2012 | Microsoft Studios | 343 Industries} | Cut-scene cinematic | 1:39 | |
| 32 | HALO 4 Epilogue | November 5, 2012 | Microsoft Studios | 343 Industries} | Cut-scene cinematic | 4:14 | |
| 33 | HALO 4 Ending | November 5, 2012 | Microsoft Studios | 343 Industries} | Outro cinematic | 2:30 |
VFX [edit]
| # | Film | Release date | Distributor | Producer | Genre | Runtime (minutes) |
Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ESET for Android | November 5, 2007 | MARK BBDO | ESET | Commercial | ||
| 2 | Children of Glory | October 23, 2006 | InterCom | C2 Pictures, Flashback Productions | Visual effects | ||
| 3 | Terminator 3: Rise of The Machines | May 1, 2003 | C2 Pictures | IMF | Visual effects |
References [edit]
- ^ Siggraph's awards and programs at http://www.siggraph.org/programs/awards
- ^ Gametrailers at http://www.gametrailers.com/video/best-trailer-best-of-e3/716602
- ^ Gamespot at http://www.gamespot.com/special-feature/best-of-e3-2011/special-achievement/index.html?page=5
- ^ 1up at http://www.1up.com/features/best-of-e3?pager.offset=2
- ^ As per Alias Systems Corporation at http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?linkID=14271593&id=6870577&siteID=123112
- ^ As featured on the VICON website at http://www.vicon.com/products/t160.html
- ^ Members of the crew for Mass Effect 3 - Take Earth Back at http://www.bitfilm.de/club/member.php?bitfilm_user=&page=fd&id=124292&fid=3942&type=&file_type=&pitch_id=
- ^ http://www.animationcenter.gr/modul/news/article.php?storyid=214&sel_lang=english
- ^ http://www.siggraph.org/asia2009/for_media/releases/SAPressRelease4_CAF.pdf
- ^ http://www.festivalfocus.org/news.php?uid=584
- ^ http://www.siggraph.org/s2010/for_media/siggraph_2010_news_releases_release_10
- ^ http://www.siggraph.org/asia2010/search/node/digic%20pictures
- ^ http://www.animago.com/en/hall-of-fame/2010/awarded-entries-2010/
- ^ http://la.siggraph.org/events/siggraph-2011-computer-animation-festival-electronic-theater-screening
