Stars of the small screen
Video on the move could be the next big craze, and the devices that play it are sure to be the next must-have luxury toy. Digit checked out what’s already out there.
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Supervolcano
When Yellowstone blows, it will be the end of the Western Hemisphere as we know it. VFX company Lola made it happen.
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The Viral Factory
You should be working but instead you’re downloading and emailing your mates the latest video viral going round. The Viral Factory did this.
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Footballers' Wives
TMR Digital had to distill the rich and grasping lifestyle of Footballers’ Wives into a few detailed scenes for the show’s DVD titles.
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Budget Blockbuster
Take £50,000, a good idea, network a renderfarm, call in your mates and work non-stop for three months. The result? Hollywood on a shoestring.
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Brand New Identity
Rebranding presents a great opportunity to boost a company’s fortunes. Digit checked out the best way to do up a brand.
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The Last Dragon
Here be dragons ... Framestore CFC found experience with dinosaurs helped when it came to creating fire-breathing reptiles.
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Def Wars
Format war has been raging across Earth for years. While peace reigns in places, interplanetary council members Sony and the EBU are still fighting. What can be done to bring peace to the world of HDTV?
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Mac security: fact and fiction
Just because you use a Mac doesn't mean you're immune from hackers and viruses. Find out what you should and shouldn't worry about...
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All Singin VW
Recreating the famous Singin’ in the Rain sequence to advertise the VW Golf GTI was the challenge for Stink. It came up smelling of roses.
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Tribal DBB
Tribal DDB London is ten this year. That’s quite an age for a new-media ad agency. We asked them to tell us all their secrets and they said yes.
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Animatics
Animatics gets George Lucas all hot and sweaty. We lift the lid on what he knows and what you’ve been missing.
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David Droga's Ad Age
“Selling is everything, from chatting up a girl in a bar to what you wear in the street.” But selling is changing, says David Droga, one of the biggest creative names in advertising.
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Mobile telly phone
The range of features on your mobile phone already goes well beyond nattering to your friends. Now, another could be on the way – TV on your phone.
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Doctor Who
Everyone’s favourite Timelord is back, with a new BBC series and a huge array of effects created by The Mill. Digit bagged the first look…
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Pitch to win
Pitching for work is vital to landing the good jobs. The process is loathed by some, but it can be as creative as the account that’s up for grabs. Here’s how to charm the people holding the purse strings.
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Ripped off
Illegal DVD-ripping software is flourishing, despite well-publicized wins by DVD piracy foes and laws against copying Hollywood movies. Digit checked out the dodgy DVD market.
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Scent of a Robot
It’s robot-boy with attitude, baggies, and an iPod. New York-based UVPhactory created the new video for hip-hop artist Peter Miser and yes, these cool hip-hop robots can dance.
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Get yourself connected
Bluetooth? FireWire? USB? They're all different, but they all do the same thing: connect devices to your PC. But which is best? Digit connects with the issues.
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Diet Coke shell out
Meet Diet Coke’s new secret weapon. Follow Tort’s adventures as he skateboards, dances along a keyboard and whooshes down the Diet Coke ribbon. The Mill’s Stephen Venning explains.