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Google partners with Sony Pictures Imageworks to launch an open source VFX render manager

TechCrunch LA

Google, of course, is interested in bringing these workloads to its cloud and it has made a concerted effort to bring the Hollywood studios to its Cloud Platform. That includes the launch of its Los Angeles cloud region last year, as well as its acquisition of the Zync cloud renderer back in 2014. .

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Learning The Ropes Of Internet Video With Michael Tringe and CreatorUp

socalTECH

We teach through video tutorials, with courses around specific sites, like how to make content for FunnyorDie, taught by one of the staff writers from FunnyOrDie. He's been working Hollywood, too, and is a real Cinderella story. An example is Melissa Rundle, who was been writing for the industry doing FunnyOrDie type comedies.

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Here Is What You Missed At VidCon 2013

InfoChachkie

Mr. Green disclosed that his Crash Course web series received over $70k of pledges ($30k in the form of monthly, recurring grants) within the first 7-days the site was launched. As I write this article, Crash Course stands at 83% of its pledge goal, with nearly 10,800 fans funding the show''s production costs for its upcoming season.

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Learn From The Pro's! WebTV Workshop Presents The First Pro-Panel

Tech Zulu Event

The WebTV Workshop in Hollywood offers a month long course on creating your web series – from writing to promoting it. You can catch the recorded live stream below.

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Venture capitalists ‘like and subscribe’ to influencers

TechCrunch LA

Banks won’t underwrite an individual based on qualifications like their Instagram following, of course, and given that influencers don’t typically have a consistent income or a W2 statement to showcase their earnings, they may not be able to receive a bank loan to invest in their own brand.

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Quick, How Might the Alien Spacecraft Work?

Xconomy

But the request this time was different: could we urgently help make realistic screen displays for a big Hollywood science fiction movie that was just about to start shooting? There are, I think, several reasons Hollywood movies often don’t get as much science input as they should. Writing Code.

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How Online Video Companies Can Increase Margin and Build Better Businesses

Both Sides of the Table

I’m not saying networks shouldn’t be talent friendly – of course they should. As I argued in this widely read piece, Hollywood content producers who don’t understand and develop technology prowess for the online & mobile media will fail to succeed in the future. Technology is Critical. Set design.

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