Act3animation

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| founder = Mike Hollands

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Act3animation, or Act3 for short, is an Australian CGI company, specialising in character animation, based in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1992 by current creative director, Mike Hollands, Act3 has produced various TVCs, FMVs and short films.

History

After being founded in 1992, Act3 produced TVCs and promotional shorts up until 1999 when they broke into the video game industry with an E3 promotional cinematic for Blue Tongue Entertainment's Starship Troopers (2000), which won the AEAF Award for Best Game Animation that year. Subsequent notable game cinematics include: Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis{{cite web | url=http://au.gamespot.com/video/555744/2869072/jurassic-park-project-genesis-trailer-1 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706044104/http://au.gamespot.com/video/555744/2869072/jurassic-park-project-genesis-trailer-1 | archive-date=6 July 2007 | title=GameSpot Video: Jurassic Park: Project Genesis Trailer 1 }} (2003), RoadKill (2003), N.A.R.C., Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows (2005), Neverwinter Nights 2[http://www.act3animation.com/movie/nwn2.html]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (2006) and Fury (2007).

In 2005, Act3 made its short film debut with two films: Anaka,{{cite web

|url=http://www.meetanaka.com/ |title=Anaka Homepage

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404005703/http://www.meetanaka.com/

|website=meetanaka.com |archive-date=4 Apr 2008}} a short film made to promote the game franchise of the same name made by fellow Melburnians Tantalus Media,{{cite news |last=Hill |first=Jason |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/05/09/1115584883789.html |title=Paradise lost |publisher=The Age |date=10 May 2005 |accessdate=15 September 2007}} and the award-winning tragicomedy Piñata, which has been screened at various international animation festivals, most notably the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.{{cite news|url=http://www.afc.gov.au/filmsandawards/recentintscreen/2005.aspx |title=Australian Film Commission – 2005 Screenings |accessdate=9 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070404132135/http://www.afc.gov.au/filmsandawards/recentintscreen/2005.aspx |archivedate=4 April 2007 }}

In December 2006 Deakin University launched Motion.Lab – an $800,000{{cite news|title=New Digital Motion Lab Bringing Animation to Life |url=http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsNewDigitalMotionLabBringingAnimationtoLife26September2006 |publisher=Multimedia Victoria |date=26 September 2006 |accessdate=29 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829044922/http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsNewDigitalMotionLabBringingAnimationtoLife26September2006 |archivedate=29 August 2007 }} 24-camera Motion Analysis brand motion capture studio at its campus in Burwood, Victoria, with which Act3 is partnered: managing and executing its commercial captures.{{cite news|url=http://www.deakin.edu.au/motionlab/media-release.php |title=Deakin Motion.Lab Media Release |publisher=Deakin University |date=26 September 2006 |accessdate=9 April 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070903053222/http://www.deakin.edu.au/motionlab/media-release.php |archivedate=3 September 2007 |url-status=live }}

In 2014, Act3 produced the web series Bup & Endo. Created, written and directed by Mike Hollands, episodes were released weekly on the YouTube channel of the same name.[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVj3WqUHEmCnZZB8in5ZhHg Bup & Endo][https://www.youtube.com/user/bupandendo/about Bup & Endo YouTube Channel About Page]

References

External links

[http://www.act3animation.com/showreel.html Act3animation showreel]
[https://www.youtube.com/user/Act3Animation Act3animation Youtube Channel]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070507094000/http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=3720 CGSociety – Act3animation]
[http://www.deakin.edu.au/motionlab/index.php Deakin Motion.Lab homepage]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070829083249/http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/uploads/downloads/Invest_ICT/CS_Act3animation_003.pdf Case Study: Act3animation] (PDF)

Category:Australian animation studios

Category:Visual effects companies

Category:Companies based in Melbourne

Category:Entertainment companies established in 1992

Category:Privately held companies of Australia