Què voleu que us digui? A mi no m’agrada aquest discurs derrotista,
aquest maleït llenguatge que dia rere dia dinamita qualsevol esperança de futur.
No vull seguir patint pel passat i començar un nou any patint i amb ganes de que s’acabi.
Avui dic prou, i decideixo fer un gir i anar definitivament contracorrent d’aquest sentiment general.
Digue’m inconscient, que no toco de peus a terra o que soc estrany perquè no soc dels qui esperen que algú els hi solucioni la vida.

Avui em comprometo més que mai a tirar endavant amb els meus propis mitjans els projectes. Peti qui peti.
Avui em refermo en el compromís de “fer” en comptes de parlar,
i de seguir ajudant altres persones a tirar endavant els seus projectes en la mesura de les meves possibilitats.
Ara o mai lluitaré per les meves idees com si el món no s’hagués d’acabar el 2012 i aquest hagués de ser un gran any.
El 2012 serà el pitjor any de la història de la humanitat?
Doncs mala sort, si és així tots hi haurem de conviure.

Així que si ets dels qui prefereixen queixar-se de tot i no moure ni un dit, tu mateix, queixa’t; però surt del mig.
Si pel contrari creus en les teves idees i ho vols intentar: apunta’t al carro.
Gira la teva vida ara mateix i ajuda els altres a fer-ho compartint aquest missatge.

I si s’acaba el món el proper desembre, que ens trobi ben drets i no asseguts al sofà traient-nos els mocs.

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They say that during 2012 everything will get much worse
There are even those who say that in December, the world will end
Just like that. Finished, c’est fini, bye-bye, that’s all folks!

What can I tell you, I don’t like this defeatist talk,
this damned language that day after day dynamites any hope for the future.
I don’t want to continue suffering the past and begin a New Year worrying and hoping it ends.
Today, I say, enough is enough, and I decide to turn around and purposefully walk against the current of this general feeling.
Tell me I have no conscience, that I don’t have my feet firmly on the ground, or that I am odd for not being one of those who expects others to find a solution to my problems.

Today, I make a firm commitment to move my projects forward on my own. Whatever the consequences.
Today I reaffirm my commitment to ‘do’ rather than just talk about it,
and to continue helping others within my capabilities to move forward their projects.
Now and forever I shall fight for my plans as if the world weren’t to end in 2012 and this was a great year.
Will 2012 be the worst year in the history of humanity?
Well, bad luck. If so, we will all live through it together.

So, if you are one of those who prefer to complain about everything and not lift a finger, carry on complaining;
But get out of my way.
If, however, you believe in your ideas and want to try them, join me.
Turn your life around right now, and help others to do the same sharing this message.

And if the world does end next December, let it find us standing up and not sitting down on the sofa feeling sorry for ourselves

per/by Pep Torres

A decade after his heroic defeat of the monstrous Kraken, Perseus-the demigod son of Zeus-is attempting to live a quieter life as a village fisherman and the sole parent to his 10-year old son, Helius. Meanwhile, a struggle for supremacy rages between the gods and the Titans. Dangerously weakened by humanity’s lack of devotion, the gods are losing control of the imprisoned Titans and their ferocious leader, Kronos, father of the long-ruling brothers Zeus, Hades and Poseidon. The triumvirate had overthrown their powerful father long ago, leaving him to rot in the gloomy abyss of Tartarus, a dungeon that lies deep within the cavernous underworld. Perseus cannot ignore his true calling when Hades, along with Zeus’ godly son, Ares (Edgar Ramírez), switch loyalty and make a deal with Kronos to capture Zeus. The Titans’ strength grows stronger as Zeus’ remaining godly powers are siphoned, and hell is unleashed on earth. Enlisting the help of the warrior Queen Andromeda (Rosamund Pike), Poseidon’s demigod son, Argenor (Toby Kebbell), and fallen god Hephaestus (Bill Nighy), Perseus bravely embarks on a treacherous quest into the underworld to rescue Zeus, overthrow the Titans and save mankind.

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Clash of the Titans

Kraken

Scorpion Battle

With offices all over the globe, the Moving Picture Company (MPC) is one of the world’s leading visual effects (VFX) studios, creating high-end VFX for the advertising and feature film industries.

MPC have been one the most successful post production companies in the UK for over 25 years.

With more than 500 employers, MPC has been working on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 & 2 (David Yates), X-Men: First Class (Matthew Vaughn), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Rob Marshall), Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan), Sweeney Todd / Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Tim Burton) and Sucker Punch (Zack Snyder). Other notable work includes Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Michael Apted); Clash of the Titans (Louis Leterrier); Prince of Persia (Mike Newell); Robin Hood (Ridley Scott) and The Wolfman (Joe Johnston).

Although the VFX houses don’t usually hire someone as a compositor with no previous experience on feature films, I got offered a DN Compositor position. A “Compositing for Production” course at Escapes Studios gave me proper skills and techniques to fit the role as a roto/prep artist at Lexhag, working on “The Fades”, “White Chapel 3″ , “Drood” and “Bert and Dickie” for TV and this knowledge contributed to switch from TV to film industry straight away as a DN Compositor. , supplying elements to Stereoscopic artists.

As a DN Compositor I was splitting all disparate elements (live action footage, CG, stock elements etc.) to Stereoscopic Artists and convert them on stereo 3D for Clash of the Titans 2.

Last update
MPC London has been named post house of the year at the inaugural Shots Awards.

Celebrating and rewarding the cream of the crop, the Shots Awards are judged by a group of international judges, from different areas of the business. This is a truly exciting award as it allows industry experts to consider all the VFX work being produced globally – in other words, our Clients made the choice. MPC London was up against some mighty contestants, including MPC Los Angeles, who was also shortlisted for the award.

“The visual effects studio came out on top of a healthy list of competitors to pip the prize –including its sister house in Los Angeles. With a well-measured balance of creative and technical skills at the company, as well as an honest and upfront approach with clients, its dynamic bunch of employees as a whole have contributed to the continued flow of excellent work that has come through the shots letterboxes. We’re happy to announce MPC London as a well-deserved victor in the Post category,” (Shots Awards 2011).

This has been the most awarded year at MPC ever, with our VFX work receiving 27 awards this year. Cannes Lions, Visual Effects Society Awards, Eurobest Awards, APA diamonds, Creative Circle Awards, London International Awards, Ciclope International Craft Awards, AEAF and the list is still growing. MPC has received more awards this year than any other VFX house in the world – and that is a reason to celebrate!

More info Shots Awards

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