3D Magic Factory Blog

Games, architectural renderings, children’s videos, oh my!

i3dmagic — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 23:24:21 +0000

We’ve been busy here just wrapping up several months of game work for one of our favorite game companies. Also just wrapped up some architectural renderings for one of our favorite clients, and we’re starting production on some more animated videos for children!

3D Magic Factory Wins 6 more Telly Awards For Their Outstanding Animation Productions

i3dmagic — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:53:18 +0000

31st ANNUAL TELLY AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Telly again proudly honors the very best commercials, videos, films and

www.tellyawards.com

Austin, TX — (June 25, 2010) The Winners of the 31st Annual Telly Awards have been announced. With nearly 11,000 entries from all 50 states and numerous countries, this year’s Telly Awards has been one of the most successful and competitive in the long history of the Telly Awards.

Six of the top Telly Awards went to 3D Magic Factory, an Austin Texas based animation production company, for several animation productions including The GiggleBellies’ “ABC Superstar”, The GiggleBellies’ “Peanut”, The GiggleBellies’ and “The GiggleBelly Train”. These productions received recognition due their clear demonstration of highest quality in production and content. To view these award winning animations, please visit 3D Magic Factory’s website at www.3DMagicFactory.com.

Founded in 1979, the Telly Awards is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, the finest video and film productions, and web commercials, videos and films. Winners represent the best work of the most respected advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators, and corporate video departments in the world.

For its 31st season, The Telly Awards joined forces with YouTube to give the public the power to view and rate videos submitted as part of the first ever People’s Telly Awards. Now, in addition to recognition from the Silver Telly Council, the judging panel that selects Telly Award winners, the Internet community helped decide this year’s People’s Telly Award Winners.

This year’s Winners include companies, agencies and organizations of all sizes, from large multinational media companies to small ad agencies and local production houses. A sample of Winners includes: AEG Network Live, American Masters/WNET, AOL Media, Astrocast.tv, Bass Pro Shops Film & Video, Boehringer Ingelheim, Booz Allen Hamilton, CBS Television Distribution, Comcast Spotlight, Cox Sports Television, Discovery Channel, Eagles Television Network, Elvis Presley Enterprises, ESPN, Fox Sports International, Golf Channel, Harpo Studios, Hasbro, Hewlett-Packard, Learning Seed, Lockheed Martin, Miami Dolphins, Microsoft, NBC Universal, New York Jets, Outdoor Channel, PGA Tour Productions, State Farm Insurance, Suddenlink Media, The Weather Channel, TV Guide Network, Weber Shandwick, Women in Film. To view the complete list of Silver Telly winners for the 31st Annual competition, please visit www.tellyawards.com.

A prestigious judging panel of over 500 accomplished industry professionals, each a past Winner of a Silver Telly and a member of The Silver Telly Council, judged the competition, upholding the historical standard of excellence that Telly represents. The Silver Council evaluated entries to recognize distinction in creative work – entries do not compete against each other - rather entries are judged against a high standard of merit. Less than 10% of entries are chosen as Winners of a Silver Telly, our highest honor. Other outstanding work is awarded a Bronze Telly. For a complete list of Silver Telly Council Members, please visit www.tellyawards.com.

To learn how 3D Magic Factory can help to make your project award winning, please contact Co-Founders Kerry Johnson or Pauline Saab at info@3dMagicFactory.com or call directly at (512) 968-3357. To find out more about the Telly Awards, please visit our website at www.tellyawards.com.

Please contact Linda Day at the Telly Awards (lindad@tellyawards.com) for public relations inquiries: (212)675-3555.

3D Magic Factory Earns BBB Accreditation

i3dmagic — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:37:59 +0000

3D Magic Factory is Committed to BBB’s Standards of Trust

This week, 3D Magic Factory announced its recent accreditation by BBB Serving Central, Coastal and Southwest Texas. As A BBB Accredited Business, 3D Magic Factory is dedicated to promoting trust in the marketplace.

According to BBB reports by Princeton Research, seven in ten consumers say they are more likely to buy from a company designated as a BBB Accredited Business. BBB is a resource for the public, providing objective, unbiased information about businesses.

“We are pleased to be a BBB Accredited Business because we value building trust with our customers,” said Kerry Johnson & Pauline Saab. “Our BBB Accreditation gives our customers confidence in our commitment to maintaining high ethical standards of conduct.”

BBB Accredited Businesses must adhere to BBB’s “Standards of Trust,” a comprehensive set of policies, procedures and best practices representing trustworthiness in the marketplace. The standards call for building trust, embodying integrity, advertising honestly and telling the truth, being transparent, honoring promises, being responsive and safeguarding privacy.

About BBB

BBB’s mission is to be the leader in advancing marketplace trust. BBB accomplishes this mission by creating a community of trustworthy businesses, setting standards for marketplace trust, encouraging and supporting best practices, celebrating marketplace role models and denouncing substandard marketplace behavior.

Businesses that earn BBB Accreditation contractually agree and adhere to the organization’s high standards of ethical business behavior. BBB is the preeminent resource to turn to for objective, unbiased information on businesses and charities.

Contact BBB serving Central, Coastal and Southwest Texas at (512) 445-4748

Medical animation projects

i3dmagic — Wed, 26 May 2010 03:39:33 +0000

Some of the projects we worked on this month were medical animation projects. These help patients visual see what is going on inside their bodies, or how different medical procedures are done. The clients wanted something more visually dynamic than the typical demonstration animation you see on the the web. They wanted their videos to stand out and engage clients, so they came to us to design something unique and captivating.

3D Magic Factory’s latest projects

i3dmagic — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:14:26 +0000

We’ve been busy working on a high energy, high impact, corporate promotional video for a company in the oil, gas, and energy industry. Who knew that the oil and gas industry could be so exciting? Its full of high tech animation, fast paced graphics, and lots of creative eye candy. Unfortunately we won’t be able to show the corporate presentation due to proprietary information contained in the video. We’ve also been working on another couple animated music videos for children! These are geared towards the educational side, but still colorful and fun!

Commercials, pitch presentations, demos, and more!

i3dmagic — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:18:26 +0000

3D Magic Factory has been busy so far this year working on various fun commercials, short animated pitches, corporate videos and more. Will post more information and update our gallery when we have the chance!

Congratulations to Jose Rodolfo Zelaya for winning his election!

i3dmagic — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 01:56:08 +0000

We received word that Jose Rodolfo Zelaya has won a seat in the Honduran Congress! He came to us to create a 30 second fully animated commercial for his political campaign. He said nothing like that had ever been done before and he felt is would make him stand out to the people of Honduras. Rodolfo said the response for it was fantastic- everyone loved the animated commercial. We are excited for him and wish him and the people of Honduras a happy and peaceful new year!

The GiggleBellies Musical Adventures DVD is awarded the Dove Seal

i3dmagic — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:40:44 +0000

The GiggleBellies Musical Adventures DVD that we created in association with Cookie Dough Productions has been awarded the Dove “Family-Approved” Seal by the Dove Foundation! This Seal is awarded to movies, DVDs, made for TV movies and other entertainment products that portray and encourage positive values. This also means the Foundation believes that the content expressed makes for the kind of entertainment family members can enjoy together with confidence.

Dove’s Worldview Review:
This is a wonderful music DVD which the entire family will enjoy as they sing and dance along to original [adaptations of traditional] songs like “The wheels on the bus” and “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.” And added to this collection are original songs from The GiggleBellies like “Jumping Monkeys” and “Kooky Bird”. They are enduring and charming songs with the colorful 3D animation that will master everyone’s attention. This is a fantastic collection the entire family will have fun with.

3D Magic Factory wrapped up production on the The GiggleBellies Musical Adventures DVD

i3dmagic — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:32:16 +0000

The highly anticipated 3D animated musical DVD for children has finished production and is now available for purchase at www.TheGiggleBellies.com. The 30 minute DVD is titled “The GiggleBellies Musical Adventures” and features a refreshing combination of brilliantly colored 3D animation and toe tapping music. The DVD is filled with lovable and endearing characters that dance and sing to five classic children’s songs and four GiggleBelly originals. The goal of the producers was to create a video that inspires, engages and entertains children. And also to feature music that parents can enjoy as well, even after frequent viewing. Early test viewing done with toddlers produced those magic words “Play it again”.

3D Magic Factory creates another commercial for ACT mouthwash

i3dmagic — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:00:40 +0000

We are currently wrapping up another commercial with the computer generated character Mr. Cavity. Mr. Cavity works hard to create cavities in your mouth but gets washed away by ACT mouthwash! The commercial is geared towards the Hispanic market and will air later this month.