effects founded 1992 founder mike hollands headquarters melbourne australia key people mike hollands website www.act3animation.com act3animation act3 is an australian cgi company specializing in character animation based in melbourne australia . founded in 1992 by current creative director mike hollands act3 has produced various tvcs fmvs and short films . history edit 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 1 2003 roadkill 2003 n.a.r.c. gauntlet seven sorrows 2005 neverwinter nights 2 2 2006 and fury 2007 . in 2005 act3 made its short film debut with two films anaka 3 a short film made to promote the game franchise of the same name made by fellow melburnians tantalus media 1 and the award winning tragicomedy pi ata which has been screened at various international animation festivals most notably the annecy international animated film festival . 2 december 2006 saw a new string added to act3 s bow with the launch of deakin university s motion.lab an 800 000 3 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 . 4 as of 2014 act3 is producing the web series bup & endo . created written and directed by mike hollands episodes are released weekly on the youtube channel bup & endo . the series is described as an animated series starring two whimsical cartoon characters bup and endo and the other odd characters inhabiting their strange world . 5 references edit hill jason 10 may 2005 . paradise lost . the age . retrieved 15 september 2007 . australian film commission 2005 screenings . retrieved 9 april 2007 . new digital motion lab bringing animation to life . multimedia victoria . 26 september 2006 . retrieved 29 july 2007 . deakin motion.lab media release . deakin university . 26 september 2006 . archived from the original on 3 september 2007 . retrieved 9 april 2007 . bup & endo youtube channel about page external links edit act3animation showreel act3animation youtube channel bup & endo youtube channel cgsociety act3animation deakin motion.lab homepage case study act3animation pdf act3animation at the internet movie database v t e animation industry in australia economy of australia companies studios active act3animation bogan enterainment studios endemol australia flying bark productions yoram gross films fox studios australia animal logic honeydew studios slr productions the people s republic of animation working dog productions defunct burbank films australia mr. big cartoons industry associations australian cartoonists association screen producers australia awards ledger award stanley award expos supanova pop culture expo animation icons blinky bill chesty bond happy feet teenage fairytale dropouts related topics australian comics this article related to an animation studio is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title act3animation & oldid 742414065 categories australian animation studiosvisual effects companiescompanies based in melbourneentertainment companies established in 1992privately held companies of australiaanimation studio stubshidden categories use dmy dates from july 2013use british english from november 2010all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 october 2016 at 15 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view