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KCUR radio interviewed Trinity Animation founder and President Jim Lammers along with VFX wizard Bruce Branit on the topic of visual effects in movies.<\/p>\n

This show has a page on the KCUR web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Current movie hits like \u201cPacific Rim\u201d and \u201cDespicable Me 2\u201d are loaded with computer generated imagery (CGI).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

But did you know that Kansas City has become something of a hub for computer animation that finds its way to Hollywood? On today’s Central Standard,\u00a0\u00a0host Russ Simmons will talk with fellow film critics Marie Asner and Eric Melin as well as\u00a0Jim Lammers from Trinity Animation and Bruce Branit from Branit FX about their contributions to some of your favorite movies and TV shows.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s a recording of the radio interview, the segment with Jim & Bruce starts at 29:20<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/kcur\/audio\/2013\/07\/CentralStandardFriday07-19-13-SpecialEffects_0.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KCUR radio interviewed Trinity Animation founder and President Jim Lammers along with VFX wizard Bruce Branit on the topic of visual effects in movies. This show has a page on the KCUR web site. Current movie hits like \u201cPacific Rim\u201d and \u201cDespicable Me 2\u201d are loaded with computer generated imagery (CGI). 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