iloura is celebrating their win at the 2008 Creative Hotshop Awards. Chosen from a record number of finalists iloura won CREATIVE Hotshop - Animation and Broadcast Design.

Works highlighted at the ceremony included: a titles sequence for Elizabeth: The Golden Age (Working Title Films UK) an animation and design piece UBE Shadow (Hakuhodo Inc) and a campaign piece for ASK: Babes with Blades (Crispin Porter & Bogusky).

This latest award places iloura in an impressive position, having also collected Best 3D Computer Animation at the Asia Image Apollo Awards and 3D Awards at the Melbourne Advertising and Design Awards Australia (MADC) in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

Executive Producer, Simon Rosenthal was thrilled at the win. “This is a really important award and an acknowledgment of the great team we have here. They work extremely hard and deserve every credit they get" he enthused.

For more information on the awards and pictures of the work and the night visit: www.yaffa.com.au/hotshop/hs07_winners.htm

IFILM NEWS

Disney's College Road Trip (vfx by Digital Pictures iloura, Furious FX and RotoFactory), with Martin Lawrence and Raven-Symone grossed $14M in its first weekend in the US! Roger Donaldson's The Bank Job was also released in the US to a healthy box office reception. Opening at 2nd place currently College Road Trip occupies 7th place in the box office race and The Bank Job has moved from 5th into 3rd place.

iloura's contribution in College Road Trip involved animating a 100% digital pig - high on caffeine hanging from chandeliers and generally creating havoc.

The Bank Job required detailed matte painting work recreating the infamous bank of the 1980's and general scene enhancements throughout the film.

View this trailer to see iloura animation work on College:
http://movies.yahoo.com/premieres/6768463

Director: Glenn Melenhorst
Production Company: AOI Productions Japan
Agency: HAKUHODO Inc

Director: Nice Trees
Production Company: The Directors Group
Agency: Marmalade Communications

Director: Nice Trees
Production Company: The Directors Group
Agency: Marmalade Communications

Director: Patrick Hughes
Production Company: @ Radical Media
Agency: Draft FCB

Director: Glenn Melenhorst
Production Company: Iloura
Agency: JWT Melbourne

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7_event.htm

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Vanishing Point
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Dulce de Leche Dulce de leche in Spanish ('milk candy'), is a milk-based syrup, popular across Latin America. It is prepared by slowly heating sweetened condensed milk to create a product similar in taste to caramel. Dulce de leche is used to flavor candies or other sweet foods, such as cakes, cookies or ice cream, as well as flan. It is also popular spread on toast, and makes a star appearance in the famous Banoffi Pie. Confiture de lait (a French version of Dulce de Leche) is commonly served with fromage blanc.

METHOD

Find a deep saucepan or casserole that will go in the oven.

Put into it as many tins as will fit. (the tins must be UNOPENED - can't stress this enough!). It will be worth doing several at a time - remember, once reduced the dulce de leche will be one sixth the size of its original volume.

Cover the tins with water and bring to the boil

Cover with a lid and transfer to the oven set to gas mark 1 / 140 C (less for fan assisted)

Cook for 3 1/2 hours

Using a lid to cover the pot means there is no danger of the water boiling dry and being in a more controlled temperature you get a more consistent result.

Lift the cans from the water, cool and store - you can store these for up to a few months!

An unusual bonus comes from storing these tins over a period. After some months sugar crystals begin to form in the toffee and you get crunchy banoffi - mmmmm.

PS. Please be careful when boiling the cans! Remember that as long as the water doesn't boil dry, there is no danger of them exploding!

The original Banoffi Pie recipe:
http://www.iandowding.co.uk/recipes/files/a96b1884215e21687c47e5889c6243ce-6.html