Category: Visual Effects
Pure Fantasy Football
The Mill carried out some stunning and very substantial vfx work on the football-focussed ‘Write the Future’ spot for Nike by W+K Amsterdam and director Alejandro González Iñárritu
Rodent rap
Framestore has spent three months creating 45 photoreal CG rodent rap stars for David & Goliath’s hilarious new Kia Soul spot, This or That.
Space odyssey
Brickyard VFX has created all of the CG elements in a spot for Panasonic including a sun, meteors, star fields, nebula and particle effects
Persian Peril
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time’s stunning visual effects were created almost entirely in London, with Framestore contributing some 124 shots, including the creation of the movie’s breathtaking penultimate action sequence.
On wings of song
MTV Award-winning music video director Robert Hales of Mothership has teamed up with Miley Cyrus on the music video for “Can’t Be Tamed”
Hooded Crowe
Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood, produced by Universal Pictures, contains a wealth of visual effects from the Moving Picture Company and Prime Focus.
Sands of time
Cinesite has completed over 280 shots on the new Walt Disney Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films film, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, which opens in cinemas tomorrow.
Creature Clash
Cinesite has completed over 170 visual effects shots on the new Warner Bros film, Clash of the Titans, including a battle involving giant arachnid creatures called scorpiochs.
New generation
Motion Theory has created stunning visuals using generative art techniques, derived from a newborn’s vital signs, to convey that IBM’s technologies help analyse data to build smarter hospitals.
No monkey business
Gorillaz are back – Rushes has completed grading and conform for the music video ‘Stylo’, the debut single from the album Plastic Beach.
Crash scene uncovered
Jam3 puts users in the driver’s seat with Autopsy.ca, an interactive experience to promote Cra$h and Burn, a new TV series in the US
Fit feline
Rushes, with TBWA and Outsider, has recently completed the latest commercial for Whiskas, which sees a cat effortlessly jump past a balcony to the amazement of his owners
Metal in motion
The Embassy Visual Effects has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for its climactic battle sequence and elaborate exo-suit work on District 9, directed by Neill Blomkamp
Furry Faced FX
MPC’s work on recently released monster hit ‘The Wolfman’ includes fully animated creature scenes, three gruesome transformations, completely created London rooftop scenes, enhancement of live-action wolfman shots, and the film’s climactic waterfall environment
