Wrapping Up the Year with Highlights ?
As we wrap up 2024, we’re excited to share some of our standout moments! November brought the releases of Blitz and HITPIG!, alongside stunning VFX deliveries for Nautilus, The Union, and Netflix’s KAOS. We launched our new VIS showreel, welcomed Adipat V. as Executive Director, XR, and celebrated a BIMA Gold win in London. The year also saw Emmy recognition for True Detective: Night Country and the premiere of our HITPIG! case study. What a year!
CASE STUDIES & SHOWREELS
VIS reel drops
Cinesite unveiled our new VIS showreel earlier this month, featuring work created by our dedicated and passionate Visualisation service team. Our VIS service enables clients to render visual ideas from the earliest stages of development, through to the final hours of delivery.
Blitz Reaches Audiences
Cinesite is incredibly proud to have delivered VFX for Blitz, which released in theaters on November 1st, and on Apple TV on November 22nd, 2024. Directed by Steve McQueen, the reviews have been fabulous.
Meet Fotis, KAOS's lovable three-headed guardian of the Underworld
Every dog has its day, and this one was a long time in coming! Cinesite began creature development for three-headed dog Fotis back in lockdown and we were super excited to deliver the final sequences; KAOS launched on Netflix in October. To find out more about the practical and anatomical challenges faced by the team, read our website case study.
Nautilus released on Prime
The year is 1857 and an Indian Prince robbed of his birthright sets out on a mission of revenge, at the helm of the prototype submarine Nautilus. Nautilus hit screens in the US, UK and Ireland last month and our London team created 200 visual effects shots for the 10-episode series.From a mysterious underwater kelp forest to the show's spectacular, explosive climax, our work was overseen by VFX supervisors Zave Jackson and Rebecca Manning. Thank you to everyone on our fantastic team!
The Union action environments
Delivering over 300 visual effects for Netflix's The Union meant recreating some locations very close to the London studio! A spy thriller starring Halle Berry (Roxanne) and Mark Wahlberg (Mike), the action plays out across Europe, with exciting sequences set around Covent Gardens. Some shots required the addition of environments to studio-shot content, whilst others filmed on the outskirts of London needed subtle visual adjustments to bring consistency to the street and architectural style.
True Detective: Night Country - Nuke interviews
Cinesite's VFX for True Detective: Night Country received an Emmy nomination this Summer. The fourth season of the classic HBO thriller opens with an unsettling sequence set in a remote Arctic tundra, where a herd of caribou, spooked by a mysterious threat, stampede over a cliff edge. One key tool used in creating this almost entirely CG sequence, was Nuke. Last month Cinesite's Manuel Reyes Halaby and Sabine Janetzka were interviewed by Foundry about how the VFX across the series were created.
HITPIG!
‘When your kitty’s left the city, when your moose is on the loose, and when your cow says ciao, it’s time to call HITPIG! ’ In our case study, we dive into the creative journey of adapting Pulitzer Prize-winner Berkeley Breathed’s wacky world to the big screen. Collaborating once again with our longtime partner Aniventure, we explore the unique visual style references, humor, and heart that inspired our artists in shaping this animated adventure. Go behind the scenes with us to see what made this project so memorable!
A YEAR OF RECOGNITION ??
Rembrandt immersive wins gold at the BIMA awards
Hot on the heels of Cinesite's 2024 BAFTA win and Emmy nomination, in October our London team was thrilled to see the efforts of our artists recognised with GOLD at the BIMA awards (British Interactive Media Association), in partnership with Frameless , for a remastered Rembrandt immersive masterpiece.
If you're in London and haven't been to Frameless yet, we strongly recommend a visit!
NEWS & EVENTS
Exciting New Partnership with Skydance Animation
A new chapter begins! Cinesite is thrilled to partner with Skydance Animation on an upcoming animated feature film. We're pushing the boundaries of animation and storytelling.
Cinesite Frameless and National Portrait Gallery to Launch Groundbreaking Immersive Experience
Together Cinesite,?@frameless and the National Portrait Gallery are?creating the first major touring immersive art experience inspired by a UK art institution.?National Portrait Gallery Unframed?will launch with?Stories - Brought to Life, an immersive journey exploring the lives of iconic figures who have shaped the UK's history and culture. This innovative experience will combine cutting-edge technology, including Hollywood-style visual effects?and immersive audio, to bring these stories to life in a way that has never been seen before.
Adipat Virdi joins, heading up Cinesite Immersive
Cinesite expanded our XR capabilities in November, hiring Adipat V. as Executive Director, XR. With over 20 years in experience design and immersive storytelling, his previous work includes major brands and organisations, including the BBC, Sony, Netflix, Virgin Atlantic and NASA. Adi joined Cinesite from Facebook (Meta) where he was Global Creative Product Lead for Immersive.
Hosting NCCA degree & masters shows
It was a pleasure to welcome the NCCA from Bournemouth University to our London studios in August and November, to host the degree and masters shows respectively. We were lucky to see some inspiring work from this year's talented graduates, who we're wishing long and successful future careers.
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Established in 1991, Cinesite is one of the worlds most highly respected independent digital entertainment studios, producing award-winning animation and visual effects for film, broadcast and streaming media platforms. Alongside global VFX services, its animation business works with IP creators and filmmakers to create high-end animated features and series. Cinesite continues to forge new partnerships and collaborations with leading studios and filmmakers to deliver stories that resonate with a global audience.
The Cinesite group is headquartered in London, with additional studios in Montreal and Vancouver, including VFX brands Image Engine, TRIXTER, FX3X and The Imaginarium Studios. Quebec animation studios L’Atelier Animation and Squeeze, along with Mumbai-based Assemblage Entertainment, are also part of the Cinesite group.
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