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visual effects, cgi & compositing for feature films
Visual Effects for Film & TV
Visual Effects for Film & TV
CGI & Compositing for filmakers
Credited with over 20 years and 200 films and TV shows, specializing production solutions to save money on-set and in post. CGI, VFX compositing, invisible effects, green screen, digital sets extensions, crowd duplication, digital glitch cleanup, rig removal/retouching, fix it shots and pre-viz. NYC based studio qualifies for considerable NYS tax credit benefits for visual effects in post. We love our craft.
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Your Monster
Your Monster
Blood and gore for feature films
Digitally enhance slashing, retime motion, background retouching, cleanup and masking for color assist.
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Rob Peace
Rob Peace
vfx & supervision for features
Pre-production meetings, remote supervision, period clean-up, matte painting, gunplay muzzle flashes and dozens of other vfx shots help Chiwetel Ejiofor complete his film.
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breathe
breathe
pre-pro & on-set supervision for sci-fi
Post-apocalyptic Brooklyn requires photorealistic treatments of iconic NYC locations. Pre-production concepting and VFX supervision helps combine CGI elements and matte paintings to transport audiences to a future where Milla Jovovich and Jennifer Hudson fight for their lives.
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Asphalt City
Asphalt City
On-set VFX Supervision for feature film
On-location visual effects Sup for burning building, Fire & Smoke w/Tye Sheridan & Sean Penn. Based on the book Black Flies.
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Eileen
Eileen
Snow VFX for thrillers
Weather dependent productions often need a bit of help from visual effects when mother nature doesn't deliver snow or rain on cue. Additional period cleanup transports Anne Hathaway and Thomasin McKenzie back to 1964 in Ottessa Moshfegh's award winning novel.
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A thousand and One
A thousand and One
Period VFX for Feature Films
Winner of Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival and Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. Set in NYC 2001 requires removal, replacement and cleanup of many modern details.
https://www.focusfeatures.com/article/a-thousand-and-one_sundance-film-festival
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Uncut Gems
Uncut Gems
Invisible Effects for Feature Films
How did the Safdie brothers safely dangle Adam Sandler out of a NY window in their Oscar Nominated feature? Hundreds of invisible effects including gun shots, CGI building extensions, screen inserts in the notable film executive produced by Martin Scorsese & Scott Rudin.
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The Righteous Gemstones
The Righteous Gemstones
TV inserts for Episodics
100+ screen burn-ins helps HBO leverage NY tax credits for first season of televangelist comedy series created by Danny McBride.
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Catch The Fair One
Catch The Fair One
Gunshot Enhancements
Executive produced by Darren Aronofsky & professional female boxer Kali Reis takes no prisoners with the help of visual effects supervision, split screens, blood and gunplay. Winner of Tribeca Film Festival's Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature. In addition, Kali Reis received a Special Jury Mention for her performance in the film
https://tribecafilm.com/news/the-2021-audience-award-winners-are
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Fuck Me Richard
Fuck Me Richard
VFX for Short Films
TV and phone screen inserts allow for more flexibility in post and negate the need for playback on set.
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Hereditary
Hereditary
VFX elevatse gore in horror film
CGI creatures, decaying flesh, maggots and insects compositing blood and gore effects in opening & final sequences help A24 set opening weekend records.
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Man and Witch
Man and Witch
VFX for family films
Princess from The NeverEnding Story and Christopher Lloyd, pay homage to classic 80’s LoFi Fantasy films using cutting edge visual effects to transport us into a world of magic smoke, butterfly hiccups and rainbow sneezes. Several hundred digital effects between New York's VFX team and UK's Conform prove that remote pipelines can focus on daily creative reviews while keeping budget on track.
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Luce
Luce
VFX for Features
Stories about teens in movies requires many inserts for mobile phones. This Sundance Film Festival nomination required screen burn-ins and invisible effects including production equipment and crew removal.
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Werewolves Within
Werewolves Within
VFX for Horror-Comedy
Tribeca Film Festival selection based on Ubisoft's video game property required werewolf transformations, added all falling and ground snow since the warm winter didn't provide expected weather, muzzle flashes and gore.
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Organ Trail
Organ Trail
VFX for horror films
Added blood, rig removal and period fixes for this gory western horror film for Paramount Movies.
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The Unheard
The Unheard
CGI and set-extensions for horror films
Futuristic medical equipment and experimental procedures help setup the story for this psychological thriller.
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I Love My Dad
I Love My Dad
Innovative technologies for feature film shoots
Custom developed app simulates texting on phone, avoids typos, speeds up production and avoids visual effects. See our insights below.
https://www.mechanismdigital.com/post/teasing-a-great-performance-out-of-texting
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Waves
Waves
Visual Effects for Independent Films
Stories about teens in movies requires many inserts for mobile phones. This Telluride Film Festival breakout required screen burn-ins and invisible effects including production equipment and crew removal.
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Wings Over Water
Wings Over Water
VFX for IMAX
Winner Best Visual Effects 2022 from Giant Screen Cinema Association. Invisible effects draw audiences into the story. Mutliple green screen, live action plates and CGI bring nature to life.
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Shirley
Shirley
Rig Removal for Feature Films
Sundance winner Standing at the edge of a 200 foot cliff is scary, but it can be safe when rigging has got your back in this Sundance Winner, Executive Produced by Martin Scorcese
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Bull
Bull
VFX for Feature
A wayward Houston teen's run-in with her neighbor, an aging bullfighter who's seen his best days in the arena. Award winning director Annie Silverstein's fiction rodeo film features effects from Mechanism Digital. The film premiered at Cannes.
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Come Sunday
Come Sunday
Fluid Morphs & Split Screens for Feature Films
Director Josh Marston leverages fluid morphs, marries separate takes for best performances, and uses crowd duplication techniques to fill large congregations.
Smart budget decisions help project get Netflix distribution and praises at Sundance Film Festival.
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Lost City of Z
Lost City of Z
Digital Prosthetics for Film
Legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett searched for fabled civilization and never returned. CGI hair extensions add realism to actor's western haircuts in film about remote tribes of the Amazon circa 1925.
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Russian Doll
Russian Doll
Retouching & VFX for Episodic TV
Visual Effects in post-production help Natasha Lyonne bring her successful Netflix series over the finish line.
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Wild Nights with Emily
Wild Nights with Emily
VFX for Historical Fiction
Directed by Madeleine Olnek, this period piece uses digital effects to maintain period accuracy by removing modern makeup and hiding non-period earings.
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Sublime
Sublime
Graphics for documentary films
Directed by Bill Guttentag, original art and graphics to support archive photos for the Tribeca Film Festival premiere.
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Welcome To Chechnya
Welcome To Chechnya
Facial replacement for documentaries
Award winning HBO documentary from David France employs AI digital face replacement techniques - AKA: "Deep Fakes" and visual effects to protect identities of persecuted gay and lesbian Chechens. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/movies/deepfakes-documentary-welcome-to-chechnya.html
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Marfa Girl 2
Marfa Girl 2
VFX for Films
Gunshot wound and blood composited into film adds drama to the cliffhanging ending of Larry Clark's sequel.
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To Dust
To Dust
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Pimp
Pimp
VFX for Independent Films
Raw visual effects, muzzle flashes and bullet holes, and blood are added to the 2017 Sundance film festival submission.
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American Ultra
American Ultra
VFX for Feature Films
120+ VFX shots for Lionsgate feature saves 30% in post with NY tax benefits for action-comedy starring Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart.
Green screen comps, set replacements, rig/wire/element removal, digital squibs/blood enhancement, monitor inserts, smoke, debris & muzzle flashes, split screen comps.
All images are courtesy of their respective studios.
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The Big Sick
The Big Sick
Invisible VFX for Films
100 visual effects shots: fluid morphs, snow, wigs, screen inserts, splits screens and logo removals. The R-rated relationship "dramedy" directed by Michael Showalter & produced by Judd Aptow was the biggest deal of last year's Sundance, purchased by Amazon Studios for $12M and nominated for an Oscar.
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The Big Break
The Big Break
Gunplay VFX for Short Films
This epic short film tells the true story of LA show business with hundreds of bullet hits and other VFX.
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Inside Jim Gaffigan
Inside Jim Gaffigan
VFX for Show Opens
Netflix comedy special requires realistic blood effects and screen burn-ins to help start Jim's live show with this funny short film written by his wife and staring his five kids.
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Chris Rock - Tamborine
Chris Rock - Tamborine
Invisible effects for live performances
Netflix employs camera tracking, rotoscoping smoke and digital painting help to rebuild parts of theater to remove distracting camera operators and keep the focus on the talent.
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Galveston
Galveston
VFX for Feature Films
Period 80's directed by M'lanie Laurent employs CGI extensions, digital rain, muzzle flashes and long stitching shots requiring tracking and roto.
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Deception
Deception
VFX for Series Premiere
Backgroud replacements, wig/hairline paint outs, split screens, and phone & window comps for Warner Brothers & ABC
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Scout
Scout
VFX for Feature Films
Skin clean-up and smoothing to fix actress' reaction to hair dye. PAGE International Screenwriting Awards- Best Drama Script
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John Mulaney - Kid Gorgeous
John Mulaney - Kid Gorgeous
Realistic VFX for show opens
Helping to win an Emmy, Netflix chose to add snow in NYC and removes camera operators with invisible post VFX. Tracking, rotoscoping and digital paint rebuilds stage and audience at Radio City Music Hall.
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The Detour Season 2
The Detour Season 2
VFX for Prime Time TV Series
Blowing up Saddam Hussein, digital set extensions and, cleanup for Jax Media in Jason Jones and Samantha Bee's hit comedy series on TBS. Completed hundreds of visual effects composite shots including explosions, background replacements and snow to support scenes and raise production value in post.
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Love After Love
Love After Love
Fix it in post for films
Hair caught in the gate requires rebuilding parts of the frame. Roto, tracking and VFX can be tricky on people's faces. Andi MacDowell is a favorite at Tribeca Film Festival.
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The Con is On
The Con is On
VFX for feature films
Muzzle flashes, bullet holes, driving comps, digital set extensions, and crew/equipment removal help make this comedy starring Sofia Vergara, Tim Roth, Uma Thurman and Crispin Glover pop.
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Odd Mom Out
Odd Mom Out
VFX for TV Series
Set extensions, green screen inserts, element removal, clothing continuity for Bravo's comedy series.
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Trouble
Trouble
Retouching for Films
Touch-up beauty work and other visual effects refine hundreds of shots in Anjelica Huston's feature film.
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Madoff
Madoff
VFX for Miniseries
Starring Richard Dreyfuss as renowned Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff.' VFX clean up footage with TV screen replacement and logo removal from difficult shots of a boxing match, requiring hand roto and frame by frame paint out.
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Hateship Loveship
Hateship Loveship
Digital fixes for Feature Films
Dust busting and digital error cleanup to avoid re-shoots. Important shots including Kristen Wiig's closeups with pixel glitches were salvaged using procedural roto tools.
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The Americans
The Americans
VFX for Episodic TV
Digital background cleanup to remove modern elements for FX Network's period show.
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Bumping Mics
Bumping Mics
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Dirty Dancing
Dirty Dancing
Set Extensions for TV Movies
Baby returns many years later in the musical remake for Lionsgate Films. Green screen, CGI set extensions, digital people and cars recreate 1970's NYC backdrop for the Time Square sequence.
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Still Alice
Still Alice
Background replacement for feature films
Driving Comps, split screen takes of actors, shadow removal and, scene continuity.
Congratulations! Julianne Moore wins the Oscar for Best Actress.
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Love is Strange
Love is Strange
VFX for Finishing
Compositing and visual effects help push feature films across the finish line. Ira Sachs removed John Lithgow's wedding ring to maintain continuity, replaced TV footage, removed logos & problem flashes in the film.
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The Newsroom
The Newsroom
vfx and finishing for promos
Digital compositing fixes live action elements in post. HBO removed unwanted artifacts while enhancing illumination with effects in the season two trailer.
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The Wire
The Wire
VFX for scripted series
From invisible effects removing unwanted elements or integrating flying debris and muzzle flashes into footage to keep actors safe on set. HBO keeps production values high by re-mastering and replacing all visual effects for the entire five seasons in HD to re-release.
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Pootie Tang
Pootie Tang
Graphic Design for Feature Films
Comedy directed by Chris rock, CGI brain graphics licensed through Getty Images, help tell the story of the protagonist's oversized brain.
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Bettie Page Reveals All
Bettie Page Reveals All
Stereoscopic photos for Documentary Film
Early stereoscopic graphics are converted for this sizzling doc
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Trophy
Trophy
Digital Cleanup for Documentary Films
Sundance film festival submission is polished with thirty eight visual effects shots: motion retiming and removal of flickering compression artifacts from drone footage.
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Drawing Home
Drawing Home
Green Screen replacements, CGI and Digital Set Extensions
M.Y.R.A. Entertainment saves with NY tax benefits on 230 visual effects shots for the story of Peter and Catharine Whyte. Chromakey, CGI set extensions and removal of modern elements set the stage for this period film staring Rutger Hauer & Kate Mulgrew.
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Rats
Rats
VFX for Documentaries
Morgan Spurlock's horrific Discovery Channel special and Toronto Film Fest midnight premiere, succesfully merges the two genres of horror and documentaries. VFX compositing and screen inserts help tell the history of rat infestations in major cities around the world.
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Mercy
Mercy
VFX for films
140 VFX shots add fires, synchronized EKG screen graphics, handgun muzzle flashes and blood to Netflix film thriller from the producers of "It Follows".
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The Phenom
The Phenom
VFX for Feature Films
Elevate production value with, TV screen inserts, adding digital actors, set extension and digital background replacement for Tribeca film Festival entree starring Ethan Hawke.
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Brooklyn Animal Control
Brooklyn Animal Control
Visual Effects for TV Pilots
Day for night shots and digital prosthetics for USA network's series pilot series based on the graphic novel.
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The Affair
The Affair
VFX for TV Series
Digital screen inserts, cell phone screen-light removal from face, leaf color change to reflect correct season, and crew reflection removal for award winning Showtime series.
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Green Room
Green Room
Invisible Effects for film
Final Frame finishes Jeremy Saulnier's film premiering at Cannes to great acclaim. Graffiti removal, clean-up and digital set extensions provide options in post.
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One More Time
One More Time
VFX for Feature Films
Originally titled "When I Live My Life Over Again". Christopher Walken is shot separately from shattering glass background plate. Fix Posters, split screen action.
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The Sixth Reel
The Sixth Reel
Screen burn-ins for feature films
Charles Busch uses over one hudred invisible vfx shots to finish his comedic homage to theatrical cinema.
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The Beach House
The Beach House
VFX for Horror Films
Magical particles, parasitic worms and replicating alien growths on the beach raise production value for this Shudder production.
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Catching Hell
Catching Hell
VFX for documentary films
Draw attention to details with digital enhancements. Triple Threat TV constructed vivid imagery by isolating the infamous Steve Bartman incident - blamed for keeping the Cubs out of the 2003 World Series. ESPN's "Catching Hell" is one of the critically aclaimed "30 for 30" films.
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Kickstart My Heart
Kickstart My Heart
VFX for horror film
Based on true events: jogger vs truck sets the tone with bone crunching moment to start this film directed by Kelsey Bollig
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How to Dance in Ohio
How to Dance in Ohio
Fix it effects for Documentary Films
BTG Production's award winning HBO Documentary Film featured in the 2015 Sundance Film Festival directed by Bari Pearlman. Camera and crew removal are sometime necessary in v'rit' filmmaking. Winner of the coveted Peabody Award.
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Top Five
Top Five
Feature Film fix-it effects
Wire removal and clean-up effects help Universal Chris Rock Productions release film, originally named 'Finally Famous', on schedule.
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Kesha Rainbow
Kesha Rainbow
VFX for Music Films
Design and VFX Supervision for Kesha's documentary film helps takes viewers through the pop-star's disturbing dream sequences.
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23 Blast
23 Blast
Visual effects for feature films
Removal of lighting flicker and super slo-mo effects using specialized software.
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Anatomy of the Tide
Anatomy of the Tide
Visual effects for feature films
Digital effects support impossible shots for dramatic scenes in movies. Director, Joel Strunk adds suspense in Anatomy of the Tide with matte paintings, CGI elements and green screen composites. 3D insects are added to the hornet sequence as insects are difficult to wrangle.
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Know Nothing
Know Nothing
VFX and Supervision for Short Films
Carly Mark's shock film is a horror gore tale of parasitic survival paralleling politics. Premiering on Interview magazine, this twisted holiday VFX tale will take you to dark places.
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Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs
VFX Supervision for Films
Digital stunts and on-set VFX supervision ensures the post process goes smoothly and costs are kept down for Susan Seidelman's feature film.
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The McVeigh Tapes
The McVeigh Tapes
confessions of an american terrorist
Peacock Productions raised the bar for MSNBC by utilizing digital facial replacement and multi-plane animation to show the audience the face and actions of a renowned killer.
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Soul Men
Soul Men
Visual effects for feature films
Malcolm D. Lee directs the last film apearance of Bernie Mac in this American musical comedy.' Driving Comp and label replacement.
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Falling For Grace
Falling For Grace
Digital Effects for Independent films
Rotoscoping and tracking for TV screen inserts without green screen.
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Molly - An American Girl on the Home Front
Molly - An American Girl on the Home Front
Invisible effects for direct to DVD films
Chest size reduction to help actress play a twelve year old girl.
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Hope and a Little Sugar
Hope and a Little Sugar
VFX for storytelling
Digital set enhancements and realistic snow simulations for feature film.
Digital set enhancement with dynamic snow simulations.
Snow VFX requires motion tracking to match camera move, multiple depth layers and rotoscoping of foreground scene elements plus keying of lights to illuminate flakes as they pass in front.
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The Hard Easy
The Hard Easy
VFX Post fixes for feature films
Explosion enhancements and in-camera reflection removal elevates film to air-able standards for HBO.
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Love Monkey
Love Monkey
VFX for Television Pilots
Audience multiplication and beauty work for actress's eyes who stayed up too late the night before.
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Death Metal
Death Metal
vfx for horror film
Low budget horror film is known to have a greatest revenue return as a percentage
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Zombie Honeymoon
Zombie Honeymoon
Graphic Design for Feature Films
Movie poster helps market the first romantic horror film
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Naqoyqatsi
Naqoyqatsi
CGI for visual effects
Directed by Phillip Glass, this film is made entirely of stock footage from Getty Images including CGI and VFX clips.
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The Blue Eyes vfx
The Blue Eyes vfx
vfx for horror film
Title sequence of “The Blue Eyes,” directed by Eva S. Aridjis, journey through Mayan temples of crumbling glyphs which reveal the film's credits, followed by dozens of visual effects throughout film.
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Mayor of New York
Mayor of New York
Crowd composites for stadiums
M.O.N.Y. Spike Lee's short lived TV series needed Yankee stadium to be filled for pre-game sequence. Individual groups of people were shot in a studio over blue screen and inserted using crowd tiling behind rotoscoped foreground actors using 3D camera motion matching.
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Screen Inserts
Screen Inserts
Burn-ins
Tracking, rotoscoping and adding reflections back in for mobile phones, TVs, EKGs, photos, etc…
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