Category: Press

DIGITAL MEDIA WORLD: Cinesite’s New Animated Short Film Blasts Off

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Cinesite has been interested in producing some of their own animated content for some time, and have now released their first animated short – a sci-fi themed spot set on the moon with a frightening alien creature, photoreal visual effects – and an unexpectedly humorous ending. Creating their own animated project has given Cinesite a […]

3D Artist: Beans – Cinesite’s First in House Short

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Cinesite releases its very first in-house animated short with ‘Beans’, which was written and directed by animator Alvise Avati and produced by animation director Eamonn Butler Based in the heart of Soho, London, Cinesite has been creating world class visual effects for everything from the Bonds and Harry Potter to Underdog and World War Z. However, […]

Animation World Network: Turning Glasgow Into Philadelphia for the Zombie Apocalypse of World War Z

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Cinesite VFX Supervisor Matt Johnson tells a tale of two “digital” cities in recreating key environments for Marc Forster’s new zombie film. Listening to Matt Johnson describe Cinesite’s efforts in Marc Forster’s World War Z, your first thought is, “Jeez, I wish I owned the coffee concession on that shoot!”  Keeping the look of the film […]

FXGUIDE: Zombie Warfare

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World War Z begins in Philadelphia where former United Nations worker Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) is stuck in heavy traffic. Suddenly a large garbage truck takes out a police motorcyclist and the many cars around him. Gerry catches a glimpse of strange behavior as hordes of people escape what seem to be other crazed humans – soon revealed […]