Cinesite
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Cinesite (Europe) Ltd (also known as Cinesite) is a digital visual effects and post-production facility in London and one of the largest such companies in Europe. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kodak.
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[edit] History
Cinesite offices in Hollywood and London were established in 1991 and 1994 respectively, as test sites for Kodak's Cineon computer system, an end-to-end solution for 2K and 4K digital files. Cinesite became so successful in its own right, however, that after Cineon was discontinued by Kodak in 1997, Cinesite developed into a visual effects facility. In 2003, Cinesite's Hollywood branch became incorporated, by Kodak, into LaserPacific, a multimedia, DVD authoring, digital intermediate and post-production facility.
Initially, the company worked solely as a visual effects facility for film. Since 1999, it has increasingly become involved in television, creating effects for several productions, including HBO's Band of Brothers in 2002; Rome in 2006, again for HBO; and The State Within for the BBC in 2006.
The company has won awards for its visual effects, gaining an Emmy Award nomination and a Royal Television Society award for Band of Brothers. Its work for Rome was awarded the Emmy for Visual Effects in 2005.
Directors Cinesite has worked with include Chris Weitz, Tim Burton, Wolfgang Petersen, Brian De Palma, John Woo, Alfonso Cuarón, Joel Schumacher and David Dobkin.
[edit] Services
In addition to visual effects, Cinesite also provides model construction and model unit photography through its offices in Shepperton Studios, and physical effects through its physical effects division, Effects Associates, which is based at Pinewood Studios. It is the only firm in Europe to provide all of these services in one company.
[edit] Recent projects
- The Golden Compass
- Underdog
- Miss Potter
- V for Vendetta
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- King Arthur
