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 IT'S OUR 18TH BIRTHDAY!It's a big year for us! We're celebrating our 18th birthday this week - it must be time for a party or two! From humble beginnings, founded on 11 May 1995 in Adelaide by Wayne Lewis, Gail Fuller and myself, Rising Sun Pictures was named after the Rising Sun Inn in Kensington, South Australia, where the first board meeting was held over a Coopers Ale on the Chesterfield. Since then, we've put 100 films under our belt, have achieved some truly amazing, technically challenging work, and have built a team of artists who are amongst the best in the world. Examples of their fine work are scattered throughout the trailers for upcoming films such as The Great Gatsby, Gravity, and The Wolverine. 18 years on and still going strong; we're proud to be one of the most established independently owned visual effects companies in the world. More recently, one of Australia's leading technologists Simon Hackett has joined our founding shareholders, adding great strength, insight and resources to our ranks. An Internet pioneer in Australia, Simon founded leading Internet Service Provider, Internode in 1991; a frequent collaborator and friend throughout RSP's life, it was a natural evolution for Simon to join RSP and bring his wealth of knowledge to our industry. If you read on, we'll give you an update on what projects we've been working on, introduce to one of our VFX Supervisors, Tim Crosbie, and showcase our digital jungle technology built for Journey 2, but applicable to a multitude of applications. There's also a quick sketch of the Australian rebates - amongst the most competitive in the world. If you would like more information or would like to talk to us about a project, please don't hesitate in contacting us on +61 8 8400 6400 or by email, vfxinfo@rsp.com.au. Tony Clark and the team at RSP |
In ProductionTalk about a busy start to the year!We're currently completing work on some major productions, including:
We're also thrilled to be once again working with premier Australian Director, Rolf de Heer to colour grade his latest film, Charlie's Country, currently being filmed in outback Australia. |
WrappedThe team has once again successfully collaborated with the incredible team of Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin for a number of sequences on Warner Bros. adaptation of The Great Gatsby.The film, which has recently premiered, is set to headline the Cannes Film Festival. Check out the official Great Gatsby site for more information. Rising Sun is also proud to have contributed to visual effects for Alfonso Cuarón's Sci-Fi Thriller, Gravity. See RSP's amazing work in the Gravity Teaser Trailer. Starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, the Warner Bros. film is due for release in October 2013. Watch this space (pardon the pun)! |
Spotlight: VFX Supervisor, Tim Crosbie An Emmy and VES awards nominee, Tim has been a part of the Rising Sun Pictures team for over ten years, supervising a range of complex visual effects projects in-house and on-set. Tim made his mark on the visual effects industry on the world stage; constantly pushing the boundaries of what artists and technology can create. He was an integral part of the original team responsible for the Academy Award winning Visual Effects on The Matrix and What Dreams May Come, as well as leading the compositing team on Final Fantasy. Tim is pivotal in leading the RSP team and consistently delivers work of the highest calibre that our clients have come to expect. He is currently overseeing our work on The Seventh Son and The Wolverine. Read more about Tim and our other team members here. .
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Have you seen our digital jungle?Our talented effects team created a fully CG jungle for Journey 2: Mysterious Island, giving the filmmakers great flexibility in crafting a 3d fly-through chase sequence. RSP artists lovingly crafted dozens of digital assets, with physically-based lighting accurately emulating the real-world, for a match with the live-action plates. What's unique about the system is that it populates the environment procedurally, so when used over a large amount of fully CG or live-action integrated shots, you won't see any repetition in layout, scale or color. The system delivers photoreal results and can do away with any need for liveaction plates or elements. Since completion of Journey 2: Mysterious Island, RSP has continued to develop the system and use it on other films, including The Hunger Games. It is completely adaptable to all types of environments, such as forests or grasslands, and allows for interactive, dynamic choreography with fast turn around. Check out our digital jungle |
Confused by rebates?The Australian rebates are some of the most aggressive, predictable and simplest on offer. They don't have the risk of rebates in some other jurisdictions and are secured by Federal Government Legislation.The two strongest Australian rebates are the 30% PDV [Post, Digital, Visual Effects] Offset and the 40% Producer Offset. The PDV Offset returns a 30% rebate on Feature Film, Animation or Television spend of over AUD $500,000 on all Qualifying Australian Production Expenditure (QAPE) in Post Production and Visual Effects – this spend can be spread over a variety of Australian vendors and disciplines. Films that have recently qualified under the PDV Offset include Prometheus, Gravity, Ted, and many others. The Producer Offset returns a 40% rebate on QAPE, however, it must meet strict qualifying criteria including significant Australian content, or be an official Australian co-production. Films such as The Great Gatsby, Fury Road and I, Frankenstein are among the many productions who have utilized the Producer Offset. Our friends at Ausfilm can provide you with all the information regarding eligibility and spend. |
About RSPRising Sun Pictures is a passionate team of artists, producers and technicians, known for providing complex visual effects and CG character work to feature film and television clients all around the world.With the infrastructure to deliver a full spectrum of services from Design through to Digital Intermediate, RSP boasts a filmography of 100 films, with such titles as Prometheus, The Hunger Games, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, the Harry Potter series, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Gravity, The Great Gatsby and The Wolverine. RSP successfully manages multiple complex shows, with an average of 500 shots in production at any given moment, finalling between 50-150 shots per month. See some of our great work in the portfolio section of our website. |
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