Category: News

Poker Face

Having worked with Russell Crowe on The Water Diviner 8 years ago, slatevfx is proud to have produced seamless VFX shots for his latest film, Poker Face. With the film's spectacular debut at the Rome Film Festival, slatevfx provided on set vfx supervision at time of shoot, and approx 40 VFX shots that comprised of…

slatevfx Traineeship Update

Below is an excerpt from the Spring/Summer 2022 edition of Training Matters; the NSW TAFE Newsletter. "Slatevfx continues to support the future of the visual effects industry by providing opportunities for students and graduates to gain experience working on actual features and series. We currently have two regular interns, have recently hired two graduates from…

ELVIS

The team at slatevfx was proud to work with Warner Bros on Baz Luhrmann’s latest creation - “ELVIS”. Turning live action studio shots into 1950’s Nauheim streetscapes and “Hayride”, Shreveport Louisiana.Setting the scenes by enhancing the environments and atmosphere with fog, mist and rain and creating complex CG builds and set extensions. "slatevfx are proud…

Life as a Trainee at slatevfx

slatevfx interviewed one of their trainees.Read on to hear his take on learning on the job…. How did you get into the industry? My high school student counsellor suggested I respond to an ad for a traineeship  at slatevfx. My major artwork for my HSC was very relevant and I used this in my Reel…

George Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing

The film premiered at Cannes and slatevfx are so pleased to showcase the work we contributed. A visual masterpiece. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWGvntl9itE View the full trailer on Youtube

The New Legends of Monkey Season 2

Shot in Auckland New Zealand for See-Saw Films the next ten episodes allowed slatevfx - vfx Supervisor David Booth, to work closely with the directors Peter Andrikidis and Thomas Robins. He was involved from pre production, vfx design to on set shoot attendance. slatevfx preformed all cg animation, treatment, matte paintings and final composition through…

Mortal Kombat

slatevfx played an integral role in the production of Mortal Kombat, producing over 450 final shots which appear throughout the film. The team completed initial Previz and Post Viz. Some notable highlights include a variety of blood FX in Scorpions opening Japanese Forest, producing Goro’s lair and Kano’s Eye FX. As VFX Producer of the…

Netflix announces Clickbait’s global release in August

Working closely with Producer Tom Hoffie and Post-Production Supervisor Peter McBain, slatevfx completed close to 900 VFX shots to bring Tony Ayres Productions & Matchbox Pictures' thrilling miniseries, 'Clickbait'(2021) to life on Netflix. The slatevfx team delivered a varied array of work including replacements, simulated travel, split screens, blood FX and clean-ups to transform the…

THE NEW LEGENDS OF MONKEY LAUNCHES GLOBALLY ON NETFLIX

slatevfx takes you behind the scenes of what we actually do in terms of VFX Season 2 of “The New Legends of Monkey” has just been launched by Netflix around the globe. The slatevfx team were involved in the series from: PlanningVFX On-Set Supervision (David Booth)Post-production – Comprising 3D FX, 3D animation, 2D compositing.Final 4K…

Bloom(ing) Fountain

SLATEVFX CREATES A BLOOM(ING) FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH | Ausfilm Following the award-winning success of its first series, slatevfx were honoured to be invited back to work with playmaker media on Bloom Series 2. Ausfilm Article The cast features Bryan Brown, Jacqueline Mackenzie, Toby Schmitz, Jacki Weaver and Phoebe Tonkin. BloomS2 is streaming now on Stan.  On the…