VFX Competitors Flashcards
ALT VFX
- Location(s)
- Staff
- Services
3a. Focus & Clients - Flame Artists?
- Edit / Colour?
- Growth over 2 years
ALT VFX
- Location(s) - Brisbane (oroginal Location), Sydney, Melbourne, Los Angeles and Tokyo.
- Staff - 50 Website, 60 LinkedIn
- Services - Visual Effects, Animation, Editing, Color Grading, Design, Creature Design, Virtual Reality, Motion Capture, Augmented Reality
3a. Focus & Clients - Mix of TVC, Film and TV Series - Flame Artists? 3 +1 former, (3 are VFX supervisors)
- Edit / Colour? 8 Editor “Partners”, 10 Colourist “Partners
- Growth over 2, 1, 0.5 years? 25%, 0%, 1%
Blackbird VFX
- Location(s)
- Staff
- Services & Focus
3a - Clients
- Flame Artists?
- Edit / Colour?
- Growth over 2 years
- Notes
Blackbird VFX
- Location(s) - Surry Hills
- Staff - 16 LinkedIN, ? from website,
- Services - VFX, Colour (external colourists) for Film, TV, TVC, Music Video, VFX, ONLINE, GRADE, EDIT
Focus - Primarily TVC Work
- Flame Artists? 1 +1 Junior
- Edit / Colour? Offer as service with external colourists
- Growth over 2 years - 60% LinkedIn Headcount
- Notes - They look like a good company to watch and to try and emulate, good quality work, mix of live action and CG
Blockhead Studios
- Location(s)
- Staff -
- Services
- Flame Artists?
- Edit / Colour?
- Growth over 2 years
Blockhead Studios
- Location(s) - Auckland New Zealand
- Staff - 25
- Services - Post Production, Visual Effects, Vfx, 3D, Tv, Film, Commercials, Design, AR, Augmented Reality
- Flame Artists? 2 inhouse, 1 freelance in Berlin
- Edit / Colour? No inhouse Editors but have suites they can use as rental. Colourists are repped by Blockhead they have 12 on the website.
- Growth over 2 years = 4%, 1yr = 4%, 6mnths = -7%
Cause and FX
- Location(s) - Auckland New Zealand
- Staff - 40 LinkedIn, 25 Photo From Website
- Services -
2D/3D COMPOSITING
2D/3D FX
DIGITAL SET EXTENSION
HARD SURFACE & ENVIRONMENTAL CG
DIGITAL MATTE PAINTING,
ON SET SUPERVISION
- Flame Artists? None
- Edit / Colour? 1 editor/ colourist but junior, no other mention of editong or colour
- Growth over 2 years
Cause and FX
- Location(s) - Auckland New Zealand
- Staff - 40 LinkedIn, 25 Photo From Website
- Services -
2D/3D COMPOSITING
2D/3D FX
DIGITAL SET EXTENSION
HARD SURFACE & ENVIRONMENTAL CG
DIGITAL MATTE PAINTING,
ON SET SUPERVISION
- Flame Artists? None
- Edit / Colour? 1 editor/ colourist but junior, no other mention of editong or colour
- Growth over 2 years: 263%, 1 years = 73%, 6 months 17%
Cutting Edge
- Location(s)
- Staff
- Services & Focus
3a - Clients
- Flame Artists?
- Edit / Colour?
- Growth over 2 years, 1 year, 6 months
- Notes
Cutting Edge
- Location(s) - Brisbane, Sydney, the Gold Coast & Tokyo.
- Staff - 350
- Services & Focus - Reality Television Technical Services, Digital, Design, Animation, Sound & Picture Post-Production, VFX, and Branded Communications
3a - Clients - advertising and film and television industries.
- Flame Artists? 3 current or past
- Edit / Colour? 5 editors on website,
Sydney Studio has below, Brisbane has similar
15 Offline Edit Suites
3 Online Edit Suites
2 Grading Suites
2 Sound Suites
1 Cinema (7.1 Dolby Digital Enabled)
- Growth over 2 years, 1 year, 6 months - 4%, 2%, 0%
- Notes - There is also Cutting Edge FEatures & Television as a seprate company based in Sydney with 17 people
FIN Design + Effects
- Location(s) -
- Staff
- Services
- Flame Artists?
- Edit / Colour?
- Growth over 2 years, 1 year, 6 months
FIN Design + Effects
- Location(s) - Surry Hills, Sydney, Melbourne, Shanghai, Singapore and Los Angeles.
- Staff - 139 LinkedIn,
- Services - 2D & 3D Animation, Compositing, Grading, Design, Shoot Supervision, Photoreal Rendering, Matte Painting, Conceptualisation, VFX, Features, Film, TV Series
- Flame Artists? 2
- Edit / Colour? based on linkedIn no titles as editor or colourist
- Growth over 2 years - 80%, 17%, 2%
Heckler HQ
- Location(s) -
- Staff -
- Services
- Flame Artists?
- Edit / Colour?
- Growth over 2 years
Heckler HQ
- Location(s) - Surry Hills Sydney, Singapore
- Staff - 47 LinkedIn
- Services - Branded Content,
Animation, TVC VFX, 3D Effects, Branded Content, Film Production, Visual Effects, Broadcast Design, Film Titles, Post Production, Digital Creative Production, Online, Mobile, Live Action Production, Creative Direction, Design
- Flame Artists? 2, 1 in UAE Flame Artist
- Edit / Colour? 3 Editors, 1 assist, no colourists
- Growth over 2 years - 38%
- Notes - Also have heckler Sound
Little Zoo Studio
- Location(s) -
- Staff -
- Services
- Flame Artists?
- Edit / Colour?
- Growth over 2 years
Little Zoo Studio
- Location(s) - ??? Assuming US
- Staff - 33 (one freelancer in queensland)
- Services - Concept Design, Character design, Animation
Clients, Games, Film, TVC
- Flame Artists? None
- Edit / Colour? None
- Growth over 2 years? 50%
- Notes: have a global team, people in poland, spain, australia, canada, Uk, Brazil, Germany
New Holland Creative
- Location(s)
- Staff
- Services & Focus
3a - Clients
- Flame Artists?
- Edit / Colour?
- Growth over 2 years, 1 year, 6 months
- Notes
New Holland Creative
- Location(s) - Darlinghurst
- Staff - 8
- Services & Focus - graphic design and branding, concept development, animation and project supervision,
Concept Development
Creative Direction
2D & 3D Animation
Graphic Design
- *Identity & Branding**
- *Broadcast Design**
- *Motion Graphics**
- *Titles for TV & Film**
- *Experiential Design**
- *Storyboards & Previs**
- *UX Design**
3a - Clients - advertising, broadcast branding and feature film.
- Flame Artists? - none
- Edit / Colour? none
- Growth over 2 years, 1 year, 6 months - 60%, -20%, 0%
- Notes - They also have a cmapign with Print Visuals for Elantra that went with it, Director - Collidor
Have another job with the flame compositing mention and post production by ALT VFX
Method Studios (iloura merged with them)
- Location(s)
- Staff
- Services & Focus
3a - Clients,
- Flame Artists?
- Edit / Colour?
- Growth over 2 years, 1 year, 6 months
- Notes
Method Studios (iloura merged with them)
- Location(s) - Los Angeles New York, San Francisco, Atlanta, Vancouver, Montreal Melbourne and Pune
- Staff - 747 inkedIn, 55 Australia Based (LinkedIn)
- Services & Focus - visual effects, animation, cgi, compositing, feature films, finishing, on-set supervision, concept art, titles, motion graphics, matte painting
3a - Clients, high-end feature film, commercial, television, games and motion graphics clients in the global marketplace.
- Flame Artists? 19! all in the US
- Edit / Colour? 2 Editor both in Oz,
- Growth over 2 years, 1 year, 6 months. -40%, -44%, -34%
- Notes - there is a alert saying employees are moving to Ghost VFX
Mighty Nice
- Location(s) -
- Staff -
- Services
- Flame Artists?
- Edit / Colour?
- Growth over 2 years
Mighty Nice
- Location(s) - Sydney
- Staff - 16
- Services -
- Flame Artists?
- Edit / Colour?
- Growth over 2 years
Plastic Wax
- Location(s)
- Staff
- Services & Focus
3a - Clients,
- Flame Artists?
- Edit / Colour?
- Growth over 2 years, 1 year, 6 months
- Notes
Plastic Wax
- Location(s) - Rhodes Sydney
- Staff - 92 LinkedIN
- Services & Focus - Visual Effects, Animation, Creative, Game Trailers, In engine, Cutscenes, Pre rendered, Games Animation, VFX, VR
3a - Clients, animated series and features, cinematic game trailers and virtual reality productions.
- Flame Artists? None.
- Edit / Colour? 2 editors, No Colourist
- Growth over 2 years, 1 year, 6 months
- Notes - Create 2 Animated Series in Unreal Engine, apparently only a few companies are capable of this. They may use 3Ds MAX the CD and founder teachers it.
ResolutionDesign
- Location(s)
- Staff
- Services & Focus
3a - Clients
- Flame Artists?
- Edit / Colour?
- Growth over 2 years, 1 year, 6 months
- Notes
ResolutionDesign
- Location(s) - Surry Hills
- Staff - 6
- Services & Focus - Post, VFX & CGI, motion graphics and animation, social content, multimedia projects, event projections, activations, AR/ VR, and immersive environments.
3a - Clients - advertising
- Flame Artists? none
- Edit / Colour? 1
- Growth over 2 years, 1 year, 6 months , -14%, +20%, -0%
- Notes
Rotor Studios
- Location(s)
- Staff
- Services & Focus
3a - Clients
- Flame Artists?
- Edit / Colour?
- Growth over 2 years, 1 year, 6 months
- Notes
Rotor Studios
- Location(s) - North Sydney
- Staff - 74 LinkedIn
- Services & Focus - Visual Effects, Animation, CGI, Post-Production, Automotive, Software Development, Virtual Reality, 3D Rendering, Content Creation, Product Configurators, Mixed Reality, Augmented Reality
3a - Clients - Advertsing
- Flame Artists? No
- Edit / Colour? No titles like that, lots of Technical artists
- Growth over 2 years, 1 year, 6 months. -10%, +2%, 0%
- Notes -
Resin
- Location(s)
- Staff
- Services & Focus
3a - Clients,
- Flame Artists?
- Edit / Colour?
- Growth over 2 years, 1 year, 6 months
- Notes
Resin
- Location(s) - Adelaide, Bisbane, Melbourne
- Staff - 39 LinkedIn
- Services & Focus - a visual effects studio with a specialty in long form series and feature film visual effects
3a - Clients film, TV series and advertising
- Flame Artists? none
- Edit / Colour? none
- Growth over 2 years, 1 year, 6 months. 8%, 11%, 11%
- Notes - at least 15-20 of the name sof people on LinkedIn seem to have nothing to do with the company other than it says resin, ie they are in india and iran, there are only 8 people when listed in Australia, unless they are using outsource work.
Did awesome Romper Stomber CG opening sequence