Rising Sun Pictures (RSP) has increased its filmography to 52 features, with the recent awarding of a number of film contracts. Since its launch in 1995, RSP continues to provide world-class visual effects to feature film audiences through collaborations with studios in the US, the UK and Australia.
The new business contributing to this landmark figure include :
• The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian [Walt Disney Pictures/Walden Media]
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine [Twentieth Century Fox]
• Frank Miller’s The Spirit
• Independent Australian film Broken Hill
• Bruce Beresford’s Mao’s Last Dancer
• Bollywood film Love Story 2050
From last minute help to deliver a broad range of shots for Prince Caspian, to pre-visualisation, on set supervision and effects design for Wolverine, to a complete sequence design for the climactic chase through futuristic Mumbai in Love Story 2050, the work has provided artists with many technical and creative opportunities. Of note is RSP’s ability to continue to draw footloose packages of work to Australia as seen with Speed Racer, The Spirit and Prince Caspian.
RSP’s recent work will be seen on Australian screens when The Wachowski brothers’ Speed Racer and Get Smart (Warner Bros) launch in June, followed by Dreamworks’ The Ruins in August. Additionally, RSP continues to work on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Baz Luhrmann’s Australia out of its Adelaide and Sydney studios.
Further recognition on the word stage comes with RSP’s work on The Ruins being selected for the prestigious SIGGRAPH 2008 conference in Los Angeles. CG Supervisor Carsten Kolve will present a paper on the creation and control of computer generated mass organic systems to the cream of the international graphics industry’s talent.
Also announced is the appointment of Rudi Holzapfel to the role of Chief Operating Officer. With 20 years experience in the UK, USA and Germany, his previous credits include Alexander, Troy, Batman Begins and Tomb Raider II. With a strong technical and creative background, he also possesses a Masters of Management from London Business School. Rudi will be based in RSP’s Sydney studio.
RSP is the only independent Australian visual effects company dedicated solely to feature film. With a filmography spanning over 50 features, they have worked closely with US and local studios on projects including Australia, The Ruins, Speed Racer, Get Smart, Blood Diamond, 28 Weeks Later, Charlotte’s Web, Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix, Superman Returns and The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.
[release by Rising Sun Pictures]