Eden FX “Digitally Destroys” Historic Monuments and Icons for The History Channel
Hollywood, CA, January 18, 2008 — Eden FX, a Hollywood-based creator of visual effects for feature films, television programs and commercials, has completed an extensive array of digital effects and matte paintings to help illustrate The History Channel’s special presentation entitled “Life After People,â€? which will air from 9-11pm on January 21st. The company has also been awarded a large number of visual effects for two major, upcoming studio feature films, “Get Smartâ€? and “Nim’s Island.â€? Eden FX co-founders Mark Miller and John Gross made the announcement.
ABOUT “LIFE AFTER PEOPLE:�
On behalf of client Flight 33 Productions, Eden FX designed and produced over 30 digital FX shots for the upcoming History Channel TV special presentation “Life After People.� This included “digitally destroying� a number of world famous icons, either through the use of extensive matte paintings or by digitally depicting elaborate aging, collapsing and deteriorating scenes. These “destroyed� icons include the Sears Tower, Seattle’s Space Needle, Hoover Dam, Buckingham Palace, the Lincoln Memorial, the Arc de Triomphe, New York City and Chicago, among others.
Mr. Gross said, “This was the first time we had to digitally illustrate, in a highly artistic fashion, the destruction and decay of numerous renowned locales. In so doing, we developed a new approach to time lapse photography, which we utilized for a number of shots, including the aging of a cornfield as it grows, withers and rots away, a car decaying over 80 years, and even the Hoover Dam crumbling and spilling out a massive amount of water. This was a challenging, and certainly different, project for us, which we delivered with a very fast turn-around.�
Airing on The History Channel at 9 PM on Jan 21, the premise for “Life After People� explores the tantalizing question of whether all the remnants of mankind will eventually disappear from our planet. For more info, please see: http://www.history.com/minisites/life_after_people
ABOUT “GET SMART:�
For client Warner Bros., Eden FX has just completed over 160 digital FX
shots for the upcoming “Get Smart� feature film.
Starring Steve Carrell as “Maxwell Smart,� Agent 86 for CONTROL, “Get Smart� features Smart as he battles the forces of KAOS with Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway) at his side. The film is directed by Peter Segal and will be released June 20, 2008, by Warner Bros.
ABOUT “NIM’S ISLAND:�
On behalf of client Walden Media, Eden FX is currently producing over 200 visual effects shots for “Nim’s Island,� including a number of matte paintings and a wide variety of other digital FX.
Starring Jodie Foster and Gerard Butler, “Nim’s Island,â€? directed by Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin, is a family adventure film about a young girl who inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she’s reading. The film is based on the book by Wendy Orr and Kerry Millard, and will be released April 4, 2008, by 20th Century Fox and Walden Media.
ABOUT EDEN FX:
Formed in 2000 by visual effects and post-production notables John Gross and Mark Miller, Eden FX specializes in 3D animation, compositing, 3D matte painting, character animation and on-set supervision.
Eden FX, a Point.360 company, is located at 1438 N. Gower St., Building # 50, Hollywood, CA 90028. The telephone is 323/993-7050. Please visit www.edenfx.com for more information.
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