A buzz has been building around the new BBC four-part thriller Ridley Road, featuring VFX by the REALTIME team and which premieres in October. The series is set in the summer of 1962, when far-right fascism was rapidly rising in London. Based on the critically acclaimed 2014 novel of the same name by author Jo Bloom, award-winning writer and actor Sarah Solemani has adapted the novel for television.
We are very pleased to announce that we have appointed Libby Behrens as Operations Director.
Libby, who has more than a decade’s experience in media production in London, LA and New Zealand, joins the team from sports app Zwift, where she managed the implementation of new production processes as Live Operations Producer. Previously, Libby was Head of Operations at LA-based Electric Theatre Collective. Her credits include Virgin Media’s animated Ussain Bolt TV Campaign and Massive Attack’s Voodoo in my Blood
She will oversee the introduction of new technology, IT, resourcing, and staff and skills development at REALTIME.
Says Libby, “I dipped out of the VFX world to experience the realm of game production but when the opportunity presented itself to come and join REALTIME, I just couldn’t resist. REALTIME has recently delved into more areas of the VFX arena, and I am really looking forward to working with the talented team on all things operations to support their massive growth.”
Tony Prosser, Managing Director of REALTIME, says “This role is very much a holistic appointment to support our team in this exciting period of growth. Libby joins us at a pivotal moment in the business to securely navigate our further expansion and help us to continue delivering innovative and quality work for our partners at a time we’re working on our biggest productions yet.”
How do cut scenes in games get made? For the story mode ‘Braking Point’ cinematics in Codemasters’ F1 2021, our team took motion captured performances and delivered final shots with Unreal Engine, the first time we’d employed the game engine like this. It was also the first time we used DI4D’s new digital double animation pipeline, PURE4D, for facial capture.
To get a handle on how this worked for the cut scenes, befores & afters’ Ian Failes chatted with our CG director Ian Jones and DI4D co-founder Dug Green in his latest VFX Futures podcast.
Our work on the Subnautica: Below Zero launch trailer has been awarded Special Merit at the Australian Effects and Animation Awards (AEAF). The trailer also recently picked up Best Effects / Animation at the Vega Digital Awards.
It’s the third cinematic trailer created for the much loved open world survival action-adventure game. Set two years after the original game, and in the arctic region of Planet 4546B, the game marks a new chapter in the Subnautica Universe – a story that the REALTIME team was delighted to help bring to the screen.
Many congratulations to our team, the AEAF jury and everyone at Unknown Worlds Entertainment.
We’re over the moon to be have been awarded Special Merit at the Australian Effects and Animation Awards (AEAF) for our work on A Discovery of Witches, season 2! The show was commended in the TV Series category.
It’s such a brilliant accolade, and hugely exciting to be up there with the very best in the industry. Many congratulations to our team and everyone at Bad Wolf Productions.