UK in Focus - page 23

BRITISH FILM COMMISSION
UK IN FOCUS 2016
the studios, but we felt that forming stronger
bonds with directors would give us a slightly
different angle and a chance of winning work,”
says Gascoyne.
The approach has paid off,with jobs for direc-
tors the calibre of Danny Boyle, James Marsh
and Kevin Macdonald. Now staffing 50, the out-
fit recently recreated 1940s New York including
the interior of Carnegie Hall for Stephen Frears’
Florence Foster Jenkins
and is also working on
Bridget Jones’s Baby
.
If ever there was a question over the UK’s
ability to sustain the same level of VFX work in
the aftermath of
Harry Potter
, this has been
roundly answered by the increasing number of
productions and studios utilising the territory’s
effects talent. This includes Disney, which has
pledged to produce six
Star Wars
movies in the
UK over the next 10 years; a franchise that will
hot-house yet more innovation.
“What British VFX companies have done is to
constantly push the envelope creatively and
invest heavily in R&D in the confidence there is
work out there,” says Hope.“In making that con-
siderable investment and building the know-
how and infrastructure, we are giving artists the
tools to continually do groundbreaking work.”
UK
BlueBolt’s VFX Breakdown on
the BBC drama War & Peace
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