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recruiting at fmx'10

noreply@blogger.com (Florian) — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:28:00 +0000

just as the easter bunny brings easter eggs every year you can be sure that we'll be in Stuttgart for the fmx conference during the first week of May to look for new talent. if you've got what it takes come to our recruiting presentation on 4th May, 12 o'clock in room Reutlingen and throw demo reel dvds at us if you want to be part of our team.

theatrical release schedule

noreply@blogger.com (Florian) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:30:00 +0000

from October to January a total of eleven movies will have their theatrical release in Germany showcasing our visual effects work. from martial arts fest "Ninja Assassin" to digital pirate sea battles in "13 Paces without a Head", from historical Tolstoy biopic "The Last Station" to fantasy thriller "The Door" - you shouldn't believe your eyes. for the full press release click here

1st October 2009
Es kommt der Tag

19th November 2009
Liebe Mauer
Tannöd
This is Love

26th November 2009
Die Tür / The Door
Helen

10th December 2009
Das Orangenmädchen / The Orange Girl
Ninja Assassin
Zwölf Meter ohne Kopf / 13 Paces without a Head

17th December 2009
Lila, Lila

21st January 2010
Ein russischer Sommer / The Last Station

rise|fx on fxguidetv

noreply@blogger.com (Florian) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:11:00 +0000

check out the breakdown presentation of some of our toughest 3D compositing shots to date for director Matthias Glasner's "This is Love" (Badlands Film, Kinowelt, release 12th November 2009) on the visual effects industry's leading news source fxguidetv: one of them being a 14 second long car crash shot filmed hand held from the back seat of the car. the whole exterior of the car was built as a photo real 3D environment using various techniques and approaches, making jaws drop at IBC Amsterdam this year. fxguide was there, covering our 20 minute presentation:

thanks John! thanks Angie! u rock!

Ninja Assassin Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (Florian) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:19:00 +0000

the official Ninja Assassin trailer has been released today - containing a lot of our digital effects work. check it out.

Movie Trailers - Movies Blog

fmx/09

noreply@blogger.com (Florian) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:57:00 +0000

we are always looking for talented new staff. if you consider yourself to be a gifted nuke compositor, matte painter, maya or 3ds max artist, visit us at fmx/09 for our recruiting presentation on wednesday, may 6th from 10-11am in room reutlingen. you can also make an appointment for our recruiting desk on may 6th, 10am-7pm giving you some more face-to-face time to show your reel and to have a chat.

you can also check out what's going on in berlin on tuesday, may 5th from 3-5pm in room karlsruhe. our beautiful facility in the heart of the city (and our amazing digital magic skills, of course) qualify us to be part of the vfx@berlin-brandenburg presentation, showing some of our latest eye-popping work on international and national film productions.

Now Showing - The Three Investigators and the Secret of Terror Castle

noreply@blogger.com (Florian) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:09:00 +0000

The Three Investigators and the Secret of Terror Castle is now showing in a cinema near you. Director Florian Baxmeyer, DoP Peter Krause, Visual Effects Supervisor Robert Pinnow and Studio Hamburg International Production teamed up again to create the sequel to 2007's blockbuster "Skeleton Island". We were asked to create one of the main characters of the movie entirely using CGI - Terror Castle itself. Check out the movie, bring your kids - it's a lot of fun.

A big, warm Thank You to our crew:
CGI Department - Simon Ohler, Joern Weisspfennig, Christian Pundschus, Holger Wenzel, Alex Broeckel, Kariem Saleh - Compositing - Christoph Benden, Michael Lankes, Claudia Lechen, Dirk Matzkuhn, Sascha Reinholz, Rayk Schroeder, Markus Schneider, Robert Tucker, Jörg Berkel, Jakub Stejskal - Mattepainting - Robert Kriegel - Matchmoving - Andreas Schulz, Michael Wolf - Title Design - Jean-Michel Boublil, Marcel Pelzer, Alexander Kähler - Lead Pipeline Engineer - Sebastian Elsner

Insight Out Conference

noreply@blogger.com (Florian) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:42:00 +0000

rise is proudly supporting the Insight Out conference 2009 on digital production of film + tv in close collaboration with the HFF film + television university potsdam-babelsberg. the conference is aimed at decision-makers in the film, tv and new media industries - producers, directors, dops, ... - offering an in-depth look at today's and tomorrow's digital story telling tools.

participants will be visiting our facility on tuesday, 24/02/09 for a presentation of our work on recent film releases and a q+a session.

Die Patin - starting this sunday on RTL

noreply@blogger.com (Florian) — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:58:00 +0000

don't miss our latest work for germany's biggest television network RTL and Teamworx. "Die Patin" by director Miguel Alexandre is the story of Katharina Almeda (Veronica Ferres), a loving mother and wife, who is sucked into a world of organized crime. rise provided visual effects for over 180 shots working closely together with DOP Jo Heim, matching his unique color scheme down to the last pixel. the first part of the mini series is aired this sunday.

part 1 sunday, 14th december, 20:15
part 2 monday, 15th december, 20:15
part 3 wednesday, 17th december, 20:15

a big thanks to our crew
supervisor jonathan weber, lead compositor sascha reinholz and compositors christoph benden, björn gottwald, christopher kollar, claudia lechen, rayk schroeder, jakub stejskal, philip strahl, robert tucker, holger wenzel and matte painter robert kriegel.

this is love - it's a wrap!

noreply@blogger.com (Florian) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:08:00 +0000

until just one week ago we were shooting "this is love" with badlands film, the latest work of director Matthias Glasner. thanks to everyone at badlands film we are able to show you some behind-the-scenes footage of one of the most complex visual effects shots in the movie. main character Chis is having a car accident - later, after we have done some of our digital magic, it will be actor Jens Albinus sitting behind the steering wheel. the shot was planed down to the smallest detail by our previz department, always refining the shot based on Matthias' ideas before we started principal photography.

Thank you so much Matthias, Jürgen and Lars for letting us be a part of it, Heike and Dennis for the awesome behind-the-scenes video and the entire film crew! U ROCK!

new eye candy - zero calories...

noreply@blogger.com (Florian) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:27:00 +0000

finally our projects page has been updated with our latest work. we are especially proud to show you our full cgi tiger from the television project "wer liebe verspricht" and a perfect example of state-of-the-art compositing from the movie "maerzmelodie". there is also a production design preview of "haecksen", a children's movie set in an online virtual world. check it out here

currently in production

noreply@blogger.com (Florian) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:40:00 +0000

rise is proud to announce that more and more production companies have discovered our unique skills to transform an impossible idea into its photo realistic, budget saving representation on the screen. with currently more than 20 artists working full time at rise creating visual effects for more than five feature films our capacities and capabilities grow by the day. if you consider yourself a compositor and you know that nuke is nothing to be afraid of go ahead and apply for one of our open freelance positions today.

currently in production:

The Three Investigators in The Secret of Terror Castle
directed by Florian Baxmeyer (Studio Hamburg International, Buena Vista)

Helen
written and directed by Sandra Nettelbeck
starring Ashley Judd

The Last Station
written and directed by Michael Hoffmann
starring James McAvoy, Christopher Plummer and Academy Award Winner Helen Mirren

Last Cowboy Standing (Juoni Filmi, NiKo Film)
directed by Zaida Bergroth

Die Patin (Teamworx, RTL)
directed by Miguel Alexandre
starring Veronica Ferres

Dutschke (Teamworx, ZDF)
directed by Stefan Krohmer
starring Christoph Bach

and more...

"king of nuke" frank rüter visiting rise

noreply@blogger.com (Florian) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:28:00 +0000

rise | visual effects berlin was the first feature film visual effects house in germany to rely entirely on the foundry's "nuke" package as primary compositing application. of course it was quite a risk to take - but since then nobody at rise ever looked back. "nuke" is rock solid and packed with more features than a swiss army knife, certainly more than any other software we have ever worked with. our pipeline and "nuke" integration is one of a kind, making rise | visual effects berlin the first, most cost efficient choice for next-generation visual effects production.

having the latest in software technology is one thing - having the artists who know how to take advantage of it is something else. last month Frank Rüter visited rise, an old friend and someone "many consider to be the worldwide king of nuke tools and customization" (fxphd.com). Frank was not only answering questions but also showing tweaks and tricks he learned while working on the "Lord of the Rings"-Trilogy, "King Kong", "I Robot" and "Speed Racer" as 2D lead technical director.

we invited a couple of artists from all over germany, good friends and everyone interested in seeing the next big thing in effects production. thank you so much Frank for stopping by! hope to see you again soon!

recruiting at fmx'08

noreply@blogger.com (Florian) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:32:00 +0000

rise is recruiting again at the fmx 2008 conference in stuttgart. if you are a talented freelance cgi or/and compositing artist looking for new challenges feel free to visit our recruiting panel on tuesday may 6th at 12 o'clock in room "reutlingen". if you can't make it to our panel presentation but would still like to apply for one of our open positions please write an email to recruiting@risefx.com to arrange a meeting. our team will be running around the conference for the whole week.

please see the official website for details

florian

Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film "The Counterfeiters" (Die Faelscher)

noreply@blogger.com (Florian) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:21:00 +0000

although probably nobody really cares - we have also prepared an acceptance speech:
we would like to thank the Academy and it's members for the greatest honor on earth a film maker and film enthusiast can be awarded with. we would like to thank Stefan Ruzowitzky for his passion to create real and believable characters, to celebrate story telling at its best. we would like to thank the entire crew for executing all of our annoying technical remarks - resulting in better visual effects, bringing Stefan's vision to life at tvt. postproduction frankfurt. also thank you DoP Benedict Neuenfels for letting us contribute to your unique visual style and, of course, thank you Magnolia and Aichholzer Filmproduction for your trust and support.

congratulations Stefan, congratulations to everyone involved!

florian

Academy Award Nomination for "The Counterfeiters"

noreply@blogger.com (Florian) — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:05:00 +0000

everyone at rise | visual effects berlin would like to congratulate director Stefan Ruzowitzky and his entire crew on the academy award nomination for "The Counterfeiters". the true and very emotional story about the production of fake foreign currencies inside the german concentration camp sachsenhausen during world war two had critics raving around the globe during the last year. our job for tvt. postproduction frankfurt was to create invisible digital set extensions in a way they would not distract audiences from the cold and relentless reality of the prisoner's lives.

to see an example of our work click here

we will keep our fingers crossed for the academy awards on 24. february.

florian

thank you for coming

noreply@blogger.com (Florian) — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:33:00 +0000

it was a great saturday for sure. thank you everyone for attending our screening of "The Tree Investigators: The Secret of Skeleton Island" - we hope you had as much fun as we did. of course, this won't be the last time we organized a screening like this. expect more as soon as our next projects hit the big screen. again, thank you for coming - we hope you enjoyed it.

florian

film 'n frühstück (breakfast)

noreply@blogger.com (Florian) — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:13:00 +0000

rise | visual effects berlin is proud to invite friends and family to a private screening of "The Three Investigators and the Secret of Skeleton Island" on 17th November, 12 o'clock at the Film-Palast Berlin, Kurfürstendamm 225. Please write an email or give us a quick call if you would like to attend and tell us if you are coming alone or if you are incredibly popular and therefore bringing more company. Because it's a matinée we will serve fresh croissants and pie along with coffee and champaign.

florian

Danke Schoen

noreply@blogger.com (Florian) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:57:00 +0000

there is no better way to say "Thank You" to our crew that worked on "The Three Investigators and the Secret of Skeleton Island" then to sing Wayne Newton's song "Danke Schoen". the song has been playing in our head for some time now, especially every time we pass a billboard in Berlin showing the movie poster (pretty much every single one right now). so here we go: Danke Schoen Florian Schröder for being a kick-ass lead compositor who knows what he's talking about, both artistically and technically. Danke Schoen Mohsen Mousavi for running the cgi part of the show almost on your own as technical director and lead artist, including modelling, lighting, animation, simulation, and rendering. Danke Schoen to our compositors Joerg Bruemmer, Benjamin Krebs, Michael Lankes, Claudia Lechen, Dirk Matzkuhn, Natalie Meffert, Christian Pundschus, Bastian Schreitling, Gregory Schuchmann, Florian Schuck, Tim Stern, Michael Wagner and Jonathan Weber for literally putting everything together, making it look cool and consistent. Danke Schoen Andreas Adamek for painting sets that don't exist in the real world, Mareike Hilgenfeldt for rotoscoping the impossible, Simon Ohler for the best cgi airline ticket ever and Alexander Nietzold for programming all the tools that made our life so much easier. so Danke Schoen everyone, hoping to see you soon - knowing that Danke Schoen is correctly spelled Dankeschön... if you are reading this and you haven't worked on the movie or haven't seen it yet or both: go to a theatre tomorrow, smile at the lady at the counter and buy a ticket. the movie launches nationwide in germany on 8th november - which is tomorrow. it's one hell of a ride!

florian

sandals and socks

noreply@blogger.com (Florian) — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:48:00 +0000

yes, we were already eating stollen and putting our socks up on the chimney in august. just because we had to prepare a special present for you, the visual effects for the XFilme feature "Meine schöne Bescherung". the movie by director Vanessa Jopp is a hilarious comedy about "polynuclear familystructures" at christmas time. the movie is hitting theatres on 22th november - make sure to check it out. for those who are incapable of waiting, here's the trailer:

florian

new cms for news section

noreply@blogger.com (Florian) — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:21:00 +0000

we've just switched to a new content management system for the news section. expect new posts more often from now on as it's much easier and faster then the html editing stuff we used to do. we could do this while we're taking a zip from our coffee cup. honestly. no kidding. we're serious. cup empty...

florian

thank you, fmx attendees

noreply@blogger.com (Florian) — Wed, 09 May 2007 11:42:00 +0000

who would have thought prior to fmx that so many artists have been watching our every move carefully while we were getting started? thank you to everyone at fmx for your interest and open mindedness. we are looking forward to see you soon in our new office!

florian

rise recruiting at fmx'07

noreply@blogger.com (Florian) — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 07:28:00 +0000

rise | visual effects berlin is recruiting freelance cgi and compositing artists at fmx'07 from may 1-4 in stuttgart. please visit our recruiting panel on thursday, may 3, 2007 or write an email to arrange a meeting. keep them demo reels coming!

official fmx website

florian

website launched

noreply@blogger.com (Florian) — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:30:00 +0000

robert, sven, markus and florian would like to welcome everyone to our new website. we hope you like it. a big "thank you" to all the artists who contributed their time and hard work. if you have thoughts to share or requests to make, commenting will be available soon in our news blog.

florian