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HBOs Game of Thrones was honored with its fifth straight VFX Emmy this weekend. The Award-winning Battle of the Bastards episode included significant VFX work from Deluxes Iloura, and Iloura VFX Supervisor Glenn Melenhorst was honored among the winners.
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Deluxe Congratulates Game of Thrones Visual Effects Team on Emmy Award
VFX Supervisor Glenn Melenhorst from Deluxe's Iloura Honored for Battle of the Bastards Work
Los Angeles, CA and Melbourne, Australia - September 12, 2016 - HBOs Game of Thrones was honored with its fifth straight Outstanding Special Visual Effects Award at the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, held Saturday, September 10 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Praised as one of the series best episodes to date, the Award-winning Battle of the Bastards was a monumental undertaking, including significant visual effects (VFX) work from Deluxes Iloura, which helped craft the titular bloody showdown. Iloura VFX Supervisor Glenn Melenhorst was honored as part of the visual effects team that included Steve Kullback, Joe Bauer, Adam Chazen, Sam Conway, Derek Spears, Eric Carney, Matthew Roleau and Michelle Blok.
Melenhorst said, Game of Thrones is such a successful and well-loved franchise so the chance to work on Battle of the Bastards was hugely exciting. Steve Kullback and Joe Bauer have set an incredibly high bar for VFX quality and we made sure to keep that standard. Im immensely proud of our Iloura team and grateful to have been a part of such a historic episode.
Iloura artists used a mix of VFX and hand-crafted animation techniques to realize the vision for the pivotal battle, creating many photorealistic horse and rider collisions, 3,000-strong armies, a mix of close-ups featuring live-action and CG humans and animals and massive crowd simulations, as well as hundreds of assets - CG armoury, weapons, flags, saddlery, body parts, and environmental assets such as blood, mud, smoke, fire and mist. See a behind-the scenes video and details of Ilouras work on Battle of the Bastards here.
Deluxe President of Visual Effects, Ed Ulbrich, said, The VFX work on this episode is just stunning. Were incredibly proud of Glenn and the Iloura team for their contribution and honored that our industry colleagues consider the work among the year's best.
Ilouras VFX work on Battle of the Bastards also recently took home Gold in the TV Series category at Australias 19th Annual AEAF (Animation & Effects Awards Festival) Awards announced August 17 at the AEAF Awards night gala in Sydney.
About Deluxes Iloura
Iloura, part of Deluxes global VFX group, is based in Melbourne and Sydney and houses a collective of award-winning animation and VFX artists motivated by creativity and technical innovation. The team helps film and television productions to engage with any audience across any media platform, and is passionate about producing the best impact on screen - from high quality, fast-turnaround pre-visualisation through to a flawless final shot or sequence. Its artists were also recognized with a 2015 Academy Award nomination. www.iloura.com.au
About Deluxe Entertainment Services Group
Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc. is the global leader in digital services and technology solutions for content creation and delivery. Since 1915 Deluxe has been a trusted partner to Hollywood studios, independent filmmakers, TV networks, online content producers, brands, and anyone looking to bring stories and experiences to audiences. Deluxe Creative companies house the world's top talent, amplified through a unified technology and business infrastructure to streamline processes, move media seamlessly, and connect our teams globally. Deluxe Delivery Solutions offer everything clients need to transform and deliver content in any format and release or broadcast window, for any recipient, to any device and destination. With headquarters in?Los Angeles and New York, and operations in 25 key media markets worldwide, the company relies on the talents of 7,000 of the industrys premier artists, experts, and innovators.
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