Broadcast VFX Team Wins RTS Craft and Design Award in

Broadcast VFX team wins RTS Craft and Design Award for World War II From Space

Following the EMMY award success last month, the Broadcast VFX team of Prime Focus in London is delighted to announce that The History Channel's World War II From Space has won an RTS award for Graphic Design - Programme Content Sequence'.

The award jury stated; The range of graphic devices used in this production come together to make this historic subject feel new and novel, contrasting the use of space age satellite images with a modern computer style and 1940s style photography and type. The jury agreed that the mix of styles and standard of execution was outstanding.

Managing Director for VFX, Parvinder Bhatia commented; The whole team is delighted and proud to have won the RTS award for graphic design for World War II From Space. This follows the Emmy win last month, and it is a huge honour for us to be awarded in the UK after our US recognition.

Led by creative director Simon Clarke, VFX supervisor Graham Stott and motion graphics director Hazel Baird supervised the Prime Focus Broadcast VFX team, devising and creating visually exciting ways to deliver 78 minutes of CG for the 90 minute programme.

Creative Director Simon Clarke accepted the award, saying, "It is an important moment for us to receive this award on home turf and in a room full of colleagues and clients."

World War II from Space, directed by Simon George and produced by October Films, covers the key political events and battles of World War II, making extensive use of today's creative technology to deliver the information in a way that will seize the attention of modern audiences.

The sequences included the creation of photoreal period satellite images; map imaging; technical overlay lenses that deliver statistics to an onscreen HUD; 3D-cross sections and explosions of mechanical schematics; and 2.5D archive photography compositing as well as incredibly immersive full CG battle sequences.

Executive Producer, Adam Bullmore said; None of this would have been possible without Prime Focus and its unprecedented support of a very exciting but quite possibly mad idea unleashed by Matt Robins and myself. So our profoundest thanks go to Parvinder, Will and Simon for getting the whole PF team to back every part of Simon George's and October's vision.

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