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Spectacular Sky Arts Rebrand IDs via MPC

Part of a full rebrand for UK culture-oriented TV channel Sky Arts, these 25-second IDs from MPC in London mix live action and VFX to “visualize the transformation from ordinary to extraordinary through color.” [Watch]

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VFX Supervisor Michael Gregory Joins MPC LA as Head of 2D

From the release: Los Angeles, March 8, 2016 — Award-winning VFX supervisor and lead artist Michael Gregory joins MPC Los Angeles as Head of 2D. He comes on board from MPC London where for the past 13 years he has worked on many of the industry’s most acclaimed commercials, including Channel 4’s Cannes Film Craft […] [Watch]

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Behind the Scenes on Death Wish Coffee Superbowl Spot

A tiny upstate New York coffee company is going to Super Bowl 50 with a big league commercial created by an A list production crew including Prettybird director Isaiah Seret and DP Claudio Miranda (Oscar winner for Life of Pi) with feature-level VFX by MPC. [Watch]

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Updating Ridley Scott’s 1973 Hovis Spot

Four years before Ridley Scott made his first feature film (The Duellists in 1977) he was hammering away directing TV series and commercials including a spot called “Boy on a Bike” for UK bread makers Hovis, a one-minute film since voted the UK’s favorite ad of all time. [Watch]

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MPC London Up Diarmid Harrison-Murray to Creative Director, 3D

MPC London have promoted VFX Supervisor, Diarmid Harrison Murray to the position of Creative Director, 3D. [Watch]

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Chris Eyerman and Ash Thorp Prologue “The Martian”

The third in a series of brilliant prologue-promos for Ridley Scott’s “The Martian,” finds Neil deGrasse Tyson hosting a segment of his StarTalk series as it might appear in 2035 with humans poised to return to Mars – with VFX work from up and coming Polish post house Juice, MPC, The Mill and Framestore. [Watch]