Zoic Studios
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Zoic Studios | |
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Founded | |
Headquarters | 3582 Eastham Dr., Culver City, California, USA |
Key people | Steve Schofield (Founder, Executive Producer), Loni Peristere(Founder, Creative Director), Chris Jones (Founder, Creative Director), Tim McBride (CFO/COO), Andrew Orloff (VFX Supervisor) |
Industry | Visual Effects |
Employees | 80 staff |
Slogan | "Visual Evolution" |
Website | zoicstudios.com |
Zoic Studios - written as ZOIC - is a special effects company based in Culver City, California which primarily deals with computer generated special effects for movies and television.
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[edit] Background
Zoic is a Greek word meaning "life". The company was formed when three of the principals left Santa Monica, California special effects company Radium, taking many long established accounts with them.
[edit] Products
Zoic provides Post-Production, Project Management, Design Services and Media Applications to the entertainment industry. They have production facilities in Culver City, California and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and a shooting stage in North Hollywood, California.
[edit] Movies and television
ZOIC has created effects for such popular TV shows as CSI, CSI: Miami, Firefly (which earned the team an Emmy), Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel as well as the reimagined Battlestar Galactica. They have also worked on numerous feature films, including Spider-Man 2, The Day After Tomorrow and Serenity, and also computer video games and effects for television commercials.
The company is best known for their simulation of hand-held camera work in computer-generated effects shots, a technique commonly known as "shaky-cam."
[edit] Pre-2003
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)
- Angel (1999)
- Firefly (2002)
[edit] 2003
- Miracles
- Out of Order
- The Twilight Zone: Burned (#1.44)
[edit] 2004
- Angel
- Battlestar Galactica
- Century City
- NYPD 2069[1]
- Spider-Man 2
- The Day After Tomorrow
- Van Helsing
[edit] 2005
- Criminal Minds
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
- Global Frequency
- Killer Instinct (working title: Deviant Behavior)
- Over There
- Point Pleasant
- Serenity
- Solider of God
- Threshold
- Tru Calling
- UnDetectables[2]
- Zathura: A Space Adventure
[edit] 2006
- Beyond[3]
- Blade: The Series
- CSI: Miami
- E-Ring
- Eureka
- Flight 29 Down
- Prison Break
- Special
- Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
[edit] 2007
- Drive
- One Day Like Rain
[edit] Unknown date
- The Sopranos
- National Geographic: Megacities
- Lost In Space
[edit] Commercials
Zoic has worked to produce commercials on the following products[2]:
- Hewlett-Packard (2005)
- Rocher (2006) (Agency: Pubbliregia)
- So Cal Lottery (2006) (Agency: BBDO West)
- Volkwagon (2006) (Agency: Crispin Porter & Bogusky) (working with Christopher Guest)
- Slimjim (2006) (Agency: Crispin Porter & Bogusky)
- Xbox (2006) (Agency: McCann Erickson Worldwide)
- RE/MAX (2006) (Agency: RE/MAX Int., Inc.)
[edit] Awards
- 2003 Emmy Award Winner - Best VFX In A TV Series for Firefly
- 2003 Emmy Award Nominee - Best VFX In A TV Series for Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- 2003 VES Best VFX in a TV Series - Firefly
- 2003 VES Award Nominee - Best Compositing in a Televised Program - Firefly
- 2004 Emmy Award Nominee - Outstanding VFX for a Series - Battlestar Galactica Mini Series
- 2004 VES Award Nominee - Best Compositing in a Mini Series - Battlestar Galactica
- 2004 VES Award Nominee - Outstanding Models/Miniatures Mini Series - Battlestar Galactica
- 2004 VES Best VFX in a TV Series - Buffy The Vampire Slayer
- 2004 VES Best VFX in a Mini Series - Battlestar Galactica
- 2005 Emmy Award Nominee - Outstanding VFX for a Series - Battlestar Galactica
- 2005 VES Award Nominee Best Animated Character in a Broadcast Program - Battlestar Galactica
- 2005 Silver Clio for best VFX - Hewlett Packard "Picture Book"
- 2005 Bronze Clio for best VFX - Hewlett Packard "Francois"
- 2005 Silver Clio for best Interactive - Mini Cooper Robot
- 2005 One Show[4] Bronze Pencil for Interactive - Mini Cooper Robot
- 2005 London International Award[5] Interactive Website Media / Automotive Winner - Mini Cooper Robot