https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC5KtatMcUw   During COVID are looking at a number of “mixed reality” techniques to bring down the VFX and production budgets. We were initially looking at creating a full MR version of the film (and we still havent given up hope!) but we have found that using elements of the same technology- AR/VR, LED walls, […]

We are in discussions to incorporate some of the LED wall technology used in this little series in Encircled…. very cool!  More details later

                                          Some people have asked who created the wonderful demon we shared last week. Well the work is being done by Stage 23 under the watchful eye of director Christian Debney and Jonathan Hairman. http://www.stage23.com.au/ Stage 23 is based out of fox studios in Sydney and currently “working from home” locations around Sydney and beyond. […]

This is an update on the pre-production 3D work being conducted by the Stage 23 team at Fox Studio. We were wondering whether to show the working of the Demon so early.But having employed the skills of world renowned 3D zbrush artist Maarten Verhoven …we couldn’t resist… and besides jaws is scary because although we […]

Casting is a little harder during lock-down however we intend to have script read-throughs of the script remotely to make sure we have the right team.  Its a very ensemble cast as you can see from the characters above.

Budgets post COVID-19 will likely be smaller with production methods needing to be streamlined and scripts adjusted to allow for social distancing. Encircled was lucky it had been developed as a project that could allow for the capturing of characters in a volumetric rig or dome so the transition to production with social distancing was […]

Production meetings are either online or over the fence!