The Bourne Stuntacular
MEDIA, AV & IMMERSIVE TECHNOLOGY: Interactive Media Producers
Cinesite
Company Address: 10 Little Portland Street, London, W1W7JG
Primary Contact Name: Michelle Mateus
Job Title: Business Development Manager – Immersive Production
Contact Details:
+ 44( 0) 207 973 4000 michellem @ cinesite. com www. cinesite. com
Key Services / Specialism
• Ideation- they shape bold, immersive ideas through collaboration and creative exploration.
• Prototyping- test and refine concepts using real-time visualisation and rendering.
• Delivery- their experts ensure flawless execution of all visual and technical elements.
Sectors served:
• Theme Parks
• Museums
• Immersive Experiences
• Film & TV
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Cinesite is a leading independent, multinational company that provides visual effects( VFX), animation, and immersive content services to the media & entertainment industries.
Here’ s a breakdown of what they do:
Immersive Content: Cinesite delivers immersive experiences, creating content for theme parks, multi-sensory venues, cultural institutions like Frameless and the National Portrait Gallery.
Visual Effects( VFX): Cinesite has a long history of creating stunning visual effects for blockbuster films, TV series, and streaming productions.
The Bourne Stuntacular
Cinesite created the immersive visual effects for Universal Orlando’ s“ The Bourne Stuntacular,” a show that seamlessly blends live action with digital environments. Their work was key to making it impossible for the audience to tell where the live stunts end and the screen begins.
A primary challenge was creating seven massive, photo realistic environments displayed on a 130-foot-long LED screen. These full-CG environments, some covering over 50 square kilometres, had to be delivered at an incredibly high 9K resolution and 60 frames per second to maintain visual fidelity and immersion.
To ensure perfect synchronisation, Cinesite utilised a real-time game engine( Unreal Engine). This innovative approach allowed them to choreograph the digital environments to perfectly match the moving set pieces, live performers, and on-stage special effects. The flexibility of the game engine
Their work can be seen in major franchises like James Bond, Harry Potter, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as well as popular series such as“ The Witcher” and“ The Mandalorian.”
Animation: They have a dedicated feature animation division that partners with filmmakers to produce compelling animated films and series. Notable animation projects include“ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,”“ The Addams Family” films, and“ Smurfs.” They also work on animated series for platforms like Disney +.
enabled rapid iteration, allowing for adjustments to camera movements and animations right up to the end of production. For example, a physical structure on stage rotates in perfect sync with the digital Tangier rooftop environment, creating a continuous and believable world for the audience.
Extensive pre-production was crucial for success. Cinesite’ s VFX Supervisor, Salvador Zalvidea, conducted extensive scouting, gathering thousands of photographic references, textures, panoramas, and photogrammetry using drones and cameras to ensure the environments were highly detailed and authentic.
Cinesite’ s technical innovation extended to using techniques like tiled rendering to manage the immense 9K resolution and a VR experience during development, which allowed the team to review the show from every virtual seat in the venue.
This ground breaking work earned Cinesite a prestigious Visual Effects Society( VES) Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project and a Themed Entertainment Association( TEA) Award for Outstanding Achievement.