Apart from technical and creative suppor t, what most directors and producers look for in a post facility is something less tangible known as “personal service”. Indeed, this is something that the folks in post production need to constantly remind themselves about: Although you work in a creative environment, good customer relations is de rigueur in the service industry.

In view of this, an important criterion for picking a good post house lies in its ability to retain existing customers. Although we did not apply this yardstick to our current selection, we have come to realize that many of the companies we picked share this trait – in that they have been servicing repeat customers over and over again.

Personally, I believe that to be the best testimony a post facility can ever have. You may have the reputation for being the ‘best in the business’, but a loyal customer says: “You’re the best, regardless.”

Perhaps we would implement this consideration as a new criterion next year. In the meantime, here’s our line-up for 2006:

SINGAPORE

BLACKMAGIC

Blackmagic Design Pte Ltd
11 Stamford Road, #03-05 Capitol
Building, Singapore 178884
Tel: +65 6338 2696
www.blackmagic-design.com

Management Team
Peter Barber, Director of Creative Services
Paul Stevens, EP / Business Development Manager
Dixie Wu, Senior Producer
Caryne Chia, Senior Producer

Creative Team
Damien Yang, Creative Director
Tammy Quah, Senior Editor
Charlie Ellis, Senior Colourist
Freddie Coles, Animation Director
Elena Ho, Head of Design

Contact Person
Paul Stevens, EP / Business Development
Manager (pauls@blackmagic-design.com)
Dixie Wu, Senior Producer (dixie@blackmagic-design.com)
Caryne Chia, Senior Producer (caryne@blackmagic-design.com)

Our Main Clients
Our clients come from Singapore,Indonesia, China, Taiwan, Japan, Indiaand Thailand.


Most Challenging tasks over the last 12 months
2006 is our third year of business and we have continued to expand steadily. BMD was set up with 3 persons and now we have a creative team of 20. This might seem quite dramatic growth in a short period of time but it has been necessary to meet the demand for our post services.



In building the team we have been lucky to find people who share the Blackmagic mindset of creativity and quality above all. This year we have strengthened our 3D, 2D and VFX design capabilities. We’re only interested in hiring the best creative talent and that reflects in our work.

One of the biggest challenges for 2006 has been meeting the demand for our creative services. The steady infl ux of work from our regular clients has been added to this year by a considerable amount of regional referral work, which has put us in the unenviable position of having to decline some projects.

While most TVCs are still fi nished in SD, long form work is almost completely HD now.

This past year HD has had time to permeate the local industry and uptake of the format, particularly for highend documentaries, has significantly increased. Being one of very few fully HD capable facilities in the region, and the only facility able to handle all HD formats including Panasonic DVCPRO HD, Varicam, D5 and Sony HDcam and HDcamSR, the number of HD projects coming through our doors has increased dramatically and constitutes over 90% of our long form business.

The other major change at Blackmagic Design this year is we have just added Telecine and Film Scanning services. The new acquisitions allow us to offer film transfers in SD and HD formats and also Data scanning at up to 4K, making Blackmagic Design Singapore’s first and only DI facility.


Our Finest Works over the last 12 months
• NOKIA 6233, ‘Wimbledon’
• Smirnoff Ice, ‘G-Force’
• Bailey’s, ‘Wings’
• M1, ‘Boardroom / Sports News / Steam’.

Our Wish List for the year ahead The all too common assumption that ‘you have to go overseas to get an international looking job’ has to be overturned. We have had a number of small triumphs this past year in winning the confidence of Ad Agencies and keeping some major TVC campaigns in Singapore that would otherwise have defi nitely been posted overseas.

As more Singapore based Ad Agencies have positive experiences working with us, we look forward to retaining more of the major local projects and helping to put Singapore fi rmly on the world map as a centre for post production excellence.

We believe that international standard work can be done here in Singapore and we are doing our part to prove it. - Peter Barber, Director of Creative Services


INFINITE FRAMEWORKS

Infinite Frameworks
28 Bukit Pasoh Road, Singapore 089842
Tel: +65 6222 7888
www.frameworks.com.sgManagement Team
Mike Wiluan, Managing Director
Freddie Yeo, General Manager

Creative Team
Wendy Liow, VFX Supervisor
Lawrence Ang, Head Editor
Jonathan Ang, 3D Supervisor
Colin Foo, Senior VFX Artist

Contact Person/ Particulars:
Mike Wiluan (mike.wiluan@frameworks.com.sg)
Freddie Yeo (fyeo@frameworks.com.sg)
Donny Pereira (donny@frameworks.com.sg)

Our Main Clients
Most MNC Advertising Agencies and Production Companies from Singapore, Indonesia, China, Vietnam, Thailand and India


Recent Awards and Recognition
• Apollo Awards
• Creative Circle Awards
• Promax & BDA
• Opening Film for Cannes Director’s Fortnight

Most Challenging tasks over the last 12 months
We have been trying to incorporate new business revenue streams into the company including a 60-man animation pipeline to work on 3D animated feature films.

We have also gotten our feet wet with HD post productions for TVCs and feature films.

Lastly, we have been upgrading and restructuring personnel within Infinite Frameworks into new roles and responsibil i t ies to keep up with technological changes to meet company’s goals and missions.

Our Finest Works over the last 12 months
• DDB, Fluid Productions, RSAF (Air Force) TVC
• Y&R, Two Oceans, OCBC TVC
• Grey and Spunk Pictures, Sony Bravia TVC



Our Wish List for the year ahead
We hope that local talents and companies can get more recognition for their work.

Which X-men character best describes your outfit, and why?
None, because all of the X-Men characters are dependent on each other, especially in times of crisis. As individuals, they are just not strong enough. It is a team effort and that is how we would best describe Infinite Frameworks. - Freddie Yeo, General Manager


AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND


CUTTING EDGE

Cutting Edge
Cnr. Riverside Dve. & Jane St., West End
Qld, 4101
Tel: +617 3013 6222
www.cuttingedge.com.au

Management Team
John Lee, Group CEO
Ray Smith, CEO
Michael Burton, Managing Director
Kylee Ratz, General Manager
Dean Sutherland, Sydney Manager

Creative Team
Ben Folkman, Head of 3D
Ian Anderson, Animation Director
Jeff Gaunt, Head of Compositing
Cian Mcylsaght, Designer
Colin Renshaw, Flame Artist

Contact Person
Kylee Ratz, General Manager (kratz@cuttingedge.com.au; +617 3013 6222)
Dean Sutherland, Sydney Manager (dsutherland@cuttingedge.com.au; +612 8332 5999)
Jodie Camil ler i, VFX Producer (jcamilleri@cuttingedge.com.au; +617 3013 6222)

Our Main Clients
The following are some of the many clients we have worked with: Moby Pictures Japan, Hadaka; Johnson & Johnson’s, Softcare Wipes: New Mum (Lowe); Pepsi, Mountain Dew (JWT India); Yamaha, Gladiator (Bates); Lowe Worldwide, Pepsodent; ADK Japan, Awa Fresh; General Motors, Cummins & Partners Australia, Holden Barina: Basketball; and Uncle Toby’s, Uncle Toby’s Oats: Granny (Clemenger BBDO, Sydney).

Recent Awards and Recognition
• AWARD 2005: Bronze Pencil, CGI: Australia Rugby Union, Butterflies Bronze Pencil, Special Effects: Australia Rugby Union, Butterflies
• Apollo Awards 2006
• Best Visual Effects TVC over $US15,000: Australia Rugby Union Butterflies



Most Challenging tasks over the last 12 months
The most challenging thing for the company has been to continually assess the ever changing technology and to react at the right time to ensure that clients are offered the very best Cutting Edge service available. At Cutting Edge we pride ourselves on being leaders in post production to offer the benefi ts of new technologies and techniques.

Our Finest Works over the last 12 months
• Uncle Toby’s Australia, Clemenger BBDO Sydney, Granny We have worked on many great projects in the last twelve months. One of the most memorable ones being the series of three animated TVCs for Uncle Toby’s Australia with Clemenger BBDO Sydney titled “Granny”. It was a great project as we were involved right at character concept stage when the agency was pitching the concept to the client. We love being involved at this time as it enables our creatives to work with the agency creatives to produce a great product.

• Ross Tinney Films, Pepsodent Another memorable project was Pepsodent with Ross Tinney Films. We had all our production meetings via telephone and video conferences with Ross and his team in Indonesia and the communications were excellent. It was such a smooth process with our vfx team sending Quicktime fi les and animation sequences via the internet for approvals daily. The production company and agency then joined us in Australia for the fi nal days of compositing.

Our Wish List for the year ahead
Our philosophy continues to be our focus each year. To service our clients to the highest possible standard we can, whilst pushing the boundaries with our creative on every project. We look forward to working with more new clients in the next 12 months and continue to showcase our talents to the world.

Which X-men character best describes your outfit, and why?
Would you believe I haven’t seen the movie!!! Sorry! – Kylee Ratz, General Manager


FRAME SET & MATCH


Frame, Set & Match (FSM)
50 Strathallen Northbridge NSW 2063
Australia
Tel: +612 8966 5050
www.fsm.com.au

Management Team
Rick Schweikert, Managing Director
Steve Dunn, Managing Director

Creative Team
Brendan Savage, Design Director
Mike Wynd, Senior 3D Designer
Christine Trodd, Senior Colourist

Contact Person
Sharon Pearson, Senior Producer
Whitney Luxton, Senior VFX and Design Producer
Nathan Wellington, Post Production Supervisor

Our Main Clients
Having worked with all advertising and production companies in Australia, we have also worked with regional clients including: Dong Feng and TCL (Leo Burnett, Shanghai), Ford Focus (JWT, Shanghai), and BenQ (Leo Burnett, Hong Kong)




Recent Awards and Recognition
Ford Focus (China) for Music and Visual Effects

Most Challenging tasks over the last 12 months
FSM’s work flow has increased considerably over the past year and to maximize our growth and popularity, we have had to increased our staffi ng by 15% and introduce a third Flame suite. In the last 12 months, we have also constructed arguably the best 3D and design facility in Sydney, including the hiring and assembling of some of the hottest 3D and 2D designers town. FSM has also installed one of the most sophisticated Digital Intermediate suites in Australia, which provides up to 6K scanning on a Northlight scanner and full DI grading with 2K projector and theatre.

Although we have grown in size, prestige and stature, we have been able to maintain our hands on client service: Going beyond the expectations of what the client’s brief has stipulated - something that FSM continues to be famous for.

Our Finest Works over the last 12 months
• BenQ
• Tourism Australia
• Qantas
• Telstra Bigpond
• Hyundai Santa Fe.

Our Wish List for the year ahead
FSM would like to maintain our celebrated work ethic and creativity – with a standard of excel lence unsurpassed by other competitors. We wish to further open our doors to overseas markets and strengthen the bonds already fostered over the last 20 years that FSM has been in operation. We will continue to strive for prominence in the post-production industry - our belief is if we go beyond expectations and make our clients happy, then they can in turn make their clients happy. Our wish list is to continue to excel and complete this “full circle” idea within the post-production demands of our valued clients.

Which X-men character best describes your outfit, and why?
Rick Schweikert is Professor Xavier because he is the leader and the founder of the X-men
Jacqueline Archer is Rogue as she is powerful and can absorb powers to do good and accomplish tasks. - Rick Schweikert, Managing Director & Jacqueline Archer, Production Assistant


THE LAB SYDNEY


The LaB Sydney
4-14 Dickson Avenue, Artarmon, NSW
2064, Sydney, Australia
Tel: +612 9439 5922
www.thelabsydney.com.au

Management Team
Ian Johnson, General Manager

Creative Team
James Schofi eld, Design Director Garry
Jacques, Design Director Mark Bowey
Design Execut ive Thomas Kayser,
Design & Visual Effects Director Andrew
Clarkson, Senior Telecine Colourist Ben
Eagleton, Senior Telecine Colourist
Dwaine Hyde, Senior Telecine Colourist
Chris Spry, Head of 3D Chris Leaver,
Visual Effects Artist Steve Leacey,
Visual Effects Supervisor Marcus
Bolton, Visual Effects Artist Bertrand
Polivka, Visual Effects Artist Soren
Jensen, Visual Effects Supervisor

Contact Person/ Particulars:
Sam Harvey, Sales and Marketing Manager, Asi a ( sam.harvey@thelabsydney.com.au, +61 2 94395922)

Our Main Clients
We have worked with the following among many others, agencies including JWT (Japan), Dentsu (Japan), Hakuhodo (Japan); production houses including Dentsu Tec (Japan), Taiyo Kikaku (Japan), Tohokushinsha (Japan); and clients such as Key Point Production (China), and Cheil Communications (Korea).

Recent Awards and Recognition
• U.S. International Film and Video Festival Certificate for Creative Excellence, Toyota i-unit, Brand New Day
• Apollo Award 2006 Best Visual Effects, Canon Digic, Rodeo
• Best Visual Effects, Samsung Slimfit, Visit



Most Challenging tasks over the last 12 months
We are in product ion of a very challenging but exciting project for a major client in Japan. At the moment the client and project name are confi dential but when released it will be one of the best works we have ever done. The requirement is to create a photo realistic animal but with humanlike animation. It is a very fi ne line between engendering personality and keeping the creature realistic. We have to be very careful whilst giving the animal subtle texture to keep the realism by adding colourful expressions such as anger, confusion, and contentment.

Our Finest Works over the last 12 months
This would have to be the Samsung Slimfit spot for the South East Asian market which won an Apollo Award in the category of Best Visual Effects. It was, quite simply, a job that satisfi ed all the client’s creative requirements from beginning to end. This was a job where all involved excelled in their skills and tasks producing an excellent fi nal result.

Our Wish List for the year ahead
2006 has been our most successful year to date, especially in regards to growing and furthering our relationships with clients. We would like to continue to develop these relationships and like to fi nd and develop new partners within the Asian region. As ever, our focus and mission is to deliver the best possible creative.

Which X-men character best describes your outfit, and why?
Professor Charles Xavier as he is a leader and he looks a little bit like Chris Spry, our Head of 3D!
- Ian Johnson, General Manager, Sam Harvey, Sales and Marketing Manager, Asia


SAUCE


Sauce
153 Thorndon Quay, PO Box 1983,
Wellington
Tel: +64 4 472 2654
www.sauce.co.nz;

Management Team
David Tingey
Darryn Smith
Colin Brown
Creative Team
Darryn Smith
Colin Brown
Lloyd Baptista
Joe Churchill
Simon Burgin
Davee Ramos San Diego
Storm Johnson

Contact Person
Colin Brown, VFX Producer (colin@
sauce.co.nz +64 4 472 2654 / +64 27 223
9774)

Our Main Clients
Our main client base resides within New Zealand and Australia, but we have just entered the Asian market and are looking to expand our Asia client base.

Recent Awards and Recognition
• Gold Promax Winner, Best PSA
• Asia Image Apollo Award Winner, Best PSA
Best Visual Effects (under $15,000 US)
Best Cinematography (under $15,000 US
Runner-Up, Best Visual Effects (under $15,000 US)
Finalist, Best TVC (under $15,000 US)
Finalist, Best Direction (under $15,000 US)



Most Challenging tasks over the last 12 months
The last 12 months has been busy for Sauce. Sauce has seen signifi cant growth in all areas of the business, keeping up with this is very challenging.



Our Finest Works over the last 12 months
This is always a very hard question, because every piece of work should be your best! I would say our fi nest work was to get recognition within Asia for the work we have done.

Our Wish List for the year ahead
At the top of our wish list would be to do more work throughout Asia, we have found working with people in Asia to be exciting and rewarding. Also to have more fun!

Which X-men character best describes your outfi t, and why?
Probably Storm, because she is beautiful, yet she is very powerful and can create both havoc and calm. - Colin Brown, VFX Producer


THAILAND


ORIENTAL POST

Oriental Post
333/3 Ratchadanivej, Soi 19, Pracha-UThit
Road, Samsaen-nok, Huaykwang,
Bangkok 10320
Tel: +662 690 6955
www.orientalpost.co.th

Management Team
Bobbie Wong, President
(Ms.) Pawadee Chant anom, VP, Operations & Executive Producer
(Ms.) Kamonthip Tachasakulmas, AVP, General Management & New Business Development
John Galvin, Director of Post Production

Creative Team
Mat thew Szabo, Senior Telecine Colorist
Debora Huen, Senior Telecine Colorist
Sarayouth Phuksawattanachai, Senior Telecine Colorist
Derick Wong, Senior Digital Artist
Telly Fung, Senior Digital Artist
Doolyakorn Kamonsathianrat, Senior Digital Artist
Yoskrai Koedsuwan, Senior Digital Artist

Contact Person
(Ms.)Punyanut Chakuttri, Oh (Producer)
(oh@orientalpost.co.th, producer@orientalpost.co.th)
(Ms.)Ornisha Swasdikiat, Onn (Production Coordinator - DI) (ornisha@orientalpost.co.th, di@orientalpost.co.th)



Our Main Clients
Our clients from Hong Kong include JCE Movies, Emperor Motion Pictures, Edko Film, Applause Pictures, Stage Empire, Base Production, and Media Asia Films; clients from Singapore include J Team Productions and Mediacorp Raintree Pictures; clients from Indonesia are Kalyana Shira Film, Tripar Multivision Plus, Kemistry, and Miles Production; Malaysian clients include Starry Eye Productions, and Classic Film Gallery; Chinese clients are Shanghai Film Group Corporation and BDI Films; Vietnam clients include Starfaces Film, Viva Production, and Sud-Est Production; clients from Philippines are United Asia Production, Unitel Production, Production Village; Australian clients include Corner Store Films; and Thai clients Phenomena, Triton, Matching Studio, GMM Tai Hub, Sahamongkol Film, Five Star Production, and RS Promotion.

Recent Awards and Recognition
• Cannes International Advertising Festival 2006 Gold Lion Award, Smooth E Baby Face Foam, JEH United, Phenomena, The Love Story Gold Lion Award, Bangkok Insurance, Creative Juice \ G1, Phenomena, Tyre Gold Lion Award, Bangkok Insurance, Creative Juice \ G1, Phenomena, Twister Gold Lion Award, Bangkok Insurance, Creative Juice \ G1, Phenomena, Robbery

• AP Adfest Awards 2006 The Best of Film and Gold Award, Smooth E Baby Face Foam, JEH United, Phenomena, The Love Story 2 Gold Awards, Bangkok Insurance, Creative Juice \ G1, Phenomena, Tyre 2 Gold Awards, Bangkok Insurance, Creative Juice \ G1, Phenomena, Twister Gold and Bronze awards, Bangkok Insurance, Creative Juice \ G1, Phenomena, Robbery

• CLIO Awards 2006 Gold Award, Bangkok Insurance, Creative Juice \ G1, Phenomena, Robbery Gold Award, Bangkok Insurance, Creative Juice \ G1, Phenomena, Tyre 2 Gold Awards, Bangkok Insurance, Creative Juice \ G1, Phenomena, Twister Silver Award, Smooth E Baby Face Foam, JEH United, Phenomena, The Love Story

• One Show Awards 2006 Silver Award, Bangkok Insurance, Creative Juice \ G1, Phenomena, Robbery Silver Award, Bangkok Insurance, Creative Juice \ G1, Phenomena, Tyre Silver Award, Bangkok Insurance, Creative Juice \ G1, Phenomena, Twister Silver Award, Smooth E Baby Face Foam, JEH United, Phenomena, The Love Story

Most Challenging tasks over the last 12 months
Our most challenging task has been establishing a hi-tech Digital Intermediate Colour Grading Theatre, which is the fi rst in South East Asia. It is equipped with Da Vinci’s Resolve (a real-time 2K colour corrector), a Sony 4K projector and a Sony custom-made 4.5- meter screen. It is the closest setting to a movie theatre that allows our colourists and clients to see the elements on the screen as they will appear in a movie theatre to get the ultimate “big screen” feel and to achieve color precision right from the beginning.

Our Finest Works over the last 12 months
The Go Master, film directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang (China) Which X-men character best describes your outfi t, and why? Professor Xavier and Jean Grey. I believe we have to some extent, telepathic powers of considerable level as we have been able to read and understand our clients’ minds: what they want, what their visions and preferences are, etc. That has helped us deliver projects best suited to our clients’ needs. - Bobbie Wong, President


POST BANGKOK

The Post Bangkok
1613, 1615, 1617 Soi Ladprao 94 (Panjamitr) Ladprao Rd.
Wangtonglang, Bangkok 10310, Thailand
Tel: +662 530 3979
www.the-post-bkk.com

Management Team
Suchada (Sue) Somasavachai , President
Vannee Jirativanont, Vice President
Narin (Pan) Visi tsak, Animation Director
Richard Downing, Director of Post Production
Sankom (Ment) Sangsorn, Executive Producer (Thai)
Melanie Low, Executive Producer (Regional)
Prapon (Au) Sirisomboon, Executive Producer (Feature Film)
Naowarat (Ra th) Srisathaporn, Marketing
Supachai (Leng) Chanyasawad, Marketing (Regional)

Contact Person/ Particulars:
Ment, Executive Producer (Thai) (ment@the-post-bkk.com)
Melanie, Executive Producer (Regional) (melanie@the-post-bkk.com)
Au, Executive Producer (Feature Film) (au@the-post-bkk.com)
Rath, Marketing (rath@the-post-bkk.com)
Leng, Marketing (Regional) (leng@the-post-bkk.com)

Our Main Clients
We have worked with Thai clients including Matching Studio (Thailand), Film Factory (Thailand), Sky Exits (Thailand), Mu-An-Ja-I (Thailand), and regional clients from China, Korea, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia.

Most Challenging tasks over the last 12 months
The acquisition and confi guration of the Lustre grading system and subsequent migration of our feature film work into the new environment has been the dominant task since late 2005 and continues to be so.

Our Finest Works over the last 12 months
It is difficult to choose from so many projects that pass through The Post Bangkok in a 12 month period but some that come to mind include:

• Sony Bravia
This is a good example of our growing maturi t y in the postproduct ion design area and is certainly a very stylish effort.

• Ponds White Beauty
This did not involve a huge amount of advanced post on this job, rather a series of beautiful images that any colourist or digital artist would love to have on her reel.

• Ise Jingu
This stunning 4-minute piece was commissioned by TYO of Japan to record a historical document of this very sacred but relatively obscure Japanese Temple. Because of the archival nature of the project, we have plans to re-construct it in 2K using Lustre as the central grading tool and then printing back to fi lm from the 2K master.

• i-ou Energy Drinks
Ambitious CGI brief based on a man made of water which came off pretty well.

• Sony, Cyber-Shot
It featured many ef f ects on almost every shot which was still accomplished effi ciently.

• Plus City Park, Design
This represents a great online design effort complete with stylish visuals and the benefi t of a tape-totape colour grade at the end.

Our Wish List for the year ahead
We hope to be home for all film makers, to be the best in DI service and also, to achieve a high profi le in major world fi lm markets.



Which X-men character best describes your outfit, and why?
I think Cyclops will be the guy, because he has determination, true love and a single eye (well, actually 2 eyes that become one). Like us at The Post Bangkok, we love and enjoy what we are doing and will always focus on what we do. - Richard Downing , Supachai Chanyasawad, Melanie Low, Sankom Sangsorn




FAME POST

Fame Post-Production Company Ltd.
1401 Soi Ladphrao 94, Srivara Road,
Wangthonglang, Bangkok 10310 THAILAND
Tel: +662 559 3245
www.famepost.com

Management Team
Khun Varaphan Leelachart, CEO
Khun Wilaiwan Leelachart, Executive Director
Nicholas A. Chan, COO/General Manager



Contact Person/ Particulars
Nicholas A. Chan (Nicky) (producer@famepost.com; +662 5593245)

Our Main Clients
Our main clients have included Ogilvy & Mather (Shanghai), Grey Worldwide, Unilever (Thailand, Philippines), Procter & Gamble, TBWA (Japan), and Lowe Worldwide. We have also worked with production houses both local and overseas, including Unitel (Philippines), MCI (Philippines), Provil (Philippines), Filmex (Philippines)

Most Challenging tasks over the last 12 months
Our most challenging recent project has been the Thai feature film “King Naresuan”.

Our Finest Works over the last 12 months
• Frisk, TBWA (Japan)
• LUX, JWT (Worldwide)
• Shark beverage, Spa Advertising



Our Wish List for the year ahead
Aiming to develop a bigger and stronger marketing network to serve our overseas client and at the same time serving our local and overseas clients on the feature fi lms business.

Which X-men character best describes your outfit, and why?
I would think of Wolverine, he is low profile, cool, with sharp observation. Wolverine embodies the phrase “Do the right move at the right moment – Nicholas A. Chan


INDIA


PRASAD

Prasad EFX
Prasad Media Corporation Limited, NTR
Gardens, LIC Division P.O., Hyderabad,
500 063
Tel: +91 40 2344 8888
www.efxmagic.com

Management Team
Sai Prasad, Director
Kavita Prasad, Director Creative Team
Himakumar, Rajiv Raghunathan

Contact Person/ Particulars
Vishal Singh (vishal@efxmagic.com, +91 9940169769)

Our Main Clients
Major film makers, advertising agencies from around the world Recent Awards and Recognition
• Acclaim for VFX in ‘Krrish’
• Nat ional Award for best film laboratory for Prasad Film Labs
• Indian Commemorative Postage Stamp released in the memory of group founder L.V.Prasad



Most Challenging tasks over the last 12 months
Krrish, the first feature film from India with a superhero and loaded with over 90 minutes of high end VFX has received a tumultuous reception from the public, industry and media alike. Prasad EFX was behind the entire VFX and Digital Intermediate. Over 1200 VFX shots were executed to perfection in our facility at Chennai. The DI was done at our studio in Mumbai. Prasad Film Labs, a group company and the largest network of film labs in India, made over 750 release prints for Krrish.

Our Finest Works over the last 12 months
Krrish



Our Wish List for the year ahead
We hope to be involved in many more international projects for the coming year and build on our achievements. - Mohan Krishnan, Head, Corporate Communications, Prasad Group.


MAYA ENTERTAINMENT

Maya Entertainment Limited
23, Shah Industrial Estate, Off Veera
Desai Road, Andheri (West), Mumbai
400 053 India
Tel: +91 22 2673 1145/6/7/8
www.mayaent.com

Management Team
Rajesh Turakhia, CEO
Mukund Argikar, CFO
Shambhoo Phalke, Senior. VP Operation CG
C B Arun Kumar, Senior. VP Operation FX

Creative Team
Chetan Desai, Head Creative & Technical
Priyam Sen Chatterji, Creative Director
Arga Sen Gupta, Creative Director
Krishnaswamy, Creative Director
Paritosh Kumar Bhargava, Creative Director

Contact Person
Rajesh Turakhia (rajesh@mayaent.com)
S. Falke (sfalke@mayaent.com, Tel: +91 98703 27988)

Our Main Clients
ZOO Group, BBC, UK
Electronic Arts, USA
Nickleodeon, UK

Recent Awards and Recognition
• Nominated for Best Children’s Animated Programme, BAFTA The Tale of Jack Frost
• Nominated for Best Game Cinematics, GDC Golden Eye II - The Rogue Agent
• Won Best Visual Effects Award, FICCI BAF Awards 2006 Mangal Pandey



Our Finest Works over the last 12 months
• World Series Of Poker (USA)
• The Darkest Faerie (USA)
• BBC (UK),The Tale of Jackfrost,
• Nickelodeon (UK), Weather Kids
• Electronics Arts (USA), Golden Eye
• Nickelodeon (UK), Hairy Dogs
• VFX work for Mangal Pandey (India)



Our Wish List for the year ahead
Getting and delivering projects which would make us smile and proud, and to establish a 300 CG Artist world class studio doing enviable assignments.

Which X-men character best describes your outfit, and why?
Maya Entertainment can be related to Professor Charles Xavier from X-men, because it is an organization of superhumanly powerful animators (mutants) and the idea to train such animators (mutants) in the uses of their superhuman powers to produce outstanding work of art. - Rajesh Turakhia, S. Falke


PRIME FOCUS



Prime Focus Limited (incl. Prime Focus Plus)
Anand Kunj, North Avenue, Linking
Road, Santa Cruz (West), Mumbai,
400-054
primefocus.co.in

London Subsidiaries: VTR Group including VTR Limited, Blue Post Production Limited, the Hive, Clear Post Production, TMR Digital, TMR, KPost & USV

Management Team
Namit Malhotra, Managing Director
(Prime Focus Limited):
Nishant Fadia, Chief Financial Officer
(Prime Focus Limited):
Neil Lane, Managing Director (VTR Group):
Bhaarath Sundar, CEO (Prime Focus Limited)
Anshul Doshi, Finance Director (VTR Group) & VP, Strategy and Business Development
Yohann Abrahan, CEO (Prime Focus Plus)

Creative Team
Merzin Tavaria, Creative Head, VFX Supervisor and Editor
Huzefa Lokhandwala, VFX Supervisor and Editor
Prakash Kurup, VFX Supervisor and Editor
Simon Huhtala, VFX Supervisor and Editor
John Harvey, 3D VFX
Phil Hurrell, 3D VFX
Miten Udeshi, Colorist
Tom Russell, Colorist
George Kyriacou, Colorist

Contact Person
Bhaarath Sundar (bhaarath@primefocus.co.in)
Neil Lane (neil.lane@vtrgroup.com)
Yohann Abrahan (yohann@primefocus.co.in)



Our Main Clients
We have worked for adver t ising agencies including: JWT (India & UK), Leo Burnett (UK), Publicis (UK), Saatchi & Saatchi, Ogilvy and Mather (UK & India), McCann Erickson (UK, US, India), Ramesh Deo Productions (India), Corcosie Films (India), Whitelight (India), Highlight Films (India), MAD Films (India), Equinox (India), and PS Films (India).

We have also been involved in feature fi lms for clients including: Sanjay Leela Bhansali (India), Yash Raj Film (India), Red Chillies (India), Vidhu Vinod Chopra Productions (India), IDream Productions (India & UK), Matador Pictures (UK), and DNA Films (UK).

Broadcast has also been part of our services for clients such as: BBC (UK), Channel 4 (UK), MTV (India), Channel V (India), Sky (UK), ITV (UK), Sony (India), and Star TV (India).

Recent Awards and Recognition India
• Star Screen Awards 2005: Best Visual Effects: Vaah! Life Ho To Aisi Best Film Editing: Yahaan
• IIFA Awards 2006: Best Visual Effects: Musafi r
• ZEE Cinema Awards 2006: Best Visual Effects, Zinda
• ABBYS (Craft Awards): 1 Gold, Best Commercial: Prakash Kurup 3 Silver, Best Edit ing: Huzefa Lokhandwala UK
• Promax / BDA European Awards, VTR Group projects which got awards Best Television Image Campaign Gold, Dunning Eley Jones, UK, UKTV Style Gardens Gold, BBC World, UK Putting News First Silver, ProSiebenSat1Produktion, Germany, ProSieben Star Force Best Subscription Promo Gold, CNN, UK, CNN Mobile, Witness, devilfish Silver, BSkyB, UK, Sky+ 24 Best Website/Interactive Promotion Gold, Red Bee Media, UK, Audio Description 2 Silver, CNN, UK, CNN Mobile - Witness, devilfi sh Best Mixed Media Package Design Gold, Gulli, France, Dream On Silver, Dunning Eley Jones, UK, SF Brand Identity Best On-Air Ident (Out-Of-House) Gold, Red Bee Media, UK, BBC Four Library Silver, Dunning Eley Jones, UK UKTV Style Gardens ‘Climber’ Best Sting Gold, Music Box, Sogecable, Spain Silver, Dunning Eley Jones, UK, SF 1 ‘Christmas’.

Most Challenging tasks over the last 12 months
Creation of background plate of New York City in full 3D for a feature film theatrical in 21/2 weeks.

Advertisement commercial for Happy Dent White, India, for Equinox films. First advertisement which was converted based on edit into a 80 second commercial and got approval. Visual Ef fects for India’s f irst mainstream HD feature film. Over 800 shots to be completed in 90 days, involving creation of 3D clouds, 3D hell and heaven.

Creation of Visual ef f ect s for advertisement commercial for ‘Hiscox’, out of VTR in London. Visual Effects supervision and 3D.

Creation of full 3D commercial for ‘Unitech’, Indian construction company, involving creation of clouds taking shape of building, amusement parks, recreational facilities, villa, etc.

Our Finest Works over the last 12 months
• Creation of background plate of New York City in full 3D for a feature film theatrical in 21/2 weeks.

• Advertisement commercial, Happy Dent White, India, for Equinox fi lms: First advertisement converted based on edit into a 80-second commercial and got approval.

• The creation of visual effects for advert isement commercial for ‘Hiscox’ which involved creation and compositing of 3D cats. (VTR, London)

• Creation of full 3D commercial for ‘Unitech’, Indian construction company, involving creat ion of clouds taking shape of building, amusement parks, recreational facilities, villas, etc.

Our Wish List for the year ahead
We hope to outsource Visual Effects work for major worldwide releases to be executed through a combination of our studios in Soho, London and India.

We are working on all the visual effects for the first Indian fi lm to be funded by Sony Pictures International out of India We have also completed visual effects for an India fi lm, the fi rst to be released by Sony Pictures International worldwide. - Namit Malhota, Anshul Doshi


PHILIPPINES


LARGER THAN LIFE

Larger Than Life
BF FM Lopez II building, Carlos Palanca
St., Legaspi Village, Makati City, 1229,
Philippines
Tel: +632 893 6080 /1
www.largerthanlife.ph

Management Team
Marcus T. Ng, President/CEO
Ronald Stephen Monteverde, Director, Sales and Marketing
Joseph Desmond Cruel, Director, Operations



Creative Team
Ramon Rono, Creative Director, CG/Visual Effects
Jason Cahapay, Creative Director, Editorial/Post-Production

Contact Person
Ronald Stephen Monteverde, Director, Sales and Marketing (dondon@largerthanlife.ph)
Joseph Desmond Cruel, Director, Operations (joseph@largerthanlife.ph)

Our Main Clients
Some of our clients include McDonald’s (Philippines), San Miguel Corp., Toyot a (Phi l ippines), Colga t e- Palmolive, Century Canning, Smart Communications, UNITRADE, HBC, UNILAB, Abbott Labs, PLDT, Heinz, Purefoods Corporation, Sky Cable, ABSCBN Broadcasting Corporation, GMA 7, and Ayala Land.

Some of the advertising agencies that we have worked with are McCann Worldgroup, Dentsu, Ace-Saatchi, Ogilvy & Mather, Jimenez-Basic, DDB Philippines, DM9, FCB, TBWA, ASPAC, Lowe, Y & R. Leo-Burnett, BBDO, and Campaigns & Grey.

Most Challenging tasks over the last 12 months
One of the first challenges was setting up of our facility in thirty days from the ground up.

The second challenge would have been getting some of the brightest artists to work for us. We were up against time, as we had to set up and hire our most of staff simultaneously. This was done in almost one month’s time.



Lastly, barely 3 months old we have done around 30 ads, one 60-episode television series and a full length feature fi lm. One of our most notable achievements was the television series for ABS-CBN. The series, which is expected to revolutionize network television series in the Philippines, involves visual effects on-site supervision, CG and visual effects through online and grading. Larger Than Life has been tasked to do 60 twenty-two minute episodes.

Our Finest Works over the last 12 months
We have done a considerable number of Television commercials in the last four months of operation, ranging from promotional material, tacticals to thematic ads. We can safely say that although we are barely half a year in the business, we have worked with the brightest minds and some of the biggest names in the industry, including most of the major advertising agencies. I feel our fi nest works are the ones we did these past few months.

Our Wish List for the year ahead
We hope to raise the quality of the local film and television industry and aim to be one of the leaders in Digital Intermediate in the Asia Pacifi c region.

Which X-men character best describes your outfit, and why?
Prof. Charles Xavier, because like him, Larger Than Life is doubly gifted, not only having fantastic capabilities, but also possessing a multi-disciplinary intellect. Larger Than Life is a leader with a vision. Despite any obstacle we face, we fi nd a way to take our plan into action. Larger Than Life discovers new talents and helps them reach their full potential, bringing out the best in them. We use our innate extraordinary talents to make a difference in the Philippines post-production industry. – Joseph Desmond Cruel


ROADRUNNER NETWORK


Roadrunner Network, Inc
G/F Sedcco 1 building, 120 Rada St.,
Legaspi Village, 1229 Makat i City,
Philippines
Tel: +632 812 5851/2/3/4
www.roadrunner.com.ph

Management Team
Rick Hawthorne, Acting Managing Director
Manet Dayrit, Operations Manager, Film Division
Albert Michael Idioma, Facility Manager, Audio
Ingque Marcelo, Radio and TV Commercial Marketing Manager
Menchu Pastor, Executive Producer, RTV
George Buencamino, Facility Manager, RTV
Ricardo ‘Jun’ Enriquez Jr., Facility Manager Laboratory services.

Creative Team
Joel Medina, 3D

Contact Person
Ingque Marcelo, Radio & TV Commercial Marketing Manager (ingquevm@roadrunner.com.ph)

Our Main Clients
We have worked with agencies including AB Communications, Ace-Saatchi & Saatchi, Adformatix, Inc., ASAPAC, BBDO Guerrero Ortega, Brand Asia, Campaigns and Grey, Cabal lero, Catalytx, DDB Phils., FCB Worldwide, Gallardo & Associates, J. Romero & Associates, J. Walter Thompson, Jimenezbasic Advertising, Leo Burnett, Lowe Incorporated, McCann Erickson Phils. Ogilvy & Mather, TBWA/Santiago, Mangada Puno, and Y&R Philippines Inc.

Our clients include Alaska Milk Corporation, Avon Cosmetics, Inc., Chowking Food Corporation, Colgate- Palmolive (Philippines, Inc.), Globe Telecom, Inc., Johnson & Johnson Phils. (8574), Jollibee Foods Corporation, Monde Nissin Corporation, Nestle Philippines, Inc., Unilab, Procter and Gamble Distributing (Philippines) Inc., and Smart Communications, Inc.



Recent Awards and Recognition
• New Zealand International Documentary Festival Finalist, Valveman Valveman, a documentary f ilm that innovatively blends a variety of motion design and filmed reenactments, the last hundred years since radio began through to the early days of television. This has been placed in over 23 International festivals. Roadrunner has been recognized for its involvement in motion design and Post. The Documentary is a fi nalist in the New Zealand International Documentary Festival. The judges included are from Hot-Docs and the UK.

• 2006 Cinemalaya Phi l ippine Independent Film Festival Best Editing, Tulad ng Dati Best Sound, Tulad ng Dati Road Runner is very pleased to have been involved with the 2006 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival, and in helping to make it such a resounding success. We are very honored to have worked on the award winning entries Tulad ng Dati and Donsol. Cinemalaya has recognized our efforts in post production and we won Best Editing and Best Sound for Tulad ng Dati



Most Challenging tasks over the last 12 months
Feature fi lm post production including Visual FX and Dolby sound design, mixing and optical fi lm recording of Star Cinema’s horror fl ick Sukob. TVC project ‘ All Together Now’ for Palmolive was given a schedule of 5 days to complete but we ended up fi nishing it in 2 ½ days. We simultaneously used 4 machines and a pool of editors to do the job.

Our Finest Works over the last 12 months
• Star Cinema, Sukob We have had great satisfaction in the potential ‘Sukob’ has had to offer with its 5.1 E.X. surround sound.
• TVC projects:
Beach
Wolverine
Basketball
Extreme
Vortex
Mahal
Battle Cry

Our Wish List for the year ahead
We have always wished for more storage, new software upgrades, seminars and technology for Post and exposure to new techniques.

Which X-men character best describes your outfit, and why?
Wolverine - The Roadrunner Team, including Editors and Marketing.


MALAYSIA


MFX

Moon FX Sdn Bhd, 199, Jalan Ampang,
50450, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Tel: +603 2141 2219
mfx.st

Management Team
Moon K. Chan, Managing Director
Peter Coleman, Operations Director

Creative Team
Ng Yoon See, Digital Artist
Chan Moon Choong, Digital Artist
Ng Soo Siung, Editor
Tan Lee Chia, 3D
Lau Kim San, Animation Director
Kwen Boon Yeo, 2D
Wee Aik Luen, 2D
Pitt Ong, Design & Motion Graphics

Contact Person
Moon K. Chan, Managing Director (moon@mfx.st)
Peter Coleman, Operations Director (peter@mfx.st)

Our Main Clients
We have worked with BBDO (Malaysia), Ogil v y & Ma ther ( I ndi a), Grey (India), Disney, (Singapore), Airtime Management & Programming (Malaysia), Bausch & Lomb China Inc. (China), Maxis Communication (Malaysia), Reckitt Benckiser International (Worldwide), and Xian-Jassen Pharmaceutical Ltd (China) among the many.

Recent Awards and Recognition
• Asia Pacific Ad Festival 2006 Finalist, Public Service Messages and Cause Appeal Category, WWF, Save The Tiger
• New York Festivals 2006 Bronze World Medal, Editing, MAS 58th Anniversary, From All Of Us
• Asia Image Apollo Awards 2006 Winner, 2D Animation, Kaki Seni, 3rdAnnual Boh Cameronian Arts Awards Night Promo Finalist, Digi Corporate What If Winner, Single Programme Promo, Astro FIFA 2006 World Cup Promo, Dimension Public Service Announcement, WWF, Save the Tiger Finalist, Editing, Olympus Kung Fu
• Hiroshima International Animation Festival 2006 Finalist, WWF, Save the Tiger
• Australian Effects & Animation Festival 2005 Finalist, Commercial Animation: Kaki Seni 3rd Annual Boh Cameronian Arts Awards Night Promo Finalist, Proton Savvy, Scratch
• Malaysia Video Awards 2005 Gold, Editing, Sony Wega, Freeze Bronze, Editing, Djarum, Futsal Gold, Special Effects, Proton Savvy, Scratch Silver, Special Effects, Ridsect, Changes Gold, Animation, Proton Savvy, Scratch Silver, Hotlink Rewards, Birds Part 1 Gold, Motion Graphics Design, Djarum, Futsal

Most Challenging tasks over the last 12 months
Finding talents who have the passion to take on the challenge of delivering world class quality works.

Our Finest Works over the last 12 months
• Proton Savvy, Scratch
• WWF, Save The Tiger
• Big Babol, Adoptive Tortoise
• Astro FIFA World Cup Promo

Our Wish List for the year ahead
We wish for Peace to the world such that we can continue to get exciting and challenging work from around the world!

Which X-men character best describes your outfit, and why?
Professor Xavier, as we are always thinking deep into the client’s thoughts and knowing what they want us to achieve. - Moon K. Chan

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