thank you for coming

it was a great saturday for sure. thank you everyone for attending our screening of "The Tree Investigators: The Secret of Skeleton Island" - we hope you had as much fun as we did. of course, this won't be the last time we organized a screening like this. expect more as soon as our next projects hit the big screen. again, thank you for coming - we hope you enjoyed it.

film 'n frühstück (breakfast)

rise | visual effects berlin is proud to invite friends and family to a private screening of "The Three Investigators and the Secret of Skeleton Island" on 17th November, 12 o'clock at the Film-Palast Berlin, Kurfürstendamm 225. Please write an email or give us a quick call if you would like to attend and tell us if you are coming alone or if you are incredibly popular and therefore bringing more company. Because it's a matinée we will serve fresh croissants and pie along with coffee and champaign.

Danke Schoen

there is no better way to say "Thank You" to our crew that worked on "The Three Investigators and the Secret of Skeleton Island" then to sing Wayne Newton's song "Danke Schoen". the song has been playing in our head for some time now, especially every time we pass a billboard in Berlin showing the movie poster (pretty much every single one right now). so here we go: Danke Schoen Florian Schröder for being a kick-ass lead compositor who knows what he's talking about, both artistically and technically. Danke Schoen Mohsen Mousavi for running the cgi part of the show almost on your own as technical director and lead artist, including modelling, lighting, animation, simulation, and rendering. Danke Schoen to our compositors Joerg Bruemmer, Benjamin Krebs, Michael Lankes, Claudia Lechen, Dirk Matzkuhn, Natalie Meffert, Christian Pundschus, Bastian Schreitling, Gregory Schuchmann, Florian Schuck, Tim Stern, Michael Wagner and Jonathan Weber for literally putting everything together, making it look cool and consistent. Danke Schoen Andreas Adamek for painting sets that don't exist in the real world, Mareike Hilgenfeldt for rotoscoping the impossible, Simon Ohler for the best cgi airline ticket ever and Alexander Nietzold for programming all the tools that made our life so much easier. so Danke Schoen everyone, hoping to see you soon - knowing that Danke Schoen is correctly spelled Dankeschön... if you are reading this and you haven't worked on the movie or haven't seen it yet or both: go to a theatre tomorrow, smile at the lady at the counter and buy a ticket. the movie launches nationwide in germany on 8th november - which is tomorrow. it's one hell of a ride!

florian

sandals and socks

yes, we were already eating stollen and putting our socks up on the chimney in august. just because we had to prepare a special present for you, the visual effects for the XFilme feature "Meine schöne Bescherung". the movie by director Vanessa Jopp is a hilarious comedy about "polynuclear familystructures" at christmas time. the movie is hitting theatres on 22th november - make sure to check it out.

new cms for news section

we've just switched to a new content management system for the news section. expect new posts more often from now on as it's much easier and faster then the html editing stuff we used to do. we could do this while we're taking a zip from our coffee cup. honestly. no kidding. we're serious. cup empty...

thank you, fmx attendees

who would have thought prior to fmx that so many artists have been watching our every move carefully while we were getting started? thank you to everyone at fmx for your interest and open mindedness. we are looking forward to see you soon in our new office!

rise recruiting at fmx'07

rise | visual effects berlin is recruiting freelance cgi and compositing artists at fmx'07 from may 1-4 in stuttgart. please visit our recruiting panel on thursday, may 3, 2007 or write an email to arrange a meeting. keep them demo reels coming!

official fmx website

website launched

robert, sven, markus and florian would like to welcome everyone to our new website. we hope you like it. a big "thank you" to all the artists who contributed their time and hard work. if you have thoughts to share or requests to make, commenting will be available soon in our news blog.