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1. America: Promised Land

   December 22, 2021 2:02 pm Comments Off on America: Promised Land

   America: Promised Land is an epic tale that begins in 1600s New Amsterdam and takes us through nearly 400 years to more recent waves of migration post WW2. This 2-part, 4 hour documentary special for History Channel was produced by Nutopia and broadcast on Memorial Day and was a fascinating project to work on at Moonraker.

   

   

   

   

   The team thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of bringing the census data to life in an engaging and stylised way. The bold design enabled the key elements of the stories to be told clearly and helped the maps to tie in with the overall feel of the series. We used multiple two dimensional and three dimensional techniques to achieve the unique look and to ensure that the maps were accurately conveying the census data.

   

   

   

   

   

   Key Credits

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   Broadcaster: History Channel
   Production Company: Nutopia
   Executive Producer: Dominic Crossley-Holland
   Series Producer: Hereward Pelling
   VFX Executive Producer: Jon Grafton
   VFX Creative Director: Simon Clarke
   VFX Producer: Emma Kolasinska

2. Test Project

   October 6, 2021 3:30 pm Comments Off on Test Project

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   Moonraker worked with Emmy and Bafta award winning production company Talesmith to produce thirty minutes worth of photoreal CGI for this ambitious two-hour feature documentary.

   Life of Earth is a spectacular film that delves into the planet’s extraordinary 4.5 billion year history, as never seen before, from the unique vantage point of space.

   Shots produced ranged from thermal imaging of the first humans crossing the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia, to views from the International Space Station, which have been transformed to show Earth as it would have been seen over a span of billions of years..

   

3. The Life of Earth from Space

   January 13, 2021 6:18 pm Comments Off on The Life of Earth from Space

   Moonraker worked with Emmy and Bafta award winning production company Talesmith to produce thirty minutes worth of photoreal CGI for this ambitious two-hour feature documentary.

   Life of Earth is a spectacular film that delves into the planet’s extraordinary 4.5 billion year history, as never seen before, from the unique vantage point of space.

   Shots produced ranged from thermal imaging of the first humans crossing the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia, to views from the International Space Station, which have been transformed to show Earth as it would have been seen over a span of billions of years.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

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   Broadcaster: Smithsonian Channel
   Production Company: Zee Entertainment
   Executive Producer: Martin Williams
   Series Producer: Ruth Roberts
   Series Director: Luke Wiles
   VFX Creative Director: Simon Clarke
   VFX Creative Lead: Graham Stott
   VFX Producer: Emma Kolasinska

4. The Last Czars

   5:40 pm Comments Off on The Last Czars

   When social upheaval sweeps Russia in the early 20th century, Czar Nicholas II resists change, sparking a revolution and ending a dynasty. From exploding houses and carriages to large CG crowd simulations and a foreboding title sequence Moonraker collaborated with Nutopia to elevate the drama in this 6 part Netflix Original series.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

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   Broadcaster: Netflix
   Production Company: Nutopia
   VFX Creative Lead: Graham Stott
   VFX Producer: Emma Kolasinska
   3D Supervisor: Tom Downes
   Titles: Alex Dilworth

5. History 101

   November 28, 2020 2:00 am Comments Off on History 101

   Moonraker helped bring big History to a new generation in this Netflix Original series of rare ITN archive and radical animated sequences.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   History 101 dives head first into a disparate range of subject matter from Robots and AIDS to Feminism and Nuclear Power delivering bite size lessons on game changing developments in our world.

   We created a bold, contemporary graphic universe for the series that visualises crazy statistical data, binding the weight of the archival narrative spine with vivid, dynamically fluid punctuations.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

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   Broadcaster: Netflix
   Production Company: ITN Productions
   Director: Simon George
   Production: Kate Hampson, Gabriella James
   Art Director: Alex Dilworth
   VFX Producer: Scott Metcalfe