Pinewood partners with mo-cap specialist Centroid

Film studio Pinewood has partnered with Centroid as its preferred supplier of motion capture services across its three UK studios.

The mo-cap specialist has worked on numerous movies including Guardians of the Galaxy, World War Z and upcoming James Bond film Spectre. It has also worked on titles such as Kinect Sports Rivals and Crysis 3.

Pinewood head of business development Jules Robinson said the move will offer its clients a new and "cost-effective" service.

“As part of Pinewoods expanding services we now offer a world class motion capture service,” said Robinson.

“This will offer our clients a creative, cost effective, and innovative service. Centroid’s motion capture experience is second to none and so we are pleased to have created this partnership and to be able to offer it to our clients.”

Centroid CEO Phil Stilgoe added: “This new partnership between Pinewood and Centroid is a significant step in developing a greater connection to the studios existing cutting edge services and we look forward to incorporating our strengths and capabilities in the VFX broadcast sector. Centroid welcomes this opportunity to further establish our business and to be able to offer our range of services within the group’s framework.”

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