Rhythm & Hues Archives

FX Team Talks Next Narnia

February 16, 2006 Paul Martin

Earlier today IGN attended the Academy Awards brunch on behalf of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. At the event, Visual Effects Supervisor Dean Wright and Rhythm and Hues Effects Supervisor Bill Westenhofer spoke about the upcoming DVD of Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe, giving attendees a preview of some of the features contained within the two versions that are said to include more than ten hours of bonus footage.

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Slice of India in Narnia animation

January 19, 2006 Paul Martin

The box office topper The Chronicles of Narnia has won the hearts of children and adults alike, the world over. But did you know that some of the animation was worked upon in India?

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Narnia: Rhythm & Hues India involved in landmark achievement

January 13, 2006 Paul Martin

Overwhelmed audiences gasping in awe, cinema halls across the globe reverberating with the mighty Aslan’s roar, worldwide box Office collections at $530 million in 5 weeks!

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R+H’s Bill Westenhofer on ‘Narnia’

December 22, 2005 Paul Martin

Rhythm & Hues visual effects supervisor Bill Westenhofer talks to vfxblog about the challenges of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe.

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VFXWorld’s LWW Effects Diaries: Parts 1 and 2 of 4

December 13, 2005 Paul Martin

In the first installment of VFXWorldâ€™s exclusive production diaries, Rhythm & Huesâ€™ Bill Westenhofer talks about R&D and principle photography on The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. In the second installment they delve deeper with Final Character Setup and Shot Production.

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Rhythm & Hues to use FilmLight’s Truelight Colour Management

February 17, 2005 Paul Martin

The company plans to use the system first on the upcoming film, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

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Rhythm & Hues Uses Massive for LWW

February 14, 2005 Paul Martin

Rhythm & Hues adopted Massive last year to support the companyÃ‚¹s considerable principal effects efforts for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, now in production for a December 2005 release. […]

Rhythm & Hues Standardizes on NVIDIA Quadro FX

December 8, 2004 Paul Martin

Since its founding in 1987, Rhythm & Hues has been one of the most sought after studios for their visual effects and post production work found in Hollywood feature films including the much anticipated release in 2005 of “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe.”

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Marrero, Louisiana native is LWW Animator

July 4, 2004 Paul Martin

Breaux and other animators are taking a break before heading back to Rhythm & Hues in August to work on an animated adaptation of the C.S. Lewis tale “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.” The movie, which Breaux described as a “kids’ version of ‘Lord of the Rings,’ ” is scheduled for a December 2005 release.

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Rhythm and Hues Bringing Narnia F/X to Life

March 29, 2004 Paul Martin

For “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” Rhythm and Hues will create matte paintings, as well as bring to life a cast of creatures from the C.S. Lewis children’s classic as photo-realistic computer-generated characters, including Aslan, a talking lion.

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