They offer high quality photo realistic character effects for TV and film. They offer character concept design to prosthetics and you can contact them to help you if you have a project you are working on and need a quote of a price for their work.
Their website is very useful as it gives you a lot of information about all the projects they have worked on and also gives you pictures to look at. It also has their contact details on there which is useful for asking for work experience etc.
Contact details:
e: info@bgfx.co.uk
t: +44 (0) 1322 837 797
m: +44 (0) 7976 369 030
Website: http://www.bgfx.co.uk/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/BGFX-Ltd/114508798664415?sk=wall
Linkedln: http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/barrie-gower/24/16/225
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/BarrieGower
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0332968/
BGFX have been awarded 66 primetime Emmy awards for their work and their latest one was an award for outstanding prosthetic makeup for game of thrones season 4.
The people behind it:
Barrie Gower - Creative director
Barrie started his journey into the film industry when he did a degree at London college of fashion and graduated with a HND in specialist makeup techniques. His first job was in 1966 when he graduated, it was with the BBC working in the visual effects department working on red dwarf and silent witness. A year after this, he was hired for his first major film called saving private Ryan by Steven Spielberg.
From there he has went to work with award winning companies such as Weta Workshop and individuals such as Rick Baker. He directs all creative effects that go on in projects that BGFX work on.
Sarah Gower (Maiden name - Sarah Micallef) - Project co-ordinator
Sarah starting her journey in Teeseide university and graduated with a BA (Hons) in Creative Visualisation in 2000. Her first work was with the visual effects department of Jim Hendersons creature shop. After this her career progressed into VFX and she worked for Framestore as VFX coordinator and DI producer. She also worked as a VFX coordinator for Disney/Bruckheimer on prince of Persia and she has recently worked as a VFX producer at Cinesite on films such as X-men first class. With these skills she is now coordinator of all projects that BGFX work on.
Credits:
Feature Films:
Tarzan
Absolutely Anything
Jupiter Ascending
Noble
Dom Hemingway
The World's End
Diana
How I live now
Rush
Life of Pi
Snow White & The Huntsman
The Iron Lady
The Grey
Wrath of the Titans
Dark Shadows
47 Ronin
Unknown
Burke & Hare
Kick-Ass
The Wolfman
The Nutcracker
The Dark Knight
Stardust
Hannibal Rising
Perfume
Last King of Scotland
Harry Potter 2, 3 & 4
(The Deathly Hallows 1 & 2)
Star Wars: Episode II
Shaune of the Dead
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
Troy
28 Days Later
Blade II
Resident Evil
Gladiator
Saving Private Ryan
Television:
Game of Thrones: Season V
Game of Thrones: Season IV
Mr. Sloane
The Widower
Fit
Episodes, series 2
Beautiful People
Ashes to Ashes
Silent Witness
Red Dwarf: Back to Earth
Spooks
Merlin
Cranford
Saxondale
Little Miss Jocelyn 1 & 2
ShakespeaRe-Told
Dr. Who
Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul
Little Britain
Messiah 4
Walking with Cavemen
Band of Brothers
Jason and the Argonauts
Animal Farm
Alice in Wonderland
Below are a few pictures from their website showing some of the progression included in making a prosthetic piece:
Harry potter and the prisoner of Azkaban
This is a prosthetic for aunt marge played by pam ferris, they had to make two different ones, one to fit the actress and one to fit her stunt double. It consisted of several layers of foam layers.
The worlds end
Stardust
This is several stages of ageing makeup done for the actress Michelle Pfeiffer as the witch characters Lamia. Other people involved were Nik Williams, Stuart Bray and Duncan Jarman.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI am desperately looking for research on Stardust and came across you're company. What ageing techniques were used for Michelle Pfeiffer's ageing process and transformation?
Thank you so much,
Sophie Tyler