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POST-PRODUCTION AND VISUAL EFFECTS
Delivery of Award-winning visual effects.
KOJO and the film’s producer Causeway Films have partnered numerous times over the past decade, since first collaborating on Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook in 2014. Other projects KOJO has completed for Causeway Films include The Nightingale, You Won’t Alone and Of An Age.
KOJO’s Executive Director of Post & VFX, Marty Pepper led the KOJO team on Talk To Me and set about building a deep creative relationship with first time feature filmmakers Danny and Michael, seeking to create an immersive world that absorbed the audience deeper into the film through the colour palette and strategic use of visual effects. When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.
The KOJO team say they found Danny and Michael made the process of planning the film’s VFX easy, thanks to the directing duo’s experience creating impressive effects on tight budgets for previous shortform projects. Starting in pre-production, each VFX scene was carefully planned between different departments to make sure each beat was covered, including many scenes requiring invisible digital augmentation of stunts and prosthetics, alongside the more VFX-heavy horror scenes.
The attention to detail appears to have paid off for KOJO, with the film being picked up by A24 at Sundance and going on to be a critical and commercial hit globally. So much so, a sequel has already been announced.
“I’m truly blown away by the public response,” says Marty Pepper. “I’m also incredibly proud of the recognition our KOJO team is receiving for our creative contribution to the project from filmmakers and studios globally.”
Check out the Aus Film Article for more details.
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