The Longest War

https://vimeo.com/425504695/692a616c67We were approached by Greg Barker to collaborate on his film, The Longest War, which was commissioned to screen after the Homeland season finale. The film explores the human stories behind America’s involvement in Afghanistan, now the longest war in American history. We’d previously worked with Greg on a number of his previous films (Sergio, Koran by Heart,…

Citizen K

Blue Spill worked closely with director Alex Gibney and the teams at Passion Pictures and Jigsaw Productions (NY) on Citizen K, Alex’s latest film exploring the life of Mikhail Khodorkovsky. We came on board early during the NY based edit, and worked at finding a cohesive aesthetic for various graphical elements across the film. These included presentation credits, newspaper…

And We Go Green

And We Go Green Motion Reel And We Go Green | Director: Fisher Stevens and Malcolm Venville. Producers: Leonardo DiCaprio, Christopher St. John, Zara Duffy, Jennifer Davisson Following it’s premiere at Cannes, And We Go Green will be holding their North American premiere at TIFF. We were closely involved with the film over the edit period, and worked with the NY based…

Untouchable

Having worked with director Ursula Macfarlane and editor Andy Worboys previously, Blue Spill was involved early during the editing process for initial conversations. As the cut developed we became more involved, designing several in film sequences for the film, which premiered Sundance 2019. Our early conversations with Urusula were directed around her thoughts for how she…

Assassin’s Creed

Having worked with VFX producer Sarah Tulloch previously (The Man From U.N.C.L.E.), we came on board the final stages of post to look at two sequences. One was the opening title animation, and a secondary sequence when Michael Fassbender’s character dies.  Our key focus was the title animation. We worked closely with VFX Supervisor and director Justin…

Why We Hate

We were delighted to be asked to create the title sequence and several in episode graphic sequences for Discovery six part series, Why We Hate. Led by executive producers Steven Spielberg and Alex Gibney, they were looking for a strong, cinematic, engaging and thought provoking sequence which explored the key theme of the series; Hate, with a…

Hillsborough

Blue Spill delivers 50 graphics + visual effects for Daniel Gordon’s BAFTA winning and Emmy nominated documentary on the Hillsborough disaster. Due to the ongoing inquest, the film has been in a two year holding pattern – and now that the inquests are finally over, the film can be shown in the UK. Having worked…

Spiral

Working with Passion Pictures, we designed an opening title sequence for Laura Fairrie’s film, The Spiral. The film explores the rise of anti-Semitism and assaults against Jews in present-day France. We came on board on the later stages of the edit, to design a title sequence which conceptualised the key themes of the film. Laura…

The Traffickers

Blue Spill designed the title sequence and in episode graphics for 8 part series, The Traffickers. Executive produced by Simon Chinn, Jonathan Chinn and Sam Collyns, the investigative series follows the illegal trades of precious minerals, counterfeit drugs and endangered species around the globe. We developed the series aesthetic with an initial exploration of the title sequence,…