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PINEWOOD LAUNCHES MOTION CAPTURE PARTNERSHIP

Building on the Pinewood Group’s expanding service offering, such as the provision of 3D printing, lighting and grip services, Pinewood is delighted to announce that it has appointed Centroid, as its preferred supplier of motion capture services to Pinewood’s three UK studios.

Based at Pinewood and Shepperton Studios and established in 1996, Centroid has over a decade of experience in Full Performance Capture. Centroid offers both full optical and head mounted camera solutions to suit the ever changing requirements of the entertainment industries.

Centroid have worked on film productions such as SPECTRE, Guardians of the Galaxy, Godzilla, World War Z, 300: Rise of an Empire, Prometheus, Snow White and The Huntsman and multiple games titles as video games are increasingly using motion capture technology for in-game moves, as well as for their cinematic sequences.

Jules Robinson, Pinewood’s Head of Business Development said:

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

Phil Stilgoe, Centroid CEO said:

“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 welcome this opportunity to further establish our business and to be able to offer our range of services within the group’s framework.”