The Imaginarium Studios, LTD

Company profile

The Imaginarium Studios, LTD company profile

The Imaginarium Studios was founded in 2012 by Andy Serkis (the 6th highest grossing actor of all time, famous for roles as Gollum in the Lord of The Rings franchise, Caesar in the Planet of the Apes trilogy, King Kong etc.). Run by CEO Matthew Brown, The Imaginarium Studios is one of Britain’s leading production companies and performance capture studios; working on projects across a number of entertainment mediums, such as Star Wars VII – The Force Awakens, Coldplay’s music video Adventure of A Lifetime, video game Battlefield 1, and a visualisation of Ariel in the The Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of The Tempest. Based in Ealing in West London, the company develops and co-produces its own content as well supplying their facilities and services on a consultancy basis. The Imaginarium Studios offers the complete range of performance capture services across pre-production, production and post-production. Its motion capture system consists of over 90 Vicon optical cameras which allow a performer’s body movement to be recorded. Performance capture, which focuses on facial movements in order to convey emotion, is conducted using head-mounted cameras that track every subtle expression of the human face.