<p>Category: Visual Effects & AnimationOptions: Publicity Release Posted: December 11, 2012 15:01:59 ESTLos Angeles studio unites talents with Eclipse's Beijing team</p><p>Los Angeles, December 11, 2012 | SHOOT Publicity Wire | --- Los Angeles-based Spatial Harmonics Group has merged with China-based Eclipse VFX to form Eclipse VFX, Los Angeles. Headed by visual effects veterans Wayne England as Executive Producer, and Will Shepherd as Operations Director, the Santa Monica studio joins forces with Eclipse's Beijing headquarters headed by Sam Wang, CEO.</p><p>The Los Angeles studio is focused to serve as the company's production hub to Hollywood clients, and also represents Eclipse's expansion in offering the company's creative content-building skills to the rapidly-evolving, global market. The business model breaks the stereotype of providing low cost, off-shore resources for basic vfx work. Eclipse's bilingual Chinese crew, led by Western VFX talent, is comprised of award-winning artists with the creative depth to establish and expand concepts into fully-detailed environments, CG characters and visually branded campaigns.</p><p>Eclipses' work has recently gained industry recognition by earning Best Visual Effects in a feature film honors from the Asian Film Awards, the Hong Kong Film Awards, and the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards for their achievements in director Hark Tsui's "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" (3D, IMAX).</p><p><a href="http://www.shootonline.com/go/index.php?name=Release&op=view&id=rs-web4-1647999-1355251190-2">Keep reading...</a></p>