In a first for Irish VFX, Screen Scene have been nominated for a Royal Television Society ‘Craft & Design’ Award for their work on the third season of Tiger Aspect’s Dublin shot police procedural, ‘Ripper Street’.
Spread over 27 categories, the RTS Craft and Design Awards recognise ‘the huge variety of skills that go into programme production, from costume design to multicamera work and VFX.’
Nominated in the category of Best ‘Effects- Digital’ for the ‘Ripper Street’ Series Three episode ‘Whitechapel Terminus’, Screen Scene VFX Supervisor Ed Bruce was delighted when the nominees were announced this week:
He said: “I’m delighted for both Tiger Aspect and the entire SSVFX team for this latest nomination— there were many incredible artists that worked on this show and it’s great to see them get the recognition they so truly deserve! It being the first RTS award nomination for an Irish VFX Company, we’re proud to continue representing Irish VFX at the highest international level.”
SSVFX were solely responsible for all the Visual Effects on ‘Ripper Street’ Series Three, with Visual Effects Supervisor Ed Bruce overseeing his team at their Dublin headquarters as well as providing the on-set supervision with VFX Coordinator Nicholas Murphy. The in-house team were managed and scheduled by VFX Producer Alan Collins and his VFX Coordinator Kenneth Coyne.
The winners of the RTS Craft and Design awards will be announced at a ceremony hosted by comedian Susan Calman on the 30 November at the London Hilton Park Lane. Ed Bruce, Alan Collins & Nicholas Murphy will be in attendance to represent Screen Scene VFX as the named nominees on the night.
SSVFX’s upcoming projects include ‘The Frankenstein Chronicles‘ (premiering on ITV Encore on November 11th), the screen adaptation of Ken Follett’s best selling novel ‘A Dangerous Fortune’ and the eagerly anticipated fourth and fifth series of ‘Ripper Street’ which is shooting in Dublin now.
