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Effects driven: a new TV drama shifts into high gear with an exciting opening sequence that combines stunt photography, greenscreen work, CG elements, and more.(VFX)

Computer Graphics World

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For the past several years, Zoic Studios has helped fast-track movie-quality visual effects on television by creating stunning imagery for a number of series, including Battlestar Galactica, Serenity, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and more. Most recently, the facility found itself behind the wheel in a new action-fueled Fox Television drama called Drive.

Drive follows a diverse group of Americans driving for their lives, or the lives of a loved one, in a sinister, cross-country road race. Some of them have been coerced into joining the race, while others have sought out the race on their own amid rumors of a $32 million prize. ...

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