PEAKY BLINDERS

Client: BBC Production: Caryn Mandabach Productions Director: Anthony Byrne

We worked with director Anthony Byrne and Caryn Mandabach Productions for the sixth and final series of Peaky Blinders, written by Steven Knight.

Over 170 VFX shots were completed for episodes 4, 5 & 6 of the series. A variety of scenes required the replacement or augmentation of environments and backgrounds to give it the look and feel Peaky has been notorious for over the previous seasons.

In addition, our team had the pleasure of assisting the notorious Tommy Shelby with some of his more vehement moments. In episode 5 Tommy drops a bomb into the canal, which required a CG explosion just under the surface of the water, which acts as a warning shot causing little destruction.

The series finale sees Tommy demolish his family home, Arrow House, in what’s seen as a poignant moment, but not without style. Tommy walks away from the house as the epic spectacle ensues, in what will possibly be one of the most memorable shots of the series. The shot was extraordinarily captured in one take with practical FX for added realism. We took care of the VFX starting with a trip to Arley Hall to capture footage of the house from various distances and angles. This allowed us to create a totally accurate CG model of the house exterior. Our CG team also modelled interior rooms and floorboards, which added more depth and destruction when we simulated the detonation and explosion.

The final level of destruction was conceptualised and developed early on in the process with Director Anthony, giving the team a clear path to art direct the collapsing house.

BEHIND THE SCENES

Production Company

Caryn Mandabach Productions

Director

Anthony Byrne

Assistant to Director

Imogen Harrison

DOP

Mathieu Plainfossé

Producer

David Mason

Editor

Paul Knight

Colourist

Paul Staples @ Company 3

VFX Supervisor

Neil Scholes & Nick John

2D Lead

Nick John

2D Supervisor

Richard Payne

2D

Laura Smith Callum Wellby Adam Fenwick Ben Stonehouse Emir Hasham Karen Weiss Rachel Coley Nick D'Aguiar Dan Jacobsen Chris Fraser Courtney Pryce Katie Rhodes Leila Wishart Pat Wong Paul Wratten Richard Greenwood Toby Aldridge Alan Maiden