. please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . july 2014 blur studio the head logo of blur studio type incorporated industry vfx animation design founded 1995 headquarters venice california united states key people tim miller david stinnett al shier owner tim miller creative director number of employees around 51 200 employees website blur.com blur studio is an american visual effects animation and design company . blur produces 3d character animation motion design and visual effects for feature films and television game cinematics and trailers large format films location based entertainment commercials and integrated media . the company is located in culver city california . 1 history edit this article contains wording that promotes the subject in a subjective manner without imparting real information . please remove or replace such wording and instead of making proclamations about a subject s importance use facts and attribution to demonstrate that importance . june 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message blur studio was founded in 1995 by david stinnett tim miller and cat chapman . 2 in 2004 blur was nominated for its first academy award for its original short film gopher broke . this is one of five original films the studio has written directed and created over a few years to develop original content and build a solid pipeline that can expand for feature film production . they have several projects in development spanning all genres ; sci fi action adventure fantasy as well as family features . and in addition to in house development blur has also joined forces with several accomplished directors and writers to develop feature films . they also created the heaven and hell sequence for south park bigger longer & uncut . 3 recently blur created the opening title sequence for the girl with the dragon tattoo based on the first book of stieg larsson s millennium trilogy and directed by david fincher . the noir black on black abstract is a visual highlight of the girl with the dragon tattoo along with the rest of the millennium trilogy . blur collaborated with director david fincher on other numerous projects and was fincher s only choice for the girl with the dragon tattoo . his creative mandate to blur consisted simply of cg very adult super dark leather skin blood snow breasts vaginas needles piercings motorcycles vengeance . he wanted it to be like a fever dream with a lot of abstract imagery 4 while reinventing title sequence expectations . blur co founder with the project s creative director tim miller the graphic design side of the team jennifer miller and fincher selected key aspects of the trilogy to translate into abstract imagery and visual metaphors . additionally blur chose high gloss black on black concept art with a liquefied macabre style ; this was done with the goal of captivating the audience from the outset then holding their attention with the title sequence s provocative visual storyline . 5 blur created all the space sequences in james cameron s 2009 blockbuster film avatar and produced the trailers for lucasarts star wars the old republic and star wars the force unleashed ii . they were also responsible for the cinematic trailers of batman arkham city batman arkham origins and batman arkham knight . they remastered halo 2 cutscenes for halo the master chief collection 2014 6 and are currently working on the cutscenes for the upcoming game halo wars 2 7 after doing so for the first halo wars 2009 . 8 on the commercial front blur is currently spearheading two large campaigns for toshiba s new products and playful goldfish crackers for pepperidge farm . in large format films blur is working on a 3d ride experience in dubai featuring immersive stereoscopic animation . references edit blur studio about animation design vfx . vz3.blur.com . retrieved 2012 06 28 . intergraph computer systems february 12 1997 . intergraph workstations play starring role in the real adventures of jonny quest at blur studio . . business wire . the free library . retrieved january 18 2014 . felperin leslie september 1999 . south park bigger longer & uncut . sight and sound . british film institute . retrieved july 8 2015 . the girl with the dragon tattoo 2011 art of the title . artofthetitle.com . 2012 02 21 . retrieved 2012 06 28 . blur studio the girl with the dragon tattoo titles 2012 ventilate . ventilate.ca . 2012 01 10 . retrieved 2012 06 28 . dornbush jonathon november 10 2014 . master chief collection developers discuss 10 year evolution of halo 2 cinematics . entertainment weekly . retrieved december 17 2014 . halo wars 2 blur . blur studio . june 14 2016 . retrieved july 26 2016 . halo wars blur . blur studio . 2009 . retrieved july 26 2016 . external links edit official website blur studio at the internet movie database blur facebook group blur studio api s libraries and tools blur dev the making of warhammer online age of reckoning trailer at gnomon events retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title blur studio & oldid 731778119 categories 1995 establishments in californiacompanies established in 1995american animation studiosvisual effects companieshidden categories wikipedia articles in need of updating from july 2014all wikipedia articles in need of updatingarticles with peacock terms from june 2015all articles with peacock terms navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa ol edit links this page was last modified on 27 july 2016 at 13 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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