create perform more createdesign create perform more performdesign create perform more connect share biography studioadi latest news new adi store opens starting now with t shirts books and a collectible or two we re testing the market to see if there s a demand to continue to grow the store . please check it out and then check out yourself with some new prized possessions that show your support for our world of practical effects.hit the new store tab above store studioadi channel on youtube our youtube channel studioadi has over 200 videos and over 110 000 subscribers . see behind the scenes video on almost everything we ve touched on over the past 30 years click on the studioadi channel here on our home page and subscribe as we add new segments every week with over 50 million views and still growing everyone loves to see how practical effects live and breathe youtube fire city the interpreter of signs official trailer fire city the interpreter of signs has completed shooting and is now in post production . directed by tom woodruff jr. and exec produced by alec gillis it is another practical effects based film funded through kickstarter that is hoped to capture the attention of demon and monster fans . see the trailer here and like see more harbinger down official trailer harbinger down is the all practical effects pfx creature film the fans have asked for . funded through kickstarter and dark dunes productions alec gillis and tom woodruff jr. of studioadi present an alternative to big studio cg driven genre films . please help us spread the word . let the revolution begin . see more adi 25 years of character magic twenty five years ago we bid adieu to our days with stan winston and struck out on our own destined we believed for filmmaker glory . over those years what began as a way to pay the bills grew into an award winning career and a level of artistic satisfaction that has had its own highs and lows but no regrets . more new site same vision since you re already here you know we ve just launched a new site stripping away some of the relics of the past without losing our identity . at a time when filmmaking is fast and cost efficient it seemed like the right opportunity to provide a new source to update educate and fire up your interest to have us bring our a game to your project small medium or large ray harryhausen a lifetime of fantasy with the passing of friend and hero ray harryhausen on may 7th there has been a great sense of loss . while ray had been in retirement for quite a number of years there were always his visits to adi and our visits to his home in london . he was the inspiration that fueled us and many many others to bring their passion to play in front of the cameras . while his physical presence may have left us the fire he kindled inside still burns brightly casting enough light to see that he s still with us 1 . design we call upon the best of our in house adi artists and award winning freelance artists to develop concepts to satisfy script and verbal pitches in visual styles that translate to what can be built as practical digital or hybrid character effects . character concept designs are output in a variety of media flat art photographic pre visualization and both traditional clay and digital printed output . if design is your only need we can output in a variety of media particularly when characters will be fully realized in the cg world . view2 . create because our design style has evolved from over 25 years of creating some of the best film characters on screen it is an easy and organic segue into creating the various make ups puppets or animatronics necessary to tell your story . our build happens in a state of the art creature studio where everything happens under one roof guided by the designs and your input you are a valuable part of the build also we can integrate your designer s concepts into our world or build from designs you may already have . view 3 . performcharacter design doesn t end with the build ; performance with emotional content is the final delivery of a character on set for the camera . our studio has a long history of hands on delivery of the final character through performance either as the in suit actor or supervising puppeteers of crews from 2 to 24 . viewt i m eprocess from design to shooting can take anywhere from a few weeks commercials to 5 months the alien vs. predator features or more depending on the scope of the show and that it s important to know it s never too early to begin a dialogue contact ussome of our clients feature filmcolumbia picturesdimension filmsdreamworks skgfox 2000 picturesfusion filmsinwood street productions largo entertainmentlegendary picturesmedient entertainmentmetro goldwyn mayermiramax filmsnew line cinemaparamount pictures summit entertainmenttouchstone picturestristar picturesturner picturestwentieth century foxuniversal pictureswalt disney pictures warner brothersbroadcasta & ethe arthur companydick clark productionsfourth wall productions llc hbolaurel entertainmentnbc universal televisionparamount pictures televisionrhi entertainmentstarz20th century fox television warner televisionzoochosis llccommercial advertising production radical.mediaarea 51 filmsbridges media bruce dowad associatescity of angels creative enterprisescompanycopper mediaepoch filmsgreat guns ltd.harmony pictures harvest filmspropaganda filmspytka filmsrsa usa incspy filmstitleboy dba prologue filmstraktorvillians commercial advertising agenciesalbert lan designbbdo new yorkbbdo d sseldorfbozell worldwideddb ddb needhamelement 79fallon mcelligottfoote cone & beldingleo burnettlowe & partnersmccann erickson inc. messner vetere berger mcnamee schmetterermother new yorktbwa nebokoteam detroityoung & rubicamwieden kennedy back to top amalgamated dynamics inc.studioadi is an academy award winning character effects studio where we design produce and perform special characters for film television and commercials . 20100 plummer street chatsworth california ca. 91311 . u.s.a. shareyoutubefacebookgoogle 2016 amalgamated dynamics inc.all rights reserved.powered by woodrich.cogoogle