Refuge's Compositing Supervisor Tarn Fox, best known for his work on projects such as Pirates of the Caribbean, Dead Man's Chest, and 2014's 21 Jump Street, was instrumental in the studio's work on LAST KNIGHTS. "It was a great experience to work with the Director, Kazuaki Kiriya, and really fulfilling creatively. He had a strong vision that left a lot of room for collaboration, so we had a great time going back and forth. It wasn't the standard sort of movie set-up. The most challenging aspect was the same as the most fulfilling. Making it real is something that Refuge is great at. Everybody here has a lot of expertise with that, and can do it easily. Really hitting somebody else's vision, and really knowing what it is, even if they don't know-it's the challenge and the fun part as well."
"Refuge is a multi-faceted computer graphics and animation company," says owner and founder Fred Ruff. "We do work for visual effects in TV and film, our own live action production, and we also work on branded content." Inspired to continue to create widely, Refuge may have some surprises up their sleeve. "I'm really excited that we just started Refuge Studios, which is a partner company for Refuge VFX, in which we can do live action production for film and television," continues Ruff. "That's going to be the next leg of Refuge as a whole. We are also Refuge Animation, and that means we will be going after branded content and advertising. My job here at Refuge is to keep these guys with exciting work, and to keep them getting paid for it," says Ruff. "It's kinda what we do."
