With globalization spreading out from industry to industry, Hollywood is not an exception. And with the Philippines as a fast-growing receiving end of offshoring businesses, a Cebu-based visual effects (VFX) company has nudged the filmmaking capital of the world to also outsource to the country, putting homegrown artists behind the scenes of your favorite Hollywood movies.
Recent blockbusters such as Australia, Watchmen, and G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra are just some of the Hollywood films that the artists of the Cebu-based VFX company Hirota Paint Industries (HPI) have lent their skills and talents to. This VFX facility has been operating in the country for a little over a year now since June 2008. It was founded by the Japanese-American Bryan Hirota, a veteran visual effects supervisor and member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
HPI is the only known company in the Philippines offering Hollywood visual effects services such as Rotoscoping, Matte Painting, and Compositing.
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