(VCU) was a
Motion Picture and
TV Commercial Visual Effects company founded in 1994 by visual effects artists
Evan Jacobs , Jon Warren and Douglas Miller. The company later expanded into a full service visual effects firm.
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From The Earth To The Moon ''.]]
In 1996, VCU contributed
Miniature Effect s to
James Cameron 's film ''
Titanic ''. While they were initially hired as a subcontractor to lead effects house
Digital Domain , VCU was ultimately hired directly by
20th Century Fox to build miniatures for the engine room sequence as well.
123 In an interesting coincidence later that same year, the company was contracted to work on a
CBS TV Miniseries with the same name.
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While the company worked on many feature films, they were much more prolific in the television commercial market, and worked on over forty spots in eight years.
5 Their work was featured in ads for the majority of car brands
6 as well as
Coca-Cola ,
Pizza Hut , and
Geico .
In 1998, Jacobs and John Hoffman were nominated for an
Emmy Award For Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries representing VCU's work on HBO's "
From The Earth To The Moon ".
Vision Crew closed in April 2002. The company attributed its shutdown to a difficult business climate and the founders' interest in pursuing other projects and opportunities.
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