A behind the scenes about designing and creating the Koids for The Peripheral. Interviews with the producers and visual effects supervisors on how the ideas came together and the process of bringing them to life.

Refuge was honred to be able to contribute a myriad of effects to season 1 of Superman and Lois. A modern adaptation of the classic superhero property from DC comics. The series premiered on February 23, 2021. Superman & Lois was renewed for a second season in March 2021 and is scheduled to premiere in early 2022 on The CW.

The Underground Railroad is an American fantasy historical drama streaming television limited series created and directed by Barry Jenkins based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Colson Whitehead. The series premiered on Amazon Prime Video on May 14, 2021.

Helstrom is a Marvel Televisoin show for Hulu where two estranged siblings try to atone for the sins of their father. Refuge took on creatures and all kinds of effects to help bring this show to life. Part of this series was set in Portland, and Refuge also supervised the shooting of the VFX plates required for the St Johns Bridge.

For the title sequence of Dissonance, we took our design cues from the plot of this slow building thriller. Using a majestic polar bear, as a symbol for this northern region, representing something is hard yet fragile. The way ice absorbs light and refracts it is quite beautiful and has a feeling of fragility. The final result is a sequence of shots that progressively break down, giving us a language for the titles that perfectly mirror the plot of the film, without giving it away.

A compilation of film and television work we've done over the past few years.

Updated, Covid Summer 2020.

When the production company 'Neighborhood Watch' called Refuge about helping out on the next set of music videos for The Lumineers, we jumped at the opportunity. Gloria is full of hidden visual effects to help clean up the practical work done on set.

For Life In The City, by The Lumineers, Refuge was asked to create a realistic shot at the moment of conception where the egg and sperm come together. The goal of this shot was for it to be unrecognizable at first, almost like you were looking at a nebula, or planet in space, but then as it comes into focus, you realize what you are really seeing.

A compilation of the work done on Kurt Sutter's spinoff of Sons of Anarchy, Mayans M.C. Besides creating creating border walls and other signage, the larger effects were removing EZ's beard in the flashback moments, and creating some computer generated animals for the show.

This fantasy story is set in Asura, the dimension of pure desire according to ancient Buddhist mythology. The mythical realm is threatened by a coup from a lower heavenly kingdom and the story follows from there. Refuge provided many creatures and set extension support.

"REFUGE is a real refuge in the world of visual effects. Six and a half years of creative and excellent work on our show Grimm for NBC. They are fast, good and reasonable. And they get it!" Executive Producer, David Greenwalt

Go behind-the-scenes with the Refuge team, to hear how we built the fantasy world of Lionsgate’s Last Knights, starring Clive Owen and Morgan Freeman.

Harrah’s Resort Southern California has always been a destination more fun than others. But it wasn’t good enough just to tout amenities and run promotions. The IDEA Brand in San Diego renamed the entire territory it was built on. That’s how Funner, California was born. Refuge worked closely with IDEA to "enhance" the Hoffs natural abilities.

A short behind the scenes and we build a 50-ft tall rat creature for season 5 of NBC's Grimm. Although our animators brought this giant beast to life, our FX team then had to electrocute it.

When ABC and Committee Films needed to re-create a forest fire, they called on the team at Refuge. Besides turning night into day, we ignited acres of forest for the ABC series In An Instant.

Weather it's simple snow cleanup, or re-creating the matterhorn, Refuge can handle whatever get's thrown at us. Check out the spot where re-created a time lapse shot of mint plants growing in spring.

Refuge’s produced a proof of concept that aired on Animal Planet during Monster week. Medieval Monsters combines a mockumentary style sense of humor with the epic fantasy adventures. The Office meets Game of Thrones.