Zoic

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<div style="float:right;">[[Image:Zoic_studios-1.gif|none|Zoic Studios Sign (Credit: ZoicStudios.com)]]</div>

Zoic, shorthand for [http://www.zoicstudios.com Zoic Studios], is responsible for the Visual Effects [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]].

Zoic were initially indirectly involved in the [[DeSanto, Tom|Tom DeStanto]] [[Continuation|continuation]] through one of Zoic's owners. While this project failed to get off the ground, Zoic were approached by series writer / producer [[Moore, Ronald D.|Ronald D. Moore]] to handle the [[Mini-Series]], based on work both Zoic's Visual Effects Supervisors [[Smith, Emile|Emile Smith]] and [[Hutzel, Gary|Gary Hutzel]] had undertaken on Star Trek.

When the [[Mini-Series]] was given the green light, Smith was directly involved with Moore and [[Rymer, Michael|Michael Rymer]], the series' director, in extensive pre-visualisations which determined the look and feel of the mini and the series itself. Hutzel acted as Zoic's Visual Effects Supervisor on the [[Mini-Series|mini]].

<div style="float:right;">[[Image:Bsg-zoic-2.jpg|none|Digitally Extending BSG Sets(Credit: Zoic Studios / Sci-Fi Channel)]]</div>
The effects produced for Battlestar Galactica range from completely rendering all space vessels and backgrounds for the series through to digital extensions of the sets themselves, digitally melding live-action shots with digital backgrounds that enable the production to present the cavernous interiors expected on a vessel the size of the ''[[Galactica]]'' (see right).

As a result of their work on the mini, Zoic were awarded the 2004 Visual Effects Society's award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Television Miniseries, Movie or a Special.

Zoic Studios is additionally responsible for many of the effects seen in Joss Whedon's Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Firefly, and Angel; Zoic is also involved in the effects for Serenity, the movie [[continuation]] of the short-lived Firefly.

Special effects credits include: CSI: Miami, FOX's Tru Calling (starring Buffy regular Eliza Duskhu), Century City, and UPN's short-lived remake of the Twilight Zone. At this writing, they are working on the effects on the remake of the science fiction cult classic, Lost in Space.

=== Notes ===

The Zoic personnel were apparently responsible for the insertion of the Serenity (from Whedon's Firefly series). The Serenity can be seen flying above Caprica City just prior to [[Roslin, Laura|Laura Roslin]] learning of her terminal condition. ([[Mini-Series]])

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