Moving Picture Company



Moving Picture Company (MPC for short) is a British visual effects studio owned by Technicolor SA (a French company that also owns RCA and General Electric's consumer electronics subdivision; Their work will be listed here for simplicity's sake). The company also has studios located in Los Angeles, Vancouver, New York and Bangalore.

Don't confuse for the Master Control Program.

Movies MPC has worked on include:

 * Ten Thousand BC
 * X Men the Last Stand
 * X Men First Class
 * Green Lantern
 * G.I. Joe the Rise of Cobra
 * Alien vs. Predator
 * Dark Shadows
 * The Harry Potter Films (Effects for all films, co-producer for Deathly Hallows: Part 2)
 * Fred Claus
 * Fast Five
 * Clash of the Titans (2010 remake)
 * Wrath of the Titans
 * Prometheus
 * Kingdom of Heaven
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Also a co-producer)
 * Stormbreaker (Film adaptation, co-producer)
 * Watchmen
 * Batman Begins
 * Troy
 * Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (2005 film)
 * The Wolfman 2010 remake
 * Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
 * Corpse Bride
 * The Medallion
 * John Carter

Technicolor's work includes (Effects, Animation and Post):

 * Back At the Barnyard
 * The Legend of Korra (CGI Only)
 * Daddy Day Camp
 * Transformers Dark of the Moon
 * Criminal Minds
 * The Last Mimzy
 * The Penguins of Madagascar
 * Fanboy and Chum Chum
 * Two and A Half Men
 * Lost
 * Boston Legal
 * Three Hundred
 * Kick Ass
 * CSI: Miami
 * Men In Trees
 * Hannah Montana
 * The Big Bang Theory
 * Black Swan
 * The Simpsons
 * The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
 * Jennifer's Body (With MPC)
 * Corner Gas
 * Yukikaze (dub, recording)

Tropes associated with MPC:

 * Conspicuous CG: For MPC, Wallace and Gromit and Corpse Bride. The CG Xenomorphs in AVP also count. For Technicolor, it's Korra
 * International Coproduction: Deathly Hallows Part 2, On Stranger Tides
 * Live Action Adaptation: Alien vs Predator, Green Lantern, Batman Begins, Harry Potter and Stormbreaker
 * Medium Blending: See Conspicuous CG
 * Off-Model: The CG Xenomorphs (as mentioned above) have an extra ankle joint compared to their costumed counterparts.
 * Visual Effects of Awesome