Goodbye Kansas is one of Sweden’s fastest growing VFX companies in the digital animation, gaming and special effects industries. Among other projects, they are behind the visual effects in the popular zombie series, “The Walking Dead”, Ruben Östlund’s highly praised “The Square”, as well as Tomas Alfredson’s cult film “Let the Right One In”. The company creates digital visual effects for games, feature films and commercials for clients worldwide. Last summer, the company’s Swedish division was gathered at their new office in Stockholm’s Hammarby neighborhood, which has been specially adapted by Fabege. In this newsletter you can see the building take shape, and we’ll take a behind the scenes look at where the amazing special effects you see in many films are created. If you want to see more of the details, click on the pictures and they will open in a larger format. Enjoy!
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NEWSLETTER 28


Goodbye Kansas – Coolest in Stockholm!

Goodbye Kansas is one of Sweden’s fastest growing VFX companies in the digital animation, gaming and special effects industries. Among other projects, they are behind the visual effects in the popular zombie series, “The Walking Dead”, Ruben Östlund’s highly praised “The Square”, as well as Tomas Alfredson’s cult film “Let the Right One In”. The company creates digital visual effects for games, feature films and commercials for clients worldwide.

Last summer, the company’s Swedish division was gathered at their new office in Stockholm’s Hammarby neighborhood, which has been specially adapted by Fabege. In this newsletter you can see the building take shape, and we’ll take a behind the scenes look at where the amazing special effects you see in many films are created.

If you want to see more of the details, click on the pictures and they will open in a larger format.

Enjoy!
 


The facade changes over time

The facade material is of copper and stainless-steel cassettes with visible fasteners. Around the lower floor of the building, the brushed steel forms a marked base, while the upper floors are dominated by copper. The pictures above were taken a year apart and clearly shows how copper ages and changes character over time.


Sedum roof with unique slope

The roof terrace of almost 400 square meters features a magnificent view in all directions. Here, some of the building’s technical spaces are covered by a sedum roof with 25 different types of grass and solar panels placed to take advantage of favorable sun positions.

 


Relax with retro and hi-tech

Adjacent to the large kitchenette is a relaxation corner for gaming. The wall has been made up of fronts of old stereo speakers, amplifiers and TV sets that have been painted in a homogeneous matte black color. To convert to working modern technology, new LED screens have been inserted into the old shells.


One of the world’s best Motion Capture Studios

Motion Capture is a digital technology for recording and storing motion, mainly from humans and animals, on a computer. The technique attaches visual markers – for example small, white balls – to different parts of the body and then different movements of the subjects are filmed. These motion recordings are used to get computer generated characters to move naturally in computer games or films.

In the new building, Goodbye Kansas has access to one of the world’s largest and most modern Motion Capture Studios featuring a ceiling height of almost 8 meters.

Watch a video about motion capture technology here.


Neat and tidy storage of equipment

Directly adjacent to the large studio is a makeup and dressing room. Here outfits and shoes of different sizes that have been prepared with visual markers are stored for use with recording using Motion Capture technology.


 


Look out… who goes there?

There are a number of custom-made studios for scanning and sound recording as well as a photo studio. Anyone can suddenly appear on the premises, such as the yeti Yoko, from the movie of the same name.
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Lasse Olsson Photo specializes in photographing and filming architecture, interior design, and lighting. My newsletter is published 6–8 times a year and presents photographed projects as well as reports from furniture fairs in Stockholm and Milan.

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