LipSync Post Works On Great Train Robbery

LipSync Post recently provided full post-production services for BBC One’s The Great Train Robbery dramas, marking the 50th anniversary of the notorious heist.
A Robber’s Tale, directed by Julian Jarrold (The Girl, Appropriate Adult), follows the story from the perspective of gang leader Bruce Reynolds, while A Copper’s Tale, directed by James Strong (Broadchurch, United) follows DCI Tommy Butler and his quest to bring the robbers to justice.
The dramas, produced by World Productions for BBC One, are scheduled for broadcast later this year.
LipSync’s VFX team, led by VFX Supervisors Ben Shepherd and Leo Neelands, completed around 40 shots across the two programmes.
The key 'invisible VFX' scene in the 'Robbers' drama involved rebuilding a period version of Euston Station from scratch with a steam train added.
The team also created complete CG versions of the railway signals that were tampered with by the robbers, and removed April snow from what was supposed to be an August day.
The 'Coppers' drama features a piece of undetectable VFX, involving an apparently continuous circular shot of the courtroom created with around 11 plates and green screens.
The team also created a scene transition from a café to a Tube station, with a key character looking at a painting that morphs into a Tube map.
LipSync’s graphics team created two different title designs for each film. For A Robber's Tale, the title sequence was set to the jazz version of 'Summertime', introducing key players using a montage of heavily colour-graded shots, with a mixture of original and archive material.
A Copper's Tale took a more traditional approach with a full-frame cut sequence to introduce the film. Art direction and design was by Howard Watkins with additional design, animation and comping by Simon Edwards and Julia Hall.
LipSync also completed the DI and sound post-production on the dramas.
Producer Julia Stannard said: "LipSync has once again done an incredible job, on time and on budget, to help bring to life this key event in British history."
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