Adelaide,
South Australia—The South Australian
State Government today announced they will provide
support to the film post production and visual effects industry in South
Australia, by introducing a State based Visual Effects, Digital and Post
Production [PDV] rebate. The rebate will be calculated at 10% of gross spend,
which combined with the 30% Federal Post, Digital and Visual Effects [PDV]
offset creates one of the largest and reliable rebates worldwide. The
combination will enable film-makers to take advantage of a 40% rebate when
working with South Australia’s Rising Sun Pictures
[RSP] or other South Australian based PDV vendors.

 “We welcome the rebate offered by the South Australian Government,
and commend the Premier The Honourable, Jay Weatherill and the Minister for
Investment and Trade, The Honourable Martin Hamilton-Smith, for their
foresight. The rebate will help grow South Australia as a digital production
hub and promote local innovation. It will underpin jobs growth in our sector,
and ultimately, the biggest beneficiary will be South Australia’s economy”,
says RSP’s Co-Founder and Managing Director, Tony Clark.

Part of recent South Australian history, RSP was founded in 1995
and was named after the historic Rising Sun Hotel in
Kensington, where the idea of the business was conceived. 22 years later, RSP
employs over 200 staff and will significantly expand off the back of this
announcement. “We’re confidant that over the next year RSP will see 100 new
jobs created, and more into the future”, says Clark. “We are fortunate that
we’re in a position to quickly take on new work, as we have been systematically
investing in our human and technical resources over the past three years”.

RSP is a long-term employer in the state; its permanent employee
median service is 10 years, and is celebrating its first employee reaching a
pinnacle 20 year mark this year.  “People are key – without quality,
consistent talent, we’re nothing” says Clark “now and into the future, they
will remain our priority alongside delivering great value to our clients”.

RSP has a strategic partnership with the University of South
Australia to provide accredited training to the next generation of visual
effects artists, with over 80 graduates to date since its inception and plans
for 100 students in the coming year.

RSP’s talented team boasts an impressive collective resume; Clark
was the recipient of an Academy Scientific and Technical® Award for the
creation of remote collaboration tool cineSync; VFX Supervisor, Tim Crosbie,
was nominated for Academy® and BAFTA® Awards for
RSP’s work on X-Men: Days of Future Past; and Creative Director
Tom Wood, was nominated for Academy® and BAFTA® Awards for Best Visual Effects
on Mad Max: Fury Road.

RSP has recently contributed groundbreaking work on Thor:
Ragnarok, X-Men: Days of Future Past and Gravity, and its
current projects include Tomb Raider, Peter Rabbit, X-Men:
Dark Phoenix and Animal World.