{{Short description|Digital media company}} {{Infobox company | name = GreenScreen Animals | logo = | image = | type = Private | industry = Visual effects<br>CGI animation | founded = {{start date|2008}} | hq_location_city = Santa Monica, California | hq_location_country = United States | website = {{URL|http://www.greenscreenanimals.com/}} }}
'''GreenScreen Animals''' is a digital media company. The company is best known for the producing of high definition green screen animal content and licensing stock footage. ==History== It was founded in 2008 and is based in Santa Monica, California.<ref name = latimes>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-xpm-2013-apr-17-la-fi-ct-green-screen-on-location-20130417-story.html|title=Stock footage provider GreenScreen touts its animal instincts|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date= April 17, 2013|access-date=February 13, 2015|author=Richard Verrier}}</ref><ref name = dailypress>{{cite web|url=http://smdp.com/local-company-a-lone-wolf-in-animal-stock-footage/122942|title=Local company a lone wolf in animal stock footage|publisher=Santa Monica Daily Press|date=June 2, 2013|accessdate=February 13, 2015|author=Alex Vejar}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.studiodaily.com/2012/03/getty-images-new-distributor-for-greenscreen-animals/ |title=Getty Images Is New Distributor for GreenScreen Animals|publisher=Studio Daily|date= March 22, 2012 |accessdate=February 13, 2015|author=Bryant Frazer}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Footage.net adds GreenScreen Animals|publisher=Post Magazine|date=May 2011}}</ref>
GreenScreen Animals content is monitored by the American Humane Association's "No animals were harmed" unit.<ref name=vetstreet>{{cite web|url=http://www.vetstreet.com/our-pet-experts/has-hollywood-come-up-with-a-better-way-to-film-animals|title=Has Hollywood Come Up With a Better Way to Film Animals?|publisher=Vet Street| date=November 19, 2014|accessdate=February 13, 2015|author=Amy Sinatra Ayres}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://seattletimes.com/html/entertainment/2022900854_movieanimalwranglersxml.html|title=Hollywood's animal trainers are an endangered species|newspaper=Seattle Times|date= February 13, 2014|accessdate=February 13, 2015|author=Richard Verrier}}</ref>
The company has produced content for the 20th Century Fox films, ''We Bought A Zoo, Gone Girl'', ''Goodbye Christopher Robin'', ''The Art of Racing in the Rain'', and the Paramount films ''Zoolander 2'' and ''xXx: The Return of Xander Cage,'' as well as the viral sensation ''Kung Fury.''<ref name="vetstreet" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestreet.com/story/12971575/2/greenscreen-animals-footage-featured-in-gone-girl.html|title=GreenScreen Animals Footage Featured In "Gone Girl"|publisher=The Street|date= December 2, 2014|accessdate=February 13, 2015}}</ref>''<ref>{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BcWWi_RPaQ|title=''Kung Fury'' VFX Breakdown #1 with David Sandberg|date=2015-07-07|people=Sandberg, David (director)|publisher=Laser Unicorns|accessdate=2015-07-07|medium=Web video}}</ref>'' GreenScreen Animals' footage has been used on a number of television programs, including ''Silicon Valley,'' ''American Gods'', ''The Tonight Show'', ''Speechless'', ''Blackish'', ''Vikings,'' ''Castle Rock'', ''Fleabag'' and ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!.''<ref name = latimes/><ref name = dailypress/> The stock footage distributor also featured content in the music videos, "Roar" by Katy Perry and "Ni**as in Paris" by Kanye West and Jay-Z, as well as many domestic and international commercials such as the Ladbrokes' FIFA World Cup spot titled "Brian and the Bear". GreenScreen Animals teamed up with the UK television production company MTP and the UK ad agency Cravens, alongside famous UK actor Brian Blessed, to deliver the spot.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/greenscreen-animals-teams-up-with-mtp-and-cravens-on-recent-2018-russia-world-cup-ad-for-ladbrokes-300688239.html|title=GreenScreen Animals Teams Up with MTP and Cravens on Recent 2018 Russia World Cup Ad for Ladbrokes|last=Animals|first=GreenScreen|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref>
In addition to production companies and ad agencies, the company has supported various non-profit organizations. It has supported Greenpeace to produce content for the "Click Clean" initiative and partnered with WildAid to supply content for a campaign designed to reduce the illegal wildlife trade of endangered species.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/510535/prince-william-and-david-beckham-surrounded-by-rhinos-in-wildaid-psas-watch-now|title=Prince William and David Beckham Surrounded by Rhinos in WildAid PSAs—Watch Now!|publisher=E! Online|date=February 13, 2014|accessdate=February 13, 2015|author=Rebecca Macatee}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/greenscreen-animals-supports-greenpeaces-click-clean-campaign-273747571.html|title=GreenScreen Animals Supports Greenpeace's "Click Clean" Campaign|publisher=PR Newswire|date=September 3, 2014| accessdate=February 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.earthtouchnews.com/conservation/conservation/saving-rhinos-a-star-studded-campaign-from-wildaid-strives-to-end-the-horn-trade|title=Saving Rhinos: A Star-Studded Campaign from WildAid Strives to End the Horn Trade|publisher=Earth Touch|date=February 13, 2014|accessdate=February 13, 2015}}</ref> GreenScreen Animals also partnered with the award-winning ad agency 72andSunny to provide humane animal content for an awareness campaign called "Tested on Humans”, which questions the long-term health effects of addictive e-cigarettes on youth.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.campaignlive.com/article/truth-initiative-urges-juul-stop-testing-humans/1594817|title=Truth Initiative urges Juul to 'Stop Testing on Humans'|last=Stein|first=Lindsay|date=August 27, 2019|website=Campaign US|access-date=}}</ref> The campaign was backed by the non-profit organization Truth Initiative.
GreenScreen Animals has been featured in many publications and shows, including ''3D World Magazine'', the CBS series ''Innovation Nation with Mo Rocca'' and in Voyage LA.<ref>[https://www.thehenryford.org/explore/innovation-nation/episodes/green-screen-animals/ "Episode 63: GreenScreen Animals"] Innovation Nation. January 1, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://d184qs4ly5p9jl.cloudfront.net/assets/website/misc/3D-World-Magazine-Article-Final.pdf "Animal Magic"]. 3D World Magazine. January 20, 2016.</ref><ref>[http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-mark-shockley-greenscreen-animals-santa-monica "Meet Mark Shockley of GreenScreen Animals in Santa Monica"]. Voyage LA. November 6, 2017.</ref>
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Category:Companies based in Santa Monica, California Category:Stock footage