Crystal Insight
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 2004
- Employees
- 1-10
- Offices
- 2
About Crystal Insight
Crystal Insight is an independent, artist-run visual effects and multimedia production studio based in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia. Founded in 2004 by Christian Blaze and Crystal-Dawn Rosales, the boutique company works across live-action production and digital post-production for film, television, commercials and attraction media.
Its production offering spans writing, producing and directing alongside in-house visual effects. This combination allows the studio to contribute from a project's initial creative development through filming and post-production. Its work includes commercial campaigns, episodic productions and specialized immersive media.
Production and visual effects
The studio's capabilities include on-set VFX supervision, previsualization and postvisualization, digital environments, virtual set extensions, compositing, paint-outs and plate cleanup. It also creates CG characters and digital assets. These services support both practical footage enhancement and the construction of digital elements within filmed scenes.
Beyond conventional screen production, Crystal Insight has worked in stereoscopic 3D and the post-production of 4D and 5D ride films. Its attraction work sits alongside services for feature films, television and branded content, reflecting a practice that crosses several presentation formats.
A documented commercial project is HTC's 2014 international campaign introducing its Eye Experience software and Desire Eye mobile hardware. Crystal Insight wrote, produced and directed the 12-part commercial series and handled its post-production and in-house visual effects. The studio's reported production and VFX portfolio also includes the episodic drama Death Row Democracy.
More about Crystal Insight
Leadership and backgrounds
- Christian Blaze is identified as CEO, director, executive producer and technical director. His background includes electronic engineering and computer programming.
- Crystal-Dawn Rosales is identified as president, director and creative director/producer. An alumna of the Langley Fine Arts School, she has handled artistic development, post-production coordination and production management.
- Harold Burgess, CPA, CMA, is identified as chief financial officer and director; Kevin Rosales, BA, JD, as legal counsel.
Production technology
The report documents the studio's use of RED Epic Dragon 6K cinema systems for high-resolution acquisition alongside its in-house post-production work.
Immersive-media development
In 2016, the company established a dedicated subsidiary to develop intellectual property and pursue worldwide production and distribution partnerships for VR and immersive 4D experiences.
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Where Crystal Insight is based
- North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
North Vancouver office
HeadquartersAbout this office
Reported operating headquarters and contact office serving Greater Vancouver and Coast. The published contact address is a PO box; a street address is not established.
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Vancouver office
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