Elements Special Effects Ltd was founded in 1997 by Johnny Rafique and Nick Rideout. Our aim has always been to provide a dynamic, reliable, and safe Special Effects service for film and television. Our team remains committed to this aim with a permanent facility in Sunbury-on-Thames including a design office, comprehensive workshop, and an extensive inventory of SFX equipment.
Elements Special Effects has grown as all companies should, we now boast an incredibly skilled and diverse team capable of undertaking prop, set builds, model-making and physical effects including smoke, fire, rain, snow, wind, and pyrotechnics. Our engineering team also create amazing, high quality effects rigs and builds of all scales to meet the various and challenging requirements they undertake. These include motion control rigs, floor and ceiling collapses, and stunt rigs.
We have been fortunate to be involved with many brilliant productions. These range from films, televisions series, advertisements, British independent films, music videos, commercials, and live events. In 2021 we had the honour of receiving our first British Independent Film Awards nomination for The Electric Life of Louis Wain Shortly after followed by a Best Production Design Light Entertainment TV Programme British Film Designers Guild award for Sex Education.
We now have the luxury of training in-house the next generation of special effect technicians demonstrating our commitment to British film and television projects. By expanding our training programme, we will be able to deliver the high end and consistent special effects our clients have become accustomed to over the years.
