Riding on the excitement of the new Bond film, Skyfall, Heineken has a James Bond themed ad, featuring Daniel Craig. The VFX for the ad were done by none other than our good friends at The Mill, and the global TV and digital campaign will be activated across 32 markets and involves the participation of the film's stars, Daniel Craig and the latest Bond girl, Bérénice Marlohe.
Welcome to the wonderful world of compositing!
Looking to learn something new? If that’s the case, then we have two webinars coming soon that deserve your attention. Both webinars range from beginner friendly, to the more advanced, where NUKE operators can learn more about how to apply Python to their projects. Both webinars are at either end of the spectrum, concentrating on the art of compositing in all its different forms. So to get a better understanding of skilful compositing, make sure you tune in for either or both presentations.
Communicating with BLA BLA
You've got to hand it to Vincent Morisset, he's one pretty cool dude. His collaboration with Arcade Fire in the making of an interactive music video for their song, "Neon Bible", has created something completely different from the norm. I've never had so much fun just clicking a mouse!
Maya Core Evening Course – Class of September 2012
You’ve got to take your hat off to the people who do the part-time evening courses at Escape. This is the course that people choose when they need to schedule their learning around other life commitments… and those life commitments usually involve full-time work.
Another Day, Another BBQ
Yesterday marked the second Assimilate and Escape BBQ at the Shepherd’s Bar and to say the event was a success would be a bit of an understatement.
Grounded: A VFX Short with some Heart
In this day and age of huge Sci-fi VFX productions that really don't go anywhere (cough!.. Prometheus...cough! cough!) emotionally we find ourselves longing for some real substance with our entertainment. Enter Grounded , a film short by Kevin Margo, a VFX vet from Blur Studio, about an Astronauts journey through space and life. The short was a top award winner at multiple festivals around the planet and in true VFX fashion Kevin and his team created a process short along with the film to show all of those VFX hopefuls out there just how it was done. Top notch work from a top notch creative, I do hope we see some more from Mr. Margo's mind!
Oh crumbs! It's the ETC Biscuit World Cup semi-finals...
London 2012: a year of sporting valour and competiton to divide nations; of edge-of-our-seats spectacle and awe. I am speaking, of course, about Electric Theatre Collective's Biscuit World Cup (BWC)— and the suspense is such that we at Escape Studios could all do with a sit down, a nice cuppa cha and, well, a barrel of our dunkable little friends.
Huffington Post: Dom Davenport shares his insights on the last decade of VFX in the UK
With all of the buzz surrounding Escape Studio's launch of the UK's first VFX Festival, it's an opportune moment to reflect on the evolvement of the VFX industry over the past decade.
Escape Studios launch the VFX festival with star studded panel of industry experts.
Last Thursday, Escape Studios launched the UK’s first VFX Festival with an exclusive panel debate made up of the industry’s top flag bearers!
Last chance to celebrate the summer
This is your last chance to register for the Escape Studios and Assimilate BBQ, in association with NVIDIA and HP, to put to bed our ever-so short British summer.
Simon Richardson: Junior NUKE Artist at The Mill
Anyone who knows Escape Studios will know how valued our Studio Assistants are. Representing the heart of Escape, they keep this VFX academy a well-oiled machine. From supporting current students with their projects, making sure deliveries go out on time, to editing showreel videos, no job is too big or too small. And in return they are in the best place to ready their showreels for that next step in to the CG industry.
Prime Focus World – Dredd 3D
Prime Focus World is the VFX house behind another big box office success, delivering 650 stereo VFX shots for “Dredd” in 3D. To put that into perspective for you, that’s 90% of the VFX for the entire movie. What’s more, this was achieved over a 24-week production period. A massive achievement on an epic scale!