When I left a 10 years long career as a camera operator, hailing from the set of Harry Potter to turn to visual effects I thought I was decisively
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Everything is Cinematography, Cinematography is Everything
No need to be a mechanic to drive cars, but all Formula One drivers are very fine mechanics. Same for VFX artists: To reach the
Industry and Escape unite for Mental Health
As part of Escape Studios’ response to this we welcomed professional Mental Health First Aid trainers into Escape Studios and put 40 of our staff as well as 40 VFX, Games and Animation industry professionals through either a one day MHFA Champion course or a 2 Day Mental Health First Aider course.
MochaPro + Nuke Webinar Recording
A couple of weeks ago I did a webinar on using Mocha Pro for clean-up and in particular, looking at advanced techniques in Nuke that use it beyond its original purpose of pure planar tracking.
Ariel Levental’s mentoring session for Advanced Compositing students.
Ariel Levental, a senior compositor at Framestore, came to Escape Studios on Friday to have a look at our Advanced Compositing short course students’ work. To help the students reach that standard Ariel gave detailed critique of each of the shots, but he also had some general comments and tips that would be helpful for any aspiring artist.
All Thriller No Filler- Showreel advice from Milk and Framestore
We don’t know if Milk’s 2D Supervisor Jorge Oliva and Framestore’s Generalist TD Caspian Graca da Silva have worked together, but they were a formidable team to give feedback to Escape VFX students on their showreels at our special Showreel Clinic
THE ART OF VISUAL EFFECTS AT ESCAPE STUDIOS 