Fiona Chilton Joins Method Studios as Head of Production, Sydney
Veteran of VFX and animation production will oversee all the studio’s film VFX productions.
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The Rookies Opens its 2018 Competition
Young creatives in film, animation, games, VR, motion graphics and 3D visualization offered evaluation by top professionals and exposure to the industry.
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FMX Adds Insights into Blockbuster VFX, AR, Animation
‘Black Panther,’ Oscar-winner ‘Blade Runner 2049’ and ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ will be spotlighted.
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Stuart Robinson to Lead Method's Ad Business in North America
Company also brings aboard Alaina Zanotti in business development and promoted Stephanie Gilgar and Angela Lupo.
The 2018 VFX Nominees: Doubling Down on Digital Effects
Group of 20 nominees draws on two decades of experience and technological advances, delivering shots that were previously unimaginable.
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Framestore Celebrates BAFTA VFX win for 'Blade Runner 2049'
Company’s Montréal team created nearly 300 shots for the sequel to the sci-fi classic.
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Making it Better: Christopher Townsend Talks ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’
Oscar-nominated VFX supervisor details the myriad challenges in bringing director James Gunn’s blockbuster sequel to the screen.
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Previs in China: Evolution or Revolution?
Does the Middle Kingdom’s growing use of quality previsualization efforts portend greater VFX-heavy film success to come?
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FMX 2018 Announces New Tracks, Attending Companies
Conference also has put online the second in its ‘Behind the Beard’ trailer series.
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Kevin Adds VFX Vets Dalzell, Maniatis and Loeffler
New hires bring more creative and technical firepower via their roles as head of CG, VFX supervisor and head of technology.
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Shotgun Software Introduces Production Insights
Shotgun 7.6 adds new analytics feature set for VFX and animation.
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Behind the Bear: Framestore Returns for ‘Paddington 2’
Overseen by animation director Pablo Grillo, Framestore delivers more than 520 shots including digi-doubles, set extensions, CG swans and an adorably re-styled Paddington for the much-anticipated sequel to the 2014 worldwide hit.
Vicon, Framestore Raise the Dead in ‘Thor: Ragnarok’
Vicon motion capture cameras and software aided in the creation of undead soldiers, crowded cities and even the Hulk, all in a matter of days.
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Assembling an Epic: The VFX of ‘Thor: Ragnarok’
Marvel Studios VFX supervisor Jake Morrison oversaw just under 2,700 shots contributed by Framestore, Digital Domain, Double Negative, Industrial Light & Magic, Rising Sun Pictures, Method Studios, Iloura and Luma Pictures for the third instalment of the God of Thunder franchise.
Vicon Helps Framestore Create Crowds for ‘Blade Runner 2049’
Live mocap link from London to Montreal employing Vicon’s Shōgun and Epic’s Unreal Engine helps artists produce a digital crowd in less than 24 hours.
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Framestore Creates Large-Scale Destruction for ‘Geostorm’
Award-winning VFX house delivers 1.5km-long International Space Station, a futuristic shuttle, spacesuits and digital doubles of Gerard Butler and Alexandra Maria Lara, and more for director Dean Devlin’s climate disaster spectacle.
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Electric Dreams: Framestore’s Creative Journey to ‘Blade Runner 2049’
A team of 175 artists at Framestore’s Montréal hub deliver nearly 300 VFX shots across nine sequences for director Denis Villeneuve’s follow-up to the 1982 classic sci-fi feature directed by Ridley Scott.
Framestore Crafts the Final Act for ‘Thor: Ragnarok’
Framestore reunites with Marvel Studios to deliver the climactic final act of ‘Thor: Ragnarok,’ producing 459 shots of heavy-duty VFX and a host of fully-CG characters.
Framestore Ups Mathieu Bertrand to Head of CG
Montréal local served as CG supervisor on films including BAFTA-nominated ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,’ Denis Villeneuve’s BAFTA-nominated ‘Arrival,’ Ridley Scott’s ‘Alien: Covenant’ and the upcoming ‘Geostorm.’
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Framestore Appoints Josh King as Senior VFX Producer
Visual effects producer has overseen widely-recognized commercial campaigns for Three, Cravendale and Harvey Nichols, among others.
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Australian Effects & Animation Festival Announces 2017 Winners
‘War for the Planet of the Apes,’ ‘The Jungle Book,’ ‘Kong: Skull Island,’ ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,’ ‘Ghost in the Shell,’ ‘Valerian and The City of a Thousand Planets’ and ‘Doctor Strange’ receive awards for feature film VFX at 2017 Australian Effects & Animation Festival.
Framestore Ups Helen Hughes to Head of Advertising
Hughes has been an integral part of Framestore’s production department since 2010, leading a growing team of producers across Framestore’s core VFX artistry.
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Framestore Animates Detailed Hulk for Marvel
International Oscar-winning creative studio Framestore is showing its cross-platform capabilities yet again by bringing the powerful Marvel character Hulk to life on both film and commercial platforms, with the London film team and the Los Angeles integrated advertising team collaborating on the latest CG characterization of Hulk for upcoming Marvel Studios releases and Renault’s commercial “Renault Kwid.”
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Hulk Hammers Rogue Satellite for Renault (Director’s Cut)
The Framestore Film team in London and Integrated Advertising team in Los Angeles extend the studio’s big screen Hulk experience into director Jonathan Gurvit’s slammin’ new “Renault KWID” spot.
The Iconic Character Transformations of ‘Beauty and the Beast’
Framestore VFX supervisor Kyle McCulloch shares how Mrs. Potts, Lumiere, Cogsworth, Cadenza and Garderobe were brought to life in Disney’s hit live-action remake of the classic 1991 animated feature.
