Anyone near the Southbank on the evening of March 27 would have noticed something special going on at Tate Modern as Lord Puttnam hosted the Escape Awards 2008 in partnership with Autodesk and AMD.
Key players from some of the biggest companies in Visual Effects, Games and Design Visualization were on hand to rub shoulders, enjoy a few cocktails and admire the stunning view.
However, there was also some serious business to be done as everybody was eager to hear who would take the top spots across the eight award categories.
Just a glimpse at the list of nominees would tell you that the judges had a rather tough time making their decisions and nobody could have predicted who'd be taking home the award circuit's newest and arguably most stylish trophy.
CG in Broadcast: Framestore CFC -- PRIMEVALCG in commercials: Glassworks -- FORD FLEXIFUELCG in Film: Framestore CFC -- THE GOLDEN COMPASSCG in Music: Framestore CFC -- THE SALMON DANCECG in Games: Ninja Theory -- HEAVENLY SWORDDesign Visualization -- Moving Image: Uniform -- THE CRYSTALDesign Visualization – Still Image: Burrows Nvisage -- LRX in PICCADILLY CIRCUSStudent in CG: Ian Wharton and Edward Shires -- SOLAR
