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AWN Professional Spotlight: FMX 2014 – Max Solomon
As part of AWN’s Professional Spotlight series -- a series of exclusive video interviews shot during FMX 2014 – Max Solomon, an animation supervisor at Framestore, talks about the animation, previs and onset virtual technology used on the Oscar-winning film ‘Gravity.’
Framestore Helps Create a Wachowski World for ‘Jupiter Ascending’
Framestore's London and Montreal teams deliver over 500 shots to help realize the Wachowski’s lavish and beautifully designed sci-fi universe, including CG hero characters, CG environments, digital doubles, and a host of CG space ships and planets, along with all manner of explosions, fireballs, shattering glass and liquid nano-technology.
Framestore Promotes Grant Walker to Senior CG Art Director
New role will see Walker lead the design of characters and environments across the London Integrated Advertising team’s CG work.
Stephane Ceretti Talks Rocket, Groot and the VFX of ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’
Oscar-nominated VFX supervisor discusses the challenges of creating two believable CG action heroes.
SPARK FWD Returns to Vancouver January 29-31
Visual effects festival, conference and job fair to include presentations on the invisible effects of ‘Birdman,’ ILM’s work on ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier,’ the making of ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,’ the miniature effects of ‘Interstellar,” and more.
Framestore Names William Bartlett Executive Creative Director
Vicon’s Motion Capture Bears Fruit for ‘Paddington’
Vicon T40 cameras enable VFX house Framestore to carry out quality previsualization for marmalade loving bear Paddington.
Luis Ribeiro Joins Framestore
Framestore hires executive producer Luis Ribeiro to oversee business development for integrated advertising in New York.
Framestore Turns Up the Cuteness for McVitie's
Framestore dishes out Christmas cuteness with the “cutest ad ever,” including puppies, kittens, piglets, and a gloriously incongruous CG Narwhal.
Framestore Unveils New Feature VFX Supervision Team
Alex Pejic, Stephane Nazé, Nigel Denton-Howes and Oscar-winner George Murphy join Framstore’s London and Montreal film offices.
Framestore Launches Feline into Space for O2 Spot
London-based VFX house teams with visualization specialists The Third Floor to help launch O2's ‘Be More Dog’ campaign into outer space.
Framestore Creates Sheldon the Snail for Freesat
The Corrie-loving snail, whose life is transformed by Freesat’s Freetime service, is created by Framestore for a new campaign by TellyJuice and director David Skinner.
Framestore Unveils the VFX behind ‘Dracula Untold’
Framestore delivers more than 700 VFX shots for Universal’s ‘Dracula Untold,’ including CG environments, CG battle scenes and millions of CG bats, as well as look development and character animation for the film’s central character, Vlad Tepes, also known as Vlad the Impaler.
Gavin and Jason Fox Join Framestore
Gavin and Jason Fox, two of the genius creatives behind the ‘Secret Cinema’ shows, join the company’s Digital team in London.
New ‘Dracula Untold’ Trailer Showcases Stunning VFX
A new international trailer shows off many of the film’s effects, overseen by Christian Manz and produced at Framestore, Milk VFX, Level 256 and Peanut.
Senior Design Producer Dasha Legge Joins Framestore
Visual effects house announces the permanent addition of London-based senior design producer Dasha Legge.
Dennis Hoffman Joins Framestore Montreal as SVP
Visual effects industry veteran joins Framestore’s film studio in Montreal, where he will be responsible for overseeing the day to day operation of the facility.
Vicon Customers to Take Center Stage at SIGGRAPH 2014
Framestore, The Capture Lab, Bradford University, Lumiscaphe, TechViz and Autodesk to present motion capture techniques for media, entertainment and product design.
Framestore Provides VFX for Ayoade’s ‘The Double’
Framestore partners with Richard Ayoade to provide over visual effects on more than 150 shots on his second feature film, an adaption of Dostoyevsky’s The Double.
Framestore Creates Digital Experience for Old Spice
Framestore teams with Wieden + Kennedy Portland to create “The Power of Hair,” a new digital experience for Old Spice.
Framestore Suits up for ‘RoboCop’ Reboot
Framestore’s London and Montreal offices combine to deliver a full range of photo-real visual effects for Jose Padilha’s RoboCop reboot, encompassing more than 600 robot and bullet-filled shots.