Oscars
On Tuesday the long-awaited Oscar nominations were released. We scored a nomination in Visual Effects for Christopher Robin – huge congrats to the nominees Chris Lawrence, Michael Eames, Theo Jones & the rest of the team in London and Montreal who brought our childhood friends to life.
…And let’s also say a massive well done to everyone who worked on Avengers: Infinity War and to our wonderful Art Department, whose concept work helped bring Ready Player One to life as both films are also nominated.
Let’s Taco-bout it
How far would you go to retrieve your Nacho fries? The brilliantly witty and VFX-heavy spot was led by Framestore’s ECD Aron Hjartarson in LA
View the Taco-Bell spoof and find more information here
We also launched the IKEA ad that sees pyjama-clad night-clubbers heading ‘out-out’ to celebrate all that is magical about bedtime. Directed by advertising legend Juan Cabral and led by CD Jordi Bares out of London.
Read more about it here
Ocean Spray
The newest ad ‘Act Tiny. Be Mighty’ places the focus on the family farms who are the heart of the company.
Pokemon
Pika Pika 🕵 Our favourite sleuth stars in this brand new Detective Pikachu TV spot
Houdini Connect
Ahmed Gharraph, Joint Head of CG, IA, led a production talk on Houdini characters and crowds with the SideFX gang in London
V&A Parallel Worlds Conference
London’s CG Supervisor, Amanda Johnstone-Batt took to the stage to talk all things rides.
Press
Head of Talent in London, Amy Smith, spoke to Cubebrush about how to get yourself hired at Framestore. Fingers crossed none of us will need to read this one for tips – quick look like you’re working hard.
“The Oscars mean nothing” – our other favourite bear might have missed out on a nomination, but he’s got a hoard of fans supporting him
Back to School
The first first sculpture class in London has been completed. It was taught by our own Kresten Smedemark, and the sculpt is by Tamas Kurdi. Grace Wilson in the capture lab team kindly scanned these using photgrammerty.
See photos of the sculpture and the Maya model to the right.
#InColour
New in colour this week is the work of colourist Clark Griffiths (CHI) for Sabian Cymbals, featuring artist Christ Turner of Oceans Ate Alaska.
#Veganuary update
That rounds this week up – catch you next week!
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