Emmy Award Nominations
Framestore managed to bag two Emmy nods this week – Lovecraft Country earned a nomination for Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Season Or A Movie, and The Crown picked up a nomination for Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Single Episode.
Congratulations to everyone involved, including Grant Walker, Oliver Bersey, Standish Millennas, and Andrew Scrase.
Congrats to our NY team who worked onWandaVision, which is also up for an award.
McDonalds – McSpicy
The London IA team brought to life the latest McDonald’s campaign ‘McSpicy’ and it’s a hot one!
Etsy – Greatness in the Making
With the Summer Games on the horizon, Etsy tapped 72andSunny to highlight the parallels between athletes and craft makers, reminding us of the dedication it takes for each to follow their passions and dreams in order to ‘Find Greatness in the Making.’
Framestore’s NY-based team was responsible for picture enhancement, while the cohesive color hues were thanks to LA-based Beau Leon.
Rita Ora – You for Me
Rita Ora’s hot new song ‘You for Me’ is giving us all the summer feels (and making us want to take a dive in that pool). Vivid pops of red, white and blue thanks to Framestore’s grading master, Beau Leon.
Press
Montreal’s Managing Director, Chloe Grysole sat down with the Financial Times to discuss why Quebec is seeing such a rapid boom in demand for its VFX services. Watch the video here.
A Framestore First (Place)
Influencer platform DSMN8 announced the results of their employee engagement study – Framestore takes joint 1st place (tied with BFI) for having the most engaged employees on social media in the UK Film Industry. Your likes, comments and shares count! (And are very much appreciated).
Take that, DNEG and MPC.
So, make sure you’re following Framestore on socials, and if you see any content you like…
You’ve been [Framed]
Meet Ollie Bersey, Deputy Head of 2D, IA (LDN). Ollie was nominated for an Emmy this week, plays tennis, and has recently welcomed a four-legged colleagued into his WFH space. Read more about Ollie here.
Flamestorm vs Honey Badgers
This week Flamestorm went up against number two in the league, the Hearst ‘Honey Badgers’. It was a hard fought game that was saved by 6 comeback runs in the top of the 7th inning to stop the Badgers in their tracks. Flamestorm are on a roll with 6 wins in a row!
Special mention to MVPs this week: Ella Weeks for another great game at bat and Nicolas Sauval who never stopped running and picked up 5 runs.
Final score: Flamestorm 26 – 17 Honey Badgers
That’s it for this week – see you on the flip side!
