Producing for VFX is Back on 25 Oct 2022

Our evening class in Producing for VFX is back, starting on 25 October 2022. Producing for VFX is an eight week evening class, taught two nights a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7-10pm). Producing for VFX is designed to give students a thorough understanding of how the VFX production pipeline works, and how to apply it in practice.  What does a VFX Producer actually do? Students will learn the full ecosystem of VFX production, taught by veteran VFX producer Martin Gabriel. 

Martin Gabriel

Martin Gabriel

Martin Gabriel has worked in VFX for over twenty years, first as a VFX Coordinator and then as VFX Producer in London, Hollywood and on location abroad.  Martin has experience of the process of VFX in film-making from pre-production to post, in film,  television and commercials.  Martin's movie credits include X-Men, Harry Potter, King Arthur and Tomb Raider. 

Martin has also helped to create facility wide information systems to manage the flow of data. Although he has mostly worked on large budget Hollywood projects, Martin has also worked on many smaller, independent films.

Producing for VFX

To find out more, visit the official site here.

Escapees in Production
A growing number of Escapees have gone to fill animation, games & VFX production roles in the animation industry in recent years:

Olivia Unwin, producer at Framestore

• Nickoel Izharuddin, Production Co-ordinator at MPC
• Lydia Layton, CG Dept manager at Cinesite
• Angie Cajigas VFX co-ordinator at Cinesite
• Maddison Gould, production assistant at Playstation
• Katerina Zacharakis, production assistant at Playstation
• Olivia Unwin, Production Assistant at Framestore
• Duncan Guymer, Producer at Sliced Bread Animation

Producing and Freelancing

Producer Angie Cajigas

To see other posts about producing and freelancing, see the links
below:

• What a VFX Producer does, exactly
• Seven Rules to Start Your Own Animation Business
• 16 Rules of Animation Freelancing
• How to Invoice a Client
• Eight Rules to Survive as a Freelance Animator
• Sole Trader -vs- Limited Company - which is best?
• Questions for your Client on Your First Freelance Job
• Producing Animation with Steve Burch
• What Does an Animation Producer Do, Exactly?
• Michael O'Sullivan Explains "The Art of The Pitch"
• Producing Animation by Zahra Dowlatabadi

The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects. To apply for our BA/MArt in 3D Animation, follow this link. To apply for our storyboarding evening class, visit this page here. For the next 12 week animation course, click here.