Free VFX Careers Event 10 October at 5.30pm

VFX Careers Event Monday 10th October at 5:30pm

Join us for a free virtual Visual Effects Careers Event on Monday 10th October at 5:30pm. 

Guests will be offered career advice from our special guests Brad Blackbourn (Virtual Production Manager) and Scott Pritchard (Associate VFX Supervisor at Industrial Light & Magic).  To sign up for this free event, follow this link.

Brad Blackbourne

On May 5th 2021 Escape Studios hosted a webinar with Brad Blackbourn - Virtual Production Manager from our industry partner Third Floor Studios, specialists in pre and post-visualisation.  You can watch the webinar below:

 

Previsualisation at the Third Floor

Brad introduced our students to the work of Previs artists, and talked about what skills students need to break into the industry, how mentors provide feedback, and how the industry works.  And, of course, Brad offered his insights into finding work in the fast-expanding previsualisation industry. 

Scott Pritchard, Associate VFX Supervisor at ILM
Scott Pritchard has 19 years of VFX experience.  Prior to joining Industrial Light & Magic Scott spent seven years at DNEG.  

VES Award

In 2011 Scott received a VES award for his compositing work on Inception.

Scott Pritchard

Scott was one of the first artists to join Industrial Light & Magic's new London studio in 2014 for Avengers: Age of Ultron. Since then he has worked on many feature films including Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame. In 2019, he joined the Industrial Light & Magic TV department as Visual Effects Supervisor for Brave New World, before going on to supervise The Stand, The Pale Blue Eye, and the latest Star Wars Episodic series, Andor.

Official signup page

To sign up for this free event, follow this link.

Escapees at The Third Floor
A number of Escapees have joined The Third Floor, as opportunities in previsualisation and real-time rendering continue to expand:

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  Brad Blackbourn

  Laura Knight joins The Third Floor as a Shot Creator, January 2021
• Harry Pearson joins The Third Floor as a Shot Creator, September 2020
• Sebastian Kuder Joins The Third Floor as Junior Previs Artist, July 2019

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.