"Power Up Your Portfolio" Wed 30 Sept 5pm via Zoom

Power Up Your Portfolio on 30 Sept at 5pm

Thinking of studying with us at Escape Studios? Join us on Wednesday 30 September at 5pm for a free webinar to "Power Up Your Portfolio" - online via Zoom. 

Prospective students often ask What should go into a portfolio when applying to Escape Studios?  Find out on Thursday 30th September.  

You'll hear from our Dean of Visual Storytelling Alexander Williams,  Programme Leader for VFX Klaudija Cermak and Programming tutor Michael MacKinnon. 

We'll be showing samples of portfolio work from our current students, and offering insights into the sort of work you could include in your own portfolio.

Sign up here for this free event. 

Klaudija Cermak Elected to VES Board of Directors

Escape Studios is proud to congratulate compositing tutor Klaudija Cermak who has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Visual Effects Society (VES), London Section.

Klaudija has over 25 years experience on commercials, broadcast TV and feature films.  Klaudija has worked at most of the major post-production houses in London including MPC, Mill, Millfilm, Framestore, Double Negative and Glassworks.

The Visual Effects Society is an entertainment industry organization representing visual effects artists with 5,000 members in 50 countries.  Since 2002 it has produced the Visual Effects Society Awards, which honours vfx excellence in multiple categories. 

VFX Core Skills Handbook 2025 Launched

The updated Core Skills of VFX Handbook 2025 has been launched at an event at Cinesite in London. 

Collated by Escapee Saint John Walker and funded by UK Screen Alliance and BFI Metro London Skills Cluster, the Handbook serves as both a blueprint for course curricula in higher education and a practical guide for students learning VFX.  You can download it here. 

Introducing The 2D VFX Team at Escape Studios

Meet the 2D VFX Team at Escape Studios. 2D VFX is all about compositing, and is primarily taught in Nuke, by The Foundry.  

Our graduates in 2D Compositing have enjoyed considerable success in recent years, with a very high proportion of our students finding work in their chosen field. Compositing continues to be a vital part of the VFX Pipeline.   

Below are the talented tutors who teach the art and craft of 2D VFX at Escape Studios, helping to ensure we remain the UK's leading centre for the study of VFX.

We also have hundreds of tutorials in compositing in Nuke at our Tutorial Channel to support our students.

Reading List for 2D VFX (Compositing)

In this guest blog post Escape Studios VFX Programme Leader Klaudija Cermak offers a summary of the best books to read for the study of Compositing - 2D VFX. 

Klaudija's reading list is based on many years of research; traditional books are still one of the best ways to learn from the many decades of knowledge that underpin the digital arts. 

Many of these books can be found in the Escape Studios Animation & VFX Library, on the 11th Floor.   You can read more about the library and how it works here. 

Camera Tracking in Nuke with Klaudija Cermak

Camera Tracking in Nuke with Klaudija Cermak

In this video tutorial VFX Programme Leader Klaudija Cermak explains the process of Camera Tracking in Nuke. 

Matchmoving - or camera tracking - has traditionally been the responsibility of a 3D department or 3D VFX artists. However, 2D compositors can now do camera tracking in Nuke.

You can find Klaudija's video tutorial here.  The password is the same as for all our Vimeo Tutorial Videos.

Meet the 2nd Year Tutors at Escape Studios

Who teaches the second year undergraduate animation and vfx students at Escape Studios? The second year of studies is where our students begin to specialise in their chosen field - whether animation, visual effects or games.  

For animators, there are four modules in the second year: AN5001 (character animation), AN5002 (creature animation), CR5001 (specialism) and PR5001 (Studio Project).

For VFX artists, the modules are similar, with VFX students choosing between 3D VFX and 2D VFX (compositing)

Below are the tutors who help our students embark on their professional animation and VFX journey.

Escape Students Work on Guard Bros' "Borderland"

Felicity Jones stars in Borderland.

Escape Studios is proud to be contributing over a dozen VFX shots to the forthcoming UK indie thriller "Borderland", directed by London-based film-makers Tom and Charles Guard.

In Borderland, a retired Irish paramilitary witnesses the fatal shooting of his pregnant wife by an SAS officer, taking his revenge to the streets of 1970's London.

Meet the 2D VFX Team at Escape Studios

Clement, Klaudija, Lorenzo and Sokratis

Meet the 2D VFX Team at Escape Studios. 2D VFX is all about compositing, and is primarily taught in Nuke, by The Foundry.  Our graduates in 2D Compositing have enjoyed spectacular success in recent years, with almost 100% of our students finding work in their chosen field.  Below are the talented tutors who teach the art and craft of 2D VFX at Escape Studios, helping to ensure we remain the UK's leading centre for the study of VFX.

Meet the VFX Team at Escape Studios

VFX Team at Escape Studios

Meet the VFX Team at Escape Studios! VFX is the jewel in the crown at Escape Studios, it's at the very root of what we do, where we began 20 years ago when the VFX Industry was just starting to boom.

Back in the early 2000s there were few places in the UK where students could learn the necessary skills to land that crucial first job in the industry. 

Today, Escape Studios is ranked No 1 in the UK by The Rookies for VFX Production.

Below, in no particular order, are our talented tutors who teach the art and craft of VFX at Escape Studios, helping to ensure we remain the UK's leading centre for the study of VFX.

Meet Your Tutors - Klaudija Cermak

Meet Your Tutors - Klaudija Cermak teaches the Art of Compositing for VFX at Escape Studios; she teaches the short course (12 weeks) in VFX Compositing as well as teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Klaudija has over 20 years experience on commercials, broadcast TV and feature films.  Klaudija has worked at most of the major post-production houses in London including MPC, Mill, Millfilm, Framestore, Double Negative and Glassworks.

To sign up for our MA and Short Course (12 weeks) in VFX Compositing, follow this link to the official site.  To sign up for our Evening Class in 2D Compositing, read this blog post.