Nuke Studio

November 12, 2017/by
Nuke®, NukeX® and Nuke Studio® offer cutting-edge toolkits for node-based compositing, editorial and review. The Nuke family's unparalleled flexibility and collaborative workflows help you get the highest quality results—fast. Advert for The Foundry - Nuke Studio I've been contacted by Posh Gecko to create all the graphical bits for the advert. A mix of Plexus and...
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MasterCard

November 14, 2017/by
The Studio was pleased to have worked with Ketchum on a MasterCard film showing the cards future proof security aspects. Having come up with the original idea and concept The Studio took the project through design, CG and final compositing to create the final finished film. Sound design and audio was mixed in house at Smoke & Mirrors. Agency - Ketchum Client - MasterCard Producer - Johnny Fairburn Post Production - The Studio Studio Creative Director - Dan Andrew Concept & Design - Amer Jamhour / Dan Andrew CG animation & AE - Nicola Gastaldi / Gabriel Thomas / Ed Kevill Davies / Davide Frusteri / Guillaume Weiss Online & Compositing - Guillaume Weiss Audio - Scott...
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Leftfield “Head and Shoulders”

November 14, 2017/by
Director: Casey & Ewan Production Company: Riffrafffilms.tv Executive Producer: Sarah Boardman Producer: Monica Domanska 2D: Thu Tran Lisa Ramsey STOP MOTION: Stopmotion Animator: Leo Nicholson Model Maker: Natasha Nicholson Paper Engineer: Ian Watson Assistant Paper Engineer: Rosie Smith Pre Light: Laura Howie Compositor: John Moore Special Thanks: Ruth Cayford at Cardiff Contemporary Printhaus Cardiff 3D: TheStudio @ Smoke & Mirrors Post Producers: Sophie Harrison & Lydia Evitt 3D artists: Silvia Casali, Nicola Destefanis, Nicola Gastaldi, Christian Tailor, Davide Frusteri Monster Rig: Nicola Destefanis Jason Head: Nicola Gastaldi Lead compositor: Guillaume Weiss Compositors: Nicola Destefanis, Nicola Gastaldi, Christian Tailor Studio Creative Director: Dan Andrew Grade: Dan Moran @ Smoke &...
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Sky: Star Wars

November 14, 2017/by
Mill+ have brought the spirit of Star Wars to life for the launch of Sky Movies’ new, dedicated channel. Collaborating closely with Sky Creative, Disney, LucasFilm and ILM, the Mill+ team in London developed an epic, fully CG, 40-second ident to go in front of every film on Sky Movies’ new pop up channel Sky Movies Star Wars. Production: Mill+ Creative Director: Grant Berry 3D Lead Artist: Fred Huergo 2D Lead Artist: Anne-Sofie Tholander 3D Artists: Davide Frusteri, Ashley Tyas, Ambrogio Bergamaschi, Stephanie Dewhirst, Will Denning, Josh Docherty, Sauce Villas, Ashley Reemul, Pete Agg, David Hempstead, Ciaran Moloney 2D Artists: Jorge Schulz-Gercho, Greg Spencer Matte Painting: Jiyoung Lee, Marie Tricart, Alex Caldow Colourist: Seamus O'Kane, James Bamford Executive Producer: Luke Colson Producer: Oana...
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UKF Idents

November 14, 2017/by
Series of bespoke content to act as backdrops for new music releases.   Produced at Merchants + Sons Direction, Design and 3D: James Francis 3D: Davide...
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World War II From Space

November 14, 2017/by
*World War II from Space has won an Emmy® Award for Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction* *Winner RTS Craft and Design Awards - Best Graphic Design Programme Content* World War II From Space is a 90 minute documentary visualising key events from World War II from the vantage point of space. This was a huge task as there were 300 animations (most between 20/30 secs) and 79 VFX shots completed in 8 months. This is a montage of some of these sequences. DESIGN DIRECTION AND ANIMATION: Hazel Baird DIRECTOR: Simon George CLIENT: October Films / History Channel. VFX and GFX: Prime Focus 3D AND ANIMATION: Andrea Stragapede, Stuart Fortune, Nicol Scott, Ajanta Ghosh, Davide Frusteri. VFX SUPERVISOR: Graham Stott. VFX ARTISTS: Tomos Sion, Stefan Susemlhi, Monica Aburaham, David Woods, Alison Stott, Yannick Tan, Ian King, Matt...
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Jeem TV

November 14, 2017/by
Jeem TV - News titles news programme Al Akhbar for Qatar based childrens channel Jeem TV. Richard Dufty: Design and animation. Davide Frusteri. Additional animation. Produced at Jump...
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