Source: Framestore Working on No Time To Die was a dream project for Framestore, says Loch, as “the franchise was always a firm favorite growing up, and my pick of choice was always one from the Bond ‘VHS’ collection.” With …
Month: December 2021

Best of Stash 2021: Game Films
SKY: CHILDREN OF THE LIGHTIncluded in STASH 148 Passion Pictures director Jon Saunders: “The problem going in was that when CG films try to emulate anime, oftentimes they only focus on mimicking the look with toon shaders and outlines, but …

Framestore Helps ‘Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage’ Visualize a Serial Killer’s Childhood
Finding a unique look for the drawings and animation was a challenge. “We had nothing to base it on” says VFX supervisor Stuart Penn, “as the closest thing was probably the ‘Tale of the Three Brothers’ from the later Harry …

Best of Stash 2021: Explainers
From the team at Tendril in Toronto: “Kernel’s technology is unique in the field of brain scanning, acquiring real-time brain activity before, during, and after a psychedelic experience. Magically transforming a dry (often arcane, and potentially dull) topic into an …

Know Your Indie Filmmaker: Elizabeth Hobbs
Here’s an introduction to her work: Other key works: The Emperor (2001), G-AAAH (2016), The Flounder (2019) Welcome to a new series in which we profile the most interesting independent animation filmmakers working today — the artists who, through short …

‘Lucas the Spider’ Leaps onto Cartoonito from YouTube
The new series – 78 7-minute episodes – aims to embrace and illustrate core values of kindness, inclusivity, and perseverance, grounded in social and emotional learning skills, all things that attracted executive producer Tom McGillis to Slice’s YouTube shorts in …

Best of Stash 2021: Music Videos
“There were several major challenges to completing the project successfully. First was creating a piece that could complement the existing Johnny Cash anthology as this piece would live on his site next to his other work. This meant the subject, …

14TH ANIMASYROS & THE 7TH AGORA : 22 – 26 September 2021, Syros, Greece
SPECIAL MENTION – Love, Dad, Diana Cam Van Nguyen, Czech Republic Greek graphic designer and animator Margarita Simopoulous and her group of seniors explored the relationship between watercolors and the famous Delacroix painting The Slaughter of Chios. Their two-day …

Best of Stash 2021: Advertising
Many tears flowed during Super Bowl LV thanks to this powerful work for Toyota from Radical Media director Tarsem Singh and the Framestore VFX crew recounting the incredible journey of Jessica Long from orphan amputee to Paralympic swimming champion. [embedded …