- Date: Thursday 9 October
- Time: 14:30 to 15:30
- Venue: Picturehouse Central
They bring dragons to life. They make lost cities reappear. They create robots with human expressions and make human beings look like androids. When they enhance physical elements in a scene, their work becomes less visible, and yet, it is there. Join us for this spotlight on the art and craft of visual effects, with award-winning creatives and producers driving innovation at some of the most prestigious VFX studios in the UK. We will look into how they collaborate with directors, producers and heads of department, and we will discuss the uses of VFX in the early stages of a project, to serve and enhance a filmmaker’s original vision.
With VFX Supervisor and Milk Co-founder Sara Bennett (Ex Machina, The Woman King), Framestore Film & Episodic CEO Fiona Walkinshaw (Gravity, Tár), beloFX Co-founder and COO Ellen Walder (Disclaimer, The Last of Us) and Arpita Venugopal, Head of FX, One Of Us (Napoleon, The Sandman).
Speakers:
- Fiona Walkinshaw, CEO Film & Episodic, Framestore
- Sara Bennett, VFX Supervisor and Co-founder, Milk
- Ellen Walder, COO and Co-founder, beloFX
- Arpita Venugopal, Head of FX, One Of Us
Host:
- Ian Haydn Smith, Writer and Curator