The Framestore Podcast is back to close out 2024 with the second of two highlights episodes, just in time for the holidays! 🎄 In this week's retrospective, we reflect on key moments from our second year of podcasting, featuring highlights including the key moments from our Imaginary Friends, Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and Ted TV show specials, an in-depth focus on global community and work life balance, and we indulge in one of the podcast's core themes: creativity! So, podcast fans, it's that t...
Dec 13, 2024•1 hr 34 min
The Framestore Podcast is back to close out 2024 with the first of two highlights episodes, just in time for the holidays! 🎄 In this week's retrospective, we reflect on key moments from our second year of podcasting, featuring highlights including the Launchpad Insights and Internship programmes, an in-depth focus on leadership - whether it's Framestore's leadership or working with incredible film directors - and we indulge in one of the podcast's core themes: communication and human skills! So...
Nov 30, 2024•1 hr 50 min
The Framestore Podcast, our learning and talent development focused podcast made by Framestore, for Framestore, is back with this weeks second instalment of our 'Imaginary Friends' Special! Join VFX Supervisor Chris Lawrence and Animation Supervisor Arslan Elver, along with this week’s guest co-host, VFX Training Manager Sergio Gonzalez, as we take a deep dive into John Krasinski's latest project, which he both wrote and directed. In today's second part episode, we hear about what the workload w...
Oct 24, 2024•42 min
The Framestore Podcast, our learning and talent development focused podcast made by Framestore, for Framestore, is back with another brand-new instalment. This time, we're excited to present a two-part special on Imaginary Friends, with VFX Supervisor Chris Lawrence and Animation Supervisor Arslan Elver! Joining us as our guest co-host this week is VFX Training Manager Sergio Gonzalez, who helps us as we dive deep into John Krasinski's latest project, which he wrote and directed. Chris Lawrence’...
Oct 21, 2024•58 min
The Framestore Podcast, our learning and talent development focused podcast made by Framestore, for Framestore, is back with this weeks second instalment of our 'Heads of CG' Special! We're back with Heads of CG for Integrated Advertising (IA) at our London and Los Angeles studios: Johannes Sambs and Jessica Groom Shelton. Across both of this weeks instalments we ask Johannes and Jess to tackle the 'Framestore Podcast Dailies' questions together, providing a rare insight into their creative lead...
Oct 10, 2024•49 min
The Framestore Podcast, our learning and talent development focused podcast made by Framestore, for Framestore, is back with another brand-new instalment. We're back with another special two-part episode, featuring the Heads of CG for Integrated Advertising (IA) at our London and Los Angeles studios: Johannes Sambs and Jessica Groom Shelton. Across both of this weeks instalments we ask Johannes and Jess to tackle the 'Framestore Podcast Dailies' questions together, providing a rare insight into ...
Oct 07, 2024•50 min
The Framestore Podcast, our learning and talent development focused podcast made by Framestore, for Framestore, is back with this weeks second instalment of our Launchpad Insights Special! After a late-summer break, we're back with a special two-part episode reflecting on this year's 'Launchpad Insights', Framestore’s immersive work experience. Participants are divided into teams to tackle a simulated client brief and deliver a pitch by week’s end, supported by workshops, masterclasses, panels, ...
Sep 26, 2024•1 hr 5 min
The Framestore Podcast, our learning and talent development focused podcast made by Framestore, for Framestore, is back with another brand-new instalment. After a late-summer break, we're back with a special two-part episode reflecting on this year's 'Launchpad Insights', Framestore’s immersive work experience. Participants are divided into teams to tackle a simulated client brief and deliver a pitch by week’s end, supported by workshops, masterclasses, panels, studio access, and sneak peeks at ...
Sep 23, 2024•58 min
The Framestore Podcast, our learning and talent development focused podcast made by Framestore, for Framestore, is back with another brand-new instalment. This week we return to the Art Department for a conversation with Framestore Concept Artist, Jules Darriulat. Jules is a highly respected artist in his field, known not only for creating stunning concepts for Framestore projects but also as the co-founder of Concept 101. In part two, Montreal based Modeller, Pierre-Edouard Merien takes over th...
Aug 29, 2024•50 min
The Framestore Podcast, our learning and talent development focused podcast made by Framestore, for Framestore, is back with another brand-new instalment. This week, we return to the Art Department for a conversation with Framestore Concept Artist, Jules Darriulat. Jules is a highly respected artist in his field, known not only for creating stunning concepts for Framestore projects but also as the co-founder of Concept 101. In today's first part, we dive into the Framestore Podcast Dailies, disc...
Aug 26, 2024•1 hr 1 min
The Framestore Podcast, our learning and talent development focused podcast made by Framestore, for Framestore, is back with another brand-new instalment. For this week's two-part episode, we revisit the world of Framestore Launchpad Summer Internships as we're joined by members of this year's cohort from all participating studios: London, Melbourne, Montreal, New York, and Chicago! In part two, we meet Nia Coffer, CG Intern in Chicago; Nicolas Bonilla, Design Intern in New York; and Edric Lecle...
Aug 15, 2024•1 hr 2 min
The Framestore Podcast, our learning and talent development focused podcast made by Framestore, for Framestore, is back with another brand-new instalment. For this week's two-part episode, we revisit the world of Framestore Launchpad Summer Internships. Rather than featuring a lineup of Launchpad alumni, we're joined by members of this year's cohort from all participating studios: London, Melbourne, Montreal, New York, and Chicago! Kicking the week off we are joined by Framestore Interns based i...
Aug 12, 2024•1 hr 2 min
The Framestore Podcast, our learning and talent development focused podcast made by Framestore, for Framestore, is back this week with another fantastic two-part episode! On Monday's episode, we caught up with New York based Will Frazier, Associate Creative Director, to learn about his career journey and how he became integral to our work on the Geico Gecko. Guest co-host Leslie Clark, Junior Asset Technical Director, leads Part Two for an in-depth discussion about his career, inspirations, coll...
Aug 01, 2024•31 min
The Framestore Podcast, our learning and talent development focused podcast made by Framestore, for Framestore, is back with another excellent new episode. On today’s episode we warmup our guest up by inviting them to take on the Framestore Podcast ‘Dailies’, our 13 question ‘grilling’ followed by Thursday’s second part where our co-host leads a deeper dive into why we invited them on the pod in the first place. In our latest instalment, we sit down with New York based Will Frazier, Associate Cr...
Jul 29, 2024•1 hr 5 min
The Framestore Podcast, our learning and talent development focused podcast made by Framestore, for Framestore, is back this week with another thought provoking two-part episode! On Monday's episode we caught up with VFX Producer Natalie Miller and Animation Supervisor Nathan McConnel who both recently stepped into acting head roles in Production and Animation, respectively, in our Mumbai studio Having already been through a 'Mumbai flavoured' version of our 13 question grilling, otherwise known...
Jul 18, 2024•28 min
The Framestore Podcast, our learning and talent development focused podcast made by Framestore, for Framestore, is back with another fantastic new episode. On today’s episode we warmup our guests up by inviting them to take on the Framestore Podcast ‘Dailies’, our 13 question ‘grilling’ followed by Thursday’s second part where our co-host leads a deeper dive into why we invited them on the pod in the first place. On this episode, we get to check-in with recent Mumbai secondees, VFX Producer Nata...
Jul 15, 2024•1 hr 15 min
The Framestore Podcast, our learning and talent development focused podcast made by Framestore, for Framestore, is back this week where we're taking a short Summer break with a series of REWIND special episodes, where we go back in time and revisit some of our favourite episodes of the pod. For our final instalment we are going back to Episode 29! Originally aired on Monday 18th September 2023, we met with Martin Macrae, Head of the Art Department at Framestore. Joining as co-host back then was ...
Jul 04, 2024•1 hr 8 min
The Framestore Podcast, our learning and talent development focused podcast made by Framestore, for Framestore, is back this week where we're taking a short Summer break with a series of REWIND special episodes, where we go back in time and revisit some of our favourite episodes of the pod. For this instalment we are going back to Episode 22! Originally aired on Monday 12th June 2023, we met with Raphaelle Weisz, VFX Associate Producer, based in Montreal who agreed to take part in one of our pro...
Jul 01, 2024•1 hr 14 min
The Framestore Podcast, our learning and talent development focused podcast made by Framestore, for Framestore, is back this week where we're taking a short Summer break with a series of REWIND special episodes, where we go back in time and revisit some of our favourite episodes of the pod. For this instalment we are going back to Episode 17! Originally aired on Monday 3rd April 2023, we met with Ellen Boss, London-based VFX Scheduler who agreed to take part in a series of Women's History Month ...
Jun 19, 2024•1 hr 6 min
The Framestore Podcast, our learning and talent development focused podcast made by Framestore, for Framestore, is back this week where we're taking a short Summer break with a series of REWIND special episodes, where we go back in time and revisit some of our favourite episodes of the pod. For this instalment we are going back to Episode 10, Part 2! Originally aired on Thursday 2nd February 2023, we met with Matt Hughes, Global Head of Modelling at Framestore who agreed to take part in our firs...
Jun 17, 2024•35 min
The Framestore Podcast, our learning and talent development focused podcast made by Framestore, for Framestore, is back this week where we're taking a short Summer break with a series of REWIND special episodes, where we go back in time and revisit some of our favourite episodes of the pod. For this instalment we are going back to Episode 14! Originally aired on Monday 20th February 2023, we met with Visual Effects Supervisor and Creative Director, Russell Dodgson, who had recently delivered the...
Jun 06, 2024•53 min
The Framestore Podcast, our learning and talent development focused podcast made by Framestore, for Framestore, is back this week where we're taking a short Summer break with a series of REWIND special episodes, where we go back in time and revisit some of our favourite episodes of the pod. This week we are going back to where it all started! Our journey began on Monday, November 21, 2022, with our very first episode where we met Sergio Gonzalez. At the time, Sergio was an Unreal and 3D Trainer;...
Jun 03, 2024•46 min
The Framestore Podcast, our learning and talent development focused podcast made by Framestore, for Framestore, is back this week with another thought provoking two-part episode! In our second part, this week's guest co-host, Montreal based Technology Coordinator Patricia Lauzon, takes over the pod and interviews Manon, where we explore his career, inspirations, collaborations and lots more! We hear more about working with Will.i.am on his new startup, Sound Drive, and explore Manon's role, whic...
May 23, 2024•42 min
The Framestore Podcast, our learning and talent development focused podcast made by Framestore, for Framestore, is back with another fantastic new episode. Every two weeks on Mondays, we welcome a special guest to the pod to answer questions about their inspirations, work at our studio, and career journey via the Framestore Podcast 'dailies' questions. Then, the following Thursday, we invite a guest 'co-host' from our global community to take over, engaging our guest in a deeper dive conversatio...
May 20, 2024•1 hr 11 min
The Framestore Podcast, our learning and talent development focused podcast made by Framestore, for Framestore, is back with another fantastic new episode. In our second part, we continue to celebrate the stunning visual effects in TED Season 1 where Framestore's Melbourne studio reunited with Seth Macfarlane, a decade after TED 2, to create a prequel set in 1993 following the early exploits of sentient teddy bear Ted and his time with the Bennett family in Massachusetts. Joining us on this week...
May 08, 2024•41 min
The Framestore Podcast, our learning and talent development focused podcast made by Framestore, for Framestore, is back this week with another excellent new two-part episode! In Episode 44, we're switching up our usual format to appreciate the remarkable visual effects achievement showcased in the hilarious TED Season 1. Framestore’s Melbourne studio collaborated once again with Seth Macfarlane, a decade after their collaboration on TED 2, to deliver a 'longform' prequel set in 1993, delving int...
May 05, 2024•54 min
The Framestore Podcast, our learning and talent development focused podcast made by Framestore, for Framestore, is back this week with another thought provoking two-part episode! In our second part, this week's guest co-host, Michael Savva, Technology Project Manager from the Global Production Technology team, takes over the pod and interviews Manpreet, where we explore leadership approaches, a shared background in engineering and lots more! In the second part, we delve into project management s...
Apr 25, 2024•30 min
The Framestore Podcast, our learning and talent development focused podcast made by Framestore, for Framestore, is back this week with another thought provoking episode! On Episode 43, we return to the world of 'management and leadership' with this weeks special guest Manpreet Singh, Head of Technical Operations for our Mumbai studio, a Framestore leader with a great reputation. Joining us for this week's episodes as co-host is Michael Savva, Technology Project Manager from the Global Production...
Apr 22, 2024•1 hr 6 min
The Framestore Podcast, our learning and talent development focused podcast made by Framestore, for Framestore, is back with another fantastic two-part episode this week. Due to the pod's popularity outside of Framestore and considering the current post-pandemic and post-strike climate, along with the considerable number of individuals searching for career opportunities and guidance, we've decided to host a special double bill, recruitment special, featuring recruiters from all 8 of our global s...
Apr 11, 2024•1 hr 19 min
The Framestore Podcast, our learning and talent development focused podcast made by Framestore, for Framestore, is back with another fantastic new episode. Due to the pod's popularity outside of Framestore and considering the current post-pandemic and post-strike climate, along with the considerable number of individuals searching for career opportunities and guidance, we've decided to host a special double bill, recruitment special, featuring recruiters from all 8 of our global studios. Our ver...
Apr 08, 2024•1 hr 33 min
