Drew Jones, VP of feature FX at Method Studios, the London outfit who created the effects for the likes of Seven Psychopaths, X-Men: First Class and Wrath of the Titans,…
Having served as make-up artist and designer on big and small screen projects as diverse as Green Zone, Tyrannosaur and Sightseers, Nadia Stacey writes exclusively about why her role is essential to creating great characters.…
As the British Independent Film Awards celebrates its fifteenth birthday, directors Tessa Collinson and Johanna von Fischer, nominee and jury member Jodie Whittaker and advisory committee members Mia Bays and Jim Wilson discuss how…
Having worked on films from The Scouting Book for Boys and Tyrannosaur to The Iron Lady and The Woman in Black, Rob Pizzey knows all too well just how valuable a digital colourist can be…
As the former filming manager for Hampton Court Palace and Network Rail, Rachel Betts is no stranger to facilitating complex film shoots. A few months into her new role at Heathrow, she writes exclusively about…
Gemma Jackson, production designer of such films as Bridget Jones’s Diary and Finding Neverland, and recent HBO smashes John Adams and Game of Thrones, tells us why satisfying a legion of Thronies has proved a…
As the MD of FB-FX Ltd, Grant Pearmain has provided props and costumes to a huge variety of features from Prince of Persia and Kick-Ass to the forthcoming Prometheus and John Carter. Here, he reveals…
Over a career spanning two decades, Dana Glauberman has worked on films as diverse as The Birdcage and Juno to Pirates of the Caribbean and, most recently, Young Adult. Here she exclusively writes about the…
As a concept and creature designer working on the likes of Watchmen, Cloverfield and Star Trek, Neville Page is responsible for the look of some of modern cinema’s greatest successes. But, as he explains, new…
When he’s not working as a compositor on features like Stardust, RocknRolla and Green Zone, Ian Murphy teaches the next generation of filmmakers. Here, he discusses his recent work with Skillset, co-authoring The Core Skills…
