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Framestore is renowned for its animation work, and our talented animators have helped us bring some of the world's best-loved creatures and characters to life.

We're committed to developing exciting new talent, and one of the ways we do this is with our Launchpad Pro accelerator programme. Our most recent edition focused on animation, giving participants an intensive, immersive opportunity to take their animation skills to the next level.

Watch this short film to find out more about the course, and the brilliant people who took part. 

In this short film we hear from some of our top creatives and technologists about the role tech plays in our work, and how it's shaping our future.  

From real-time, AI and virtual production to building bespoke in-house tools, groundbreaking technology is at the heart of what we do. It helps us deliver for the world's biggest films, TV shows, brands and theme parks, and pushes us - as individuals, as a company and as an industry - to take what we do to the next level.

Technical innovation and creativity go hand in hand at Framestore. We want to celebrate the role of tech, and spotlight the people who code, design, plan and engineer the tools, technology and techniques we need to make the world's most exciting movies, TV shows, ads and theme park rides.

This short film examines routes into tech with us, the kind of amazing people we work with and how brilliant technologists and innovative R&D help take what we do to the next level. 

We’re very proud that Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey has been shortlisted for the Clio Entertainment Awards in the Theatrical: Brand & Film Identity Main Title category!

A massive congratulations to our incredible team: Ian Spendloff, Sharon Lock, Tim Jenkinson, Johannes Sambs and Lucy Hare who designed and animated the films opening logo intro, and created two and a half more minutes of 4K, full CG closing credits.

Stephen Goalby, Head of Design and Jules Janaud, VFX Supervisor sat down with Variety to talk about the story behind the No Time To Die title sequence and the work they did in partnership with Daniel Kleinman to bring it to life.

Stephen Goalby: “It’s such an honor to do this stuff, but the pressure is on your shoulders right away. You want to do something good because it’s historic to do a title with Daniel Kleinman, who has directed every title sequence since GoldenEye.”

With advances in Virtual Production continuing to change the way content is created, the team at Epic spoke to a host of educators and studios, including Framestore, to gather practical advice for schools planning a curriculum that will help students land on their feet with a greater understanding of the space upon graduating. 

The step-by-step guide provides insights into understanding the technology, designing a program, and setting job expectations.

Framestore is proud to add to its award tally with a News And Documentary Emmy for its work on Netflix’s Alien Worlds.

The creative studio brought home the Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction: Documentary award for its work on the speculative nature series, which blends fact and science fiction as it imagines what life on other planets might look like. 

Last weekend, Netflix hosted its first ever fan event, 'Tudum'. Streaming live on YouTube, the 3 hour bonanza was jam-packed with exclusive content, show announcements, and appearances from its star-studded casting sheets.

The streaming giant announced 70 new films, series, and specials, and revealed brand new content from some of their upcoming projects with Framestore.

Framestore VFX Supervisors Bob Winter and Joao Sita spoke to VFX Voice about the +500 visual effects shots our team created which included post-apocalyptic Sin City, a zombie tiger known as Valentine, and replacing scandal-plagued Chris D’Elia with Tig Notaro.

Las Vegas is a principal character in the storyline, with Framestore handling the aftermath of the military bombing the city with napalm in an effort to kill the zombies. And not only were people being turned into zombies but also tigers. 

It’s an honour to take home a brilliant Gold of Golds for #Wombstories at the Creative Circle Awards 2021.

The awards Chelsea Pictures, AMV BBDO and the brilliant Nicholas Hulley, and Nadja Lossgott and Framestore's Creative Director, Sharon Lock has collected for this groundbreaking advert is astonishing and we are immensely proud of the work and the impact it’s having.

For more information about this crittically accalimed spot head here. 

The Little Black Book’s Alex Reeves had 5 minutes with Creative Director, Sharon Lock where she shared details about growing up without computers, how she found her feet in the industry and her recent multi award-winning work, #Wombstories which she worked on with AMV BBDO.

Sharon: “One of the main things I enjoy about my job is that you end up doing something better than you would do if you were just doing it yourself, which is how I started because we were a much smaller team whereas that now opens out and allows more strands of creativity.”

Framestore are delighted to take home a superb amount of trophies from the  AEAF Awards this year including a whole host of golds, silvers and special merits across Film, Advertising, Immersive and Episodic:

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (storybook sequence) – GOLD in Feature Film – Sequence