VFX Festival: The Future

Escape Studios, part of Pearson College London, is thrilled to announce the 7th annual VFX Festival, which celebrates the best in VFX, Games, Animation and Motion Graphics. The two-day event, based in central London, will run from 5th – 6th June 2019 and is dedicated to inspiring the next generation of filmmakers, gamers and animators, to ensure the continued growth of the creative industries in the UK.

O?n 6th June 2019, The VFX Festival ?The Future will open doors for professionals and students looking for knowledge about changes taking place in the creative industries and how these elements are diversifying and changing to adapt to the future. The VFX Festival The Future will consist of talks on projects delivered by leading studios and panel discussions focusing on skills and technology of the future.

Inition’s, Jay Short will be sharing his extensive industry experience and understanding of emerging technologies in ‘Beyond the Hype’. His role and the role of INITION as a company is to help clients to understand the actual value in using new technologies rather than simply being caught up in the hype.

MediaMonks’ Head of R&D, Sander van der Vegte, will be opening the doors to the lab to show which cutting-edge technologies will change the creative industries, and how emerging technologies can add value to a wide variety of industries in: ‘A look inside the Lab: the Weird and Wonderful World of Unexpected Results.’ Using emerging tech to stretch the boundaries of what’s possible can return funny, insightful, and oftentimes just plain weird results.

The guest speakers will engage in a panel discussion focussing on the wealth of changes taking place in the creative industries and how these elements are diversifying and changing to adapt to the future.