Escape Studios Present the Massive and Pixar Tour

Escape Studios is proud to present the upcoming Pixar®, RenderMan® and Massive® European Tour being held in London, Newcastle and at FMX in Germany.

This event will demystify the working processes between Massive and Pixar’s RenderMan and demonstrate their compatibility.

We will also be joined by a very special guest speaker from Pixar Animation Studios: Sanjay Bakshi - groom lead on upcoming Disney/Pixar film Ratatouille, who will be on hand to discuss his participation in the film before its release in June 2007.

Heading up Massive’s technical talk will be Artaya Boonsoong – Massive’s Industry Manager, Visual Effects & Animation. A citizen of Thailand, Artaya's credits as an animator and Lead Technical Director include Crash, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, The Human Stain, Charlie's Angels II, Underworld:Evolution and Ray.

Looking after RenderMan will be Escape Studio’s Creative Technical Director Scott Eaton. He has been working in computer graphics for ten years, dividing his time between research and development, visualization, and production. His client list includes the Mill, Sony Computer Entertainment, Microsoft Games Studios, and Pixar. He regularly gives lectures on the digital arts and has spoken at the Tate Modern Museum, Annecy Animation Festival, and Siggraph.

GERMANY

4th May

1pm, 3pm, 4pm

FMX, Haus der Wirtschaft, Stuttgart

Register for tickets here

LONDON

8th May

6.15pm

Prince Charles Cinema, London W1

To attend please email:

vicki@escapestudios.co.uk

NEWCASTLE

9th May

Time: tbc

University of Teeside, Middlesbrough

For further information visit: www.escapestudios.co.uk