SHANE WOODSON
2D ANIMATION TUTOR
Shane is a London-based 2D Animator with experience working at Blue Zoo Animation Studios, Lupus Films, Blink Industries and Passion, both as a freelancer and in full-time roles. His work spans across TV and film, with credits on notable productions such as Nickelodeon’ s It’ s Pony!, Mog’ s Christmas, and the 2024 feature film Kensuke’ s Kingdom.
CLEMENT GHARINI
HEAD OF VISUAL EFFECTS( VFX)
For over a decade Clement worked behind the lens for high profile productions such as Harry Potter and Mission Impossible. He then turned to Visual Effects and became a Digital Compositor for the next 10 years, contributing to productions such as Game of Thrones and Doctor Who as well as the Oscar-winning Ex Machina. This unique double professional background naturally led him to Virtual Production, to which he now dedicates most of his attention with a keen interest in photo realistic digital humans and motion capture.
ILARIA COLAVITO
3D VISUAL EFFECTS( VFX) TUTOR
Ilaria specialises in tracking, asset creation, texturing and look development. She has experience contributing to projects for film, TV, and commercials, including Fast X and the Netflix series Kaos.
DANIEL SHUTT
IMMERSIVE MEDIA AND VISUAL EFFECTS( VFX) TUTOR
Daniel has taught at Escape Studios since 2009 and brings over 25 years’ industry experience across the visual effects and immersive sectors. Notably, he designed and built the off-world installation with Framestore for the Science Museum’ s science fiction exhibition in London, and co-created the EEG driven installation Harmony 2.0 with Light Artist, Ela Hawes for the Observatory in association with CALM. Daniel has produced live visual content for various artists such as Pendulum, Iron Maiden, Way Out West and even produced content and VJ ' d at events such as Glastonbury, Boomtown, Coachella and Noisily Festival.
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