Distant Future

by Distant Future|11 March 201923 May 2019|VR

What is the future of storytelling? We've been capturing imaginations for years - since stories were told around campfires. Soon, technology will allow audiences of the future to experience the world in a new and immersive way. What roles...

Keighley Film Festival 2018

by Distant Future|19 October 201823 May 2019|Awards

Keighley is a town with a deep heritage of creativity. It is famous for the Brontë sisters as well as being the location of the classic Ridley Scott Hovis 'Bike' advert, although that seems to be contested as being a...

Distant Future wins Media Business of the Year

by Distant Future|02 July 201823 May 2019|Awards

Last month we won a Keighley & Airedale Business Award! The category we were nominated in was 'Media Business of the Year', which was really pleasing for our Director, Bill Beaumont, as he'd campaigned for this addition at last year's...

Last-minute project with Manto Films

by Distant Future|19 June 201823 May 2019|Production Companies

We recently teamed up with Manto Films and really enjoyed it. Here's why our first co-production on a last-minute project with this fantastic production company was so much fun ... More about the brief. No media production company worth their...

Tools of the trade

by Distant Future|28 June 201723 May 2019|General Interest

Screen time and how it affects your eyes. Working in computer animation, it's hard to know exactly how many hours we spend in front of the screens on our desks. But with the occasional evening or weekend shift, we can...

Finding your way into the animation industry

by Distant Future|05 December 201623 May 2019|Graduates

Choosing the right way in. We got an email today from somebody asking if university was the only route into the animation industry. We get letters like these every now and then, and reply whenever we can, and usually with...

5 quick tips for motion tracking success

by Distant Future|18 February 201623 May 2019|Production Techniques

What is Motion Tracking? Sometimes called match moving or camera solving, motion tracking has been used as a visual effects tool for over 30 years now. It was first used in 1985 for a series of adverts for National Geographic,...

All about the audio

by Distant Future|27 October 201523 May 2019|Audio

Why are effects so important? When it comes to effects work, the job has only been done right if the viewer doesn't notice you've done anything at all. And that certainly includes the often overlooked world of sound design. Everything...

Podcasts and productivity – listen while you work

by Distant Future|02 September 201523 May 2019|Productivity

A guest blog post from Steve Searle. For this blog post, I thought I would mention my love of listening to podcasts. Listening to podcasts really helps me focus on the particular job in hand. It makes me more productive...