19
Oct
Keighley is a town with a deep heritage of creativity and is famous for the Brontë sisters, for being the location where Ridley Scott filmed the classic Hovis ‘Bike’ advert (although that seems to be contested, and was apparently filmed in Dorset), it’s the birthplace of Oscar winning screenwriter Simon Beaufoy, and according to an […]
25
Sep
We can’t believe it’s a whole week since the warm welcome we got at the Bingley Business Expo.It was the second year for the expo and we’ve exhibited at both events, so it was great to see how it had grown in the last 12 months.Despite the fact that were more delegates this year, Event […]
14
Aug
Arts Minister, Michael Ellis MP, is making a ministerial visit to Keighley this month, and Distant Future Animation Studio will be one of the creative bodies involved in the event.Hoping to draw on the very best of the region’s talent, organisers have invited artists, film makers and anybody else involved in creative industries in and […]
27
Jul
Following on from our win of ‘Media Business of the Year’ at the 2018 Keighley & Airedale Business Awards, we recently welcomed back CG generalist, Hugh Robertshaw, to help steer our London projects. We say “welcomed back” because Hugh is one of Distant Future’s former team members. Hugh originally joined the studio back in […]
19
Jun
We recently teamed up with Manto Films and really enjoyed it. Here’s why our first co-production on a last-minute project was so much fun. The Brief No media production company worth their salt is a stranger to last-minute projects! The brief? Deliver 3D animation in less than 48 hours! Manto’s enquiry came through to Distant […]
12
Jun
This month we’re hoping to become an award-winning business because we’ve been shortlisted for this month’s Keighley & Airedale Business Awards, in the brand new category of ‘Media Business of the Year’. The nomination is particularly pleasing because the new category is something our Managing Director, Bill Beaumont [pictured], campaigned for at this year’s ceremony. […]
28
Jun
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, it easily gets into thousands of hours every year. Scrutinising detail in product animations, finessing timing on motion graphics projects, we spend an inordinate amount […]
05
Dec
I got an email today from someone asking if university was the only route into the animation industry. We get these every now and then and reply whenever we can, usually with the same advice. As the deadline for applying for university courses is coming up, I thought I’d repackage the email and post it […]
04
Aug
This is going to be quite a short post, mostly because we can’t tell you about anything we’ve done under our white label animation service. What I can tell you is that we’ve delivered white labelled animation and motion graphics work that’s ended up in the hands of some huge, huge names that I can’t […]
07
Jul
This third and final part of our series on how to get your videos watched more is going to be the shortest so you should still have plenty of time to go back to read Part 1 which talks about where on your webpage you should post your video, as well as Part 2 which […]
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