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Meet the 2D VFX Team at Escape Studios. 2D VFX is all about compositing, and is primarily taught in Nuke, by The Foundry.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Our graduates in 2D Compositing have enjoyed considerable success in recent years, with a very high proportion of our students finding work in their chosen field. Compositing continues to be a vital part of the VFX Pipeline.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

Below are the talented tutors who teach the art and craft of 2D VFX at Escape Studios, helping to ensure we remain the UK’s leading centre for the study of VFX.<\/p>\n

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Klaudija Cermak\u00a0teaches the Art of Compositing for VFX at Escape Studios;\u00a0Klaudija<\/a>\u00a0teaches the short course and MA in VFX Compositing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Klaudija Cermak<\/a>\u00a0has over 20 years experience on commercials, broadcast TV and feature films.\u00a0 She has worked at most of the major post-production houses in London including MPC, Mill, Millfilm, Framestore, Double Negative and Glassworks.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Klaudija<\/a>‘s feature film credits include hits such as Ridley Scott’s\u00a0Gladiator,<\/i>\u00a0\u2018Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets\u2019 <\/i>and \u2018Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows\u2019<\/i>.\u00a0 You can listen to Klaudija’s VFX Podcast here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sokratis Synitos\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Sokratis Synitos\u00a0has many years of experience in compositing for both film and TV, and teaches the Art of Compositing<\/a> to our 3rd Year Undergraduate VFX Students.<\/div>\n
Sokratis Synitos<\/a>\u00a0has worked on projects at studios such as DNEG, Cinesite and Warner Bros.\u00a0 Sokratis has degrees in computer engineering and also in film studies.\u00a0 He is also a graduate of the Compositing for VFX program at Escape Studios.<\/p>\n

Sokratis Synitos<\/a>\u00a0has worked on many major films including: Spectre<\/a><\/i>, Avengers: Endgame<\/a><\/i> as well as episodes of Black Mirror, Altered Carbon <\/i>and Dr. Who<\/i>. You can find Sokratis here at the IMDB<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Clement Gharini<\/b><\/p>\n

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Clement Gharini<\/a>\u00a0teaches Cinematography and Compositing on our Visual Effects courses, especially our first and also third year undergraduate students.\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n

Clement Gharini<\/a>\u00a0started 20 years ago as a cameraman on productions such as\u00a0Harry Potter<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Mission Impossible<\/i>.\u00a0 Clement then turned to Visual Effects and became a Digital Compositor for 10 years, contributing to productions such as\u00a0Game of Thrones, Doctor Who<\/i>\u00a0as well as Oscar winning\u00a0Ex Machina<\/i>.\u00a0 \u00a0Clem also specialises in virtual production, creating photo realistic digital humans.<\/div>\n
Clement teaches cinematography to our first year undergraduate students, in which students get experience with live action cameras. He also teaches compositing to our 3rd year VFX students, and runs the\u00a0motion capture pipeline at Escape Studios<\/a>.<\/div>\n

Lorenzo Maniccia<\/b><\/p>\n

Lorenzo Maniccia\u00a0is an experienced 2D VFX artist with skills in compositing and also matte painting.\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n
As well as his experience in VFX,\u00a0Lorenzo Maniccia<\/a>\u00a0has also contributed to the creation of open source educational software (So.Di.Linux) for students.<\/div>\n
Lorenzo Maniccia<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0teaches 2D VFX (Compositing) to our first year undergraduate students.\u00a0 Students learn how to use Nuke, the industry-standard software for compositing. You can read more about VX4001 here<\/a>.<\/div>\n

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