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• We have experience in a breadth of Japanese and Western media and styles (television series, in-game and cinematic animation, feature-film)

• We work with your Storyboard, Layout, and Animation teams to plan, execute, and refine sequences and shots

• We provide constant and clear feedback to your art teams

• We ensure that the quality and schedule is adhered-to throughout the project

Through Layout workshops, we can show your team how to engage your audience through the camera's lens. True art is a combination of technical and creative techniques ─ camera-work is no different.

• Tried-and-tested methods of technical camera-work, gleaned from years working alongside accomplished Directors, and Japanese Anime artists

• What is the emotion you want your audience to feel? Your camera and lens matters

• Plan your sequence, set up the cameras, fine-tune the fcurves

• Share the secrets of anime-style camera-work and timing to produce the “anime feel”

• How to get the "film look" with your camera

• Coach your team on cinema methods concerning pacing, frame composition, angles, lens choice, and camera movement to keep your audience engaged

Animation workshops show the tricks of the trade, direct from Japan. Do you want to know how to achieve dazzling anime-style motion? Let us show you!

• We teach real, Japanese animation techniques, and the mindset/thought-process needed to achieve amazing movement

• How to push poses and timing to create the “anime feel”

• Discover what makes anime posing so effective, and why timing-contrast is key

• How to augment motion capture to bring even greater power to characters

• Reveal techniques and tools to enhance your workflow, both for speed and quality

We provide coaching to boost your animation to the next level, with a Japanese twist.

• We know long-form, in-game, and cinematic animation — it's our bread-and-butter

• Working alongside the Layout team, we can polish your animation to have that special anime feel

• We give constant feedback to level-up your motion team, and make your project look awesome, all with a hybrid of Western and Japanese techniques

• We can take a look at your character rig and make recommendations for improvements and adjustments

With experience behind the camera, as well as on the animation-side, we can make the most of your capture shoots.

• Motion capture pre-production planning

• Shoot rehearsal, direction, and performance coaching

• Identify where and how to incorporate keyframe animation to make the performance stronger

Having also held positions as CG Supervisor in various studios, we can take a look at your animation pipeline and make suggestions that are tried, tested, and true. We can make suggestions on:

• Animation tools

• Character rigs

• Data structure

• Data/communication flow

With our over 27-years of production experience, managing teams large and small as an Animation Director, and CG Supervisor, we can support your project on more than just the creative-side. From helping on your hiring process, to taking a look at your pipeline, let us know of any challenges your project faces, and we'll solve them together.