Framestore Asked Directors Like Spike Jonze And James Gunn To Discuss Their Collaboration With Animators [Video]

Framestore, the visual effects and animation studio headquartered in London – whose nearly four decades of film and television credits include Paddington, Christopher Robin, Children of Men, Gravity, many Harry Potter films, Guardians of the Galaxy, His Dark Materials, Wicked and the upcoming How To Train Your Dragon and Superman – has unveiled a series of short films detailing the animator’s craft entitled Directing The Invisible Art.

The first two director-specific episodes in the series are now available online, as is an introductory video outlining the series. Further details:

• In another episode, Spike Jonze discusses his subtle, nuanced approach to internal acting, which he applies both to performers and to animators, who he also regards as actors. He notes his focus is on “the intentions, and the contradictions” of a scene, and he goes on to state, “Visual effects for spectacle isn’t that interesting.” Instead, he …