Masters of Motion

Nick has been the Art Director at Rising Sun since 2005 after a long career with Disney. He has been instrumental in providing RSP’s art direction on major projects such as the Harry Potter Series, The Sorcerers Apprentice, The Seventh Son, The Wolverine and The Great Gatsby, among many others. Nick led the concept and character design on Charlotte’s Web and The Hunger Games. He has recently contributed work on Gods of Egypt and was fundamental in establishing the look development for RSP’s work on The Legend of Tarzan.

Emily Harridge : Founder at Visual Playground

Founder of Visual Playground, Emily Harridge has over 18 years experience in broadcast design, production and animation. Emily has been building her reputation and that of the Visual Playground since 2002. Professional in every sense of the word, Emily Harridge clearly understands every aspect of production from location to the edit suite, combining live action footage, logos, opening titles, music, motion graphics and vfx to create strong and unique visual sequences with lasting impact and value. Emily is passionate about Virtual Reality and is the co-organiser of the popular Real World VR events.

An awarded motion designer, Mike's work has featured in some of the industry’s most respected design blogs and publications. Mike is an active member of the design community, and a proud member of the NSW council for AGDA (Australian Graphic Design Association). Mike regularly speaks at industry events, guest lectures for design colleges and teaches motion graphics classes and workshops.

Brett Morris discusses motion design, 3-D animation, working in America and what it's like being a technical director. He describes the creative and technical process of some of his recent work.