​In this Episode Blair Walker talks with James MacLachlan, ​2D Lead Flame & Nuke artist at The Mill London. They discuss ‘Pure Imagination’ the latest project James worked on for Audi and directed by ‘Gmunk’ Bradley G Munkowitz. James also elaborates in detail on a lot of the process from the selection of music through to bringing a high profile directors treatment to life. The conversation moves to the workflows the Mill implements from filming, 3D and compositing.

Social Media:

LinkedIn - ​https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-maclachlan-0797b951

Vimeo - ​https://vimeo.com/jamesmaclachlan

Website ​http://jamesmaclachlan.co.uk/

Company Links:

The Mill - ​http://www.themill.com/

Pure Imagination -

http://www.themill.com/portfolio/3399/pure-imagination?q=Pure%20Imagination

The Mill Black Bird - ​https://vimeo.com/171939943

FX Guide Black Bird Feature -

https://www.fxguide.com/featured/the-mills-incredible-blackbird-at-gdc-the-future-of-virtual-produ ction/

Deep Compositing - ​https://www.fxguide.com/featured/the-art-of-deep-compositing/

Software:

Flame - ​http://www.autodesk.com/products/flame/overview

Nuke - ​https://www.foundry.com/products/nuke

Shake - ​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shake\_(software)

Fusion - ​https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/fusion

Unreal - ​https://www.unrealengine.com/what-is-unreal-engine-4

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Drew Tetz Business Cards - ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1\_V1co3BCY

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