SOLD OUT!

The office got some great news from HMV this week – less than a week after its official release date Capture Anthologies: Volume 1 – Fables and Fairytales as sold out at HMV.com!
So we’re off to a great start for our label A1’s first DVD release. More stock on the way so no worries there.

But [...]

Reel Vision: Real Success!

On Monday 22nd February 2010 saw the first Reel Vision Film Network event at The Storey CIC in Lancaster.
The team at Workshop have been developing the idea the ‘filmmaker’s film network’ for a while now and Monday saw the new network get off to a great start. The great turnout from filmmakers from all over [...]

Capture Anthologies: In Store Monday!

Well I could get used to posting stuff like this! Capture Anthologies has been on sale via pre-orders online at Amazon.co.uk, HMV, The Hut, Play.com and a whole bunch of others for a while now. But come Monday 22/02/2010 Volume 1 is on the shelves on the high street!
This is going to be my first [...]

Reel Vision: Getting Real

I maybe starting to sound like a broken mp3 but just wanted to plug the Reel Vision Launch Event again.
As of today we’re at 75% capacity so there is still time to get a ticket – but not much!
The Reel Vision ‘Question Time’ evening is going to the a ‘reel’ good time, lots of local [...]

Location, Location Location

After what seems a very long time living in the office I was out on location yesterday filming for a project that Workshop is putting together for Lancaster University. LU Live is a new recruitment program designed to show potential students some of the advantages of studying at Lancaster.
Before Christmas the first episode of a [...]

Back to 3D

After working on so many film projects over the last year its about time I got back into working on some fun 3D projects of my own. So after much, much, much (not much) deep thought on this subject I’ve decided to put together a quick starship to play with in some VisFx projects I [...]

Capture Volume 2 Filmmaker Insights

Like the first volume of Capture, Volume 2: Love, Lust and Tragedy comes loaded with some great ‘Filmmaker Insights’.
As well as loading Capture with director’s commentaries to provide the viewer with a insightful perspective on the world of short film production, the ‘Filmmaker Insights’ are designed to give an accessible glimpse into various subjects within [...]

Reel Vision: Taking Shape

Here’s a quick update on the Reel Vision event on the 22nd. The confirmed line up for the question panel is:
Tara Cook – Head of Film at North West Vision and Media.
Iain Bennett – Sector Leader for Digital and Creative Industries at the North West Regional Development Agency.
Mark Strange – Star and producer of British [...]

Capture Anthologies Update

Bit of an update on the Capture: Anthologies front, Volume 2: Love, Lust and Tragedy is well into production with 5 great shorts from around the UK. The confirmed list for this volume is:
1. Hard Labour
A 21st Century ‘ménage a trois’ as a Croation nanny seeks to deal with the fact that she is pregnant [...]

Into Film? Get into Reel Vision

This is what Workshop is all about – stimulating the film industry! Reel Vision is a new program that we are starting up with The Storey CIC in Lancaster, Lancashire for filmmakers in the local and wider areas of the north west of England.

The idea of this new film network is to bring together filmmakers [...]