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Listen "Travis Hogg : Airbag - Winning work from ad agencies, Directing VFX TVC's & creating top treatments"
Episode Synopsis
Travis is the owner and senior director at the award-winning Airbag productions, which he established with his partner over 16 years ago. He focuses on photo-real VFX which allows him to transform any 'out-there' idea into something visually amazing. Travis has a decorated past, winning many Awards. He began as a commercial photographer in London, moving through a landscape of still work, live action, and visual effects, to arrive where he is today at AIRBAG. His work is - all at once - technical, beautiful, subtle and bold. www.airbag.co
Topics Discussed
- Advice for Director’s & VFX Artist’s on the best way to progress your career
- Early career - Starting out in the UK & working with Nick
- Challenges & failures
- Moving into Richmond & bringing on partners
- Running your own production Company
- Studio Pipeline & Being on the Tools
- Importance of awards
- Directing skills & supervising style
- Treatments and Pitching
- Directing TVC’s with visual effects
- VFX post production
- Passion Projects
- The future
Topics Discussed
- Advice for Director’s & VFX Artist’s on the best way to progress your career
- Early career - Starting out in the UK & working with Nick
- Challenges & failures
- Moving into Richmond & bringing on partners
- Running your own production Company
- Studio Pipeline & Being on the Tools
- Importance of awards
- Directing skills & supervising style
- Treatments and Pitching
- Directing TVC’s with visual effects
- VFX post production
- Passion Projects
- The future
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