2. Framestore Bournemouth
Jonathan Turner
Bournemouth Studio Manager

3. Who am I? • Bournemouth Studio Manager
• Creation, start up and development of an external facility. Managing up to 40 artists, from both Paint & Roto and Matchmoving, across multiple shows in both 2D and 3D. Recruitment, hiring and training.
Liaising with Higher Education
• Previously a Senior Lecture at The Arts University College at Bournemouth

4. Who are Framestore? • One of the largest VFX studios in Europe
• Offices in London, New York, LA, Bournemouth – 25 years old
• Opening Montreal in early Aiming to hire 200 artists by the end of the year
• Worldwide employ approx 750 people

5. Outpost Story
• Our 2011/12 roster of projects required growth, particularly in prep-teams
• In an environment of high graduate unemployment – why look outside of the EU?
• Opened in August 2011
• Employing 26 graduates in “prep” tasks on mainstream projects
• Mainly sourced from the Bournemouth Universities (AUCB and BU)
• A “hub” of talented graduates
• Based on the campus of the AUCB
• Expansion – we now employ 40 young artists

6. Secret of Success
• The post-graduation move to London can be daunting for many graduates
• The Outpost provides training and real jobs in a familiar, supportive and fun environment
• Bournemouth – facilities to service a large student population – 2 Universities plus language schools
• Rigorous selection procedure = best chance of selecting “future stars”
• Win-win – if we don’t have jobs for them in the future they’ve had a great start to their VFX career

7. The Challenges
Reasons for success also present the greatest challenge – distance
• Systems support, training
• Have to work hard to keep it “Framestore”

8. The Future Promotions to more senior roles London and New York office.
Promotions to Animation and compositing teams
Outpost has matured – home-grown supervisors and mentors
Cornerstone of our Graduate Strategy
Close, mutually beneficial relationship with the university