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Respawn Entertainment | Apex Legends ‘Season 7 Ascension Launch Trailer’ Rise to new heights in Apex Legends Season 7 on the floating city of Olympus. Watch the trailer in full & find out about this season of Apex Legends here: https://hubs.li/H0zqRV20... #ApexLegends #Respawn

The Mill wins Best Post-Production Company & Best Colour Grade at the UKMVA’s! Last night the UKMVA’s held their first virtual awards ceremony: an annual celebration of creativity, technical excellence and innovation in music video and moving image for music. The Mill was awarded the Best Post-Production Company accolade, the inaugural year for the award, and Mill Colourist Thomas Mangham picked up the award for Best Colour Grade on his work for Dj Shadow ft De La Soul ‘Rock...et Fuel’. Discover more & watch 'Rocket Fuel' here: https://hubs.li/H0zqQsq0

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The Mill is hosting two talks for ACCESS:VFX’s ‘Meet The Industry’ Take part in two virtual discussions as a part of the non-profit’s ‘Meet The Industry’ festival, in which ages 15 and up are given the opportunity to learn about different career paths in the VFX industry. Marketing & Client Engagement Manager from our London Studio, Solomon Thomson, will be part of a panel entitled ‘The Creative Industry Explore our non-artist roles’. Solomon will be joined by Tory Wire, H...ead of People at Union VFX and Neal Patel, Head of Production Finance for the UK. They will be delving into their areas of work, non artist job roles and the routes they took into the industry. Tune in: Nov 12, 05:00 PM GMT Mill Director Alfie Johnson and Junior Developer Eleanor Edwards will also be hosting a panel titled ‘Do what you love working your way into creative technology’. The two will share their experiences of joining The Mill, navigating early stages of progression in the creative industry, and discuss what it’s taken for them to get to where they are today. Tune in: Nov 19, 05:00 PM GMT Register for both talks here: https://hubs.li/H0zkSTD0

Director Spotlight | Welcome Jessica Bishopp to our roster of Directors! Jessica is an award-winning docu-style filmmaker and artist fascinated by subcultures, myth and exploring universal themes embedded in our daily lives and thoughts. Her work stands as a testament to crafting human stories and the nuances uncovered within. Her work has been screened internationally at film festivals and she has been awarded funding by Film London, Channel 4, BFI, Doc Society, Barbican and... Arts Council. How would you describe your directing style & how does it influence the work you produce? - Honest, intimate and thought-provoking with a creative approach and love of storytelling. I am interested in the boundary between non-fiction and fiction. I love working with documentary contributors and actors to make them feel confident in front of the camera Read Jessica’s Director Spotlight & view some of her work here: https://hubs.li/H0z5y6n0

Halloween Highlights | Get in the spirit with a roundup of our favourite spooky spots Every year we collaborate with agencies and clients to bring a variety of Halloween-themed spots to the screen, and although Halloween won't quite be the same this year, we've decided to mark the occasion by revisiting some of our favourite hair-raising collaborations. Check them out here, if you dare...https://hubs.li/H0y_rVs0

Spotlight | Afro-surrealist Artist David Alabo on rendering his piece ‘Divine Opulence’ for ‘Lovecraft Country: Sanctum’ In the ideation of 'Lovecraft Country: Sanctum', The Mill Experience creative team toyed with various methods of collaborating with current Afrofuturist artists - from pondering a live sculpt in VR, and eventually landing on a vision to recreate their artwork as a VR experience. We came across David Alabo's surrealist pieces which are stunning and naturally... entice viewers to want to be a part of his worlds. David presented 'Divine Opulence', a breathtaking desert scene in which a skull and a pair of praying hands rose up from glittering sands to tower over us. We caught up with David on the experience, you can check it out here: https://hubs.li/H0yVv9Q0

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We crafted an immersive film experience for the launch of Sony’s groundbreaking Spatial Reality Display. A leap forward in 3D display technology, this innovative tool allows artists, architects, product designers, and creators the freedom to see their creation in three dimensions as they craft it. To demonstrate this technology, The Mill was tasked with creating a complex and captivating CG scene, powered by Unity’s game engine technology, that showcases the stunning power an...d visual fidelity of this unique new tool. Creative Director, Andrew Proctor, created an engaging scene featuring a futuristic metropolis and flying vehicle for the display. Andrew comments We wanted to show how far creators could take this technology and explore the limits of Sony’s Spatial Reality Display monitor. Working with Unity, we could craft a seamless scene for the audience to explore. The Sony Spatial Reality Display monitor is a huge leap forward for our industry. I'm excited to see how we can utilize the technology to expand our creative potential even further! To learn more about our work with Sony’s Spatial Reality Display, click here: https://hubs.li/H0yQKWk0

60 Seconds with Mill Director Gundeep Anand on directing ‘Blood is Thicker’ for Gift of Life Marrow Registry We launched short film ‘Blood is Thicker’ starring rapper and lyricist Terrell ‘Trizzy’ Myles in conjunction with The Lucy Collective and nonprofit organization Gift of Life Marrow Registry in order to encourage others to join the fight against blood cancer and save Black lives. We caught up with Gundeep on the project:... "As soon as I spoke to the artist and the client, it was clear how much they cared about this campaign and especially what it meant for the artist himself. A true reflection of passion and care must come across the film and that’s what we managed to do. I believe not making this authentic and any fabrication of this film would be a disservice to the project and it won’t have the same impact as its having now." Read the full interview & watch the short film here: https://hubs.li/H0yJn5G0

VFX Nike You don't need to be a star to have a voice. Watch here: https://hubs.li/H0yKxQb0 #YouCantStopOurVoice

Hummer | ‘The Quiet Revolution has begun’ We teamed up with Leo Burnett and Dante Ariola out of MJZ Worldwide on a revolutionary new brand film for Hummer GMC. Lebron James narrates the spot which showcases GMC’s brand new all-electric supertruck. View the full list of credits here: https://hubs.li/H0yC_lJ0

Janelle Monáe closes first season of HBO’s Lovecraft Country with a Virtual Reality Concert Experience The musical experience re-imagined the future of performances and live events, featuring a virtual environment that is interactive and directly impacted by the artist’s physical performance. Ahead of Monáe’s set, guests were invited into The Reliquary, a mystery room hosted by Lovecraft Country's Michael Kenneth Williams, that was littered with artifacts from throughout the show and virtual experience each with an accompanying audio snippet narrated by Williams. Watch & discover more about Music of the Cosmos here: https://hubs.li/H0yC_k00

Quiet Storm Founder Trevor Robinson OBE discusses tackling Racism through ‘Create Not Hate’ initiative We caught up with Quiet Storm Creative Director and Founder Trevor Robinson OBE to discuss the Create Not Hate initiative and why it is so important for the advertising industry to bring in more diverse talent. 'This time we’ve had some really great media coverage and a lot more people got involved positively. The films have been aired on Channel 4, national newspapers have ...covered it and there has been a lot more focus on the kids this time around. It also doesn’t seem to be dying off with more work coming out now. It feels like Create Not Hate hasn’t lost momentum people are still talking about it. I’ve seen a lot of initiatives in the ad industry run out of steam and hopefully this won’t happen with Create Not Hate. Our industry needs to have a pipeline of diverse talent.' Discover more about Create Not Hate here: https://hubs.li/H0yCtwj0

How Mill Director Jamie Lancaster used lockdown to create a series of hilarious Evel Knievel shorts While other people were watching box sets during lock-down, I was having fun blow-torching piano wire to shove up a fluffy chicken "All of these have been shot on my iPhone using the FilmicPro app. It’s amazing. It was perfect to shoot on because I needed a camera & lens which could get right up close to Evel, so the viewer felt that we’re with him. The problem is that he’...s REALLY small (his head’s about the size of my thumbnail), so to get that close there was no way I was going to do it with a Canon 5D. Plus as I’m shooting at such a miniature scale the slightest movement is amplified, especially when watched at HD size. Even with a gimbal or monopod/tripod, there can still be loads of shake and vibrations." Check out the shorts & learn more about Jamie's project here: https://hubs.li/H0yt1SM0