How to setup a VFX studio in 60 minutes, with esteemed Jason Dowdeswell

We are excited to have Jason Dowdeswell, co-founder and CEO of Darkhorse10 Pictures, here to share tips and tricks for setting up your own studio quickly and with little risk using new technologies and business models. You will learn about flexible pay-as-you-need software & hardware setup options and cloud-based render and project management solutions. He'll cover how to find people for your projects, and more importantly, how to find projects for your brand-new studio. You'll walk away understanding how to easily expand and contract your studio according to projects with little financial risk and quick start-up.

About Jason:

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Jason Dowdeswell, cofounder and CEO of Darkhorse10 Pictures brings >25 years of experience in the VFX arena. He was forged from a decade in California working at notable studios like Boss Films, Sony Imageworks and Industrial Light and Magic.

After returning to Vancouver in 2002, he has participated as a creative leader and industry builder across studios such as Rainmaker, Image Engine, Digital Domain and Imageworks. Darkhorse10 Pictures is a film production studio with a strong VFX group leveraged for every aspect of film production and box office success stories.

Partnered with Plusmos Films of HangZhou China, the collaboration represents the new vision for international partnerships that utilizes the Cloud to facilitate Production Studios that reduce the reliance of owning hardware, software & maintaining an extensive IT staff.

NOTE: this event will begin at 7:00 sharp.