We design beautiful moving graphics, animation and visual effects that breathe life into abstract ideas for filmmakers, and clarify complex concepts for their audiences. We believe in design with context and have a passion for cinematic storytelling. We work regularly with projects based in London, LA and NYC, and can adapt our resources on a per project basis.
about us
Design Services
Title design, presentation/end credits and in film motion design sequences
Visual Effects Services
Design led visual effects, on set supervision, blue/green screen, CG integration, cleanups and replacements and set extensions
Over recent years we’ve designed titles and in film motion sequences for twenty Sundance films, five Academy Award shortlisted features, and BAFTA, Emmy, RTS and Grierson award winners. We’ve also worked with key UK and US broadcasters, including Netflix, Amazon, HBO, PBS, ESPN, A&E, BBC, Channel Four, Sky, ITV and Film 4.
Blue Spill currently runs Flame and the Adobe Creative Suite, and was founded in 2013 by Allison and Anthony Brownmoore. They met at work on back to back Flames, Anthony was ripping his apart with a screwdriver and Allison was neatly aligning her nodes…
The Team
Ant
Ant is a Flame artist with over twenty years experience in visual effects and post production, with several years freelancing in leading London post houses. Prior to his film work with Blue Spill, he has worked on many high profile campaigns with major national clients, including British Gas, The Times, Argos and Carlsberg. Anthony works at lightning speed, has an in-depth knowledge of technical processes, and can pull keys that would make George Lucas blush. He was nominated for a BAFTA Craft Award in 2019 for his work on Take your Pills. In 2017 he won the SXSW Excellence in Title Design Audience Award, Special Jury Recognition at SXSW in 2020, and in 2015 he was a panelist for DOC NYC Masterclass in Design and Animation. In 2013 he was a key speaker for Autodesk at NAB, having also worked with Autodesk in designing and creating material for their Flame tutorials. And in 2011 he was recognised for his significant contribution to the award winning Sunday Times Rich List campaign, picking up three British Arrow awards as Director.
Joe
Joe is our BAFTA nominated Design Director. Joe has a long history with Blue Spill, after freelancing on a number of films, he took up permanent residence and has worked his way up to the top of the Blue Spill mountain, picking up a several awards and nominations along the way for his contributions. He has several years experience as a Motion Designer, specialising in art direction, cohesive film design, motion design and animation. Over the years he’s focused his talents on designing for theatrical feature documentaries. He has a BA Design and Art Direction from Manchester School of Art and Design.
Elliot
Elliot is our Creative Producer with 7 years of experience in the industry and over 30 feature credits. After starting in theatre and pre production Elliot moved into post production with UnionVFX and worked on award winning films such as Mama Mia 2, Trainspotting 2 and Three billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri. While he is not at work however he can be found painting miniature figures or watching adults pretend to wrestle.
Linda
With a background in graphic design from her home country, Switzerland, Linda graduated with a First-Class Honours Degree in Visual Effects and Motion Graphics at Brunel University in London. During her studies she undertook various internships which sparked her passion for title sequences. She enjoys experimenting with different techniques and styles and is an exceptionally talented visual storyteller!
Marlen
Marlen has over 14 years of experience in the TV & Film industry with the majority spent running the longest standing freelancer agency in London. Incredibly efficient and enthusiastic at all she lends her hand to, she joined the Blue Spill team in 2018 and works tirelessly in overseeing our projects financially, liaising with clients and keeping us on our toes!
Daniel
Dan is our Post Production Coordinator. He previously worked for DNEG's Motion Graphics department where he liaised with the internal production team as well as their artists in London, Montreal, and Mumbai. He is passionate about the world of VFX, and comes from a background of study at Escape Studios where he learned about the complex VFX pipeline, as well as mixed 3D skills such as sculpting and hard-surface modelling!
Joseph
Joseph joined the Blue Spill team from working as a lecturer in Graphic Communication at Birmingham City University where he graduated with Distinction on the Visual Communication Masters programme. Joseph has worked extensively as a freelance graphic artist and designer alongside record labels and musical artists, designing and art directing music videos and projections for live performance. In his spare time he can be found writing and recording music, exhibiting prints, messing around with old film cameras and making super 8 movies.
Grace
Grace graduated with a first class degree in ba(hons) Illustration from UWE in 2020. Before joining Blue Spill as a Junior Motion Designer, she worked on various projects as a freelance designer, such as illustrating picture books, augmented reality posters and hand-drawn animations. In her spare time, you can find her painting or pottering around her houseplants.
Client Testimonial
"The opening credits just blow my mind; the designers, Blue Spill are so good. The band had that slogan in the early days: ‘psychedelic violent crimes’... What does that even really mean? I just said do that, whatever that is, make me an opening sequence that’s psychedelic and violent and insane. We’ve worked together with Blue Spill on the last four of my movies, and we have great rapport, so I’ve had to tell them less and less and then they end up giving me more and more. The communication is almost psychic at this point, and I think they like working with me because I don’t give a lot of direction, just some imagery and some ideas and they’re free to do whatever they want, and it always gets better and better. We won an award for the titles at SXSW for Excellence in Design, and that made me very happy."
Stephen Kijak
Director - We are X