Mechanism Digital

10/03/2023

Intellectual property law has a lot of catching up to do.

Perhaps to the chagrin of Drake and The Weekend, artificial intelligence continues to adapt to its environment. In the VFX world, however, AI has not replaced any of our tools yet — but it is changing how we start the work on a new project.

08/30/2023

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/metaverse-here-stay-lucien-harriot

Facebook’s Metaverse is just one part of the larger metaverse.

05/18/2023

Can we store loved one’s personalities in a computer after death?

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tell-me-story-grandpa-lucien-harriot/

04/06/2023

Is the relationship between pharma companies and prescribers more synergistic — or symbiotic?

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cycle-innovation-education-lucien-harriot

03/17/2023

Mechanism Digital VFX Provides Crucial Assistance in Completing Films for Sundance



https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mechanism-digital-vfx-provides-crucial-assistance-films-harriot

02/21/2023

Have you ever flashed film?

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/err-experienced-lucien-harriot

01/24/2023

Is teaming up with the answer?



https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-creating-bionic-artists-lucien-harriot/

01/19/2023

How do you train a computer to create art?



https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/prompting-ai-imagery-production-lucien-harriot/

10/04/2022

Mechanism Digital is proud to have worked on VFX for IMAX film Wings Over Water earning the Giant Screen Cinema Association’s award for 2022 Best Visual Effects 2022.

https://wingsoverwaterfilm.com/
https://www.giantscreencinema.com/Awards

09/07/2022

I did some sciencing, I got creative, and I would do it all again.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/day-life-vfx-studio-lucien-harriot/

A day in the life of a VFX studio is not that different from other industries. There are budgets, Zoom and Teams meetings, a cross-section of personalities — and a lot of quick problem solving.

08/29/2022

Embellishing critical frames helps films pop.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/intersection-practical-digital-lucien-harriot/

07/13/2022

New positions promise to propel Mechanism Digital to the stratosphere.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/forecast-summer-growth-lucien-harriot

05/19/2022

Virtual Teams will be social if you let them
https://www.linkedin.com/post/edit/6932404392079867904/

04/18/2022

A visual effects supervisor is like post insurance for your shoot..

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/vfx-eye-budget-guy-lucien-harriot

Sometimes my work takes me to interesting places, like movie sets. I work on set as a consultant, specifically a “VFX supervisor.

03/31/2022

Proper post-production pipeline practices produce fewer perilous pitfalls.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/saving-money-any-cost-lucien-harriot

New York has a soft spot for independent films, and Mechanism Digital is proud to have worked on so many of them. First, some disambiguation: “Independent” does not always mean “low-budget.

03/10/2022

Guild rules, status, and careers all come into play behind the scenes of every opening credit sequence.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/credit-where-due-lucien-harriot

02/24/2022

Opening credits are an opportunity for directors to set the mood for the whole film.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/credit-check-lucien-harriot

Opening credits are a big deal in Hollywood. As creatives, we see credits as a means to set a mood for the story with the choice of fonts, as well as the placement and composition of some transitions.

01/26/2022

Voiceover production considers everything — from tone to timber.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/voice-reason-lucien-harriot/