Digital effects artist, and former TLC art student (and staff member), Sarah de Schot, has reached the pinnacle of what would be any special effect artist’s dream – winning an Oscar.
Sarah de Schot was part of a team at visual effects company Double Negative, which won an Oscar and a Bafta award for their work on the Christopher Nolan sci-fi movie, Interstellar, in 2014.
Sarah de Schot with her Bafta and Oscar.
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And, since then she hasn’t looked back. Her movie pedigree list is growing and includes working on:
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Antman
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The Avengers
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Spectre, the latest James Bond film
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Currently a senior digital paint artist at Industrial Light and Magic, it is Sarah’s job to make sure any special effects are seamless and completely invisible to the viewer.
In Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, she was tasked with painting out the actor who played robot K-2SO, and removing the foot of Forest Whitaker’s character, Saw Gerrera. Her team also did a lot of the paint work for the sequence set on the planet of Jedha.
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"Watching the final film with my team was surreal. Seeing my name in the credits of a Star Wars film was surreal. I had a moment where I thought, how did a little s... from Masterton end up souping [up] a Star Wars film? It's incredible."*
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Sarah is one successful graduate we’ll be keeping an eye on. We can’t wait to see what movies she’ll be working on next!
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Lynda Newman
10/04/2017 8:24pm (8 years ago)
Well done! Brilliant effort Sarah! Inspiring for other graduates :)
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