CREATIVE PACES STUDIOS

DRAWN.BUILT.SHOT.

Creative Paces Studios designs the worlds of film and television, builds them in our own shop, and finishes them in visual effects. Now we bring the same craft to websites and brands for local businesses.

still from The Liberated

42productions
29IMDb titles
10as production designer
8as art director
8in visual effects

WHAT WE MAKE

four trades under one roof
AFILM

PRODUCTION DESIGN

The look of the whole film: research, concept art, sets, locations and dressing, from breakdown to wrap. Art direction too.

BPOST

VISUAL EFFECTS

Supervision on set, then the shots themselves: set extensions, creatures, fire, screens and clean-up.

CSHOP

PROPS AND MASKS

Hero props, working electronics and creature pieces, built and 3D printed in our own shop.

DWEB

WEBSITES AND BRANDS

For local businesses: a site, a logo and the graphics to match, made with a film designer's eye.

THE BOARD

42 productions - pick one to see the builds
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29 titles on IMDb: 10 as production designer, 8 as art director, 8 in visual effects. Full credits

HOW A WORLD GETS BUILT

script. sketch. set. screen.
STEP 1

SCRIPT

Script breakdown pages and reference

Breakdowns, research and sourcing: what the world must say before anyone builds it.

STEP 2

SKETCH

Concept drawing

Concept art, drafting and 3D models, so the director walks the set before it exists.

STEP 3

SET

A built set piece in the shop

Builds, dressing, props and printed pieces, made to survive the shoot.

STEP 4

SCREEN

Final frame with visual effects

Final frames and visual effects: proof the plan held up on camera.

THE SHOWREEL

ninety seconds of worlds
The bare wooden frame of the Memory Keeper pod in the shop

pod frame, The Memory Keeper - built in our shop

ANTHONY PACE

I design the world on set, then finish it in post.

I'm a production designer and VFX supervisor, which means I'm usually there from the first sketch to the final frame. I draw the concept art, build the sets and props, and then supervise the effects that carry them on screen, so nothing gets lost between what was designed and what the audience sees. On Ethan Hickey's science fiction feature Falsehood , I took the film from concept art and set construction, including a 3D-printed face prop and an LED-lit weapon, through four months of visual effects. For director Lane Bishop I designed three Christmas films in a row, then the back-to-back thrillers Her Deadly Night in Paris and The Venice Murders , shot on location in Paris, Venice and Nice. I art directed Alex Noyer's folklore horror Love Is the Monster , and as prop master on the thriller The Unrestricted War I built working electronic devices and a 3D-printed virus container. Producers bring me in when the budget is tight and the vision isn't. I trained in digital media arts at Seneca, design foundations at Humber and graphic design at Georgian, and I still work hands-on: illustration, painting, Blender, After Effects and Embergen. Off set I'm usually cycling, travelling, taking photos, or making masks for The House of Many Faces.

PRODUCTION DESIGN · ART DIRECTION · VFX SUPERVISION · PROPS & SET DECORATION · CONCEPT DESIGN · WRITING & PRODUCING

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THE HOUSE OF MANY FACES

The same hands that build creatures for film now make original 3D printed masks. Every design: 1,000 numbered prints, then it's retired forever. Need a monster for your short film or a face for your channel? Custom orders are open.

Visit the mask shopFind us on Etsy

Red Storm, Oni mask
RED STORM - ONI
Forest Stag mask
FOREST STAG
Evil Clown mask
EVIL CLOWN
Rooster mask
ROOSTER

LET'S BUILD A WORLD.

send the script, we'll send the drawings
PROJECTYour next oneEmail the studio
DRAWN BYAnthony Pace
STUDIOCreative Paces Inc.
EMAILcreativepaces@gmail.com
INSTAGRAM@creativepaces