With the New York arm of Casual gaining momentum by the day we thought it appropriate to see how our work would compete on the global awards circuit. We’ve been lucky enough to have quite a bit of success here in the UK but when entering the New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards...
“Everyone is creative. Even old people” – Matthew Diffee, SXSW, 2012 Matthew Diffee, cartoonist for the New Yorker magazine gave a talk at SXSW last month on ‘How to become an Idea Factory’. He’s a man who week in and week out must pitch 10 cartoon ideas to the New Yorker, knowing 9 of which...
And so we return, battered, bruised and feeling a little sorry for ourselves. SXSW 2012 has come to a close and with it ends our week in Austin, Texas. Arriving late on the festival’s first night, we took it easy like the responsible adults that we all should be… Unfortunately this behavior was not indicative...
Last week we dusted off our finest suits, polished our smartest shoes and attempted to look all respectable ready for the most glamorous of occasions in any production company’s diary, the awards ceremony. And so, on Friday evening we headed to the annual IVCA awards at the rather swanky Grosvenor Hotel. We limbered up for...
There’ve been some darn good films coming out over the past few months so the Casual team have been spending rather a lot of time in front of the silver screen. Tired of the standard multiplex, the numb bums, noisy teens and far too many abominations starring that big-haired soppy vampire Robert Pattinson, we decided...
So guess what? We were working away enjoying a nice sunny Thursday afternoon when the latest copy of Televisual Magazine landed on our doorstep with a dramatic thud. We’ve been eagerly awaiting the magazine’s arrival as this month it’s the much-coveted Corporate 50 issue. In previous years we’ve let out a sigh of disappointment as...