Talk #5: Cassiano Prado

Words by Alex Bec, Friday 05 June 2009

We met Cass for the first time when he came along to speak at our second talks evening and it was impossible not to get on with him right from the off. Some fantastic work that falls under the category of ‘I wish I could do that’ as well as a wit and unassuming nature that make him come across so well. Stick with it right the way through for some lovely motion graphics and dead-pan stories.

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