This module is the culmination of the second year of study at Escape Studios.
The Studio Projects are designed to simulate as closely as possible the experience of working on a live client project.
The Studio Project is worth 45 credits and runs until the end of the summer term in May.
The Studio Project is broken up into two six week projects, giving students two chances to practice their film-making, animation, and story-telling skills.
Project Briefs
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| Award-winning "Hotel Aloha" |
Project Brief 1 - A Teaser/Trailer for an animated film, game or TV Show
This brief is about creating a teaser or trailer for an animated film, game or TV show. The teaser or trailer should be feel authentic and believable, as if it were actually being broadcast.
As with all narrative projects, students begin with a concept, develop this into a story, and write a short script.
Once the script is approved, students begin to storyboard the project, and edit the boards into an animatic, complete with narration, music and sound design.
Golden Acorn
To see an example of a successful teaser trailer created in this module, check out The Golden Acorn below.
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| Golden Acorn wins "Best Teaser/Trailer" |
It won Best Teaser/Trailer at the 2019 Golden Nugget International Film Festival, and "Best Trailer" at the Vesuvius film festival.
Project Brief 2 - An animal or creature documentary
Project Brief 2 involves creating an animal or creature documentary. It could also be a "mockumentary" but, whatever it is, it must involve animals or creatures in the style of a documentary. This means it will probably involve voice-over narration.
"Planet Mars" - Mockumenary
"Planet Mars" is a short documentary created and animated by 2nd year animation students at Escape Studios. Directed by Sebastian Kuder; Katerina Zacharakis - Producer; Stephen Mealand – Storyboards; Maria Robertson –Storyboards, Nichole Gonzalez – Writer. "Planet Mars" was rendered in Unreal Engine.
PR5001 Schedule
Final Submission for PR5001
In PR5001 students complete two short films, and write a single Retrospective at the end of the module. The first short film is due on Wednesday 30th March, with a short 10-15 minute group presentation on the following day. Students should present the film as a group, and also briefly present their blog and/or website showing how the film progressed. Project B is due on Wednesday 18th May and follows the same format. Both films must be entered into "The Rookies" by 31st May. The Retrospective is due on Friday 20th May.
Student Experience at Escape Studios
To see what's in the first, second, third and fourth years of study at Escape Studios, follow the links below:
The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects. To find out more about our new BA/MArt, now recruiting for September 2022, follow this link. To apply, visit the official page here.
Project Brief 2 - An animal or creature documentary
Project Brief 2 involves creating an animal or creature documentary. It could also be a "mockumentary" but, whatever it is, it must involve animals or creatures in the style of a documentary. This means it will probably involve voice-over narration.
"Planet Mars" - Mockumenary
"Planet Mars" is a short documentary created and animated by 2nd year animation students at Escape Studios. Directed by Sebastian Kuder; Katerina Zacharakis - Producer; Stephen Mealand – Storyboards; Maria Robertson –Storyboards, Nichole Gonzalez – Writer. "Planet Mars" was rendered in Unreal Engine.
Project Brief 3 - Short film
The final project brief is to make a short film, no more than 90 seconds in length. To see a successful example of a short film made here at Escape Studios, take a look at multi-award-winning Adam & Eve Mk II below:
Group work
The first task is for students to form
themselves into groups, and decide among themselves who will perform
what role. Key roles include director, producer, writer, storyboard
artist, art director, editor and - of course- animators. Projects will
also need a CG supervisor to manage the digital pipeline and make sure
the final render is successful.
Rookies
The Studio Project takes us up to the end of May 2022 and is the last project for the 2021-22 academic year. Whichever creative brief our students choose, they must enter the final film into the 2022 annual "Rookies" contest.
The final project brief is to make a short film, no more than 90 seconds in length. To see a successful example of a short film made here at Escape Studios, take a look at multi-award-winning Adam & Eve Mk II below:
Group work
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| Rookies 2022 |
Rookies
The Studio Project takes us up to the end of May 2022 and is the last project for the 2021-22 academic year. Whichever creative brief our students choose, they must enter the final film into the 2022 annual "Rookies" contest.
PR5001 Schedule
PR5001 starts on 21st February 2022 - see schedule below:
Project A is due on Wednesday 30th March 2022, two weeks before the Easter Holidays. Project B begins the following week on 4 April 2022 - one week before the Easter Holidays.
In PR5001 students complete two short films, and write a single Retrospective at the end of the module. The first short film is due on Wednesday 30th March, with a short 10-15 minute group presentation on the following day. Students should present the film as a group, and also briefly present their blog and/or website showing how the film progressed. Project B is due on Wednesday 18th May and follows the same format. Both films must be entered into "The Rookies" by 31st May. The Retrospective is due on Friday 20th May.
Student Experience at Escape Studios
To see what's in the first, second, third and fourth years of study at Escape Studios, follow the links below:
- First year at Escape Studios
- Second year at Escape Studios
- Third year at Escape Studios
- Fourth and final year (integrated MArt)
The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects. To find out more about our new BA/MArt, now recruiting for September 2022, follow this link. To apply, visit the official page here.
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