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Monday 18 March 2024
Kinetic Type Tutorial with Forge Dynamics in Cavalry
"Roupell St" Wins Hon Mention in Athens Fest
Congratulations to the makers of the short VFX film "Curiosities of The Ruthless Roupell St", which has won an Honourable Mention for Best VFX at the Athens Film Festival.
Milo Marshall was the 2D Lead, and cinematography was by Clement Gharini.
Directed by Oliver Chenery and produced by Victoria Arraez, "Curiosities of The Ruthless Roupell St" was created by our undergraduate VFX students at Escape Studios.
The film has won many festival awards.
Sunday 17 March 2024
Why Animators Need a Clear Silhouette
Animator need to create great poses. Part of a great pose is a great silhouette, one that "reads" clearly.
The image on the left is taken from Eric Goldberg's book "Character Animation Crash Course", (we have a copy in the library), one of the best books on character animation.
Eric shows how a single pose can get an instant "read" from the audience. Even though the images are shown blacked out in silhouette, we still know exactly what the character is thinking and doing.
Always make sure your poses, whether drawn or digital, communicate exactly what the character is thinking, feeling and doing.
Saturday 16 March 2024
Escapee Daria Zadecka Animator at ILM
Daria Zadecka |
Daria Zadecka took our Master's Degree in Computer Animation at Escape Studios, taught by veteran animator Lee Caller. During the course Daria put together a strong demo reel to apply for positions in the animation industry.
ILM is one of the world's leading animation and VFX houses, responsible for ground-breaking work such as Star Wars and Jurassic Park.
ILM is one of the world's leading animation and VFX houses, responsible for ground-breaking work such as Star Wars and Jurassic Park.
Friday 15 March 2024
"Theseus" Wins "Best Super Short" in London
Congratulations to the makers of Theseus and The Minotaur, which has won "Best Super Short Film" at the London Movie Awards, held at the Close-Up Theatre in London's Shoreditch.
Theseus and The Minotaur was directed by Mitchell Wright and produced by Ayesha-Ria Jina. This is the film's first festival award.
Animate a UFO on a Motion Path
In this brief tutorial we show how to animate a UFO on a motion path - an important technique for animating anything moving through space - UFOs, aircraft, birds, and even fish.
Motion Path animation is a simple animation technique, and can be learned in a few minutes. The tutorial starts by searching for a free set and a UFO at Turbosquid - free assets anyone can download. For Maya beginners.
Thursday 14 March 2024
Giada Carnevaletti Animator at Brown Bag Films
Giada Carnevaletti |
Congratulations to Escapee Giada Carnevaletti who has started work as an animator at Brown Bag Films in Dublin.
Brown Bag Films is a leading animation studio, responsible for award-winning children's TV content.
While at Escape Studios, Giada worked on two award-winning films: CandleWick and Moon Rockz, both of which have enjoyed considerable festival success. Giada also worked at Escape Studios as a Studio Assistant.
Wednesday 13 March 2024
"Outpatient" Wins "Best Short" at Int'l Gold Awards
"Outpatient" wins "Best Short" at the Int'l Gold Awards |
"Outpatient" was directed by Charlie Wilson, co-directed by Idris Driver, produced by Harry Symonds, and co-produced by Emmanuel Rahman. "Outpatient" tells the story of a hospital patient on the edge of survival. Abdoulah M Jones stars as The Patient. This is the film's first festival award.
Tuesday 12 March 2024
"Ghosting" Wins Best Anim at Makihzmithran Fest
Congratulations to the makers of Ghosting, the animated short created by our third year animation students at Escape Studios, which has won the award for Best Animation at the Makhizmithran Film Festival.
Directed by Caroline Geddis and produced by Marc Montebon, Ghosting tells the story of a boy who enters a mysterious mansion on a dark night.
This is its first festival award.
Monday 11 March 2024
Pop Paper City's George Caton-Coult Visits Escape
George Caton-Coult |
George Caton-Coult is the Studio Manager at Love Love Films, responsible for the TV hit "Pop Paper City" developed in partnership with Aardman Animation.
Many Escapees worked on and helped to contribute to the success of "Pop Paper City".
Escapees at the 2024 Oscars
48 Escapees at the 2024 Academy Awards |
Congratulations to all our Escapees whose work contributed so much to the success of these amazing films - we are proud of you all.
Sunday 10 March 2024
"Sea of Madness" wins "Best VFX" at 1st Fest
Sea Of Madness wins Best VFX at 1st Fest |
Sea Of Madness was directed by Maria Freitas and produced by Ivy Wang. Jake Hines was the editor and 2D Lead, and Sebastian McKernan was the 3D Lead. Ian Chavez Zarate stars as The Pirate.
Industry feedback and support was provided by Industrial Light & Magic.
This is the film's first festival award.
Saturday 9 March 2024
Why Animators Should Tell a Story
Animators need an idea |
Animators are actors, with a pencil, or a mouse. Like stage or screen actors, animators must always think about what the character is thinking and feeling. Who is the character talking to, and what is the scene about? What do they want, and what do they fear?
Unless these questions are asked, and answered, the scene will tend to feel empty of meaning, and lack compelling interest. Start by writing out your scene as a short story.
Friday 8 March 2024
Escape Studios at the 2024 BAA Awards
2024 BAA Awards |
A number of Escapees and current students at Escape Studios volunteered to help out on the night. Many thanks to current students Alfie Williams, Yusuf Uddin and Escapee Oliver Gallagher, whose hard work helped make the evening a success.
Thursday 7 March 2024
Animate a Military Walk with Monty
Every animator needs to learn how to animate a character walk.
In this latest tutorial, we show how to take a basic walk cycle using the "Monty" rig (free for download from highend3d.com) and make Monty march like a goose-stepping soldier on a parade ground.
The video tutorial is recorded in Autodesk Maya, and is aimed at animation beginners.
Wednesday 6 March 2024
"Roupell St" Wins "Best Trailer" at VIZ Fest
Congratulations to the makers of the short VFX film "Curiosities of The Ruthless Roupell St", which has won "Best Trailer" at the Viz Film Festival Awards.
Milo Marshall was the 2D Lead, and cinematography was by Clement Gharini.
Directed by Oliver Chenery and produced by Victoria Arraez, "Curiosities of The Ruthless Roupell St" has won many festival awards.
Tuesday 5 March 2024
Animate a Cowboy Walk with Monty
Cowboy walk with Monty |
The video tutorial is recorded in Autodesk Maya, and is aimed at animation beginners.
Monday 4 March 2024
Escape Studios Undergraduate Prospectus Online
We're delighted to announce that our new undergraduate study prospectus is now live on our official website:https://www.escapestudios.ac.uk/prospectus/.
To find out more about what's in our undergraduate and post graduate courses at Escape Studios, follow this link.
The prospectus is free to download.
The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects. To apply for one of our courses, follow this link.
Sunday 3 March 2024
"Void" Wins Hon Mention at Future of Film Fest
Congratulations to the makers of "Void", which has won an Honourable Mention in the category of Best Animated Short at the Future of Film Awards.
Void is one of the latest short films from our third year undergraduate animation students at Escape Studios.
"Void" was directed by Kaya Akinci, edited and produced by Luis Yarroll.
This is its second festival award.
Saturday 2 March 2024
Animate a Slow Sad Walk with Monty
Animate a sad walk with Monty |
In the tutorial below, we show how to take a basic walk cycle using the marvellous "Monty" rig - and then make Monty sad and depressed - with just a few clicks. The video tutorial is recorded in Autodesk Maya, and is aimed at animation beginners.
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