"Squeaky Clean" Best Micro Short at Rohip Fest

Squeaky Clean wins "Best Micro Short" at Rohip Fest

Congratulations to the makers of the short animated film "Squeaky Clean", which has won "Best Micro Short" at the Rohip Film Festival.

Squeaky Clean was directed and produced by Luis Yarroll, and co-directed by Amy Little. 

Squeaky Clean was completed as part of Studio Module PR5001, a collaborative module in which second-year animation students work together on short film projects. This is Squeaky Clean's third festival award. 

"Backtrack" Wins Best Animation in Singapore

Congratulations to the makers of "Backtrack", the teaser/trailer created by our second year animation students at Escape Studios, which has won "Best Animated Short" at the Indo-Singapore International Film Festival .   

"Backtrack" is a teaser/trailer for an animated film telling the story of a young athlete who is bullied at school. 

The Backtrack trailer was directed by Philippa "Pip" Cowen and produced by Sihaam "Simu" Weheliye. This is its third festival award. 

"Tatty" Wins "Best Art Film" at HEI Fest

"Tatty" wins "Best Art Film" at the Heart of Europe Fest

Congratulations to the makers of the VFX short film "Tatty", which has won "Best Art Film" at the Heart of Europe Film Festival. 

Directed by Amelia Watson and produced by Wiktoria Swierk, "Tatty" was a collaboration between undergraduate animation and vfx students at Escape Studios, working together to create an original story.   This is the latest of many festival awards for Tatty.

"Lucky Break" Wins "Best Micro Short" at Tekka Fest

"Lucky Break" wins "Best Micro Short" at Tekka Film Fest

Many congratulations to the makers of "Lucky Break", which has won "Best Micro Short Film" at the Tekka International Film Festival.

Lucky Break was directed by Victoria Stoykova, edited by Rohnak Sharma, and produced by Adewale Ogunbekun. 

Lucky Break was a collaboration between undergraduate animation and vfx students, working together to create an original story.  

Lucky Break has won many festival awards.

Escapee Alex Budulan TD at Jellyfish Pictures

Alex Budulan

Many congratulations to Escapee Alex Budulan who has become an FX Artist at Jellyfish Pictures.

FX is a growing part of the animation and VFX industry, one where new technology is driving opportunities for employment and growth.

Real time rendering - especially with Unreal Engine - is an area where the technology has shifted in the past few years, with animation and VFX houses abandoning traditional ray-tracers in favour of real time rendering.

Kevin Richards' "Crucial Tip" for Animation Graduates

Kevin Richards teaching at Escape Studios

Escapee Kevin Richards is a lead animator at Pop Paper City and has brought many Escapees onto the hit show as Junior Animators. 

In this guest blog post, Kevin offers our animation graduates his "crucial tip" for landing that crucial first job in animation. 

So what is the single most important thing our graduates can do to get hired? Below is the one crucial thing you can do, to place yourself ahead of most of the other applicants for the job. 

Remembering Daniel Brand-Sinyinza

Daniel Brand-Sinyinza

Escape Studios is mourning the untimely passing of Daniel Brand-Sinyinza, whose premature death from cancer we have just recently learned about.  Daniel studied the Art of Computer Animation at Escape Studios, graduating in the summer of 2021.

Daniel was a very talented student, who won multiple awards for his work on the many animated short films that he contributed to at Escape Studios. 

Popular and well liked by his colleagues, Daniel was a lively and able student, always a pleasure to teach, keen to master the art and craft of animation, and contributed to many award-winning short films.

"Papercut" Wins "Best VFX" at Makizhmithran Fest

"Papercut", wins "Best VFX" at Makizhmithran Film Fest

Many congratulations to makers of the VFX short film "Papercut", which has won "Best VFX" at the Makizhmithran International Film Festival. 
  

Directed by Giorgos Konstantinou and produced by Victoria Arraez, Papercut was a collaboration between 3rd year undergraduate animation and vfx students, working together to create a short film.  The original score was composed by Lorenzo Pelli.

This is the latest of many festival awards for Papercut.

Animation Evening Class is Back on 21 Aug 2023

Our 20 week part-time evening class in 3D Animation  returns on 21 August 2023.

This online class runs for 20 weeks on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, from 7-10pm, and is taught by veteran animator Matteo Sanna.

Students start with basic exercises and build towards an industry-ready demo reel.

"Lucky Break" Wins "Best Fantasy" in Singapore

"Lucky Break", wins "Best Fantasy" in Singapore Festival.

Many congratulations to the makers of "Lucky Break", which has won "Best Fantasy Short Film" Award at the Indo-Singapore Film Festival.

Lucky Break was directed by Victoria Stoykova, edited by Rohnak Sharma, and produced by Adewale Ogunbekun. 

Lucky Break was a collaboration between undergraduate animation and vfx students, working together to create an original story.  

Ben Swallow Animator at Pop Paper City

Ben Swallow

Many congratulations to Escapee Ben Swallow who has recently joined Aardman Animation's "Pop Paper City" as a junior animator.

"Pop Paper City" is a new animated TV series being distributed by Aardman Animations and produced by Lovelove films.  Pop Paper City is a preschool craft TV show. The series focuses on a group of paper friends as they find ways to have fun together by creating new parts of their paper world. 

While at Escape Studios, Ben contributed to a number of award-winning short films at Escape Studios, including Hannibelle, "Explosive Love" and "Freefall". 

"Love, Mum" Wins Best Super Short at Florence Fest

"Love, Mum" wins "Best Super Short Film" in Florence

Congratulations to the makers of "Love, Mum", the short film created by our second-year students at Escape Studios, which has won the award for "Best Super Short Film" at the Florence Film Festival.

"Love, Mum"  tells the story of a young woman who tries to find the secret ingredient in her beloved mother's favourite recipe.  

"Love, Mum" was written, directed and edited by Amelia Watson, and produced by Llewelyn Whitney.  

Undergraduate Q&A May 24th 5.30pm

Undergraduate Q&A Wednesday May 24th 2023

Join us tomorrow Wednesday May 24th at 5.30pm for an undergraduate Q&A with our program leaders at Escape Studios. 

To sign up for this free event, follow the link here.

Undergraduate Q&A events are a great opportunity to find out more about our undergraduate programmes and how they work. 

Introducing "Good Soup"

GoodSoup from Jessa Veronica on Vimeo.

Meet "Good Soup", the latest animated short created by our graduating class of animation students at Escape Studios. Directed by Jessa Timog-Santiago and produced by Iulineia Filip,  Good Soup was made using Maya, Substance Painter, and Unreal Engine.  Grumpy septuagenarian Mr Green tries unsuccessfully to open a stubborn can of soup; the hungrier he gets, the more desperate he becomes. Will he stop at nothing to get what he wants?

"Tech Troubles" Wins "Best Student Film-Maker"

"Tech Troubles" wins "Best Student Film-Maker" at EEFF

Many congratulations to the makers of the VFX short film "Tech Troubles", which has won the award for "Best Student Film-Maker" at the Eastern Europe Film Festival.

Directed by David Akinyose and produced by Louis Gaffney,  Tech Troubles was a collaboration between undergraduate animation and vfx students, working together to create an original story.  

The original score was composed by Ben Salwey. 

"iCare" Wins Best Sci-Fi in Singapore

"iCare" wins "Best Sci-Fi" at Singapore Fest

Congratulations to the makers of the short VFX film "iCare", which has won the award for "Best SciFi" at the Indo Singapore International Film Festival.

Directed by Bruno Urzi and produced by Alex Sellen,  iCare was a collaboration between undergraduate animation and vfx students, working together to create an original story.

This is the latest of many festival awards for iCare.

"Tatty" wins "Best VFX" (Hon Mention) in Athens

"Tatty" Hon Mention in the category of "Best VFX" in Athens 

Congratulations to the makers of the VFX short film "Tatty", which has won an "Honourable Mention" in the category of "Best VFX" at the Athens International Film Awards. 

Directed by Amelia Watson and produced by Wiktoria Swierk, "Tatty" was a collaboration between undergraduate animation and vfx students at Escape Studios, working together to create an original story.   This is the latest of many festival awards for Tatty.

"Amarok" Wins "Best Trailer" in Vienna

"Amarok" wins "Best Trailer" at Vienna Indie Fest

Congratulations to the makers of "Amarok", which has won Best Trailer at the Vienna Indie Film Festival.

Amarok was written and directed by Shenaaz Suliman and produced by Josiah Martin-Lofters.  

Amarok tells the story of a First Nations police detective in a remote town in Northern Canada where a curfew is imposed as a savage wolf stalks the community.  Amarok has won many festival awards. 

Escape Studios Visits Blue Bolt VFX

Escape visits Blue Bolt in Victoria, London

Escape Studios' students were delighted to visit VFX house Blue Bolt this past week. 

Blue Bolt are a cutting-edge VFX house based in London, Victoria.  The studio visit was led by Escape Studios' Talent Development Manager Will Hughes, who met Blue Bolt VFX Supervisor Richard Frazer, as well of Head of 3D Nicholas Birmingham and 3D artists Amandeep Kukreja (a fellow Escapee) and Alex Charilaou.

Tutor Spotlight - Michael Davies

Michael Davies - Head of Creative Technology

We're delighted to announce that 3D Artist and rigging specialist Michael Davies has been promoted to Head of Creative Technology at Escape Studios.

Michael has worked on many VFX blockbusters such as Batman vs Superman, Doctor Strange and Thor Ragnarok - and will be heading up the September launch of our new BSc/MSci Degrees in Animation, Games & VFX.