Framestore's Michelle From to Teach New Animation Evening Class Starting June 18

Michelle From

We're excited to launch a new part-time animation course, starting on Monday June 18 and running for 8 weeks, two evenings a week, until mid August.

Our newest animation tutor is Framestore animator Michelle From, a graduate of the excellent Animation Workshop in Denmark, whose filmography includes Sherlock Gnomes, a soon-to-be-released feature film made right here in London. 

Michelle was also the lead animator on her graduation film ‘Tsunami’, which was included in the official Cinéfondation selection at Festival de Cannes.

Michelle studied animation at The Animation Workshop in Viborg, Jutland, where she learned traditional animation with paper and pencil, 2D digital animation using TV Paint and 3D animation using Autodesk Maya.

Michelle has recently worked on the forthcoming animated film Sherlock Gnomes. You can see her IMDB page here, and you can also see "Tsunami", the superb short film she worked on as a student at the Animation Worskhop in Denmark.

You can also see her animation showreel below. 

Animation Showreel by Michelle From from Michelle From on Vimeo.

Sherlock Gnomes

3D Animation Evening Class

When and Where
This is a Part-time evening class, running for 8 weeks from 7-10 pm at our High Holborn campus. Two nights a week, Mondays and Wednesdays. Address: 190 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7BH

Module 1 – Locomotion & Mechanics
Week 1: General introduction to Maya – Animation Basics
Week 2: Animation Locomotion – walks and character walks
Week 3: Advanced locomotion - runs, hops, jumps and skips
Week 4: Animation mechanics – physical actions

Module 2 – Character & Creature Animation
Week 5: Introduction to Character Animation
Week 6: Character Animation - building and blocking a shot; parenting and constraints
Week 7: Animal locomotion, trots walks and runs
Week 8: Demo Reel, website or blog; jobs & careers

To see more of Michelle's work, you can see her personal blog here.

To sign up for the evening class, follow this link.

The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects. To apply for our BA/MArt in 3D Animation, follow this link.  To apply for our storyboarding evening class, visit this page here.  For the next 12 week animation course, click here. And to apply for the next evening class in Producing Animation, see this page.