Friday, 7 December 2018

VFX Project Industry Review Wed 12 December

Our third year animation and VFX students are in the process of putting the finishing touches to their first VFX group project.

They are getting some industry feedback on Wed 12 December at 2.30pm, with industry guests to come and give critique - and also give credit - where it's due.

integrating cgi and live action plates
What's this all about?
Industry feedback. Getting feedback for our students from industry is very much at the heart of what we do at Escape Studios, and there is no better way to get our students up to industry standard than to bring in professionals to critique their work. And, also, it's a chance to celebrate the culmination of a lot of hard work.

VFX project
This is the first time we have run the third undergraduate year at Escape Studios, and the first time we have run the VFX project, where animators collaborate with both 2D and 3D artists to create a short film project from start to finish.

Students wrote their own stories, designed their own characters, modeled and rigged the assets, and finally brought them to life with animation, all in the space of just a few months.

The students also had to grapple with a live photography shoot, working with cinematographer Clement Gharini, capturing original footage and integrating the 3D elements with the photographic plates.
Glassworks - industry guests

Pipeline
The results so far have been stellar; as well as developing a full understanding of the VFX pipeline, our students will have some superb work to put on their demo reels. One recent industry guest described the short films as "the best thing he had seen come out of Escape Studios, ever".

Industry guests
Automatik VFX
We're proud to welcome Matt Fletcher, head of 3D at Glassworks VFX, Sean Danischevsky from Automatik VFX, and Simone Giampaolo from Blue Zoo and Aardman Animation, to come and critique our students' work next week.

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.


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