Animation Booms Under Lockdown

Lloyd of the Flies

A weekend article in the Daily Telegraph confirms the continuing good news for the animation industry; even under Lockdown, the animation industry continues to thrive and expand. 

Aardman Animation, the creators of "Wallace and Gromit", have expanded into digital animation with a new series "Lloyd of the Flies", a 52-episode comedy about a housefly.

Unlike live action shoots, which were shut down due to Covid-19, the animation industry is expanding, as programmers increasingly replace live-action content with animation. 

"Quarantine Chorus" - Best Animation

Animation Thrives
The reason, of course, is that animators can and do work alone, from home, just as we are doing now at Escape Studios.  Like other schools and colleges, Escape Studios moved our teaching online in March 2020. What was surprising was how successful the transition was. 

Our second year animation students successfully collaborated on a number of group film projects, including Nefertiti, Death From Above, Hotel Aloha, Quarantine Chorus, Moon Rockz, Animal Lover, and Street Ratz and of which won prizes at international film festivals.

Pitching animation

Jerich0 - pitching at APD

For any of our students looking to develop fresh animation content, now is a great time to polish your pitch - and get it out there. Our students don't just learn to animate, they are also creating fresh ideas, creating new characters and telling new stories.

For more information on how to pitch animation ideas, follow the links below:

• The Art of The Pitch - How to pitch animated content
• Cartoon Forum - How to pitch an animated TV series. Next year's deadline is May 2021
• Cartoon Movie - How to pitch an animated feature film. This year's deadline will be in November 2020.
• Jerich0 - pitching at APD. How the short film Jerich0 pitched at APD in Stuttgart.
• Animation Bibles - How to create an animation bible

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.