Monday 4 October 2021

Simone Giampaolo Presents "Only a Child"

On Tuesday 12 October at 12.30pm we are hosting a webinar with animator, director and Escape Studios' tutor Simone Giampaolo about his new short film "Only a Child", which he describes as a "visual poem" created by over 20 animation directors.

"Only a Child" is a short film based on the original words spoken by the then 12 year-old Severn Cullis-Suzuki at the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, in which she made a poetic plea from a child's perspective for better environmental protection. 

Simone spent twelve months working with twenty studios to create the award winning film.  In this webinar, Simone will talk about how he made the film, and how he led an international team working remotely to celebrate the environmental youth movement.  

This event is open to our currently enrolled students only; there will be a Q&A to follow.

Only a Child
Work Fitness Week 10-15 October

"Only a Child" is a visual poem created by over 20 animation directors under the artistic supervision of Simone Giampaolo, which gives shape and colour to the original words spoken by Severn Cullis-Suzuki at the UN Summit in Rio in 1992, a child’s call to action for the future of our planet. 
 
Work Fitness Week
The webinar is part of "Work Fitness Week" at Escape Studios, which runs from 10-15 October 2021. 

Environmental Youth Movement 
"Only a Child" is a film that celebrates the environmental youth movement - 30 years in the making.
Instagram: instagram.com/onlyachildanimatedshort/
Facebook: facebook.com/onlyachildshortfilm
Twitter: twitter.com/onlyachild_film
Simone Giampaolo
Animation director Simone Giampaolo is a regular guest tutor at Escape Studios, teaching our short course and masters' animation students.

Simone worked at Blue Zoo animation in London for many years as an animator, later becoming animation supervisor and eventually director of some of Blue Zoo's best animation shorts.

Simone is now working as an animation director for Axis Animation, as well as participating in many other animation projects.

Simone Giampaolo Demo Reel
You can see his demo reel below:

Simone Giampaolo - Animation Director Reel 2018 from Simone Giampaolo on Vimeo.


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