Escape Studios in Rookies' Top 50

The Rookies, the international competition for aspiring VFX artists, has ranked Escape Studios in the "Top 50" in the 2021 Rookies Global School Rankings. 

Recently the Rookies ranked Escape Studios No 1 in the UK (and No 4 globally) for VFX & Animation Production Excellence, for the 3rd year.  Production Excellence is an accolade awarded to the best schools that focus on working in teams. 

2021 Best VFX & Animation Schools - Production Excellence

The 2021 Best Visual Effects and Animation Schools - Production Excellence Schools and Colleges in the World rankings is updated every year by The Rookies' judges. 

The Production Excellence award recognises the emphasis placed on team projects at Escape Studios; preparing our students for the realities of working in industry.

The animation industry is a team sport - rarely are animation artists working alone.  Our graduates almost always find themselves working together in teams; something that they are well prepared for at Escape Studios. 

Success at The Rookies

Rookies Certified School

Our students have had considerable success at The Rookies in recent years:

• Escape Studios Ranked No1 for VFX and Animation Production
• Escape Studios Students Finalists in "Knight Spider" Competition
• Escape Studios No1 in UK for Games Production
• "The Crash" wins Honourable Mention at The Rookies
• "Little Gestures" wins Honourable Mention at The Rookies
• "Malloe" Wins Honourable Mention at The Rookies
• "BoxBots" Wins Honourable Mention at The Rookies
• "Kiwi's Dream" Wins People's Choice at The Rookies
• Escape Studios Ranked No5 for Animation Production
• Escape Studios Becomes Rookies' Certified School
• Jerich0 "Highly Commended at The Rookies

The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects. To find out more about our new BA/MArt now recruiting for September 2022, follow this link. To apply, visit the official page here.