PR4001 – Creative Foundations Project

Storyboard for The Alpha Lighthouse at Whale's End

Our undergraduate students' first group project takes place in the First Year of Studies at Escape Studios. PR4001 – Creative Foundations Project - is a two week group project worth 30 Credits.  In PR4001, students take the skills they have learned in CR4002 - Creative Foundations - Craft, and complete a team project.  

Their task is to create a filmed storyboard, also known as an animatic, for an animated TV or web series.  

Team Project

Storyboard from "Giles & Rupert's Prehistoric Predicament"

For many of our students, this will be their first experience of a team project, working together in groups - just like in industry.  

Create an Animatic

Students will need to work together to create their animatic, bringing together skills in creativity, storytelling, storyboarding, character design, editing, sound design and music - all the skills necessary to make a short film.  

Building on CR4002 - Creative Foundations - Craft

The PR4001 team project builds on the work done in CR4002 - Creative Foundations - Craft, in which students explore ideas and creativity. 

PR4001 Student Work

You can see some examples of student work in PR4001 below:

"Giles and Rupert's Prehistoric Predicament"

Directed by Toby Haslam. 

"Alpha Lighthouse at Whale's End"



"Alpha Lighthouse at Whale's End" Credits: Paloma Zhu: Director, story, concept art. Morgan Mda: Storyboards and concept art. Konrad Peczkowicz: Editor, sound design. Callum Wylie: Producer, post-production.

A Thief Through Time

A Thief Through Time - Storyboard Animatic Created at Escape Studios.  Directed and Produced by Rohnak Sharma. Art Director Amelia Watson.  Storyboards by Trinity Li.  Edited by Amelia Watson.

Deliverables for PR4001

• 
  Team Project - Animatic
• Team Presentation
• Retrospective
• Individual Contribution Moderation, or Team marking (single submission for each student)(no selfmark, no peermark)

Escape Studios Film-making Resources
For many of our students this will be the first time they tackle a group film-making project.  To find out more about Development & PreProduction of an animated film, see the links below

• How to Write a Story
• Key Creative Roles on an Animated Film
• Using AI to Help With Storytelling
• How to make a short animated film
• How to pitch your film idea
• Why Animators Need Mood Boards (Prod'n Design)
• Why Animators Need Colour Script (Prod'n Design)
• Managing Group Projects
• Why Animators Need a Storyboard Animatic
• How to Record Voice-Overs
• Sound Design for Animators
• "Yay!" My Project Got Picked - What Now?

1st, 2nd 3rd and 4th years at Escape Studios

Photobash created in CR4002 Art Foundation

To see more about what's in the first, second, third and fourth years at Escape Studios, follow the links below:

• First Year at Escape Studios 
• Second Year at Escape Studios
• Third Year at Escape Studios
• Fourth and Final Year (Integrated MArt).

The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects.  To apply for one of our courses, follow this link.