Kevin Richards To Teach "Movement & Narrative"

Kevin Richards teaching at Escape Studios

We're delighted to welcome veteran animator and storyboard artist Kevin Richards  to teach Movement & Narrative to our first year undergraduate students at Escape Studios in September 2024.

Movement & Narrative is a mini-module in which students develop their skills in storytelling, creativity, design, storyboarding and visual narrative.

Movement & Narrative starts on Monday 23rd Sept 2024. You can see 2024-25 Term Dates here. 

Kevin Richards

Giles & Rupert Animatic created for Movement & Narrative

Kevin Richards will be returning to Escape Studios on Monday 23rd September 2024 to teach our first year undergraduate students the mini-module "Movement & Narrative". 

Animator & Storyboard Artist
Kevin is a traditional 2D animator who took our 12 week short course in animation at Escape Studios, and successfully made the transition to 3D animation in Maya.

Lead Animator

Artwork created for Movement & Narrative

Kevin recently worked as a Lead Animator on the new Aardman Animation TV Series "Pop Paper City", produced by LoveLove Films, on which many Escapees have started their animation careers.

Movement & Narrative

Movement & Narrative is a two-week mini-module at Level 4 (ie the first year of undergraduate studies) exploring creativity, storytelling and design.

CR4002 - Creative Foundations

Storyboards for Movement & Narrative

Movement & Narrative is part of CR4002, the Creative Foundations Craft Module, a foundation course in creativity and creative thinking. The module is completed by all our first year students, whether they are studying games, animation or VFX.

Software

Some software, such as Photoshop and Premiere, is taught in this module; but students are mainly encouraged to explore creative ideas and creative ways of thinking. 

Common First Year

In their first year of studies, all our undergraduate students study a common art and design curriculum, enabling them to understand the whole animation, games and VFX pipeline before committing to a single specialism in their second year.

Movement & Narrative Trailer
Check out the short trailer below to see what some of our students have done at Escape Studios.

Movement & Narrative Pitch "Bibles"

To see more student work created for Movement & Narrative, see this blog post.

First Year at Escape Studios

Designs for Movement & Narrative by Gioia Varago

To see more about the student experience at Escape Studios, follow the links below:

• First Year of Undergraduate Studies at Escape Studios
• Second Year at Escape Studios 
• Third Year at Escape Studios
• Fourth and Final Year (Integrated MArt)

Official 2024-25 Term Dates

You can find full 2024-25 Escape Studios Term Dates here. 


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.