Kevin Richards To Teach Movement & Narrative

Kevin Richards - lead animator on Pop Paper City

We're delighted to welcome back 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, part of CR4002 Creative Foundations, in which students develop their skills in creativity, design, storyboarding and visual narrative; teaching starts in September 2024.  M&N forms part of the First Year of Undergraduate Study at Escape Studios. 

Kevin Richards

Kevin Richards teaching at Escape Studios

Kevin is an award-winning 2D and 3D animator - and also an Escapee; Kevin took our 12 week short course in animation at Escape Studios, and successfully made the transition from 2D to 3D animation in Maya.

Kevin recently worked as a Lead Animator on the Aardman Animation TV Series "Pop Paper City", produced by LoveLove Films. He is experienced in both animation and storyboarding. 

Movement & Narrative

Movement & Narrative is a two-week mini-module at Level 4 (ie the first year of undergraduate studies) exploring creativity, storytelling, design and acting. It forms part of CR4002 Creative Foundations, itself part of the First Year of Undergraduate Study at Escape Studios.  

Assignment

For Movement & Narrative students produce a pitch for a new animated TV or web series, including an Art Bible. You can see some examples here.  

CR4002 - Creative Foundations

Giles & Rupert's Prehistoric Predicament - created in M&N

Movement & Narrative is part of CR4002, the Creative Foundations Craft Module, a foundation course in creativity and creative thinking. 

Showcase

To see some of the work created in Movement & Narrative, see this blog post. 

Software

Some software, such as Photoshop and Premiere, is taught in this module but the main focus is on ideas and creativity.

Common First Year

CR4002 is compulsory for all our first year students, whether they are studying games, animation or VFX.  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 - Key Links

• CR4002 Art Bible Showcase
• CR4002 - Creative Foundations Craft Module
• First Year of Undergraduate Study at Escape Studios

First Year at Escape Studios

Art created in Movement & Narrative

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

To see the official Escape Studios Term Dates for 2024-25, follow this link.   

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.