As we extend a warm welcome to our new undergraduate students at Escape Studios this week, we're delighted to invite our students to a screening of The Garfield Movie with industry partners DNEG Animation tonight Thursday September 19th at 6.15pm.
DNEG Animation is one of the UK's leading animation studios, and one of our key industry partners.
Thursday 19 September 2024
"Father's Blade" Wins "Best Animation" at Makiz Fest
Congratulations to the makers of the short film "Father's Blade", which has won Best Animated Short at the Makizhmithran Film Festival.
"Father's Blade" was directed by Thomas Husband and produced by Hugo Whitworth; the editor was Alfie Williams and the lead animator was Brandon Rai.
This is the second festival award for Father's Blade.
Wednesday 18 September 2024
Short Course & PG Open Day on 19 Oct 2024
VFX Created at Escape Studios |
The Short Course and Post-Graduate Open Day event takes place on Saturday 19th October 2024 at 2pm and offers prospective students a chance to visit our studios and find out what it's like to study with us.
Video Tutorial Library at Panopto
Tutorial Videos at Panopto at our Student Portal |
Tuesday 17 September 2024
Escape Studios Welcomes International Students
New International Students at Escape Studios |
International students bring fresh perspectives to our campus, new approaches and methodologies. We're thrilled to be rolling out the welcome mat to our newcomers this week.
Escapee Danish Adeem Animation Intern at King Bee
Danish Adeem |
Danish Adeem studied the Art of Computer Animation at Escape Studios. While at Escape Studios, Danish contributed to a number of short films, including the award-winning films Liminal, Love Mum, Good Soup and Tech Troubles.
Danish Adeem was the Lead Animator on Liminal.
Monday 16 September 2024
Movement & Narrative Animation Bible Showcase
"Fully Grown Child" Animation Pitch by Lewis Sims |
Part of CR4002 is the mini-module "Movement & Narrative", a two-week exploration of creativity, storytelling, and design, taught by industry veteran Kevin Richards. At the end of Movement & Narrative our students pitch an idea for an original TV or web series, including an "Animation Bible".
Sunday 15 September 2024
Escapee Victoria Arraez Joins ILM
Victoria Arraez |
Victoria Arraez studied The Art of Visual Effects at Escape Studios, and worked on a number of award-winning films, including Papercut and Curiosities of the Ruthless Roupell St.
Manos Zervoudakis Prod'n Co-ordinator at Revenant
Manos Zervoudakis joins animation studio Revenant |
Manos Zervoudakis studied the Art of Computer Animation at Escape Studios, and produced no less than six short animated films, including Threaded Together, Alma, Sweet Heart, Mafia Mix-Up, Candlewick and Pet Shop.
Manos won over 30 industry awards for his short film work.
Saturday 14 September 2024
Simone Costa Animator at Blue Zoo
Simone Costa |
At Escape Studios, Simone Costa studied the Art of Computer Animation, and contributed his skills to four award-winning animated shorts: Kiwi's Dream, Malloe, Animal Lover and Nefertiti.
Friday 13 September 2024
"The Huntress" by James Hothi
Escape Studios is proud to present "The Huntress", a new short animation created by MA Animation student James Hothi. James Hothi is studying the Art of Computer Animation at Escape Studios, taught by industry veteran Kevin Richards. "The Huntress" is a teaser/trailer for a feature film project, currently in development.
Thursday 12 September 2024
"Little Pirates" Wins "Best Super Short" at NYC Fest
"Little Pirates" wins "Best Super Short" at New York Awards |
Little Pirates was completed as part of Studio Module PR5001, a collaborative module in which second-year animation students work together on short film projects.
Little Pirates was written and directed by Anna Reyes Ramirez and produced by Angharad Mathias. This is Little Pirates' second festival award.
Wednesday 11 September 2024
Melissa Coarezza Lead Animator at Hexworks
Escapee Melissa Coarezza |
Melissa took our 12 week course in 3D Animation taught by veteran animator Lee Caller. Technical animation is a growing area of the animation industry, a field where opportunities and jobs are expanding.
Tuesday 10 September 2024
Sokratis Synitos Returns to Teach 3rd Year 2D VFX
Sokratis Synitos |
Sokratis Synitos has years of experience in compositing for both film and TV, and has also taught the Art of Compositing to our Short Course and MA students. Sokratis has worked on many film and TV projects at studios such as DNEG, Cinesite and Warner Bros. He has degrees in computer engineering and also in film studies.
Sokratis is also a graduate of our 12 week 2D VFX Short Course at Escape Studios. Sokratis's film credits include Spectre, Avengers: Endgame and Kingsman as well as episodes of Black Mirror, Altered Carbon and Dr. Who. You can find Sokratis here at the IMDB.
Monday 9 September 2024
Undergraduate Taster Day on 5 October 2024
Join us on Saturday 5th October 2024 for our next Undergraduate (UG) Taster Day for an introduction to our undergraduate degrees in animation, games and visual effects.
The next Undergraduate Taster Day takes place on Saturday 5th October at our new home at 6 Mitre Passage, North Greenwich. https://bit.ly/43fTl8B.
Escape Studios' Taster Days are a chance to find out about our undergraduate degrees in Animation, Games & Visual Effects, and to get hands-on experience of how we teach. Find out what our unique Escape Method is all about.
Sunday 8 September 2024
"Father's Blade" Wins "Best Animation" in Milan
"Father's Blade" wins "Best Animation" in Milan |
"Father's Blade" was directed by Thomas Husband and produced by Hugo Whitworth; the editor was Alfie Williams and the lead animator was Brandon Rai.
This is its first festival award.
Saturday 7 September 2024
Undergraduate Open Day 21 Sept 2024
Open Day Saturday 21 September 2024 |
Escape Studios' Open Days are a chance to find out about our undergraduate degrees in Animation (2D & 3D), Motion Graphics, The Art of Games and The Art of Visual Effects, as well as our new BCs/MSci courses: BSc/MSci Technical Art for Games & VFX, BSc/MSci Video Games Design and BSc/MSci Character Creation for Animation, Games and VFX.
Friday 6 September 2024
Little Pirates Wins "Best Production Design" at EEFF
"Little Pirates" wins "Best Production Design" at EEFF |
Little Pirates was completed as part of Studio Module PR5001, a collaborative module in which second-year animation students work together on short film projects.
Little Pirates was written and directed by Anna Reyes Ramirez and produced by Angharad Mathias. This is Little Pirates' first festival award.
Thursday 5 September 2024
Ilaria Colavito To Teach 3D VFX to 3rd Year Students
Ilaria Colavito |
Ilaria Colavito joins us from the London VFX house Freefolk where she worked as a 3D Generalist on a number of TV series including Anansi Boys and Kaos. Ilaria is an Escapee who took our 3D VFX MA with industry veteran Dan Shutt. While at Escape Studios Ilaria directed the award-winning short film Mechamorphosis, utilising a variety of 3D techniques.
Wednesday 4 September 2024
What is "The Escapeverse"?
Tuesday 3 September 2024
Recruiter Tiffany Feeney To Teach at Escape Studios
Tiffany Feeney |
What are studios looking for in new talent? As an animation and vfx recruiter, there is no-one better than Tiffany Feeney to help prepare our students for the commercial workplace.
Tiffany Feeney has recruited for many animation & vfx studios including Dreamworks, Reel FX and Blue Sky Studios.
Monday 2 September 2024
Jake Thompson VFX Artist at Time-Based Arts
Escapee Jake Thompson |
Jake took our MA in 3D VFX at Escape Studios, and graduated with a distinction. He did excellent work at Escape Studios, especially in Houdini, contributing to our official Houdini showreel.
Jake graduated from Escape studios with a Distinction in 3D VFX. He soon found work at London VFX house Time Based Arts.
Sunday 1 September 2024
Character & Creature MA Returns 23 Sept 2024
Character created by Eren Karadag |
This 12 week course in Character & Creature Creation - first launched in September 2021 - is all about designing, modeling, and rigging your own characters, with a view to becoming a Character Artist at a Games, Animation or VFX house.
Students learn all the stages of character creation from design through to final render. To apply, visit the official course page here.