"Mog's Christmas" BAFTA Nom Best Animated Short

Mog's Christmas - BAFTA Nominated

We're delighted to congratulate two of our newest tutors at Escape Studios, Shane Woodson and Rebecca Perrone, who both worked on the BAFTA-Nominated Short Film "Mog's Christmas", which has been nominated for Best Animated Short at this year's BAFTA awards. The awards ceremony takes place this Sunday 16th February 2025 at the Royal Festival Hall. 

Mog's Christmas is a TV Special created for Channel Four and animated at Lupus Films in London. 

Shane Woodson

Shane Woodson

Shane Woodson joined Escape Studios in 2024 to teach our second year animation students the art of 2D character and creature animation. 

Shane Woodson is an experienced 2D animator whose credits include Mog's Christmas and Peter and the Wolf. 

Toonboom Harmony

Shane also has extensive experience with Toonboom Harmony, one of the leading software packages for delivering 2d animation. 

Shane Woodson Website & Demo Reel

You can see more of Shane's work, including an animation demo reel, here:

Rebecca Perrone

Rebecca Perrone

Rebecca Perrone is an experienced 2D animator who joined us in 2024 to teach our "Level Six" 2D animation students in their third and final year of undergraduate studies at Escape Studios.

Rebecca Perrone is an accomplished animation artist whose screen credits include Mog's Christmas and the acclaimed TV Series Love Death and Robots - on which Rebecca was a lead animator.  2D animation is a large and growing part of the animation pipeline at Escape Studios.

2D Animation Revival

In recent years 2D Animation has experienced a significant revival, both in the UK and overseas, as Studios such as Blue Zoo, Aardman Animation, and Brown Bag Films adopt new software such as ToonBoom Harmony.  The UK has the second most animation studios in the world, behind the United States, supported by a generous 39% government tax credit. 

Rebecca Perrone IMDB & Website

You can find Rebecca at the IMDB here, and her website and demo reel here. 

Rebecca Perrone Animation Reel

Showreel 2022 - Rebecca Perrone from Rebecca Perrone on Vimeo.

Toonboom Harmony
For students who want to get started with Harmony, we've uploaded a series of animation tutorials in Toonboom Harmony for our Vimeo Tutorial Channel, recorded by veteran animator and Escape Studios' tutor Steven Lall.

Vimeo Tutorial Channel
The Escape Studios Vimeo Tutorial Channel is our main hub for our animation and VFX video tutorials, supporting our in-class tuition.  Our tutorials cover Animation, VFX, Compositing, Rigging, Motion Graphics, Storyboarding & Character Design, Unreal Engine and Cinematography.

The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects.  

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