"Solitude" Wins Best Sci-Fi at Art Film Awards

Escape Studios is proud to congratulate the makers of"Solitude", which has won its third festival award - "Best Sci-Fi" at the Art Film Awards.

Directed by Molly McCabe, edited by Liam Mann, and produced by Charlotte Gimbird, "Solitude" is about solitude, isolation - and the power of friendship. 

"Solitude" was completed as part of Studio Module PR5001, a collaborative module in which students work together as a team on short film projects.

"Picture Us", Wins "Best Production Design" Award

Congratulations to the makers of "Picture Us", which has won "Best Production Design" at the London International Film Festival.

“Picture Us” is an animated short film set inside an art gallery, in which two old master paintings fall in love, and must find a way to be together.   

Picture Us was written and directed by Tom Perry and produced by Charlotte Ann Gimbird.   

The Production Designer was Molly McCabe and Eliezer Girma  was Character Designer. 

This is the latest of many film festival awards for Picture Us.  

"Picture Us" Wins "Best No Budget" at Dreamer's Fest

"Picture Us" wins Best No Budget at Dreamer's Fest

Congratulations to the makers of "Picture Us", which has won "Best No Budget" at the Dreamer's Film Fest.

“Picture Us” is an animated short set inside an art gallery, in which two old master paintings fall in love, and must find a way to be together.   

Picture Us was written and directed by Tom Perry and produced by Charlotte Ann Gimbird.   This is its second film festival award.  

"Gnaughty Gnomes" Wins "Best VFX" at EEFF

Gnaughty Gnomes wins Best VFX at Eastern Europe Fest

Congratulations to the makers of Gnaughty Gnomes, which has won Best VFX at the Eastern Europe Film Festival.

Gnaughty Gnomes is a short animated film made made by animation and vfx students at Escape Studios. Gnaughty Gnomes was directed by Antonia Palmer, produced by Hannah Sheppard and co-produced by Charlotte Gimbird.  

Gnaughty Gnomes has won many festival awards. 

"Picture Us" Wins Best VFX (Hon Mention) in Tokyo

Picture Us wins Best VFX (Hon Mention) in Tokyo

Congratulations to the makers of "Picture Us", which has won Best VFX (Hon. Mention) at the Tokyo International Film Festival. 

“Picture Us” is an animated short set inside an art gallery, in which two old master paintings fall in love.   Picture Us was written and directed by Tom Perry and produced by Charlotte Ann Gimbird. This is its first film festival award.  

"Solitude" Best 1st Time Director Halicarnassus

Solitude wins Best 1st Time Director at Halicarnassus

Escape Studios is proud to congratulate the makers of"Solitude", which has won its second festival award - "Best First-Time Director" at the Halicarnassus Film Festival.   

Directed by Molly McCabe, edited by Liam Mann, and produced by Charlotte Gimbird, "Solitude" is about solitude, isolation - and the power of friendship. 

"Gnomes" Best Creative at Halicarnassus

Gnaughty Gnomes wins Best Creative at Halicarnassus

Congratulations to the makers of Gnaughty Gnomes, which has won "Best Creative" at the Halicarnassus Film Festival. 

Gnaughty Gnomes is a short animated film made made by animation and vfx students at Escape Studios. Gnaughty Gnomes was directed by Antonia Palmer, produced by Hannah Sheppard and co-produced by Charlotte Gimbird.  

This is the film's fourth festival award. 

"Gnomes" Best Micro Short at Vesuvius Fest

Gnaughty Gnomes Best Micro Short at Vesuvius Film Fest

Congratulations to the makers of Gnaughty Gnomes, which has won "Best Micro Short" at the Vesuvius Film Festival. 

Gnaughty Gnomes is a short animated film made made by animation and vfx students at Escape Studios. Gnaughty Gnomes was directed by Antonia Palmer, produced by Hannah Sheppard and co-produced by Charlotte Gimbird.  This is the film's third festival award. 

Gnaughty Gnomes Hon Mention at Tokyo Fest

"Gnaughty Gnomes" wins Best VFX at Tokyo Fest

Congratulations to the makers of Gnaughty Gnomes, which has won an "Honourable Mention" in the category of "Best VFX" at the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIMFF). 

Gnaughty Gnomes is a short animated film made made by animation and vfx students at Escape Studios. Gnaughty Gnomes was directed by Antonia Palmer, produced by Hannah Sheppard and co-produced by Charlotte Gimbird.  This is the film's second festival award. 

Meet "Bittersweet" from QC Animations

 

Congratulations to Charlotte Gimbird who has just released "Bittersweet";  her first fully made-in-Maya music video at QC Animations.  QC Animations is Charlotte's YouTube Channel based around the world of Minecraft, the world's most popular video game.  The channel was created by Charlotte, who is a second year undergraduate student at Escape Studios, studying the Art of Computer Animation.  QC Animations has over 90,000 subscribers, with hundreds of thousands of views every month. 

Solitude "Best Micro Short" at Vesuvius Fest

Solitude "Best Micro Short" at Vesuvius Film Fest

Escape Studios is proud to congratulate the makers of"Solitude", which has won its first festival award - "Best Micro Short" at the Vesuvius Film Festival.   

Directed by Molly McCabe, edited by Liam Mann, and produced by Charlotte Gimbird, "Solitude" is about solitude, loneliness, isolation - and friendship.  Animation was done in Maya, editing in Adobe Premiere Pro and rendering in Redshift. 

Introducing "Solitude"

Escape Studios is proud to present "Solitude", the latest short film created by our second year animation students at Escape Studios.  

Directed by Molly McCabe and produced by Charlotte Gimbird, "Solitude" was completed as part of Studio Module PR5001, a collaborative module in which students work together on short film projects, simulating as closely as possible the workings of a real animation studio.

"Solitude" is a short film about solitude, loneliness, isolation - and friendship. 

The film was animated in Maya, edited in Adobe Premiere and rendered in Redshift. 

QC Animations Webinar

On Tuesday 26 January we hosted a webinar with Escape Studios' animation student Charlotte Gimbird, about her YouTube Channel QC Animations.  QC Animations is a YouTube Channel based around the world of Minecraft, with over 80,000 subscribers, and hundreds of thousands of views every month.  In this 60 minute webinar Charlotte talks about what inspired her to create QC Animations, and how she turned it into a creative and commercial success. 

Webinar with Charlotte Gimbird 26 Jan 2021

QC Animations at YouTube - the future of animation?

On Tuesday 26 January at 11.30am we are hosting a webinar with Escape Studios undergraduate animation student Charlotte Gimbird, creator of QC Animations.

QC Animations is a YouTube Channel with over 80,000 subscribers, and hundreds of thousands of views every month. 

QC Animations is built about the world of Minecraft - the world's most popular video game.   In this webinar we will be talking to Charlotte about how she created QC Animations, what success at YouTube means, and how our students can get involved in this rapidly expanding part of the animation business.  You can sign up for the free webinar here. 

Charlotte Gimbird QC Animations at YouTube

QC Animations

QC Animations is a YouTube Channel created by Charlotte Ann Gimbird, a second year undergraduate student at Escape Studios, studying the Art of Computer Animation. 

QC Animations has over 80,000 subscribers, with hundreds of thousands of views every month. 

Charlotte has found critical and commercial success in one of the biggest-growing parts of the animation industry - YouTube video animation.  In the case of QC Animations, Charlotte's universe is built about the world of Minecraft - the world's most popular video game.