"Malloe" Wins Best Children's Short at Rohip Fest

"Malloe" wins "Best Children's Short" at Rohip Fest

Congratulations to the makers of "Malloe", which has won an award for "Best Children's Short" at the Rohip International Film Festival. 

"Malloe" is a short film about two children who find a very unusual creature - one that is very fond of marshmallows. 

"Malloe" was directed by Eilin Berrio Pena, edited by Ross Green, and produced by Nickoel Izharudin.  Production Design was by Paloma Zhu. "Malloe" has won many festival awards. 

Eilin Berrio Pena Animator at Pop Paper City

Eilin Berrio Pena

Many congratulations to Escapee Eilin Berrio Pena, who has recently joined Aardman Animation's "Pop Paper City" as an animator.

"Pop Paper City" is a new animated TV series being developed by Aardman Animation, one of the UK's leading animation companies.

While at Escape Studios, Eilin directed the award-winning film "Malloe", and contributed to many other award-winning projects. 

Malloe Wins "Honourable Mention" in Prague

Best Director at Prague Awards (Hon. Mention)

Congratulations to the makers of "Malloe", which has won an Honourable Mention for "Best Director" at the Prague International Film Awards. 

"Malloe" was directed by Eilin Berrio Pena, edited by Ross Green, and produced by Nickoel Izharudin.  Production Design was by Paloma Zhu.  "Malloe" has won many festival awards. 

Malloe Wins "4 Stars Award" at the BIAFF

Malloe wins 4 Stars Award at BIAFF

Congratulations to the makers of "Malloe", which has won a "Four Stars Award" at the British International Amateur Film Festival (BIAFF). 

"Malloe" is a short film about two children who find a very unusual creature - one that is very fond of marshmallows. 

"Malloe" was directed by Eilin Berrio Pena, edited by Ross Green, and produced by Nickoel Izharudin.  Production Design was by Paloma Zhu. "Malloe" has won many festival awards. 

Malloe Best Production Design in Athens

Mallow Best Production Design in Athens

Congratulations to the makers of "Malloe", which has won Best Production Design at the Athens International Film Festival (AIMAFF).

"Malloe" is a short film about two children who find a very unusual creature - one that is very fond of marshmallows. 

"Malloe" was directed by Eilin Berrio Pena, edited by Ross Green, and produced by Nickoel Izharudin.  Production Design was by Paloma Zhu.

"Malloe" was produced by our 3rd year animation students, working together as a team to produce the film.  It has won many festival awards. 

Malloe Best No Budget at Dreamer's Film Fest

"Malloe" Best No Budget at Dreamer's Fest

Congratulations to the makers of "Malloe", which has won Best No Budget Film at the Dreamer's Film Festival.

"Malloe" is a short film about two children who find a very unusual creature - one that is very fond of marshmallows. 

"Malloe" was directed by Eilin Berrio Pena, edited by Ross Green, and produced by Nickoel Izharudin.  It has won many festival awards. 

Malloe Wins Best Production Design in Tokyo

Malloe wins Best Production Design

Congratulations to the makers of "Malloe", which has won "Best Production Design" at the Tokyo International Film Festival.

"Malloe" is a short film about two children who find a very unusual creature - one that is very fond of marshmallows.  It was animated in Maya, edited in Premiere Pro, and rendered in Unreal Engine.

"Malloe" was directed by Eilin Berrio Pena, edited by Ross Green, and produced by Nickoel Izharudin.  Art Direction was by Paloma Zhu, and the project was overseen by Animation Programme Leader Michael Davies. 

"Malloe" has won multiple festival awards. 

Malloe Wins Best Animation at Halicarnassus

"Malloe" wins Best Animation at Halicarnassus Fest

Congratulations to the makers of "Malloe", which has won "Best Animation" at the Halicarnassus Film Festival. 

"Malloe" was directed by Eilin Berrio Pena, edited by Ross Green, and produced by Nickoel Izharudin.  Art Direction was by Paloma Zhu. 

"Malloe" has won multiple festival awards. 

"Malloe" Honourable Mention at The Rookies

"Malloe" Hon Mention for 3D Animation at The Rookies

Congratulations to the makers of "Malloe", which has received an "Honourable Mention" at The Rookies in the category of Best 3D Animated Short Film. 

"Malloe" was directed by Eilin Berrio Pena, edited by Ross Green, and produced by Nickoel Izharudin.  

Art Direction was by Paloma Zhu. 

Eilin Berrio Pena MoCap Artist at ILM

Eilin Berrio Pena

Many congratulations to Escapee Eilin Berrio Pena, who has recently started a new position as a Junior Facial Capture Artist at Industrial Light and Magic.  Motion Capture is a growing part of the animation industry, increasingly embedded into our animation course at Escape Studios. 

While at Escape Studios, Eilin directed the award-winning film "Malloe", and contributed to many other award-winning projects. 

ILM is one of the world's leading animation and VFX houses, pioneers in VFX and also software development.  Eilin will be using ILM's own proprietary software for facial capture animation.  

"Malloe" Finalist at The Rookies 2021

Malloe finalist 3D Animation 2021 Rookies

Congratulations to the makers of "Malloe", which is a finalist at The Rookies in the category of Best 3D Animated Short Film. 

"Malloe" was produced by our 3rd year graduating animation students, working together as a team to produce their final short animated film.   "Malloe" was directed by Eilin Berrio Pena, edited by Ross Green, and produced by Nickoel Izharudin.  Art Direction was by Paloma Zhu. 

Malloe Wins Best Micro Short at Vesuvius

"Malloe" wins Best Micro Short at Vesuvius Fest

Congratulations to the makers of "Malloe", which has won its third festival award - "Best Micro Short" at the Vesuvius Film Festival. 

"Malloe" was produced by our 3rd year graduating animation students, working together as a team to produce their final short animated film.  

"Malloe" was directed by Eilin Berrio Pena, edited by Ross Green, and produced by Nickoel Izharudin.  Art Direction was by Paloma Zhu. 

"Malloe" Double Winner at Flicks Festival

"Malloe" wins Best Anim and Best Art Direction

Congratulations to the makers of "Malloe", which has won two awards at the Flicks Flim Festival, scooping up "Best Animation" and also "Best Art Direction". 

"Malloe" was produced by our 3rd year graduating animation students, working together as a team in Module PR6001 to produce their final short animated film.  

"Malloe" was directed by Eilin Berrio Pena, edited by Ross Green, and produced by Nickoel Izharudin.  Art Direction was by Paloma Zhu. 

Meet "Malloe"

Malloe from Nickoel Izharudin on Vimeo.

We're proud to present "Malloe", the latest short film created by our students at Escape Studios.  "Malloe" was produced by our 3rd year graduating animation students, working together as a team in Module PR6001 to produce their final short animated film.  "Malloe" was directed by Eilin Berrio Pena, edited by Ross Green, and produced by Nickoel Izharudin.  Art Direction was by Paloma Zhu. 

Meet the "BoxBots"

Meet "BoxBots", the latest short film produced by our students at Escape Studios. 

Directed by Jordan Coles and Ross Green, and produced by Priya Shah, "BoxBots" is a short animated comedy about a boxing match between two plastic figurines, who must fight for the "World Plasticweight Championship".

"BoxBots" was completed as part of the third year animation Module PR6001, a Studio Project worth 60 Credits.

In this module our animation students and VFX students combine forces to produce a short visual effects film, learning how to produce animation within the VFX pipeline.  "BoxBots" (which you can find at Instagram here) is currently being entered into film festivals. 

Live Action Reference & The 11 Second Club

This month our second year undergraduate animators are entering the 11 Second Club, part of Module AN5001 in which they learn the art and craft of character animation. 

The 11 Second Club is a monthly character animation competition in which aspiring animators compete to win prizes and get their work noticed. Animators from all over the world participate, animating a character speaking a line of dialogue, sharing their progress with one another and critique each other's work - just like in a real animation studio.

So how to succeed in the 11 Second Club? One dependable method is for animators to film themselves acting out the line of dialogue - using live action reference to guide the animation.

Introducing "Nefertiti"

Nefertiti from Priya Shah on Vimeo.

Our second year animation students have just completed the first half of Studio Module PR5001, in which they collaborate together on short film projects.  Over the past seven weeks six students created the short film "Nefertiti", an animated action-adventure set in a mysterious ancient Egyptian tomb. The film was animated in Maya, rendered in Arnold, and edited in Adobe Premiere Pro.  Directed by Eilin Berrio Pena, and Produced by Priya Shah, the film was edited by Jack Devereux, and was completed entirely from home during the Covid Pandemic. Our students collaborated remotely, animated and rendered their shots entirely with their own home resources.

Escape Animators 3rd & 4th in 11 Second Club

Paloma Zhu and Eilin Berrio Pena

Many congratulations to Paloma Zhu and Eilin Berrio Pena who have been ranked 3rd and 4th in the October 11 Second Club Competition, in which over 180 animators from around the globe tested their skills.

The 11 Second Club is a monthly character animation competition in which aspiring animators compete to win prizes and get their work noticed.

Animators from all over the world participate, animating a character speaking a line of dialogue, which is provided on the first day of every month by the club. 

It's a monthly free animation competition. Participating animators can share their progress with one another and critique each other's work - just like in a real animation studio.