Escapee Jason Cole Joins King Bee Animation

Congratulations to Escapee Jason Cole who has started an animation internship at King Bee Animation. 

Jason Cole studied the Art of Computer Animation at Escape Studios.  While at Escape Studios, Jason wrote and directed the award-winning short film "Life's Gifts".  Jason also worked on the award-winning short "Bloom". 

Escapee Elissa Heath Joins King Bee Animation

Elissa Heath animation intern at King Bee Animation

Congratulations to Escapee Elissa Heath who has started an animation internship at King Bee Animation. 

Elissa Heath studied the Art of Computer Animation at Escape Studios.   She also contributed to a number of award-winning animated short films, including "Dusty Memories" and "Bloom", on which she served as lead animator.  

Elissa Heath Animation Intern at Case & Waterman

Elissa Heath joins Carse & Waterman Productions

Congratulations to Escapee Elissa Heath who has started an internship at the animation studio Carse & Waterman Productions.  Elissa will be learning the Blender animation pipeline at Carse & Waterman.

Elissa Heath studied the Art of Computer Animation at Escape Studios.   She also contributed to a number of award-winning animated short films, including "Dusty Memories" and "Bloom", on which she served as lead animator. 

Jessa Timog-Santiago Intern at King Bee Animation

Jessa Timog-Santiago

Congratulations to Escapee Jessa Timog-Santiago who has started work as an animation intern at King Bee Animation in London.  

Jessa Timog-Santiago studied the Art of Computer Animation at Escape Studios, working on a number of award-winning films, including Good Soup, iCare, Freefall and Spitfire. 

King Bee is an animation studio based in Ealing Studios, West London.

Freefolk "Futurefolk" Internship Now Open

"Futurefolk", is back, and now accepting applications

VFX House Freefolk has announced that their internship scheme, "Futurefolk", is back, and now accepting applications. 

Freefolk's talent team is now "ready to spot the skill, creativity and enthusiasm required to kick-start the careers of the next generation of VFX stars".  Deadline for submissions is midnight on April 29th 2025.  You can apply via the Freefolk website here.

Anand Sembhi Intern at King Bee Animation

Anand Sembhi Intern at King Bee

Many congratulations to Escapee Anand Sembhi - who has begun an Animation Internship at King Bee Animation.

Anand Sembhi studied the Art of Computer Animation at Escape Studios.  

While at Escape Studios, Anand Sembhi contributed to a number of award-wnning short films, including Freefall, Spitfire, Tech Troubles and Good Soup. 

Escapee Danish Adeem Animation Intern at King Bee

Danish Adeem

Many congratulations to Escapee Danish Adeem who has started work as an Animation Intern at King Bee Animation.

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.

Netflix Summer Internship Deadline 9 Feb 2024

Apply now at https://lnkd.in/dYvpZCyF 

Calling all VFX students at Escape Studios (at least, those with US citizenship) - Netflix is now accepting applications for their Summer 2024 VFX Studio Internship.

If you're an undergraduate student with a passion for visual effects, this could be your gateway to a thriving career. 

To be eligible, you must be authorized to work in the USA and have an expected graduation date between December 2024 and May/June 2025.   

Applications close on February 9th.  If you're eligible, don't miss out on this chance to gain valuable experience with one of the industry leaders.

Luis Yarroll Intern at DNEG Animation

Luis Yarroll

Many congratulations to Escape Studios animation student Luis Yarroll who has started an internship at DNEG, one of the UK's leading visual effects houses.  Internships at DNEG are highly competitive, with applications from students all over the UK. 

Luis is in his second year of studies at Escape Studios, but he has already produced two award-winning animated shorts: "Squeaky Clean" and "Wake:Up!", both completed with a small team in under six weeks.  

How to Find an Internship in Animation

How do our students find internships in the animation industry? This is a question I get asked regularly at Escape Studios. The important thing to remember is that finding an internship is a lot like finding a job; and all the same principles apply. Watch the short video above for my tips on how to find an internship in the animation industry.

Sarah Andrews Intern at Sliced Bread

Many congratulations to Sarah Andrews, third year undergraduate animation student at Escape Studios who has secured an 8 week summer internship storyboarding with Sliced Bread Animation in Bethnal Green.

Sliced Bread is a multi-disciplined, multi-award-winning digital animation studio based in London, creating animation for a wide variety of clients, including Sony, Coca-Cola, Microsoft and Unilever.

Sliced Bread produce "high-impact, bespoke animations and applications for marketing and corporate communications, including virtual and augmented reality projects."

Sarah Andrews is an award-winning animator and storyboard artist who has worked on many projects at Escape Studios; specialising in storyboarding in her final year. 

Jack Thompson Animation Intern at Myriad

Jack Thompson

Many congratulations to second year undergraduate animation student Jack Thompson, who has recently began a summer animation Internship at Myriad Global Media in London.

Myriad Global Media is a global company with offices in London, Houston and Abu Dhabi, specialisingin in VR, AR, film production, 2D/3D animation, interactive media, events, and exhibition. 

Summer internships are not always easy to find but they are out there - for those with persistence and dedication.

Crater Internship for Miguel and Maciej

Many congratulations to second year undergraduate animators Miguel Teixera and Maciej Osuch who have both secured summer internships at Crater Studios in Belgrade. 

Crater Studios are a Serbian animation house dedicated to the art of VFX production for TV and film; their industry partners include Warner Bros and Netflix.

Finding an internship in the second year of animation studies is a big step for our students; internships are an important stage in launching a long-term career in industry.

Petroc Menuhin Intern at Shoguns Animation

Many congratulations to 2nd year animation undergraduate Petroc Menuhin, who has won a summer animation internship with London-based Shoguns Animation.

Doing a summer internship in animation is a great start to any animation career, and we strongly encourage all our students to do internships; it's the best way to get experience of working in a real studio.