Jordan Coles to Teach Rigging at Escape Studios

Jordan Coles

Escape Studios is delighted to welcome back Escapee Jordan Coles to teach rigging at Escape Studios in January.

Jordan will be teaching our second year animation students the art of rigging on Tuesday January 10 and Thursday January 12th, giving our students an introduction to rigging, as part of Specialism Module CR5001.  

Jordan Coles has been working as a rigger at MPC in London.  MPC is one of the UK's leading animation and VFX houses, responsible for hits such as the 2019 remake of The Lion King and The Jungle Book.

"Death From Above" Best Trailer at Golden Eagle Fest

Death From Above "Best Trailer" at Golden Eagle Film Awards

Many congratulations to the makers of "Death From Above", which has won "Best Trailer" at the Golden Eagle Film Awards. 

This is the latest festival award for "Death From Above", a teaser/trailer for an action adventure web series. 

The short was directed by Jordan Coles, and produced by Callum Wylie.  Cinematography was by Daniel Brand-Sinyinza.

"BoxBots" Best Animation at Halicarnassus

BoxBots Best Animated Short at Halicarnassus Fest

Many congratulations to the makers of "BoxBots", which has won Best Animation at the Halicarnassus Film Festival. 

Directed by Jordan Coles and Ross Green, and produced by Priya Shah, "BoxBots" is about a contest between two toys who compete for the "World Plasticweight Championship". 

BoxBots has won many festival awards. 

Hat Shop Wins Best Sci-Fi at Art Film Awards

Hat Shop wins Best Sci-Fi at AFA

Congratulations to the makers of "Hat Shop", which has won "Best Sci-Fi at the Art Film Awards. 

"Hat Shop" is a short film set in a futuristic robot world.  Hat Shop was written and directed by Stevie Stedman, produced by Jess Hiles, and animation directed by Ross Green.  Cinematography and Production Design was by Jordan Coles.  

Hat Shop has won many festival awards. 

Hat Shop Wins Best Production Design in Tokyo

"Hat Shop" wins Best Production Design

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

"Hat Shop" is a short film set in a futuristic robot world. 

Hat Shop was created by our undergraduate animation students in their second year of studies. It was written and directed by Stevie Stedman, produced by Jess Hiles, and animation directed by Ross Green.  Cinematography and Production Design was by Jordan Coles.  

Hat Shop has won many festival awards. 

Box Bots "Best VFX" at Cinematic Film Fest

BoxBots wins Best VFX at Cinematographic Film Fest

Many congratulations to the makers of "BoxBots", which has won Best VFX at the Cinematic European Film Festival. 

Directed by Jordan Coles and Ross Green, and produced by Priya Shah, "BoxBots" is about a contest between two toys who compete for the "World Plasticweight Championship". BoxBots has won many festival awards. 

BoxBots Wins Best VFX at Art Film Fest

Many congratulations to the makers of "BoxBots", which has won Best VFX at the Art Film Awards. 

Directed by Jordan Coles and Ross Green, and produced by Priya Shah, "BoxBots" is about a contest between two toys who compete for the "World Plasticweight Championship".

BoxBots has won many festival awards. 

Death From Above Best Trailer at Art Awards

"Death From Above" wins Best Trailer at Art Film Awards

Many congratulations to the makers of "Death From Above", which has won "Best Trailer" at the Art Film Awards.  

This is the latest festival award for "Death From Above", a teaser/trailer for an action adventure web series. 

The short was directed by Jordan Coles, and produced by Callum Wylie.  Cinematography was by Daniel Brand-Sinyinza.

"BoxBots" Honourable Mention at The Rookies

BoxBots awarded Hon Mention at the Rookies for VFX

Many congratulations to the makers of "BoxBots", which has won an Honourable Mention at the Rookie Awards in the category of Best Visual Effects. 

Directed by Jordan Coles and Ross Green, and produced by Priya Shah, "BoxBots" is about a contest between two toys who compete for the "World Plasticweight Championship".

Jordan Coles Junior Rigger at MPC

Jordan Coles

Congratulations to Escapee Jordan Coles who has just started a new role as Junior Rigger at MPC in London. 

MPC is one of the UK's leading animation and VFX houses, responsible for hits such as the 2019 remake of The Lion King and The Jungle Book.

While at Escape Studios, Jordan directed the award-winning short films "Death From Above" and "BoxBots". Jordan also contributed custom rigs to the award-winning short film "Hat Shop".

BoxBots Best Animation at Golden Nugget Fest

"BoxBots" wins Best Animation at Golden Nugget Fest

Many congratulations to the makers of "BoxBots", which has won its fourth festival award - Best Animation at the Golden Nugget Film Festival in London. 

Directed by Jordan Coles and Ross Green, and produced by Priya Shah, "BoxBots" is about a contest between two toys who compete for the "World Plasticweight Championship".

BoxBots Wins "Best Animation" at Flicks Fest

BoxBots wins Best Animation at Flicks Fest

Many congratulations to the makers of "BoxBots", which has won its third festival award - Best Animation at the Flicks Film Festival in London. 

Directed by Jordan Coles and Ross Green, and produced by Priya Shah, "BoxBots" is about a contest between two toys who fight for the "World Plasticweight Championship".

BoxBots Wins Hon Mention for VFX at LIMFF

BoxBost wins Hon. Mention for VFX at LIMFF

Many congratulations to the makers of "BoxBots", which has won its second festival award - an Honourable Mention in the category of VFX at the London International Monthly Film Festival (LIMFF).

Directed by Jordan Coles and Ross Green, and produced by Priya Shah, "BoxBots" is about a contest between two toys who fight for the "World Plasticweight Championship".

BoxBots Wins "5 Stars Award" at BIAFF

"BoxBots" wins "Five Stars Award" at the BIAFF

Many congratulations to the makers of "BoxBots", which has won its first festival award - a "Five Stars" award at the British International Amateur Film Festival (BIAFF).

Directed by Jordan Coles and Ross Green, and produced by Priya Shah, "BoxBots" is about a contest between two toy figurines who must fight for the "World Plasticweight Championship".

Death From Above Best Trailer at Sensus Fest

"Death From Above" wins "Best Trailer" at Sensus Fest

Many congratulations to the makers of "Death From Above", which has won an award for "Best Trailer" at the Sensus Film Festival.

This is the fourth award for "Death From Above", a teaser/trailer for an action adventure web series. 

The short was directed by Jordan Coles, and produced by Callum Wylie; Cinematography was by Daniel Brand-Sinyinza.

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. 

"Death From Above" Winner at Bucharest Fest

"Death from Above" - Award Winner

Many congratulations to the makers of "Death From Above", which has won "Best Trailer" at the Bucharest Short Cut Cinefest.

It's a well-deserved award for a film which was a finalist in the TMFF - The Monthly Film Festival on April 30th, and also won Best Trailer at the Halicarnassus Film Festival.

Death From Above Best Trailer at Halicarnassus

Many congratulations to the makers of "Death From Above", which has won "Best Trailer" at the Halicarnassus film festival.

It's a well-deserved award for a film which was also a finalist in the TMFF - The Monthly Film Festival on April 30th.

The Making of "Death From Above"

"Death From Above" is a teaser/trailer created by director Jordan Coles and a group of second year animation students, working together in Module PR5001 to deliver a group project. The film is currently in festival competition, and recently won "Best Trailer" at Halicarnassus Film Festival. Jordan was asked by Will and Rowena at Escape Studios to talk a little about the making of "Death From Above"; in this interview, Jordan explains where his inspiration came from, what the challenges were, and how the team worked together to complete the project.

Introducing "Death From Above"

Death From Above - Official Teaser Trailer [HD] from Callum Wylie 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 Escape Studios' very first animated horror trailer: "Death From Above".  The film was animated in Maya, rendered in Unreal Engine 4, and edited in Adobe Premiere and After Effects.  Directed by Jordan Coles, and Produced by Callum Wylie, the project was edited by Daniel Brand-Sinyinza, and the CG supervisor was Edoardo Sartori. Storyboarding was by Niki Valera and Tequila Mason. You can find Death From Above at the IMDB here.