Escape Studios Film Society Returns Tonight

Seven Samurai (1954) Wednesday 30 September 

Escape Studios Film Society is back tonight with a new line up for the first term of this year at Escape.  

Most screenings take place at 5pm on a Wednesday. Check dates below for details.  

The new season is titled "Masters of Cinema" and is a film season showcasing some of the all time greatest films, beginning with The Seven Samurai tonight at 5pm.  You can get involved through the Teams channel: Link.

Working on "The Iron Giant"

"He's a giant robot Dean; it's a little...undignified"

The Iron Giant was released 27 years ago, on 6 August 1999.  The film was not a box office success, but it has since won a cult following and regularly features in lists of the top 100 films of all time. 

I joined Warner Bros. Feature Animation in 1996, and started work on The Iron Giant in the spring of 1998.  Working for director Brad Bird was one of the best experiences of my career in animation.  

Escapee Rich Jeffery Directs "The Bluey Movie"

Escapee Rich Jeffery 
co-directs the new Bluey Movie

Many congratulations to Escapee Rich Jeffery who
is co-directing the upcoming Bluey Movie, a co-production between Disney and the BBC, currently in production in Queensland, Australia.

Rich Jeffery took our 12 week course in 3D animation, and has since gone on to forge a successful career as an animation director. 

Rich Jeffery has been directing The Australian animated TV series "Bluey" for several years.  Since then "Bluey" has become a global success story, one of the most popular shows on Netflix.

Rich said "it’s been an epic ride for last few years and I’m over the moon to be co-directing on my first feature film".

The Bluey Movie is due for release in movie theatres in August 2027.

Clara Cornish Storyboard Artist on Chicken Run 2

We're delighted to congratulate Escape Studios' tutor Clara Cornish whose work on Chicken Run 2 - Dawn of The Nugget is coming to Netflix this Friday 15th December. 

Clara Cornish was a storyboard artist on Chicken Run 2, before she joined us at Escape Studios to teach the mini-module Movement & Narrative to our first year undergraduate students. 

Chicken Run 2 is the latest feature film from the studio that created Wallace & Gromit and Sean The Sheep.

Rise of Skywalker on 20 Dec at Rich Mix

Star Wars is back! We have a special private screening of The Rise of Skywalker on 20 December, just for our students. The screening takes place at 2pm at Rich Mix in Shoreditch.

We will also be welcoming a special guest speaker to talk about the making of the film. We hope all our students agree that this is a great way to end what has been a stellar year for our talented and hard-working students at Escape Studios.

Secrets of the Spider-Verse by Peter Ramsey

Peter Ramsay at VIEW: Into the Spider-Verse

One of the highlights of today's VIEW conference in Turin, Italy, was a talk by Peter Ramsey, co-director of Spiderman – Into The Spider-Verse.

Ramsay's talk was sub-titled “What Story are You Telling?”, and he showed the audience how the answer to that question informed every frame and every pixel of the Oscar and BAFTA winning movie.

Spiderman – Into The Spider-Verse re-invented the Spiderman franchise, and achieved a unique comic book-style look for the world of Spiderman.  How did they do it?