How To Find an Animation Internship

How do you find an internship in the animation industry? It's a question we often get asked here at Escape Studios.

Internships can be an important stepping stone to a career in animation.  If an internship goes well, it might lead to a job, and even if it doesn't, it still looks good on a graduate CV.

Steve Henderson, Our MA External Examiner

Steve Henderson

Meet Steve Henderson, our External Examiner for our Master's Degree in 3D animation at Escape Studios.  External examiners play an important part of quality control in UK higher education, ensuring that our courses meet the highest standards, and the grades awarded are correct and appropriate.

We're honoured to have Steve onboard; he is co-owner and Editor of Skwigly Online Animation Magazine, an excellent resource for the animation industry.

Steve is also director of the Manchester Animation Festival, one of the UK's largest animation festivals (and possibly the biggest), which takes place in November each year.

Portfolio Advice at Skwigly

We're in Skwigly again, the online animation magazine, this time with some portfolio tips for applicants for our undergraduate and MA courses. the question "what should go in my portfolio"? is one which gets asked a lot. So, here are our top ten tips.

Demo Reel Advice at Skwigly

This week we're at Skwigly, the online animation magazine, with our top 12 tips on how to make a great animation Demo Reel.

 "What should go in my demo reel?" is one of the most common questions asked by students.