Studio Project Module PR6001 Returns for 2024-25

Scene from VFX Project "Jerich0"

Our Third Year animation & vfx students are currently tackling PR6001, a Studio Project module worth 60 Credits and which runs for the whole academic year.  In PR6001 our animation and vfx students work together in teams to create short films - winning many festival awards.

Students work together in a module designed as closely as possible to simulate working on a live client brief.

 

Why Do We Do Group Projects at Escape Studios?

Studio Projects at Escape

Why do we do so many group projects at Escape Studios? It's a question many students ask, because at Escape Studios there is a significant focus on group, or "Studio Projects" as we call them. 

We don't do Studio Projects because they are easy, we do them because they are hard.  The animation and visual effects industries are a team sport, and it's vital that we prepare our students for the realities of working in - and for - a team.  And this means figuring how to work successfully with other people in the workplace. 

Studio Module PR5001 Starts 13 Feb 2023

"Love, Mum" was created in PR5001

On 13th February 2023 our 2nd year undergraduate animation students begin Studio Project Module PR5001, where animators collaborate together on group projects, creating short films - the culmination of the second year of study at Escape Studios.

The Studio Projects are designed to simulate as closely as possible the experience of working on a live client project.  It runs for 12 weeks until the end of the summer term in May.

The Studio Project is worth 45 credits and is broken up into two six week projects, Project A and Project B, giving students two chances to practice their film-making, animation, and story-telling skills. 

Project A is due on Wednesday 29th March. Project B is due on 17th May, the Retrospective is due on 19th May. 

PR5001 Starts on 21 February 2022

On 21st February our 2nd year undergraduate animation students begin Studio Project Module PR5001, where students collaborate to work together on group projects, creating short films.

This module is the culmination of the second year of study at Escape Studios.

The Studio Projects are designed to simulate as closely as possible the experience of working on a live client project.

The Studio Project is worth 45 credits and runs until the end of the summer term in May.

The Studio Project is broken up into two six week projects, giving students two chances to practice their film-making, animation, and story-telling skills.

PR6001 Studio Project Starts 20 Sept 2021

Award-winning Kiwi's Dream

Our third year animation students will soon be welcomed back to our High Holborn Campus, as we return to in-classroom teaching.  

Their first module is PR6001, The Studio Project (worth 60 Credits) which runs for the whole academic year.  It is a group module in which our animation students work together in teams to create short films - often winning festival awards.

Students collaborate to work together to a defined brief, designed as closely as possible to simulate working on a live client project. 

The Studio Project Module is broken up into two projects; the first is the VFX Project.  To see some fine examples of award-winning VFX Project work, check out Kiwi's Dream, BoxBots, Little Gestures,  Home Sweet Home and Jerich0.

Industry Feedback with Max Howard

Max Howard

Veteran animation Producer Max Howard will join us on Thursday morning at Escape Studios, giving online feedback to our second year animation students on their short film projects.

Max is an experienced film producer and studio executive who has run animation divisions at Disney, DreamWorks and Warner Bros Feature Animation.

Industry feedback is at the heart of what we do at Escape Studios; it helps our students to connect with the commercial world, and represents one of the Five Pillars of the Escape Method. Our second year animation students are currently working on their short film projects, part of Module PR5001, where students tackle short films in small groups. 

Studio Project Module PR5001 Starts 15 Feb

"Hat Shop" - Award-winner

On 15th February our 2nd year undergraduates begin Studio Project Module PR5001, where students collaborate to work together on group projects.

This module is the culmination of the second year of study at Escape Studios.

The Studio Projects are designed to simulate as closely as possible the experience of working on a live client project.

The Studio Project is worth 45 credits, starts on 15th February, and runs until the end of May, with two weeks off for the Easter holidays. 

The Studio Project is broken up into two six week projects, giving students the chance to practice their film-making, animation, and story-telling skills.

PR6001 Studio Project Starts This Week

Our third year animation students have returned to our High Holborn Campus (with some Covid-19 restrictions in place), and the first module they are tackling is PR6001 - The Studio Project.

PR6001 - the Studio Project module - is worth 60 Credits, and runs for the whole academic year. It is a group module in which our animation students work together in teams to create short films, many of which have gone on to win festival awards.

Students collaborate to work together to a defined brief, designed as closely as possible to simulate working on a live client project.

The Studio Project Module is broken up into two projects, giving students the chance to practice their skills as film-makers over the course of the year.

PR5001 Studio Project Starts on 24 February

Golden Acorn - festival winner

On 24th February our 2nd year undergraduates embark on the Studio Project Module PR5001, where students collaborate to work together on group projects.

This module is the culmination of the second year of study at Escape Studios.

The Studio Projects are designed to simulate as closely as possible the experience of working on a live client project.

The Studio Project is worth 45 credits, starts on Monday 24 February, and runs until the end of May, with a week off for Easter.

The Studio Project is broken up into two projects, giving students the chance to practice digital film-making twice in a short space of time, and polish their story-telling skills.

Introducing "Draw"

Escape Studios proudly presents "Draw", a short film directed by third year animation student Martin Kamminga, and completed as part of the third year animation Module PR6001, a Studio Project worth 60 Credits.

In this module our animation and VFX students join forces to produce a visual effects (VFX) project, with three months to take the project from initial pitch to final render.

Draw was produced by Conway Dobbs, and the lead animator was Maciej Osuch - who in 2019 directed the award-winning short Golden Acorn.  The 3D VFX Lead was Jake Newton and the 2D VFX Lead was Christopher Fernandes.

Draw is currently being entered into film festivals, and we wish Martin and his team every success.

Introducing "Reece" the Cleanup Bot

Many congratulations to the makers of "Reece", a short film made by our undergraduate students earlier this year in the course of their VFX project, a studio project combining the talents of the animation and VFX students in their 3rd year of studies. Directed by Stephen Mealand and produced by Jack Wright, Reece is the story of a cleanup robot who gets carried away with his task.

How Escape Studios Mark Group Projects

How do we mark Group Projects at Escape Studios?

Group work, also called Studio Projects, are marked according a formula which aims to take into account the judgment of tutors, industry, and our students themselves.

Look at the table on the left; you will see that 75% of the grade is awarded for the final project, and 25% of the grade goes for the final Retrospective, a written summary of the students' personal contribution to the group project.