Kevin Richards and Escape Students attend BYOA BYOA (Bring Your Own Animation) is a monthly event that we recommend all our students and Escapees attend.  BYOA takes place in London every month at a pub in Soho.  Recently Escape Studios' tutor animation Kevin Richards met with a number of Escape Studios students and Escapees, reviewing demo reels and getting feedback on their work.  About BYOA  Organised by the London chapter of SIGGRAPH Organised by the London chapter of SIGGRAPH, BYOA is a free animation event that takes place every month a ..read more

Theseus & The Minotaur wins Mention at 1st Film Fest Congratulations to the makers of Theseus and The Minotaur, which has won an Honourable Mention at the First Film Festival. Theseus and The Minotaur tells the story of the Greek hero's entry into the Labyrinth, and was directed by Mitchell Wright and produced by Ayesha-Ria Jina. The 3D lead was Xavier Barker, and the 2D Lead was Ethan Mainwaring-Taylor.  Industry feedback was provided by Industrial Light & Magic.  Theseus and The Minotaur Theseus And The Minotaur ..read more

ORDER_UP_ANIM from tszyau ho on Vimeo. Introducing "Order Up", the latest short animated film from Escape Studios. It was completed as part of Studio Module PR5001, a collaborative module in which second-year animation students work together on short film projects.  Order Up was directed by Shavaz Uzice and produced by “Moses” Tsz Yau Ho.  It is currently being entered into film festivals.  Order Up Order Up was completed as part of Studio Module PR5001, a collaborative module in which second-year animation students work together on short ..read more

The Visual Effects Producer We have new books for the Animation & VFX Library on the 11th Floor at 6 Mitre Passage. The Visual Effects Producer by Charles Finance and Susan Zwerman is the comprehensive handbook for any student learning the art of VFX Production - a creative blend of art, technology and finance.  For all our students learning the Art of VFX, we recommend this book as the principal guide to understanding what VFX producers do.   And don't forget to make use of our Tutorial Channel - with many hundreds of video tutorials on animation and VFX. New ..read more

Checkmate from Cara Masters on Vimeo. Introducing "Checkmate", the latest short animated film from Escape Studios.  Checkmate was completed as part of Studio Module PR5001, a collaborative module in which second-year animation students work together on short film projects.  Checkmate was directed by Cara Masters and produced by Erminas Surgautas.  Checkmate Checkmate was completed as part of Studio Module PR5001, a collaborative module in which second-year animation students work together on short film projects, simulating as closely as p ..read more

Illia Stepina is a first year undergraduate animation student at Escape Studios; "Lamp-v-Monty" was animated for Elissa's core animation module - Animation 1 - a 15 Credit module that teaches all our first year students the fundamentals of character and creature animation.  AN4001 lasts four weeks, and covers all the basic principles of animation.  To see some of the best work done by our first year undergraduate animators, follow this link.  Student Work at Escape Studios Animation Module AN4001 To see more about Animation Module AN4001, read ..read more

"Outpatient" wins "Best VFX" at Makizhmithran Fest Congratulations to the makers of the VFX short film "Outpatient", which has won "Best VFX" at the Makizhmithran Film Awards.  "Outpatient" was directed by Charlie Wilson, co-directed by Idris Driver, produced by Harry Symonds, and co-produced by Emmanuel Rahman.  "Outpatient" tells the story of a hospital patient on the edge of survival. Abdoulah M Jones stars as The Patient.   This is the film's second festival award.  "Outpatient" "Outpatient" "O ..read more

Bluey The Australian animated TV series "Bluey" has become a global success story, one of the most popular shows on Netflix. Bluey was created by Joe Brumm - but the TV series is directed by Escapee Rich Jeffrey  Rich took our 12 week course in 3D animation, and has since gone on to forge a successful career as an animation director.  Awards Escapee Rich Jeffrey at the 2022 Logies Directed by Rich Jeffrey, the Australian TV series "Bluey" has won many awards, including "Most Outstanding Children’s Program ..read more

Congratulations to the makers of Ghosting, the animated short created by our third year animation students at Escape Studios, which has won the award for Best Animation at the Tekka Film Festival. Directed by Caroline Geddis and produced by Marc Montebon, Ghosting tells the story of a boy who enters a mysterious mansion on a dark night.   This is its second festival award.  Ghosting   Introducing Ghosting, the latest animated short created by our third year animation students at Escape Studios.  Directed by Caroline Geddis and produced by Marc Montebon,  ..read more

Ramon Llull University, Barcelona Escape Studios is delighted to announce the return of our Exchange Programme with La Salle, part of the Ramon Llull University in Barcelona, Catalonia. La Salle offers degrees in Digital Arts and Animation, a perfect fit with our courses at Escape Studios.  The Exchange will take place in the Spring of 2025, and we'll be looking for expressions of interest from our first year undergraduate students in the next few weeks.  Since 2021 a number of Escape students have travelled to La Salle to study, and a similar number ha ..read more