Visiting Lecturer: Daniel Quirke (28/10/22)
Today, we had a visiting lecturer called Daniel Quirke, a graduate from the National Film and Television School and an… Read More »
Studio Visit: Studio Blinkink (29/09/22)
Today on our first day back to our character animation course, we were invited to visit Studio Blinkink, a multimedia… Read More »
Term 2: Week 8 – Mentors, Artist “Analysis” and an Eyecatch
As part of the course, each student gets assigned a mentor – someone who currently works in the industry, and… Read More »
Wellcome Collection Visit (29/01/22)
Late January, a group of us from the course took a visit down the road to the Wellcome Collection, a… Read More »
Understanding Character Designs: Information in the Designs
During my Lupin redesigns in my last post, I spent some time looking at some of my favourite anime series… Read More »
Alex Widdowson – Drawing on Autism
This time, I’d like to discuss about Alex Widdowson’s recent animation about autism, about the tropes we jump to when… Read More »
Yuval Haker – Covid Loop
Another film I discovered at the Factual Animation Film Festival was Yuval Haker’s 2020 animated short film called Covid Loop…. Read More »
Magda Kreps – I want to be bored [Animated Documentary]
Upon the recommendation of my tutor, Shaun Clark, I looked at the Factual Animation Film Festival, a festival that showcases… Read More »
Andy Glynne: Animation from a Documentary Filmmaking Perspective
To round up the last of my presentation posts, I’ll be discussing a filmmaker’s work who’s caught my eye in… Read More »
Animated Documentaries: The appeal of faking reality
I’ve been constantly discussing the idea of reality: what is it about the degree of reality portrayed in filmmaking that… Read More »