Some of us from the MSc Animation course went down to London for a few days to take the Degree Show on the road.
We visited The Mill, Escape Studios, Jellyfish Pictures and MPC - Moving Picture Company. It was great to see and hear from these studios the work they do, what they look for in potential employees and general advice about the VFX and animation industry.
I visited The Mill and MPC last year with the Undergraduate course, showcasing our films in the screening room at MPC. However this years visit I got to see a bit more of the MPC building as we were in a different screening room. We received a lengthy presentation about the company and the industry, followed by a Q and A - felt truly inspired and motivated once it was over!
We also had some spare time to explore London, visiting some well-known landmarks and soaking up the London buzz :)
The 'Tug of Biscuit' team
Possibly the best bowl of Pasta I've ever had - at 'Vapiano' on Wardour Street
Working for a year and a half on one project can be an exhausting
process with many many ups and downs, challenges and triumphs along the way. It was a good moment when I finally sat back in my chair in the edit suite with the final edit of our
degree show film 'Krokodi' done!
I learnt so much working on this film and felt I was leaving the
Undergraduate course with many 3D Generalist skills, and valuable Director & Production
Management experience.
The Degree Show came and went by very quickly! Joanna put together a great website for our class:
I also did some themed baking for the opening night to celebrate the premiere of our
film:
"Burger" cupcakes and "Krokodi" biscuits
A highlight of Degree Show week was going
along to a screening of everyone’s films at the local cinema DCA – and all of the films looked and sounded amazing on the big screen!
Something new was tried this year. A few of us took our Degree Show
down to London where we showcased our films in the screening room of MPC –
Moving Picture Company, and invited local VFX and Animation companies along. We were also grateful to visit The Mill whilst we were in London and get some good feedback on our work.
Back home I finally stopped, read a book or two (that have been waiting patiently on my shelf for a while), watched films and caught up on lack of sleep from over the past few months!
It was great to see everyone again at Graduation :)
During the first part of my Summer I worked with a group of MSc Animation
and Visualisation students on their film ‘Roses & Dust’.
My role was Character Animator and it was a good opportunity to
get back into animating, after not having much chance to do any on ‘Krokodi’.
It also gave me a good insight into the Master’s course... which is where I am
now! Back at uni, starting the academic year as a MSc Animation and
Visualisation student. My goal – to have an animation showreel by the end of
the course :D
