MAV London trip

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

Masters Degree Show

The opening night of Degree Shows are always exciting, the work is finished and we can all finally relax! One of my favourite things about Degree Shows though is watching an audience react to watching your film on the big screen :D

*Somehow in the excitement of the evening, we all managed to forget to take a class photo... D'oh!

Masters Semester 3 - 'Tug of Biscuit'

Semester 3 on the MSc Animation and Visualisation course was concentrated around the production and completion of the short film 'Tug of Biscuit'. I directed the film and had 3 other members on the team: Kirti Goenka, Georgios Baritakis, and Sheng Li. Here is the finished film:


Tug Of Biscuit from Lilly Durrant on Vimeo.

The film is also viewable here on Youtube.

This Semester I worked on blendshapes, layout, animation, and editing, whilst directing the film.
A full detailed account of the making of this film can be viewed on my Master's blog here: 'Lilly Durrant - MSc Animation & Visualisation'.

Watercolour silhouette studies of dogs

Dog blendshapes sketches

Final Dog Blendshapes

Human character expressions

Bird expressions and blendshapes sketches

Final Bird Blendshapes

Animation begins...

Layout

Production Schedules and Animation Shot Lists

Animating the dog in Shot 3 (more breakdowns of the shots I animated can be found on my Master's blog):