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ANIMATION
STUDENT ANIMATION SHOWREEL
ALEX WILLIAMS
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Job title at Escape Studios : Dean / Director of Animation and Visual Effects
Industry experience : 35 + years Teaching : 35 + years
Top companies include : Walt Disney Animation Studios , Warner Bros . Feature Animation , DreamWorks Animation , Blue Sky Studio , Sony Pictures Imageworks , Cinesite , MPC , News International , Royal Parks Foundation
CV includes : The Lion King , Pocahontas , Who Framed Roger Rabbit ?, Piglet ’ s Big Movie , Alexander Petrov ’ s Coca Cola commercial , Robots , Monster House and The Chronicles of Narnia
Speciality : animation , concept art , character design , illustrations , cartoons , visual effects , teaching animation
Computer animation is an indemand department in the VFX pipeline where 3D figures are manipulated with techniques such as key framing or motion capture to move within a 3D or live-action background .
Whatever is being animated , it is very important to make sure the movements are very realistic and believable .
Software of choice : Maya , Photoshop and Premiere
Favourite film : The Jungle Book ( original Disney version )
Favourite character : Wile E Coyote . He never gives up .
WHERE WE SEE IT
There are different types of animation , the most common being 3D animation as seen in Toy Story , 2D animation as seen in the original Lion King and CGI creature animation in feature films , seen in the recently released Lion King ( 2019 ), Fantastic Beasts or Stranger Things .
JOBS
Animators make up the majority of the occupational groups in the VFX industry ( 59 %).
WHAT IT TAKES
Animation is for people with a sense of timing and character acting .
INDUSTRY BACKGROUND
Animation is one of the fastest-growing parts of the entertainment industry , having gone from a small cottage industry just a few short decades ago to a multi-billion dollar industry with creative centres all over the globe .
STUDIOS
The UK has some of the best animation studios in the world , including Aardman Animation ( of Wallace and Gromit fame ), Blue Zoo , and companies like Framestore which compete globally to produce some of the finest character and creature animation in the world .
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