Computer Animation Arts

Animated short mashing GTA with the style of Dora the Explorer, with amusing and frankly twisted results. Could even be a little bit o fun inspiration for upcoming 2nd year Adaptation projects :)

Welcome one and all to this latest edition of the Computer Animation Arts Post With The Most, which has an end of term feel about it; the computer suites are certainly quieter - though our tenacious third years remain welded to their respective work-stations, as they prepare for their stint at New Designers 2015 (more about this later) - and the corridors and stairwells have lost some of their bustle.  You can still find a smattering of year two students camped out in front of our computers, as they complete work for their internships with Butch Auntie , and recent ad-hoc film screenings of The Silence Of The Lambs , Twelve Monkeys and The Goonies have even enticed some first years back on campus. All the way back in February, my first year students had their first encounter with the always exuberant Dr Peter Klappa , bioscientist at the University of Kent , who commissioned them to devise and execute their very first CGI animation.  It was a daunting task - ...

At time of going to press, the student community of Computer Animation Arts is electric with pre-deadline activity.   In just a matter of days, our year one and year two students will submit their final work of this academic year.  One week after that, our third years cross the finish line. Next month's PWTM will therefore be a celebration of our students' final works; this month's edition is like a juicy teaser trailer, a preview of coming attractions; a veritable cornucopia of WIPs, dailies, renders, and rushes.  That said, we are celebrating one goal completed, as our three year involvement with the ACT project comes to an end. We'll be looking back over our Interreg-funded   adventures in applied-CGI and revisiting our successes - and exploring too how the legacy of the ACT projects transformed the ways in which our students make work. Let's begin with the latest exploits of our busy final year students, with projects including a painstaking recreatio...