Computer Animation Arts

The works of H.P. Lovecraft have always proven a rich source of inspiration for CGAA students. When I encountered the documentary Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown , I thought I'd share it here. It's got some quality contributers waxing lyrically about Lovecraft's fiction and its influence, including directors John Carpenter ( Halloween 1978) and Guillermo del Toro. Watch more free documentaries In a previous post, I featured Back Porch Audio Books - a spoken word site featuring a great audio recording of Lovecraft's short story, The Shunned House. If you didn't listen then, have a listen now; it's richly descriptive stuff and certain to get under your skin. Go here for the The H.P. Lovecraft Archive, here for the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society , and here for Lovecraft's collected stories. And finally, to round off this Lovecraftian-themed post, another chance to see some of the work CGAA students have created in response to this master of the eldri...

That's it then. Semester 1/3/5 is done and dusted and week 2 of semester 2/4/6 is already upon us. Now that the 'assessment tsunami' has abated, there's just time for a look back at the CGAA community's most recent accomplishments - and a look forwards at what is to come; and this time, it's an illustrated 'Readers' Digest'! After 5 weeks-plus of unheimlich houses, Lynchian dissonance and Polanski-inspired qualm, CGAA Year One completed Unit 3. For many, the success was hard-won - and all the sweeter for the necessary struggle. A selection of their final scenes follow (and there would have been a few more had everyone uploaded their finished work to their blogs as requested!). Max Rogers Kayleigh Dean Sean Smith-Derizzio Sasha Hart Daniel Rolph Jonathan Pearmain Paul Lavey Domantas Lukosius Katy Negus Dayle Sanders Paul-Arthur Lemarquis Andriana Laskaris Justin Easton Michael Holman Elsewhere, another strange environment was brought to computer-g...

BBC Radio 7 are doing a weeklong reading of H.P. Lovecraft's classic tale "At the Mountains of Madness" in 30 minute episodes, broadcasting every weekday at 6pm and midninght, also available on the iPlayer for 7 days afterwards.