Computer Animation Arts

Escape Studios are holding a free event on September 12th in London at 6:30 PM where they are having industry professionals from Blue Zoo and DNEG to talk about showreels and portfolios. (theres free pizza and drinks too!) It is a great opportunity to mingle with like minded people and gain insight as to what industry professionals are looking for. The signup link and more information are below. https://www.pearsoncollegelondon.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/2018/9/reel-talk-live-event.html?utm_source=escapestudios&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=reeltalk2018&utm_content=reeltalklive

It's still very early days on Computer Animation Arts .  Briefs have been briefed and brain cells are firing again after the hazier, lazier days of the long hot Summer.  Our latest recruits are beginning to lose their expressions of bewilderment as new routines start to feel less overwhelming. Returning students are revving up.  While the next edition of the Post With The Most will be the usual cornucopia of ideas-in-the-offing, this month's PWTM has a retrospective feel as we catch up with some of our alumni and the Course Leader answers that question beloved of school teachers everywhere, "What did you do over the Summer holidays?". Before all of that - an exciting announcement: after several years of preparation, reflection and improvement, Computer Animation Arts has been accredited by Creative Skillset , and if you don't know what that means or why this news is very good news indeed, let's hear from Skillset themselves: "Creative Skil...

The CAA computer suites are empty and silent, chairs remain tucked neatly under tables, and the PCs, at last, are sleeping now.  Elsewhere, the lift idles on the ground floor.  Stairwells are deserted. September - that crazy month of new faces, new beginnings and new challenges - feels distant and unlikely.  As of writing, it doesn't seem even remotely credible that in only a short matter of weeks, the campus will bustle once more with wide-eyed first years, swaggering 'know-it-all' second years, and grimly determined third years, as a new academic year swings into action. It's almost as if the world is settling down for an afternoon snooze... and so it is - but I think there's just time for one last hurrah.  This July edition of the Computer Animation Arts PWTM find us in a suitably reflective mood, as we celebrate recent successes and catch up with some alumni, beginning with our recent award-winning stint at New Designers 2015 . Our third chunk of s...