A Blog Following my Creative Endeavours
I wanted to do a collective piece on all the 'Making Of' panel talks that were a part of the Manchester Animation Festival 2018, bringing together all the information and skills that went into creating each of these wonderful films seen above. Becca’s Bunch The image of Becca's Bunch caught my eye immediately when I... Continue Reading →
> Date Seen: 13th November 2018 < -Spoilers Alert- This film was another we viewed before being part of a Q&A session with the director in Manchester Animation Festival 2018. I personally have been looking forward to this film since I learnt about Mike More and his Chuck Steel short at the last Manchester... Continue Reading →
For quite a few years I have planned on making this animated advent calendar to countdown to Christmas. But for the past few years I have had too much on to be able to do it justice. However this year I finally decided to take on this challenge, and boy was it one! Ideas When... Continue Reading →
MARCH MEET THE MAKER: DAY THIRTY ONE So here is the last #MarchMeetTheMaker post, it has been a great brief and I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did! And so here it is.. these are some of the amazing creative friends that I had the privilege to graduate with back in... Continue Reading →
MARCH MEET THE MAKER: DAY TWENTY FOUR I've decided to post my top 3 achievements I have had in my life so far. The first being getting my Bachelor of Arts with Honours, First Class in Stop-Motion Animation and Puppet-Making. It took a lot of hard work throughout the 3yrs of my degree and there... Continue Reading →
Now that our course has ended and all our work has been handed in we had this final year exhibition to put together for Staffordshire University's Art and Design 'Show and Tell' Opening Night Friday 2nd June. We at the Animation Department decided to have the theme of Alice and Wonderland for our show. Specifically with a center table... Continue Reading →
I plan to submit my final student film ‘Colour’ into various festivals through the online festival submissions company Withoutabox. This is as it is a system already setup for filmmakers such as myself to easily submit your films to any of the festivals that are involved in their company. Of course, there are a few... Continue Reading →
Before I move on from the Pre-Production Stage to Production I must make sure that everything I have made works well for the goal I have set out for with each part. For example that the puppets move well enough to animate while still looking like my original designs. Therefore I test each part to... Continue Reading →
For Puppet Making I knew the process would take too much time if I were to make all four characters myself. And so I decided to make the main two characters myself and get assistance with the other two. I got assistance from Giulia Marcolini making the red cat puppet. I went through beforehand... Continue Reading →
