Continuing our series of industry-active Specialist lecturers this semester; we have had Manchester based freelance animator Devon Short teaching traditional animation and how to maintain your career as a freelancer on the industry.
Returning to teach pre-vis animation in Blender we had welcomed back Gary Carse; alumni and co-founder of animation company Carse & Waterman. Gary's business partner Dan Waterman will present his experiences in the animation industry to our level six students in the new year, closely followed by Jon Doyle; animation Creative Director on many series including Pocoyo.
Guest speaker Jamie Bakewell visited us to present his own journey since graduating. Jamie has worked on major Hollywood features before setting up his own studio; Big Tooth, in Wolverhampton.
Blue Zoo presented a behind the scenes look at how their world-renowned studio works and how students can look to take part in internships in the coming year. Alumni Dan Evans, having completed our BA Animation, and then the Masters, has started as a junior animator at Blue Zoo as a result of his internship there while completing our degree course.