Outdoor Cinema On The New Post Graduate Centre
As part of the M1 animation network we projected students work directly onto the brand new post graduate centre. It became quite a talking point and numerous passers by were blown away by the quality of the content and the novelty of a screen that size.
M1 Animation Festival Hits Luton
Pixar Animator & Co-Director of upcoming Asterix film, Louis Clichy talks about pre-production and narrative in feature length animation and gives free daytime storyboarding workshops to students. Alongside an exhibition of animation pre-production work
British Animation Awards comes to University of Bedfordshire
The British Animation Awards Public Choice Tour 2012 concludes in Luton during the 15-17 February. See the very best and latest British animation talent from ‘Gorillaz: Stylo’ by Pete Candeland & Jamie Hewlett, to ‘Tchaikovsky – An Elegy’ by Oscar nominated director Barry JC Purves A chance to see the Red Bull Canimation Award winning work of Luton-based, University of Bedfordshire Animation Graduate Chris Butcher
Animation Graduate Wins Red Bull Award
Animation Graduate Chris Butcher, already a ‘Barbican Ideas Tap Award Winner 2011′, has another prize to add to his collection, the Red Bull Canimation 2011 Open Stop Motion Trophy.
Chris Butcher selected as a winner of the IdeasTap & Barbican: Animate Brief!
BA (Hons) Animation 2009 alumnus Chris Butcher has been selected as one of six winners for the IdeasTap & Barbican Animate Brief for his graduation film “Rewind”. His animation is being screened as a short before Akira at the Barbican from 24 – 30 June 2011. The IdeasTap & Barbican Animate Brief is part of Watch Me [...]
You are invited to the 2011 Degree Show
You are invited to the 2011 University of Bedfordshire Art and Design Show. Luton Campus, Park Square, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 3JU. Private View: Wednesday 8th June 6 till 10pm. Including the Fashion Show and Dance Display starting at 9PM in the adjacent UK Centre for Carnival Arts. The Art & Design students and staff [...]
Double Negative, Animation VFX University Roadshow
The University was pleased to welcome a visit by Double Negative this month, Europe’s largest visual effects company, who were responsible for the visual effects that secured this year’s Best Visual Effects Oscar Award for the film ‘Inception’. Double Negative is also famously known for its work on the Harry Potter Films. Despite the economic [...]
Animation Graduate Job Successes
The BA (Hons) Animation course is proud to announce the successes of its 2010 graduates Natalie Henry and Susan Stone. Natalie Henry started work at Passion Pictures this year. The company is one of Europe’s leading independent animation production houses. Passion Pictures won this year’s Oscar Award of Best Animated Short for ‘The Lost Thing’, and makes [...]
Animated Life Drawing
Life drawing is run each year through the BA (Hons) Animation course, and is open to students from all courses. Students apply a range of film and animation concepts to their work including: sequential illustration, gesture, acting, power centres, line-of-action, mise-en-scene, multiple exposure & abstraction
Design Your Future
The Art & Design department are again at the “Design Your Future” UCAS fayre in the ExCel Centre in London. Why not drop by and say hello, we would love to chat to you about all the courses we have to offer.
Animation goes Dutch!
The animation students enjoyed seeing some of the latest animations and meeting professional animators at the Holland Animation Film Festival in Utrecht, and visiting the Van Gogh Museum and Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
Images from the Opening
We had a great opening on Thursday, here are a few images from the evening, more to come! Images: Ben Hodson
Degree Show 2010
Welcome to ‘We Create Together’ the Art and Design Degree show, 2010 at the University of Bedfordshire, which also coincides with the launch of this website. With this showcase we celebrate the creative work of this year’s cohort of honours graduates. Encouraging the creative potential of our students is our prime aim over the three [...]
