Karl’s Full Day Workshop
to animators of Axis Animation at Glasgow Caledonian University
in Glasgow, Scotland during his Europe Working Tour 2017
Presented by The Animation Centrifuge in association with Axis Animation
ABOUT THE HOST: The Animation Centrifuge is a not-for-profit organisation established to provide animators in Scotland with access to a network of experienced animation and visual effects professionals, who can share their knowledge, experience and skills, with students and other aspiring animation and VFX artists, technicians and producers. The organization collaborates with organizations including the Glasgow Caledonian University, Once Were Farmers, Axis Studios and other studios both local and international to bring guest lecturers including top industry talent to help train Scotland’s talent base. Animation Centrifuge and Once Were Farmers presented the 8-week mentor workshop Animation Base Camp 2016 in partnership with Sony Pictures Animation, Creative Scotland, Animation Skillnet, Screen Training Ireland, the Norwegian Film Institute, Viken Filmsenter and Midtnorsk Filmsenter, with additional support from Glasgow Caledonian University, The Foundry and Eurohostel. The successful event was aimed at helping animation graduates and emerging talent transition from study to employment. www.animationcentrifuge.com
ABOUT THE STUDIO: Axis Studios is an award-winning animation studio with three branches across the UK and an international team of directors, designers, artists, animators, writers and producers who deliver projects that spark with energy, dynamism and imagination. It boasts one of the largest CGI production staffs in the UK and is on course to triple turnover between 2015 and 2018 to £15m. Recent engagements include the Emmy® Award-winning ‘Lost In Oz‘ for Amazon Studios, the Academy Award®-nominated feature film ‘Shaun the Sheep‘ the Movie for Aardman Animations, the Royal Television Society Award-nominated visual effects for the BBC’s ‘Doctor Who‘, and the Royal Television Society Award-winning ‘Dawn of War III‘ for Sega. Axis received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise – the UK’s highest accolade in business success. The awards are made annually by Her Majesty The Queen and are awarded to businesses that display the highest levels of excellence in each category. www.axisanimation.com
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY: Glasgow Caledonian University is one of Scotland’s largest public universities, regularly ranked among the UK’s top 10 modern universities and recipient of several awards. GCU offers courses in art and animation for those who want a career in games design, pre-visualisation for TV and film or in video SFX. GCU’s 3D animation, visualisation, games design and games developer courses are cutting-edge, among research that is discovering breakthroughs in the use of virtual reality. With its knowledge and understanding of the industry, expert technical support staff, and state-of-the-art facilities, GCU has a commitment to grow the talent base for the modern Scottish film industry, especially in animation and VFX. GCU collaborates with the Animation Centrifuge and Once Were Farmers to bring in high quality workshops, high profile guest lecturers, and programs for animators in the evolving animation field. www.gcu.ac.uk
