The animation production course is now in its third year. Students have been engaged in the production of animations for broadcast and on-line distribution including Music Video, Idents, Digital art, Graphic Narrative Production and Final Independent project where students research, design and produce animations based on their own style and techniques.
Students began their studies exploring the 12 Principles of animation which underpin the key creation of movement. This year has seen the students produce excellent 2D animations using hand drawn content, digital illustration and vector/asset-based techniques.
The standard of work has been excellent with most students working at a standard equivalent to year 1 degree level study.
Level 1 Creative media students have undertaken projects where they have developed skills & techniques in multiple disciplines, such as comic-book ( graphics), studio photography, film making, audio production and animation. This showreel showcases their animation and film productions.
Emma Turner, Level 1 Vocational in Creative Media Tutor
Video Showcase by Level 1 Vocational Creative Media Students
Students have been engaged in the production of media content for skills development in Script Writing, Cinematography and Video Editing. They have researched, planned and produced videos for various projects, including exploring a narrative theme, The Box and TV advert production for Sony products. Students also explored the theme of ‘Identity’ where they drew upon how they feel about their own image, their ethnicity, their social groupings and their personal tastes. They then planned and produced a series of short films based on this.
The standard of work has been excellent, with students adapting to the restrictions presented by lockdown with limited access to locations and actors, and team work being adversely affected. However, all students have proved themselves to be able to work independently and use their initiative in making good out of a difficult situation.
The work produced this year shows genuine creativity and imaginative uses of available resources.
Stuart McConnell, media tutor
YEAR ONE
HORROR SHORTS
Charlie Hampton – The Text
James Shinton – Isolate
Natasha Darby – The Woods
THE BOX
Coree Connup – The Box
Beth Wylde – The Box
Lacky Rana – The Box
Mitchell Summers – Attached
INDEPENDENT PROJECTS
Coree Connup and Natasha Derby – Fallin’
Natasha Derby – The Letter
Charlie Hampton and Lacky Rana – North (Jak3)
Joseph Mcleod and Sophie Holland – Get You (Daniel Caesar)
Lacky Rana – Cinematography
Identities – Natasha Darby, Coree Connup, Lacky Rana, Joseph Mcleod & Jacob Jones
Bitesize TV Studio Production 1
Bitesize TV Studio Production 2
YEAR TWO
INDEPENDENT PROJECTS
Rhys Atkinson – VPower in my Blood
Molly Baynham – Jade and Mariah
Thomas Adam Duffill – The Briefcase
Alannah Guest – Rose-coloured Suicide
Kacey Howell – The Rise Of TikTok
Sabrina Hoxha – Quiet Minds
Aman Kang – Runitup
Madison Wilkinson Mills – Parallels
Mia O’Farrell – Science Behind Music
Harvey Taylor – Homage
MUSIC VIDEOS
Alannah and Sabrina – Somewhere Only We Know (Lily Allen)
Dudley College of Technology hosted their 2022 Film Festival in June. The festival showcased shortlisted student work for horror productions, final projects, animation, short film and documentary. Winners of the categories were given awards based on the technical quality of their work along with scriptwriting, creativity and working to professional standards. The work showcased in the festival was as usual of a high standard. The college is very proud of what all students studying Creative Media have achieved this year.
LEVEL 3 ANIMATION
Emily Bourne – Angel’s Paradise
Connor Broadley – The Stickman’s Escape
Aaron White – Inner Demons
Mia Hickman-Wright – Sleepless Night
LEVEL 3 DOCUMENTARY
Elizabeth Allcroft – Documentary
Rhys Atkinson – VPower in my Blood
William Bayliss – Street Art
Elijah Campbell – Be Your Koi Fish
Kacey Howell – The Rise of TikTok
Aman Kang – Runitup
Mia O’Farrell – Science Behind Music
Kyle Salmon – Believe Christianity v Atheism
LEVEL 3 MUSIC VIDEO
Alannah and Sabrina – Somewhere Only We Know (Lily Allen)
The animation production course is now in its second year. Students have been engaged in the production of animations for The Black Country Living Museum Halloween event, Music Video, TV Idents, Concept Art for Computer Games, Graphic Narrative Production and Final Independent project where students research, design and produce animations based on their own style and techniques.
Students began their studies exploring the 12 Principles of animation which underpin the key creation of movement. This year has seen the students produce excellent 2D animations using hand drawn content, digital illustration and vector/asset-based techniques.
The standard of work has been excellent with most students working at a standard equivalent to year 1 degree level study.
