Student Ambassador

For my student ambassador we have been working with an organisation called "Womens Lives Leeds" to create a work for an exhibition happening in the Centre of Leeds. It is to celebrate womens lives and the struggles they have had to face throughout history.

Showreel

Who's who? What do they do and who do they work for?

You are required to identify a 6 practitioners whose work is of interest to you. You should clearly identify who they are? what is their specialist practice, who they work or have worked for? You may want to consider the kinds of roles they have undertaken over the years and give us a quick insight into what they have been working on.

The practitioners could work in character animation, character design, storyboarding, concept art, background design, model making or 3D Modelling, Hybrid animation, Stop motion, puppet making or another area within the world of animation. 

1. Tomoko Konoike- They are a interdisciplinary artist who uses various media such as paintings, installations, animations, picturebooks, handicrafts, performances, and fairytales. I love the fluidity of her work. The topics are very interesting.   https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/12/13/arts/openings-outside-tokyo/tomoko-konoike-skin-needle-thread/#.WwaabVMvxBw
2. William Kentridge- Animator, works for himself and creates political pieces of work for galleries around the world. I love his work because the technique is very unique and interesting.   http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/william-kentridge-2680
3. Walt Disney- 2D Animator, had his own studios and theme park. Won 22 academy awards in his lifetime. I love the use of rotoscoping in his work and how his work breaks the boundaries of physics in his animations all the time.  https://www.biography.com/people/walt-disney-9275533
4. Richard Williams- Best known for woking on "Who Framed Rodger Rabbit" and his book "Animators Survival Guide". His work interests me because it helps me form new skills. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931530/
5. Tim Burton- Famous for producing "Corpse Bride" and "Frankenweenie". His style is very unique and has been used in films such as "Coraline".   https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000318/
6. Lisa Hanawalt- Wellknown for producing "BoJack Horseman" and "Tuca and Bertie". I love adult comedy and the work she helps to produce is really good.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BoJack_Horseman

You are required to identify a minium of 6 competitions that you are eligible to enter and producing a list for future reference that should be placed on your blog. 

These competitions could be character design, concept art, background design, model making or short animation challenges across a range of media. The choice is yours, think about your selection as a way of beginning to identify a focus (however blurry it may be at the moment).

We are asking you to undertake this small task as you need to begin to think about taking on additional extra-curricular activities to add breadth and further dimension to you portfolio of work. Small competitions are also really useful for building up wor work rate and production speed as you often do not have time to be super precious about the final output. 

However the extra work can often provide you with valuable extra seconds of work for your showreel, it demonstrates to potential employers, internship providers and other within the animation industry that you are prepared to work outside of the curriculum and challenge yourself. 

1. Encounters Film Festival- http://encounters-festival.org.uk/awards/
2. Loopdeloop- http://www.loopdeloop.org/
3. Student Design Awards- https://www.thersa.org/action-and-research/rsa-projects/design/student-design-awards
4. 11 Second Club- http://www.11secondclub.com/
5. D&AD- https://www.dandad.org/en/d-ad-new-blood-awards/
6. DeviantArt- https://www.deviantart.com/digitalart/animation/popular-24-hours/

Public Service/Information

Identify 10 Public Service/Information and/or informational animations that make use of different animation media and are from around the world. 

1. Airline Safety Video- Norwegian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm3IMGvHnsI
2. Train Safety- Russian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAtuqJn827k
3. Charlie Says- England https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AIB7M3V_j4
4. AID's- France https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktCOw7bqldQ
5. Child Molestation Prevention- Australia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbkDCdPM2fk&has_verified=1
6. Fire Safety- Japan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZryRwhmCEso
7. Safety- England https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srBeZyIBzFU&feature=youtu.be
8. Black Holes- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-P5IFTqB98
9. How Tsunamis Work?- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx9vPv-T51I
10. The Beginning of Everything- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNDGgL73ihY

Documentary Animation

• Identify 10 Animated Documentaries and watch that make use of different animation media and are from around the world. 

1. 30%- Sierra Leona https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WodVLq8YRv8
2. Tough- England https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WodVLq8YRv8
3. Le Ciltoris- France https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2017/06/21/le-clitoris/
4. Of Stars and Men- America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD7bGeH_keg
5. Last Day of Freedom -http://www.lastdayoffreedom.net/
6. Pear Cider and Cigarettes- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97nSokL9BQs
7. 25 April- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imc-4quT2aA
8. The Tale of The Wonderful Potato- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3761xKxgjZw
9. Ruth's Story- England https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Era_O5PS0bA 
10. Unfairy Tales: The Story of Ivine and Pillow- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3scOr_d9Dwo

Animation as Advertising

• Identify 10 animated Advertisement that make use of different animation media and are from DIFFERENT COUNTRIES from around the world. 

1. BBC Christmas 2017 - England https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8PstSiTCk74
2. Sexual Health- Sweden http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/health/video-1537025/Quirky-Swedish-sexual-health-ad-shows-animated-genitals-movie.html
3. Häagen-Daz- America https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YS2rjd9CJRg
4. Cerebos Salt- South Africa https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.thesouthafrican.com/watch-this-advert-for-cerebos-salt-is-tugging-at-all-our-heartstrings-video/amp/
5. McDonalds- Japan https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ebPd26u9n-A
6. Audi- Germanhttp://creativity-online.com/work/audi-the-comeback/49051
7. Olympics- China https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr5ZWYRaAyw
8. Lottery- Spainhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1230520/Tear-jerker-Christmas-advert-lonely-security-guard.html
9. Oreo- Canadahttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XFsZ6BO4LU0
10. Animation Festival- Amsterdam https://vimeo.com/channels/drawingroom/235331465

Animation As Entertainment

Identify 12 animations that make use of different animation media and are from DIFFERENT COUNTRIES from around the world. 

1. The Little Prince- France https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fEPqgSNLfK8
2. Grave of the Fireflies- Japan https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0095327/?ref_=m_ttls_tt_1
3. UP- United States https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1049413/?ref_=m_ttls_tt_8 
4. The Adventures of Tintin - New Zealand https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9ua_4ajpP58
5. Felix in Exile- South Africa https://vimeo.com/66485044
6. Tea with the Dead- Ireland https://vimeo.com/138508928
7. Greed- Sweden https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LP6kiMYNoW8
8. Wallace and Grommet- England https://www.wallaceandgromit.com
9. Just Lucky- Australia https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8wjcmAshkzI
10. Ed, Edd n Eddy- Canada https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sYMbrN9cvUs
11. Father and Daughter - Netherlands https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wTIkvwwC23A
12. Hey Deer!- Hungaryhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O1C9zOQpKG4