Animation Showreel 2016

'Prometheus and the Moon'

Winner of the Royal Television Society North West Student Film Award for Animation

'Prometheus and the Moon' was my final year film at university. It is a stop motion animated short about a rabbit called Prometheus, who lives a lonely life in the Alaskan wilderness and dreams of nothing more than going to the moon and meeting the Spiffles - characters from his favourite television show. He spends his days building elaborate space machines to get him there, with a few little mishaps along the way.

You can watch this film and see some behind the scenes photos on the 'Prometheus and the Moon' page.


Programs used: Stop Motion Pro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premier

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'Ball'

'Ball' is a stop motion animated short about a rock monster who lives in the ruins of Welsh castle. One night he wakes up to find a mysterious object sitting next to him. With the help of his friend Spot the sheep he discovers the secrets and wonders of . . . the ball.

You can watch this film and see some behind the scenes production photos on the 'Ball' page.


Programs used: Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premier, Adobe Audition, Adobe Photoshop

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'Love, above all things'

'Love, above all things' is a 2D computer animated short based on the poem 'The Highwayman' by Alfred Noyes. It tells the story of two doomed lovers; the Highwayman and Bess the landlord's daughter. Their passionate love affair is used against them as the 'law' tries to lure the Highwayman to his arrest by holding Bess hostage.

You can watch this film on the 'Love, above all things' page.



Programs used: Toon Boom, Windows Movie Maker

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'Shadow'

'Little girl walking'

'A Bird Through My Binoculars'

'What's in the Box!'

'Face Films'

'Shadow' is a 2D computer animated short made to study animal movements. It is simply Shadow the dog (with a brief cameo by Molly) playing in the snow.

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Programs used: Adobe Flash

'Little girl walking' was a walk cycle test done using a traditional 2D method. 

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'A Bird Through My Binoculars' was another study of animal movement, this time a bird in flight.

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Programs used: Adobe Flash

'What's in the Box!' sees another appearance by the little girl. It was made as a character test (with a little animal movement study thrown in).

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This is my opener that appears at the start of my animations. Much like the 'Universal' globe or the 'Paramount' mountain it is an animated logo for 'Face Films' - the name under which I make my animations.

More animations and short personal films can be seen on my youtube channel - jurassicface