Companies I want to work for:

Blue Zoo Animation Studio London UK

Trunk Animation Production Company

Studio AKA

Wonky Animation, Illustration and Digital Studio Bristol

Sun and Moon Studios - Bristol UK

Slurpy Studios

Seed Animation Studio

Kilogramme, Animation Production Company

Animation Company Motion Graphics, distantfuture.co.uk

Arcus Studios

Absolutelycukoo.com, 2D and 3D character design and animation studio

Qudos-Animations.co.uk, 2D animation company

Redapplecreative.co.uk, 2D animation specialists

Kingbee.co.uk, 2D and 3D animation company

JK Studios, CGI, VFX, 2D and 3D animation studio, London

Beanbox Animation

Happyhour productions, 3D and 2D animation production company

Snipple animation.com, 2D and 3D flash animation company

Melancholy Star, London based VFX, 2D and 3D Animation

Wired Sussex, 2D and 3D animation companies

Bloom Studio, Animation and Visual Effects

Imaginar, 2D animation - London

Fatcat, Animation UK Film and Television

Mummu Animation Studio

Lionhead Studios

Bethesda

EA Games

Rare

Microsoft

Climax Studios

Soho Productions

Rockstar Games

SquareEnix

- Creative Skillset course

- University of the arts London MA Character Animation

- Bournemouth University MA 3D Computer Animation

- Bournemouth University MA Animation Production

- University of Portsmouth MSc Computer Animation

- University for the Creative Arts MA Animation

- University of Hertfordshire MA Animation

- University of the West of England (UWE) MA Animation

About the Companies:

Absolutely Cuckoo (London) Work in 2D and CGI animation, puppetry and

mixed media. Mainly work on childrens television. Prefer the traditional way

of animating: Pencils, paper, plasticine, sock puppets etc This is to aid

development of new childrens content, short films, television commercials

and character design. They create commercials, pitch materials, short films

and interstitials. They work closely with BBC, Random House, Vectone Mobile

and Walker Books to create character brands, commercials, picture books,

application, films and animations.

Bluezoo (London) multi-BAFTA animation production company. They have

created strong relationships with TV broadcasters and media companies across

the world in order to create animations for commercials, childrens series and

branding. Their clients include the BBC, ITV, BskyB, Nickelodeon, Cartoon

network, Disney, AMV BBDO, Lego, Barclays etc

Trunk (London) - multi-award winning animation production company for

creating projects for film, broadcasts, commercials, music videos, interactive

projects, tour visuals and projections for live events. Companies they have

relations with include BBC, Nickelodeon, RedBee, Coca-Cola etc

Red Apple Creative (London) London based animation company that work

directly with clients, production companies and creative agencies for a wide

range of animation services. These animation services include: TV commercials,

virals and promo animations, also, open book animation.

Melancholy Star (London) a VFX, art and film studio in London. Since 2011,

they have created projects such as: commercials, titles, 2D-3D shadow play

backgrounds for films, live circus design, music videos, theatre projection,

scripts etc

Kingbee Animation (London) a London based animation studio that strives to

create high quality animation productions. They work on projects such as: TV

commercials, music videos, VFX, Live-Action etc They specialise in innovating

original animation styles and developing new ones in order to make a project

appeal to the target audience. Clients they have worked for include: MTV,

British Telecom, Lego, Specsavers, BT, Universal etc

JK Studios (London) an award winning digital agency and 3D animation

studio where they create 2D and 3D animation, CGI and VFX, post-production

and video content for worldwide clients (including Television, Games,

Marketing and Advertising). They have worked for numerous clients such as:

CBBC, Garmin, Nature, SEGA, HP, Codemasters etc

Bloom-Studio (UK) is an animation studio that specialises in TV, film and web

and collaborates computer graphics, film and fine art. They have created a

team and strong international partnerships through the extensive network of

collaborators and industry freelancers, also by attending and exhibiting at

events/festivals. For e.g. the Animex Internation Festival of Animation.

Studio AKA (London) multi-BAFTA winning and Oscar-nominated

independent animation studio in London. They strive to exceed the

expectations of their clients and produce work that involves a creatively

diverse group of artists. Their work includes: TV, Film etc

Slurpy Studios (London) is an independent award winning animation

production company. They have worked on: TV broadcast and Commercials,

Corporate Films (including explainer and educational videos), TV Series

Development and Production and Short Film Development and Production.

Some of their clients include: BBC, GSK, ITV, NHS etc Mainly a 2D animation

production company.

RJDM (Northampton) is a digital company that specialises in broadcast, 3D

and 2D animation, video production, web and app design etc Their clients

include: Coca-Cola enterprises, Barclays, Northampshire county council etc

Within the animation department, they concentrate on 2D and 3D animation,

scripts and storyboards, character design and build and sound design and VO

recording.

Seed Animation Studio (London) is an animation production company that

develops ideas from scripts, right up to the finished animation product. This

includes all the in-betweens, concepts and character designs of the final

animation. They work with advertising and digital agencies as well as brands

and companies. They like to work with character-broadcast commercials,

idents, in-store animated films, web banner ads, online explainer videos etc

Mummu (London) an animation studio that transforms informative and

educational stories into creative digital content, which delights, inspires and

amuses. Some of their roles involve: script writing, concept art, character

design, 2D and 3D animation, stop frame and motion graphics.

Wonky (Bristol) is an animation company that specialises in

design/animation: 2D, CG, stop motion and graphics. Their clients include:

broadcasters, advertising, digital and PR agencies such as Channel 4 and the

BBC. They are comprised on creative artists that offer different and specialised

types/styles of animation.

Double Negative (London/Singapore/Vancouver) visual effects company

that works on TV and Film productions. They are a studio that collaborate

closely with clients and always retain creative drive and involvement with their

artists and projects. They have created successful productions such as: Harry

Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Inception, Sherlock Holmes etc They are an

academy and bafta award winning company that is based in London, Singapore

and Vancouver.

Framestore (London/Montreal/New York/Los Angeles) is a company that

focuses on making moving images, content, design and digital design for

advertising, entertainment and film. They are a company known for bringing a

creative and technological problem-solving approach to our partners business

challenges. Their team mainly comprises of people around the globe and is

connected to a realtime production pipeline. They are built on trusted

relationships and their talent, experience, and innovative technology helps

them to push boundaries. Much of their work if focused on: Advertising, Film

Digital, Production and Direction, Visual Development etc

Courses and Requirements:

Alongside looking at careers, work experience, internships and freelance work

in animation, I have also been looking at post-graduate courses to see whether

it would be worth doing a masters in animation to better my qualifications.

Above, I have included screenshots of websites and possible places that I

would go to in order to study a post-graduate course. In particular, I was

thinking on continuing the animation route, although, I also liked the look of

doing a masters in fine arts. With relation to the places that I would possibly go

to study, I was thinking of continuing at Portsmouth University as I have done

my degree there. However, I also like the look of Bournemouth University as

they are known for their great animation courses and every year they do a VFX

competition which is something that I am looking into. As well as looking at

these particular Universities, I looked on the skillset website as they include

information into which places are best to study animation courses. The

creative skillset course accreditation scheme, devised in consultation with

industry and education providers, recognises University courses within the UK

that provide exceptional standards of training.

Requirements and aspects of a masters scheme include:

- Must have an honours degree 2:2 minimum although for some its 2:1

- They have to have a collection of work (showreel/portfolio) that

demonstrates recent engagement and recent activities in the study area.

In my case it would be animation.

- Its not necessary but previous professional experience would be a plus.

- MA allows you to develop your 2D and 3D animation skills and

knowledge to a more advanced level.

- Also, it helps to extend your theoretical and contextual understanding.

- You will become familiar with professional-level enquiry, research,

creative invention, project planning and management processes.

- You will have teaching practises and guidance from the industry by

tutors with industry experience.