Escape Studioswas founded in April 2002 and is Europe’s premier visual effects academy with 14 years experience in creating world-class, studio-ready talent. Based in Shepherds Bush, London UK, Escape offers undergraduate, postgraduate and short courses in Visual Effects (VFX), Game Art, Animation and Motion Graphics. Escape Studios’ industry partners include, Framestore, The Mill, MPC, Electric Theatre Collective, Jellyfish Pictures, Bluebolt, Cinesite, DNeg and Milk.
Escape Studios offers full-time and part-time courses designed to take complete beginners to the point where they are able to perform at an industry entry-level.
Undergraduate:
BA/MArt The Art of Animation (Integrated Masters)BA/MArt The Art of Video Games (Integrated Masters)BA/MArt The Art of Visual Effects (Integrated Masters)Postgraduate:
MA Game ArtMA Visual Effects Production (3D)MA Visual Effects Production (Compositing)Short Courses:
Animation (12 weeks)Storyboarding (Evening - 8 weeks)Motion Graphics (3 weeks)Motion Graphics (Evening - 12 weeks)360 VR - From Shoot to Headset (1 week)Cinematography and Filmmaking for Visual Effects (VFX) (1 week)Cinematography and Filmmaking for Visual Effects (VFX) (1 week)VFX On-Set Supervision: A Practical and Theoretical ApproachVideo Games Art Production (12 weeks)Video Games Art and Effects Production (18 weeks)Compositing for VFX (12 weeks)Compositing for VFX (Evening - 20 weeks)Advanced Compositing for VFX (18 weeks)3D Foundation (Evening - 30 weeks)3D for VFX (12 weeks)Advanced 3D for VFX (18 weeks)Camera Tracking (1 week)Camera Tracking (Evening - 5 weeks)Introduction to Houdini (1 week)Introduction to Houdini (Evening - 5 weeks)Houdini - Dynamics (1 week)Houdini Dynamics (Evening - 5 weeks)Houdini - Tools and Pipelines (1 week)Houdini - Tools and Pipelines (Evening - 5 weeks)All of the tutors at Escape Studios have worked in the industry and have been hand-picked from successful studios and have many years of professional productions experience. The tutors include:
Head of Animation - Alex WilliamsHead of Games - Simon FentonHead of 3D - Mark SpevickHead of 2D - Davi SteinHead of Motion Graphics - JM Blay3D Tutor - Daniel ShuttCompositing Tutor - Allar KaasikCinematography Tutor - Clement Gharini