Thanks to the freedom animation at Newport gives you, you're able to make almost anything you want - there are also plenty of opportunities to find out about careers in animation due to the wealth of the visiting lecturers from industry to help inform what you want to head towards after you've finished the course.
Keith Reynolds Can't Make It Tonight
Since graduating I've been working at Arthur Cox in Bristol where I was initially an animator but have now been taken on as a new director. I did my first directing job with Emma Lazenby for CBBC Newsround which was called "The Worst Thing Ever?". We started around September last year and it was screened earliar this year on BBC1. I have also successfully pitched for a Digital Short which is a scheme funded by the UK Film Council under Southwest Screen. They commissioned my film and I'm making due to be distributed by Aardman. Other than that I've just been used as an animator on various projects for Texaco, Aardman and Channel 4.
Felix has now finished his second film, The surprise demise of Francis Cooper’s mother. At the moment he is developing ideas for TV and working on his third film.
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Awards and honours
Best Overall Film (IFSW) (2007)
Best Script (IFSW) (2007)
RTS Student Television Award for Best Animation, Wales (2008)
RTS Student Television Award national nomination for Best Animation (2008)
Curtocircuito Short Film Festival - Best International Animation Award - Special Mention (2008)
Encounters Short Film Festival - 4mations International Newcomer in Animation Award - Special Mention (2008)
Best Student Short Film - Anima (2009)
NYICFF 2009 - Audience Award, ages 12-18 (2009)