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We had some noisy horn trophies for our regular Show&Tellers, an Annecy-selected short, an Annecy-rejected short, two Aardman Academy graduates, and three Floaters.


Louis tried to make a horn be loud, but also made it cry. The ordeal left him with a really long arm, for crying out loud.


Our special guest was composer, sound designer and voice artist, Phil Brookes. Phil took us on a rollercoaster journey of his career with be-masked metal solos, mindful piano scores, and a whiplash inspirational talk. Phil’s clients include Anna Mantzaris, Greenpeace, Facebook, Ted, Tate, Hulu, Adult Swim.


Thanks to Poonam Maher for literally lending a hand. Thanks to Max Priddy, Thomas Pitts and Jessica Fisher for their help again (and to Alex Jolliffe for cycling home to get a power cable)


And thanks to Second Home Studios and Ministry Of Motion for the sponsorship.



August 2024's Playlist:


Amber Iles - Trashed

Leo Wright - Big Bad Wolf


Performance and talk


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Photos by Trevor Price. Edited by Louis Hudson.










We had Michael Jackson introducing shorts, we explored Erdington at 2am, and our faces got blasted with Hollywood 2DFX. We had a double bill of animators arguing with their sassy animated pals, Tom CJ Brown teased us, and we found out the dangers of putting Tat Vision in a MoCap suit.


Louis also had a CLOSE ONE after getting mangled in a car accident. Luckily the kindly Papier Mache 'Penny' held him close and carried him through his presenting duties


Our special guest was Tim Searle. For over 30 years Tim has developed, directed and produced award-winning animation including: Danger Mouse, Mr Bean, Dennis & Gnasher, Have I Got News for You, I am Not An Animal, 2DTV, Horrible Histories and more.


Thanks to everyone who came and take part. We have such a unique, energetic, loving community building here. It was also nice to see a glut submissions based on the prompt. There's absolutely no need to use it, but I'm glad people found it useful.


Thanks to Max Priddy, Thomas Pitts and Jessica Fisher for their help. Thanks to Poonam Maher for being the voice of Penny.


And thanks to Second Home Studios and Ministry Of Motion for the sponsorship.


May 2024's Playlist:


Alfie Hicks - Squish

Jessica Fisher - Close 1

Chris Cosentino - Run Away

Tat Vision & Ordos - MoCap Demo


Career Presentation


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Photos by Trevor Price. Edited by Louis Hudson.









We had THREE main guests and a rich mix of incredible films. We had powerfully restrained films reflecting on the atrocities in Palestine, a view of what happens when a DoP becomes obsessed with Blender, a giant mechanical sassy finger, and a snake with an ass.


It was a sort of homecoming for  Michael Morgan, a senior character and creature animator currently working at Disney. Michael has been in the VFX for over 20 years. Starting on Clone Wars, he's since worked on the likes Black Panther, Guardians Of The Galaxy: Vol 2, Venom and Spider-Man: No Way Home!


We'll also got to see BAFTA-nominated Visible Mending with the films producer, Tilley Bancroft, two days before the awards took place. The film was directed by Samantha Moore, and animated at Second Home Studios.


If that wasn't enough we were joined by Sheetal Thankey. Sheetal is a Animation Director, Illustrator and 2D Animator from Brum, based in London. We talking about working on everything from 'Hey Duggee' and 'Gumball' to commercials, and stepping out as a director.


Thanks to Max Priddy for being on the buttons and Thomas Pitts for the extra help.


FEBRUARY 2024's Playlist:


Louis Hudson - Big Boys TV titles, Things You Should Have Done TV titles





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Photos by Trevor Price. Edited by Louis Hudson.






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