Escape Studios
At Escape Studios, we offer undergraduate, postgraduate and short courses in Visual Effects (VFX), Game Art, Animation and Motion Graphics.
We work with an impressive list of industry partners to design and deliver our courses, from MPC, Cinesite, Framestore and Creative Assembly, through to The Mill, Blue Zoo and Jellyfish Pictures, to name just a few!
Do you have raw talent and big aspirations? If you're willing to put in the time, passion and hard work necessary, we can promise you a highly vocational, industry-focused training experience, giving you the skills you need to graduate job-ready.
Why Escape Studios?
You'll study at the heart of London's creative scene in our state of the art industry-style facilities using professional tools and techniques so you'll get a taste of what it's like to work in the industry. Each studio is fitted out with HP Z640 workstations (which boast 32GB of RAM and Nvidia Quadro M4000 graphics cards!).
Our tutors are experts and have all worked in successful studios. Packed with everything from The Dark Knight to Harry Potter and multiple PlayStation titles, their CVs don't get much cooler!
Through our industry events you'll learn first-hand from some of the most creative and influential names in the industry, such as Stuart Penn (VFX Supervisor at Framestore) and Eamonn Butler (Head of Cinesite Animation Division at Cinesite).
Our short courses are strongly vocational, designed to give you professional studio experience and train you to the latest standards. You'll get a full package of career development support for 12 months after your short course ends.
Success stories
Our alumni (dubbed 'Escapees') have worked on everything from Solo: A Star Wars Story, Avengers: Infinity War, Isle of Dog, BAFTA winning Black Panther, Oscar winning The Jungle Book and more!
Studied Compositing for VFX and works as a Compositing & Pipeline Supervisor at Nodes and Layers
Studied Motion Graphics and Works as a freelance Motion Graphics Designer and Animator
Studied Masters in Game Art and works as a Senior Environment Artist at Rare Ltd
Studied 3D Character Animation and is a Creator, Writer, Director at Sardinha em Lata
Meet your tutors
Simon Fenton
Head of Games
Alex Williams
Head of Animation
Davi Stein
Head of 2D
Mark Spevick
Head of 3D VFX