What are the key creative roles on a short animated film? Or, simply put, what are the jobs that absolutely have to get done in order to f...

artofthetitle.com Part of making any short film is thinking about titles, and typography.  A good title sets the tone and style for the fort...

Voice actors come first - then animation One of the rules of animation film-making is that the audio comes first, plus sound effects (and...

One question that animators often ask when making a short film, or compiling their demo reel, is where to get Royalty Free Music either for ...

Venom Troy Saliba, animation director at Double Negative, gave a talk in London earlier this year, to talk about his work on the blockbu...

Sola Media - Sales Agents with a focus on animation Any animator with dreams to bring their own project to the big screen will eventuall...

The Iron Giant Many years ago I worked on The Iron Giant, a wonderful film and a priceless opportunity to work with one of the very bes...

Bucks sound design student Scott Benson just recently finished mixing and editing the sound on a feature film  - all done within 72 hours...

Lave Revolution by Allen Stroud Bucks lecturer Allen Stroud is a man of many talents. Among his many duties at Bucks, he teaches our fir...

The Animation Talent Award 2013, a short film competition with a focus on combining animation with music, has just launched. It takes pl...

Cartoon Movie , like Cartoon Forum , should be on every animator's radar. It takes place in Lyon every March - in 2014 it will be h...

Here is an awesome new live action camera that gives smooth and steady results even though it is a hand-held device. This will make it eve...

Bucks Motion Capture Animators hard at work Here at Bucks we're excited by the huge possibilities for animators to work with other d...

Sound Design Studio One of the best things about Bucks is how many departments we have specialising in different aspects of Film and TV ...

One of the biggest challenges for any animator is to tackle a short film project. Most working animators don't - they're usually...