The document discusses the speaker's networking experience with Aardman Animations and Sam Horton. Aardman Animations is a British stop-motion animation studio known for films featuring characters like Wallace and Gromit. Sam Horton has worked on animation projects for over eight years at Aardman, using software like Photoshop and Storyboard Pro. The speaker learned the importance of good pre-production like character design and scene illustration. They also learned to plan screenplays alongside scripts for consistency, the importance of movement in sketching, and principles of animation like axis drawing and the rule of thirds in continuity editing.

1. NetworkingExperience (complete anduploadto your blog – label ‘Networking’)
Storyboarding&AnimationEvent
Who wasit with?
AardmanAnimationscompany(More speficallywithSamHorton)
Theyare BritishstudiobasedinBristol,England.Itisknownfor films usingstop-motionanimation
techniques,particularlythosefeaturing itsplasticinecharactersWallace andGromit,ShaunThe
SheepandMorph.
Overthe last eightyearsSamHorton has providedboardsfora range of CGI, Stop Motionand 2D
animationprojectsacrossfeature films,broadcastsseriesandcommercials.He andhisother
fellowcolleaguesuse technical softwarestohelpillustrate,enhance andconveytheircreative
ideas.ProgrammessuchasPhotoshop,StoryboardProandPanel Forge are usedcommonly
throughouttheircreative process/businesswork.
What didI learn?
The value and importance of good, solidpre-production e.g. setdrawing,scene illustration,
character design andbackground/foregrounddrawingetc.
Planningoutyourscreenplayalongside the scriptforconsistency
The importance of actionand movementinsketchinganddrawing
The principlesof axisdrawingandbasicformsof shapes
The role of animaticsandhow helpful andvaluabletheyare inthe earlystagesof continuity
editing
The rule of the thirds, LeadingLinesandthe conceptof foreshorteninginbothphotography,
videographyandlinkstoanimation.