Aardman Animation Competition - Success against the odds

National Accident Helpline has teamed up with Aardman Animation to run an animation competition called 'Success against the odds'. Aspiring animators are invited to create a short animation on this theme, for a chance to win a tour of the Aardman studios, a 'Make a Morph' workshop, an original Morph artwork signed by Peter Lord, plus paid travel expenses and accommodation. The winner and shortlisted entrants will also get personalised feedback on their animation from Aardman.

The Brief to animators is as follows:

• To create a short animation on the theme of 'success against the odds' 
• Entrants can use any discipline of animation you choose (2D drawn, 3D CGI, traditional stop motion animation etc.)
• Animations should be 10 seconds or under in length
• Entries should be submitted by 18 May 2014 at 10.00pm

Anyone interested in entering should request an entry pack by entering their email address on this page: http://www.national-accident-helpline.co.uk/success-against-the-odds

The prize:

• A personal tour of the Aardman Animations studios in Bristol for you and a friend including ‘Make a Morph’ workshop (approx. 2 hours in total)
• Framed original Morph sketch signed by Peter Lord (Aardman co-founder and creator of Morph)
• Accommodation the night before or after the tour (TBC), and travel to and from Bristol

More information and entry pack available here: http://www.national-accident-helpline.co.uk/success-against-the-odds

As ever, here at Bucks we strongly encourage our students to enter competitions such as this. You might win, or get shortlisted, and the experience of entering and competing is hugely useful in itself. nothing teaches you the skills of film-making like the focus of entering your project into a competitive race.

---Alex