Bucks Animation & VFX Demo Reel 2014

We present our latest demo reel showcasing our students' best work from this past academic year. Among the students whose work is featured here include Monika Dzikowicz, Anton Alfimenko, James Hatton, Jack Strood, Georgia Nicholls, Tosin Oluyadi, David Wheeler and Stacey Houston. Music is by Bucks graduate Kris Allen. Congratulations to everyone who contributed to this latest selection of work done here at Bucks. We're proud of what all our students have achieved, and we look forward to seeing even more ambitious and challenging work in the future.

Gateway - our shiny new media hub

One thing that really stands out in this compilation is the sheer variety of work being done here at Bucks. 3D animation, 2D hand-drawn animation, stop-motion, Visual Effects, Motion Graphics, RealFlow - our students are exploring their talents and developing their own personal style in the medium of their choice.

Sound designer at work at Bucks

One of the best things about studying at Bucks is the sheer range of media resources available - guaranteeing a wide variety of work and collaboration between different disciplines. This is something that we strongly encourage. After all, your time at university should be about exploring your own creative choices, making mistakes, finding your voice, and getting better and better at what you do.

In the end, we want all our students to be creative artists. Employable, yes, skilled, yes, but above all - artists.

To see our 2013 demo reel, click here.  To see more examples of our students' work, check out the first exercise done by our new students here. Also, take a look at the animation of Jack Strood, as well as our latest commercial project for Rocketseed, our short film done for a global aid agency, and take a look at the excellent work of some of our recent graduates, such as designer Monika Dzikowicz, architectural visualisation specialist Krsytof Michalski, Alex Whitfield and the 3D artwork of Mike Swan. Also check out the work of Andy Thomas here.

Student Showcase - Our Talented First Year Animators

Every animation course begins with a bouncing ball

Our new Animation & VFX course has been up and running for just six weeks now, but our freshmen animators are already doing excellent work. Their first formally assessed brief was to do a short piece of abstract animation set to music. In order to pass, the students had to be able to demonstrate that they had mastered all the basic 3D skills: modeling, texturing, camera, animation, lighting, render and final output.

Below is a small selection of some of the films which came out particularly well.


Georgia Nicholls - Benny Hill Bouncing Ball





James Hatton - Abstract animation to music





James Mdhluli - abstract animation to music




Congratulations to all of them on their great work. The standard overall was incredibly high, especially given that all of them have only just begun their studies. In fact, it was tough to make the selects - there was so much good work submitted. I am thrilled with the high standard this year and look forward to seeing more excellent animation in the future.

---alex