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Dan Castro Explains How He Tried to Capture the Feeling of an Anxiety Spiral in ‘Herman Brown is Feeling

RCA graduate Dan Castro joins us to discuss how "a bit of a mini-breakdown" led him to create his relatable animated short 'Herman Brown is Feeling Down'.

Animation, Asides

Barbeque

Jenny Jokela’s hand-painted RCA grad short 'Barbeque' is a wildly visceral, mesmeric animation about coping with post traumatic stress disorder.

Animation

A Grieving Woman Seeks Refuge in a Distorted Reality of Her Own Making in Natasza Cetner’s ‘Baraa’

Natasza Cetner takes DN inside the creation of 'Baraa', her moving contemplation on the impact of grief and its powerful ability to distort our perceptions.

Animation

Natasza Cetner Takes on the Pernicious Force of Absolute Power in Surreal Animated Short ‘Nero’

Filmmaker Natasza Cetner takes DN through the political and aesthetic roots of her animated battle between repression and independence.

Animation

The Race to Remove Deforestation gets the Moth Colective Treatment in Their Latest Global Canopy Programme Film

Created to make people think about how the products they use affect deforestation and, as a wider consequence, climate change, the Moth Collective introduce

Still from short film BOOM IS LIFE by Jesse Collett

Animation

Director Jesse Collett Looks to Slowly Shatter the Viewer's Sense of Reality with RCA Grad Film 'Boom is Life'

Feeling like a film that encourages conversation, we speak to director Jess Collett about what inspired the unusual narrative and distinct look behind RCA grad

Animation, Music Video

Hannah Jacobs on Capturing the Beauty & Magic of Tom Rosenthal’s Music in Animated Promo ‘It’s OK’

We chat to Hannah Jacobs about the inspiration and production of her immersive, emotive promo for Tom Rosenthal track 'It's OK'.

Animation

RCA 2014: Sophie Koko Gate – ‘Half Wet’

"When we are born, we are about as wet as a banana" - Sophie Koko Gate explains how a friend's revelation on how she thought she would age inspired her RCA

Animation

RCA 2014: Nicolas Ménard – ‘Loop Ring Chop Drink’

Graduating RCA Animator Nicolas Ménard talks to Directors Notes about his approach to storytelling & the importance of collaboration when making

Animation

RCA 2014: Joe Bichard – ‘The Waldgeist & Me’

Graduating RCA animator Joe Bichard gives us an insight into how collaboration became the most enjoyable and rewarding part of making his animated short film

Animation

RCA 2014: Isaac Holland – ‘La Petite Maison’

Described by the filmmaker as "by the far the most challenging thing I’ve ever had to make", we caught up with graduating RCA animator Isaac Holland to

Animation

RCA 2014: Marcus Armitage – ‘My Dad’

The first in our series of interviews with Royal College of Art animators, we speak to Marcus Armitage about his graduation film 'My Dad' - a short that

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Dan Castro Explains How He Tried to Capture the Feeling of an Anxiety Spiral in ‘Herman Brown is Feeling

Barbeque

A Grieving Woman Seeks Refuge in a Distorted Reality of Her Own Making in Natasza Cetner’s ‘Baraa’

Natasza Cetner Takes on the Pernicious Force of Absolute Power in Surreal Animated Short ‘Nero’

The Race to Remove Deforestation gets the Moth Colective Treatment in Their Latest Global Canopy Programme Film

Director Jesse Collett Looks to Slowly Shatter the Viewer's Sense of Reality with RCA Grad Film 'Boom is Life'

Hannah Jacobs on Capturing the Beauty & Magic of Tom Rosenthal’s Music in Animated Promo ‘It’s OK’

RCA 2014: Sophie Koko Gate – ‘Half Wet’

RCA 2014: Nicolas Ménard – ‘Loop Ring Chop Drink’

RCA 2014: Joe Bichard – ‘The Waldgeist & Me’

RCA 2014: Isaac Holland – ‘La Petite Maison’

RCA 2014: Marcus Armitage – ‘My Dad’

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