I HAVE A DEGREE!

And it's a 2:1! YAY!!

Hello you sunny lot!

I just got back from France on Monday as I went to the Annecy 2010 animation festival which was pretty cool. The majority of films I saw were pants, but there were a fair few absolutely excellent ones that made the trip worth while (along with Annecy being one of the most beautiful towns I've ever been to, made it an extra little bit more worth while).

This is the Newport Uni crew who attended the festival, along with David Silverman and was taken at a picnic by the Lac d'Annecy not long after Martha, Emma, Lorna and I came last in a massive mad pedalo race, in which we won a bunch of radishes... yay!

One film which really caught my eye at the beginning of the week (but I didn't get the chance see) was Sinna Mann (Angry Man) directed by Anita Killi, which then won three awards in the closing ceremony; the Special Jury Award, the Audience Award and the Unicef Award.

The best screening I went to had to be the award winning shorts of the 60s. It was so refreshing to see such amazing stop motion and hand drawn animation with no computer effects, it really inspired me and made me want to start animating as soon as possible!

Problems arising though, I'm moving back to the baron lands of St. Helens, Merseyside in three days so no more Newport University studio time for me. That, along with the 70p I had last time I checked my bank balance, means it will be a while before I can afford a good quality camera as a starting point to my very own little animating area. These are minor details though... keep calm and carry on and what not and I'll be back in Annecy with my very own film being screened before you know it!

It's been extremely busy bee times recently, what with completing my final film for my degree and the Animation Newport 2010 exhibition at the Centrespace Gallery, but considering I have started to give out my first attempt at business cards, I decided to update my showreel and publish it on here.

Jessica Wainwright's Showreel May 2010 from Jessica Wainwright on Vimeo.

The exhibition in Bristol started on Friday night and it seems to be a success! Considering non of us have ever organised a professional exhibition before I feel extremely proud of us all. Today is the final day and we are holding a formal screening evening as the closing event so it's one last chance for us all to get together and enjoy our work before the mad rush of tidying up and handing the keys back on time is upon us.

Check this link out to keep updated on the films and artists who were part of the exhibition.

So this whole 'blog' thing isn't really keeping anybody up to date with anything...

There are just six days left now until the deadline for my final graduation film to be handed in so hopefully I can start to concentrate on promoting myself a bit more once that is done. I have these business card designs that I need to get printed for an exhibition, Animation Newport 2010, which I am part of in the Centrespace gallery in Bristol starting on the 21st May 2010

I'm not keen on uploading my final film into the internet just yet as I want to wait until after the Bristol exhibition, the Graduation Show in June and there is also a Skillset exhibition which I am hoping to enter in July, so I'm afraid you lovelies will have to wait for the internet premiere of my film "Betty", but remember, good things come to those who wait!!

Peter Dench - Love UK

Third Floor Gallery

On the 12th February, I attended the opening night of Peter Dench's photography exhibition, "Love UK". He analyses the ways in which people express love in our British culture and he has produced some images that generate a whole range of emotions and reactions.

http://www.peterdench.com/

http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/index.html

So this is what I do. Animation.

This is my showreel from December 2009. It's all work that I did in my first two years at university, so it's not amazing stuff, but it's a start.

You can check out some more of my videos at

www.youtube.com/user/MissJesWainwright

and

www.vimeo.com/jessicaw

Hello internet world!

I've had this blog set up for a good few months now but being a bit rubbish with technology I still haven't brought myself to uploading anything. I'm finally admitting defeat and thought it was about time I actually posted something. This is mainly down to the fact that it will soon be time to flee the womb of university and go out into the big wide world, and to be honest, I'm pooing myself.

I don't actually have anything to upload at the minute as I'm still trying to make youtube work for me! But watch this space as I'm sure this will be the most exciting blog you ever did come across!

Much love

Jessica Wainwright x