myblog | Kat Miles | Activity https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/members/19033066/activity/ Activity feed for Kat Miles. Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:54:09 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 e507952bbb40ce7c9778b40f3cac731e Kat Miles wrote a new post on the site KatMilesAnimation https://katmilesanimation.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=97 Tue, 16 Mar 2021 14:41:00 +0000 After making the LIAF film, one comment I received in feedback was to try and take some of the abstract, more experimental style of line work, into my final film. My final film doesn’t fully fit an abstract theme […]

]]> 0 f69ecaffd181e47cb4148d2577f3c656 Kat Miles wrote a new post on the site KatMilesAnimation https://katmilesanimation.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=103 Mon, 08 Mar 2021 14:07:22 +0000 We recently had the opportunity to watch Joanna Quinn and Les Mills give two lectures about their process of animation and film-making, and later give feedback on our individual films. It was hugely informative […]

]]> 0 4158d78599221c3b25c3ab481ee6a099 Kat Miles wrote a new post on the site KatMilesAnimation https://katmilesanimation.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=89 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 14:28:00 +0000 I have been working on animating FISH, and whilst I have a character turn sheet and a clear idea of how I want to character to move, I have decided that I want a clearer model that I can move around and visualise […]

]]> 0 8db6a77ffba7ccd75cc9cf01f480b831 Kat Miles wrote a new post on the site KatMilesAnimation https://katmilesanimation.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=102 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:57:38 +0000 Today I had a really useful session with Charles Douglas regarding acting for animation, and recording LAV footage to use when animating my Fish. I already have some outlines of dance moves for the character of […]

]]> 0 7a2220387bec5fee761b0ec453d59de5 Kat Miles wrote a new post on the site KatMilesAnimation https://katmilesanimation.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=81 Tue, 16 Feb 2021 14:20:00 +0000 I have found whilst working on the animatic that I find it really difficult to imagine the backgrounds in the correct perspective as I move through scenes. I am also struggling with camera work in the film, and […]

]]> 0 8aaed13bcb7b2907db400a1acca6d636 Kat Miles wrote a new post on the site KatMilesAnimation https://katmilesanimation.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=99 Fri, 05 Feb 2021 18:03:07 +0000 In a recent crit it was pointed out that when FISH’s character (spoiler alert) gets packaged up for consumption, the product name is ‘Frog’s Legs n’ Fish’, which could cause some confusion due to the lack of frog […]

]]> 0 3586ab67831ab4e5256a0aa2074d409c Kat Miles wrote a new post on the site KatMilesAnimation https://katmilesanimation.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=78 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 14:19:15 +0000 I have a pretty solid idea of how I want my short film to look, and am comfortable with the story arc, however have found that the lack of speech in my film makes the storytelling quite tricky. The character of […]

]]> 0 bf1df0072babd72b40f64c4bbde5ad87 Kat Miles wrote a new post on the site KatMilesAnimation https://katmilesanimation.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=77 Wed, 16 Dec 2020 14:31:00 +0000 For my final film, I will be producing a story about a fish who desperately wants legs so as to compete in beauty pageants. Whilst I am enthusiastic about the story, I have been struggling to find a way of […]

]]> 0 a6170c4914993417b93e06347ed237ba Kat Miles wrote a new post on the site KatMilesAnimation https://katmilesanimation.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=76 Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:25:00 +0000 Having completed my LIAF project, I have learned that I am able to produce an ‘abstract’, more loose style of animation fairly well, using a straight ahead method. Going forward, I would like to try and […]

]]> 0 5a8f92f4731c143e4e699ae94de4d718 Kat Miles wrote a new post on the site KatMilesAnimation https://katmilesanimation.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=71 Thu, 03 Dec 2020 14:16:38 +0000 I have been spending some time working on learning about effective storyboarding in preparation for my final film.

I have read more about the ‘rule of thirds’, and the importance of keeping eyeline in the top […]

]]> 0 ed5c726e900919d8bb8f12897827318b Kat Miles wrote a new post on the site KatMilesAnimation https://katmilesanimation.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=74 Thu, 19 Nov 2020 14:16:00 +0000 I have recently been spending time working on more key skills such as lip syncing, as well as ‘turning’ a character whilst walking. Whilst I feel slightly more confident in lip syncing, and have learnt to rely […]

]]> 0 34722034dc9cddcb579b77989c99004a Kat Miles wrote a new post on the site KatMilesAnimation https://katmilesanimation.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=69 Tue, 17 Nov 2020 15:09:49 +0000 Having recently watched my peers’ excellent LIAF animations, I have been keen to spend more time working on volumes and timings in animation. I’ve been watching various walk-throughs on how different animators […]

]]> 0 154f0f1c6e7d800f0b09c12429e05cce Kat Miles wrote a new post on the site KatMilesAnimation https://katmilesanimation.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=66 Tue, 09 Jun 2020 10:33:41 +0000 Recently I have been thinking about the impact that coronavirus has had on different ideas of community in the UK and around the world. Some communities have ‘banded together’, with individuals helping the […]

]]> 0 313a7e18a91fa2ac300bdaf5c40e631f Kat Miles wrote a new post on the site KatMilesAnimation https://katmilesanimation.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=61 Tue, 05 May 2020 08:22:43 +0000 Like what I imagine is the majority of the world’s population, I have spent numerous weeks in isolation. This has had some creative benefits… I’m taking courses on how to draw light sources and human anato […]

]]> 0 69981fa80abc60d102a2890980e937b9 Kat Miles wrote a new post on the site KatMilesAnimation https://katmilesanimation.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=59 Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:14:58 +0000 Recently, I saw the ENO’s production of Madame Butterfly. The staging was exceptional, with use of lighting behind the stage to provide breathtaking silhouettes.

The silhouetted style reminded me of Lotte R […]

]]> 0 ffc05229d2eec6fab18b1488b5783330 Kat Miles wrote a new post on the site KatMilesAnimation https://katmilesanimation.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=49 Tue, 21 Apr 2020 10:56:33 +0000 I have been looking recently at the art of Disney studios early Pioneering artists, such as Milt Kahl and John Lounsberry. These artists placed a lot of focus in acting elements like held poses for […]

]]> 0 9c0b272e19fdafe3d9a6312fcf4c5b52 Kat Miles wrote a new post on the site KatMilesAnimation https://katmilesanimation.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=63 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 08:24:10 +0000 ‘Ganzen Paradis!’

I have been giving more thought to possibilities for animated documentary production for my final year film. I was thinking about a radio programme that I heard a number of years ago abo […]

]]> 0 90f4c7e950a5894a153bfa8e621ddd9a Kat Miles wrote a new post on the site KatMilesAnimation https://katmilesanimation.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=39 Tue, 14 Apr 2020 10:55:49 +0000 I recently watched the film The Triplets of Belleville, as I am keen to familiarise myself with the work of Sylvain Chomet. The film was beautifully made, with excellent character designs, and use of colour that […]

]]> 0 d50050cfe3054c5086dbfbc8f1cc9a1c Kat Miles wrote a new post on the site KatMilesAnimation https://katmilesanimation.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=38 Fri, 03 Apr 2020 10:43:52 +0000 Following on from the documentary based animations project, I have recently been watching short clips, either general knowledge or news-based, that rely on short graphic animations to illustrate points being […]

]]> 0 6b6d185a7561af331e8f8c59fbf56668 Kat Miles wrote a new post on the site KatMilesAnimation https://katmilesanimation.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=37 Fri, 20 Mar 2020 11:23:10 +0000 In researching animated documentaries, I re-watched an animated three minute film that I’m very familiar with; The Girl Effect: The clock is ticking. This excellent short graphic-based film uses shapes to i […]

]]> 0 a556ccadd63c140faae7aba3090097bf Kat Miles wrote a new post on the site KatMilesAnimation https://katmilesanimation.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=36 Fri, 06 Mar 2020 11:15:05 +0000 Recently in class we watched the short film The Big Snit. Whilst absolutely bizarre, I loved the animation style, originality, and niche humour of the film. I really enjoyed the line boil in the animation style, […]

]]> 0 e3fd45f46a6325ceb16807ef147de7a4 Kat Miles wrote a new post on the site KatMilesAnimation https://katmilesanimation.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=35 Sun, 23 Feb 2020 11:14:41 +0000 Over reading week I sat down to watch the new ‘live action’ version of the Lion King. I’d heard mixed reviews, however as personally blown away by what the animation team had achieved with regards to anima […]

]]> 0 9ca42bb768ab3b5e93e380ecff9d27b8 Kat Miles wrote a new post on the site KatMilesAnimation https://katmilesanimation.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=33 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 15:48:30 +0000 Following this weeks lectures, I have been rewatching Wes Anderson films , focusing on character positioning and colour pallets. Almost every scene in each film that I watched (Moonlight Kingdom, Fantastic Mr […]

]]> 0 716b7fc20af688a2e88e2cdf1516969b Kat Miles wrote a new post on the site KatMilesAnimation https://katmilesanimation.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=27 Tue, 03 Dec 2019 18:13:21 +0000 I recently visited the Tate Modern, and stumbled across a short animated film, produced by William Kentridge in 1997, with the purpose of reflecting on the brutal Apartheid past of South Africa.

The film […]

]]> 0 cbb58a4e16d5bcf6d620935c5ca0947b Kat Miles wrote a new post on the site KatMilesAnimation https://katmilesanimation.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=17 Wed, 20 Nov 2019 13:49:55 +0000 I have recently been watching clips of Tex Avery shorts in order to learn more about methods of exaggeration in 2d animation, alongside good comic timing.

Many of Avery’s films focus around the character of a […]

]]> 0 ef076344335aa336b5125259d554c817 Kat Miles wrote a new post on the site KatMilesAnimation https://katmilesanimation.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=15 Wed, 06 Nov 2019 12:46:18 +0000 Nick Park is perhaps one of the most well known British animators, and is arguably a significant figure in bringing British animated feature films to an international audience.

Park’s first feature film […]

]]> 0 623264513fe3637c60a647d4e4dad0cf Kat Miles wrote a new post on the site KatMilesAnimation https://katmilesanimation.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=7 Wed, 23 Oct 2019 11:44:04 +0000 Having recently spent time researching British animators, I have been watching the short films of Joanna Quinn. In ‘Girls Night Out’ Quinn’s Birmingham background is a clear influence. The urban scene is set very […]

]]> 0 fa06ea329c677bc4ad2d3472039278f8 Kat Miles wrote a new post on the site KatMilesAnimation https://katmilesanimation.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=5 Fri, 04 Oct 2019 20:47:22 +0000 In this week’s aspect of the course, we studied sand animation. I had never seen an animation using such a non convention material, and it was interesting to engage with such an unusual resources. The main c […]

]]> 0 7cc05ea0acd9c4fb9f96503a7ea9ed07 Kat Miles changed their profile picture https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/336491/ Wed, 02 Oct 2019 10:44:26 +0000 0 b1462839bed208a87c8c6b245b484af8 Kat Miles joined the group MA Character Animation at Central St Martins. https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/336483/ Wed, 02 Oct 2019 10:38:01 +0000 0 8884b17eee5a42b8a7daf4f556ad8262 Kat Miles created the site KatMilesAnimation https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/336482/ Wed, 02 Oct 2019 10:37:02 +0000 0 a1ef059b69746584a646ef0097a8a0fc Kat Miles wrote a new post on the site KatMilesAnimation https://katmilesanimation.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=1 Wed, 02 Oct 2019 10:37:00 +0000 Welcome to myblog.arts. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

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