Animation – Mark Zerop

This is where you will find my finished grad film from ECA 2020. There's not much here at the moment but you can follow the progress, design decisions and tech development over at the blog https://vimeo.com/397204398

Tohan

https://vimeo.com/327048876 This story was inspired originally by a book I was reading but mostly it was a film designed in every aspect to help me improve my directing, animation and general work practice. Thus far I didn't really have any solid work to put in my demo reel, nothing that showed movement done to a… Continue reading Tohan

10X10X19

10x10 is gearing up again. ECA's annual project designed to terrify new students, invigorate the veterans and just keep us all incredibly busy for the 2 weeks that was meant to be a free reading period. 10 films in 10 days, with the only main rule being that each film must be completed within a… Continue reading 10X10X19

Dancer

Ethel Red

https://vimeo.com/305337393 caption test Ethel Red was an original character created by DC Thomson, a rebellious Viking girl who wanted to be a warrior just like her father and uncles. I was given the brief of updating this character and creating an animation for a modern generation. I fell in love with the spirit of the… Continue reading Ethel Red

Tide

https://vimeo.com/265738641 "In its drawn out and rather grandiloquent way it holds together well. A perverse and wilfully sluggish film it actually amounts to something rather affecting - not only a testament to the design and the unworldly setting but the patience Mark shows and the clever composition of shots. It's well paced even if it… Continue reading Tide

Christmas 2017

https://youtu.be/GpK8053j6IM I created this animation outside of my university work, it was the run up to Christmas and I had 2 weeks between the end of my projects and a special holiday. I used every second of it to work on this. It was my first attempt at making a 3-D animation, admittedly I had… Continue reading Christmas 2017