"Mouse: Impossible" Wins "Best No Budget" Award

Congratulations to Animation Apprentice student Robin Herrmann whose short film "Mouse: Impossible" has won Best No Budget film at the Dreamer's Short Film Festival.

Mouse: Impossible is a short animated film created by Animation Apprentice student Robin Herrman.  "Mouse: Impossible" was written, produced and directed by Robin, currently studying for his MA in 3D Animation at our degree-awarding partner, Buckinghamshire New University.   This is the latest of many awards for "Mouse: Impossible".

Mouse: Impossible

Herrmann_Robin_DA703_HQ from Rob in on Vimeo.

Inspiration for "Mouse: Impossible"

"Mouse: Impossible" was created as part of the third module of the Master's Degree in 3D Animation at BNU, Module DA703, in which animation students study the art and craft of animal and creature animation.

Mouse: Impossible at IMDB

You can find "Mouse: Impossible" at the IMDB.

Robin Herrmann

Robin Herrmann also created the short film "Journey of Life" while studying at BNU. Journey of Life recently won an award for Best Director (Super Short Film) at the Future of Film Awards, as well as many other awards. 

Robin is currently studying for his MA in 3D Animation at Buckinghamshire New University.

Festival Success

Mouse: Impossible has won many festival awards:

• Best No Budget film at the Dreamer's Short Film Festival
• Best Micro Movie at the World Film Carnival Singapore 
• Best Micro Short at FOFA
• Best Micro Short at London Movie Awards
• Best Creative at the Halicarnassus Film Festival
• Best Student Film in Milan
• Best Animation at the Golden Eagle Film Festival

Animal & Creature Animation Resources

For more resources on how to learn the art of animal and creature animation, follow the links below

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  Mouse: Impossible Best Student Film in Milan

  Leopard Walk Tutorial at Vimeo
• Dragon Flight Tutorial
• Horse Animation - Best Maya Rigs
• Quadrupeds - Dog Walk Cycle Reference
• Quadruped Transitions - Managing the transitions from a walk to a trot to a run
• Animating horses - what are the best free Maya rigs?
• Recommended free quadruped rig - Leopard rig by Truong
• How to plan animal and creature animation
• How Framestore uses live-action reference to plan animal and creature shots
• Animal Locomotion for animators by Stuart Sumida

To find out more about Animation Apprentice, click here for a link to Frequently Asked Questions. To sign up for our next classroom at Animation Apprentice, follow this link.