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Andria鈥檚 superlative computer-generated sting

The computer-generated images of University of 海角直播 BA (Hons) Creative Visualisation graduate Andria Warren will soon grace the small screen, thanks to her success in a national competition. Andria, 21, from Northampton, won a Channel 4 competition, open to all UK animation or multi-media undergraduates. The competition brief was to design a 鈥榮ting鈥�, a short visual sequence displayed on Channel 4 between the programmes and advertisements. In addition to her competition success Andria also achieved a First Class degree.

Andria reached the final 12 out of 250 entrants. She entered three alternative designs, and her overall winner was entitled 鈥楻ose on a Windowsill鈥�. The sting starts with a rose on a white background, then moves onto the rose on a windowsill, with an increasing number of red petals floating onto it. The 15-second sting took five months to produce in its final form, under the supervision of Ellie Serafin, Senior Lecturer at 海角直播 and Phil Davies, an independent producer with Creative Film Productions in London. The sting will be screened in November as part of Channel 4鈥檚 late-night Animation Zone. Andria has received 拢600 prize money, and another 拢400 will be allocated to the University鈥檚 School of Computing & Mathematics. She said: 鈥淚t feels really good to have won the competition. It鈥檚 not very often that students get the opportunity to have their work shown on national television. Hopefully when it鈥檚 screened, I鈥檒l get some interest from people in the animation industry. I鈥檓 putting the prize money towards a car.鈥�

Ellie Serafin said: 鈥淚鈥檓 really pleased for Andria, she has always been a strong student and is very deserving of this recognition. She read the competition brief thoroughly, developed her ideas creatively and delivered what Channel 4 required.鈥�

For more information on the BA (Hons) degree in Creative Visualisation, please call 01642 342639, or check the University of 海角直播鈥檚 web site at www.tees.ac.uk

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