Bill Porter

On Time Off / 4'30" 2008

This is a short clip from Bill Porter's graduation animiation at the RCA, and it was shown in the international animation festival programmme 3.

Drawn from life and from his memories of working in an ice cream cafe in Cornwall, these images form an animated landscape that takes the viewer on a journey through fire and ice cream and micro-dramas between strangers on a sweltering holiday beach.
Sound design by Shervin Shaeri.

I like the color he used in the animation, he bravely colored people's skin pink, and different tones of red. I like the way he made people look like in a delicate watercolor painting, the images are flowing like water, however, with some careful details depicting the different gestures and facial emotions.

I also like his idea that making connections between fire, icecream as metaphor to the hot weather.

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Bill Porter is currently based in London working as a freelance animation director, animator and compositor after recently completing a master's degree in animation.

MA Animation, Royal College of Art / 2008
BA Illustration, Camberwell College of Art / 2006
ND Fine Art, Cornwall College / 2003