Ms Jane Shadbolt

Biography

Jane Shadbolt is a designer and animator. She is the director of the short stop motion animation The Cartographer, winner of two awards at the Australian Production Designer Guild Awards, which has screened at numerous international festivals. She has worked as a freelancer on feature and short films. She joined the Design department at the University of Newcastle in 2008.

Qualifications

• Master of Animation, University of Technology Sydney, 2008
• Bachelor of Arts (Film and Television), Australian Film, Television & Radio School, 1998
• Bachelor of Arts (Visual Communications), University of Technology Sydney, 1994

Research

Research keywords

• Animation
• Metalepsis
• Special Effects
• Stop motion animation

Research expertise

My research investigates the relationship between stop motion animation and special effects in live action cinema. It looks at ideas of illusion and the visual representation of the impossible through theory and practice.

Fields of Research

Memberships

Body relevant to professional practice.

• Member - Australian Production Designers Guild

Awards

Other

Invitations

Teaching

Teaching keywords

• Experimental design
• Graphic design
• Image making
• Motion graphics

Teaching expertise

My teaching covers image making, graphic design and motion graphics.