MORGAN MEI
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EDUCATION

MA Character Animation
Central Saint Martins (University of Arts: London)

2018 - 2020
Distinction (First Class Honour)

Specialisation: 2D Hand Drawn Animation.
BA English Language and Literature
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UCL (University College London)

2015 - 2018
Second Class (Upper) Honour [2:1]

Specialisation: Victorian Literature, American Literature to 1900s, Shakespeare, London in Literature, Modernism, Post-Modernism, and Film.

WORK

Content Writer
Power Passion Magic

August 2022 - Present
  • Content Writer, Copy Writing, and Editing for clients
  • HTML coding and basic design for websites.
Assistant Producer
GM Design Studio
September 2020 - June 2022
  • Storyboarding and idea development for various motion graphics and infographics styled educational videos.
  • Creating style frames and designs for animations.
  • Storyboard revisions and clean up.
  • Pencilling for Children's Books and Illustration for Educational Content
Director for English National Opera Animation
English National Opera
September 2019 - December 2019
  • Director for the short animated film Last Kiss, created in collaboration with the English National Opera to promote their rendition of Rusalka
  • Came up and pitched the original concept and story: a sapphic retelling of the Siren and the Sailor narrative.
  • Organised a team of four animators, created the character designs, prepared the initial storyboard and animatic, animated, and did clean-up.
Cass Art Student Ambassador
Cass Art Islington
2019 - 2020
  • Student Ambassador for the art brand 'Cass Art', representing students from Central Saint Martins and the brand itself.
Work Experience at Blink Ink
Blink Productions
August 2019
  • Assisted with daily tasks around the Blink Productions office.
Director for The Children's Society Microfilm
The Children's Society
March 2019 - June 2019
  • Developed and pitched an animated microfilm in collaboration with The Children's Society, based on a one-minute audio clip assigned to us.
  • Created the character design, made the storyboards and animatic, and animated the whole film.

AWARDS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  • Left Unsaid, my graduation film, was nominated for the MullenLowe NOVA Awards 2020, selected out of 1300 students.
  • My Husband is a Cultist, my ongoing comic, was shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Publishing Prize 2020.
  • Arts Centenary Award for exceptional contributions to UCL Arts, 2018.
  • Longlisted Author, UCL Publisher's Prize, 2018.
  • Hiroic, a short play I wrote and directed, won Best New Writing at the Inter University Drama Festival, 2016.
  • Shortlisted Author, UCL Publisher's Prize, 2016.

SEQUENTIAL WORK

  • Writer and Artist featured in When I Was Me Anthology by Quindrie Press.
  • Commissioned by New Naratif to write and illustrate an original comic for their website.
  • Writer and Artist of My Husband is a Cultist, a currently running webcomic readable on Tapas, Webtoon, and Smackjeeves
  • Writer and Artist of A Sad Part To Play, published in Kingdom For A Panel Comic Anthology.
  • Writer and Artist of I'll Be Late, published in Waiting Comic Anthology.
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SOFTWARE
TVPaint; Toon Boom Harmony; Autodesk Maya; ZBrush; CelAction; Adobe Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects.

THEATRE

PRODUCTION
  • Director of Ordinary Days, UCL Musical Theatre Society (2018) - Nominated for Best Garage Show of the Year.
  • Writer and Director of Ocean, UCL Drama Society (2017)
  • Writer and Director of Hiroic, UCL Drama Society (2016) - Winner of Inter University Drama Festival Award for Best New Writing.
  • Producer of Spaces, UCL Musical Theatre (2017)
  • Assistant Producer of Rhinoceros (2017) and Taming of the Shrew (2016), UCL Drama Society.

STAGE CREW
  • Lighting Designer of A... My Name Will Always Be Alice, UCL Musical Theatre (2018)
  • Assistant Production Manager of RENT, UCL Musical Theatre (2017)
  • Stage Manager of As You Like It (2017) and Electra (2018), UCL Drama Society.
  • Head of Set for Exhibition, UCL Dance Society (2018)
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