Iliana Franklin
Portfolio
In my role as Head of Story and Previz I lecture and teach Postgraduate degrees in Story boarding and Previsualization and Animation
at Escape Studio, London. The course is validated by University of Kent and designed in consultation with the industry.
Before joining Escape Studio I lectured Animation Narrative Design and Development at the University of Lincoln.
ACADEMIC WORK
2019-Current
ESCAPE STUDIO, PEARSON COLLEGE LONDON, UNIVERSITY OF KENT
Job position: Head of 2D, Story and Previsualization, Escape Studios
2016-2019
UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN
Job position: Lecturer, BA (Hons) Animation and VFX, Media Studies
2017
UAL, LONDON
Lecturer, Games and Animation
2013
NORTHBROOK COLLEGE, Worthing
Job position: Lecturer, Digital Graphics, Games Development
Department: Creative Media
2011-2012
GREENWICH UNIVERSITY, London
Position: Lecturer in 3D Applications, Work-Based Learning
Department: Computational and Mathematical Science
2011-2012
BROMLEY COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION, London
Position: Lecturer, Creative Media Production
Department: ICT
2010-2011
BASINGSTOKE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGIES, Basingstoke
Lecturer in Computer Games Design and Interactive Media
Subjects: Computer Games Design, Interactive Media
2007-2010
UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH, Department of Creative Technologies and AI
Position: Lecturer in Creative Technologies
Subject: Animation, Production Design, Representation of Information and Project Management for Creative Technologies
PhD research: Real-time simulation of body language for animated characters performance
RESEARCH / PUBLICATIONS
2020-2021
Franklin, I. P., Hill. A., Gurova, A., Stedman, S., Dias, L. P., Babington, M. (2020) Storytelling in VR. VIEW CONFERENCE. Turin,Wed, Oct 21, 2020 Italy
Franklin, I. P., Hill. A., Gurova, A., Stedman, S., Dias, L. P., Babington, M. (2021). From fairy tales to smart concepts: Storytelling for VR. Smart Cities and Regional Development (SCRD) Journal, 2021, vol. 5, issue 3, 77-102. Retrieved from https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=1032893
Lukasz, P., Franklin, I., Franklin, P. (2021) Emergent TV & Video Content Production Symposium. COMPACT Project Number 762128 CALL: H2020-ICT-2016-2017TOPIC: ICT-19-2017 Ares(2021)1004120 - 05/02/2021 [report] Retrieved from: https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/documents/downloadPublic?documentIds=080166e5d905162d&appId=PPGMS
Franklin, I. (2020) COMPACT - Social Media and Convergence.H2020-EU.2.1.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). ICT-19-2017 .CSA - Coordination and support action funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 762128. Retrieved from https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/762128
Franklin, I. (2017). Identity and the use of animation to depict conflicts through diaspora media
ECREA DMM: Migration and Communication Flows: Rethinking Borders, Conflict and Identity Through the Digital. Retrieved from https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/1c0891_b8d93e009e0c44238cea293c672601cc.pdf
Zankova, B., Skolkay, A., Franklin, I. (2015) Smart Journalism. Mediaframe Ltd. London ISBN: 978-1-326-26479-6
Franklin, I. (2015) Cyborg. Media in the digital age. EuroDIG 2015. June 4-5, Sofia / Bulgaria.
Retrieved from https://eurodigwiki.org/wiki/Media_in_the_digital_age_%E2%80%93_PL_01_2015
Franklin, I., Zankova, B. (2015) Creativity and innovation in the new digital environment - the challenges of the new types of journalism. Proceedings IV INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ONLINE JOURNALISM. March 2015 Porto ISBN: 978-989-98199-1-7 (586-602)
Retrieved from https://cobciber4.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/cobciber4atas.pdf