acting & character movement for animators

I help Animators create believable, nuanced and emotionally truthful character performances through observation, behaviour and acting principles.

UPCOMING WORKSOP BELOW

Sunday 28th June 2026
10-5pm, London

Acting & Character Performance
for Animators
Workshop

with
Sarah Perry

A practical workshop for animators seeking to create believable, nuanced and emotionally truthful character performances.

The most memorable animated performances are often shaped not just by what a character does, but by how they think, feel and behave while doing it. Join us for a practical and engaging workshop designed to help you move beyond animating actions and towards animating behaviour.

Through a blend of observation, acting principles, movement exploration and character analysis, you'll develop a deeper understanding of how thought, intention, attention and physical behaviour contribute to compelling animated performances.

Combining theory with hands-on practice, we will explore both Inside Out approaches (character, psychology, intention and subtext) and Outside In approaches (movement, physicality, rhythm and behaviour) to character development. Together, these tools can help expand your creative vocabulary, broaden your performance choices and support the creation of more believable and engaging characters.

with

sarah perry

Since 2008 Sarah has taught Acting & Character Movement for Animators to literally thousands of Animators both on and offline within the UK and Internationally; through educational institutions, as an industry speaker, consultant and at numerous animation festivals.

Sarah works as a character consultant and acting & character coach for numerous VFX companies and for major Films including: Jungle Book, World War Z, Gravity, Guardians of the Galaxy, Nania: Voyage of the Dawn Treader and Jupiter Ascending. She has worked for and taught at: MPC, Double Negative, Framestore, Aardman, Jellyfish Pictures, Creative Assembly, Pitstop Productions, BFX Festival, Animex Festival, Escape Studios, Norwich University of the Arts (BA Animation), UAL (MA Animation), University of Hertfordshire (BA Animation courses) Met Film School (1-year Visual Effects and Animation), Ravensbourne (BA Animation Production), University of Kent (Msc Computer Animation), University of West London (BA Digital Animation), Bucks New University (BA and MA Animation & Visual Effects).

Animators are storytellers, and through various themed classes and workshops the skills of great storytelling and the development of acting & character movement performance choices can be explored and discovered.

If you are an animator looking to lean into that incredible story telling aspect and deepen and develop your craft, then I would love to work with you. Whether that be supporting you as part of our troupe or 121 with bespoke movement coaching, get in touch to explore how we can work together.