Rate My Professor Jane Shadbolt

Shadbolt's research specializations focus on the relationship between stop-motion animation and special effects in live-action cinema, exploring illusionary spaces, the visual representation of the impossible, metalepsis, animation, experimental design, graphic design, image making, and motion graphics. Key publications include the book chapter 'Coraline’s ‘Other World’: The Animated Camera in Stop-Motion Feature Films' (2021), the journal article 'Creative industries careers: shifting aspirations and pathways from high school to university—a NSW case study' (2023, co-authored with S. Kerrigan, K. Grushka, A. Chand, K. Street, and M. Lawry), and 'Parallel Synchronized Randomness: Stop-motion Animation in Live Action Feature Films' (2013). She has contributed creative works such as 'Neural Noise' (2022, with N. Foulcher), 'Lighting Activation James Street Plaza' (2021, with N. Foulcher and J. McGrath), and 'Lightscape: Brake Block Park' (2019, with N. Foulcher). Shadbolt has secured twelve research grants totaling $671,521, including $135,797 for Honeysuckle Placemaking (2018) and $57,364 for Lighting Animation for James Street Plaza (2021). In teaching, she delivers courses in animation design, image making, graphic design, and motion graphics, encouraging students to employ diverse techniques from cut-out paper to puppets while integrating modern technology.