Projects in categories: Animation

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An enormous cliff top, blue sky, multiple deaths and a man keeping a meticulous note of it all. This man lives a relatively peaceful and tidy existence, filling his time by watching others ending theirs as they jump from the top of the cliff. Soon, however, he finds circumstance plotting against him as he is drawn ever nearer to the edge of the cliff himself.

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'Little Jack' (Freddie Highmore) is an adorable young fox who is busy enjoying a blissful life, chasing frogs, butterflies and playing in the forest with his loving family. Until one night when his perfect world is turned upside down when his father, 'Jack' is captured and forced to join the circus. 'Anna Conda' (Miranda Richardson) is the cunning circus-owner whose desire for bigger and better performances leads her to kidnapping the forest animals. With the help of her magician husband, 'The Ringmaster' (Bill Nighy), the animals are hypnotized into performing in her shows. On his rescue mission Little Jack gets help from some unlikely heroes, including a nature loving boy in a wheelchair called Alex and Arabella, a young acrobat. Little Jack's task of rescuing his beloved father leads him to make a new friends, including a gorgeous circus fox named Darcey (Sienna Miller). Together they set out to free all the animals so they can return home to the beautiful forest- just as nature intended.

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Inspired by the BUPA Great North Run, Best's unqiue style of hand drawn animation captures the atmosphere of the event and the participating runners. Using a process called ‘occlusion’, silhouetted figures are made visible only as they pass each other. This emphasises the individual’s singular effort in amongst the crowd.

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A secret agent spoof starring a seven foot tall Austrian action-hero bull and a skinny, self-assured, snappily dressed English goblin playboy! It's Dangermouse for the 21st century!

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'At last, the true life story of the outlaw comic who tried to save the world. He still might.' Bill Hicks is considered by many to be the greatest comedian of the last 20 years, ironic given his anonymity in his native America. He was a preacher, a philosopher, a raging prophet who believed he could save his audience by confronting them with truth - and dick jokes. He was considered criminally unpatriotic at home for skewering the hypocrisies of the government, media and organised religion, but he broke out internationally and stunned UK audiences made him a star. Just as he was on the verge of conquering the USA, he was diagnosed with late-stage pancreatic cancer. He was 32 years old. 15 years after his death, his popularity continues to grow, his CD's and DVDs selling more than ever and Bill himself regularly rated in 'best of' lists. Now, for the first time, his fascinating and ultimately uplifting life story is told by those that knew him best. Made in close association with Bill’s family and friends, it features unprecedented access to unseen archive material and a stunning new animation technique throughout. American: The Bill Hicks Story is the definitive record of one of America's most iconic modern heroes - a fearless voice as relevant today as ever.

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Inspired by the unlikely plots of afternoon TV and Hitchcocks 'Rebecca', Amnesia opens with our heroine discovering that her husband is Pierce Brosnan who gives her a mobile phone so that she will remember her past.

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Tehran, Iran, 1985 Iran/Iraq war - Air raid siren. All the neighbors rush down the basement/Shelter. So what is going to happen at this shelter? Would every woman cry and scream whilst every man shivers and chews his mustache with rage and fear? You will be surprised!

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There is an overweight man with deep-seated psychological issues and two chicken like creatures. They are having a surreal dinner party contained within a dingy room with a high ceiling. The wallpaper is dirty and there happens to be some kind of insect infestation. The food they eat is also dirty. They reside on the edge of a city and a large factory dominates the landscape. The weather isn't too good either.

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Bill has an understanding with local teenage boys, that he will buy beer for them. However when Cowan takes along his friend Jim for the first time, something about Jim encourages Bill to reveal more of himself to the boys than he ever has before.

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A short film about boiling.

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While walking home, a man encounters an unusual cardboard box on a city street. His intense paranoia towards the box becomes an obsession. As the two observe each other from a distance, the obsession develops into an unusual friendship.

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We often present our children with toys and books that tell joyful tales of animals living in peace on farms, surrounded by fields and forests. When a child's room is left empty an ordinary tape player and a well used puzzle come to life and start to tell the truth behind the pretty pictures used to lull us into believing where animals spend their lives today.   A Royal College of Art Graduation Film.