The Story of British Animation

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Bloomsbury Publishing, 26.8.2021 - 192 sivua
A Sight & Sound Book of the Year

Jez Stewart charts the course of this extraordinarily fertile area of British film from early experiments with stop-motion and the flourishing of animated drawings during WWI. He reveals how the rockier interwar period set the shape of the industry in enduring ways, and how creatives like Len Lye and Lotte Reiniger brought art to advertising and sponsored films, building a foundation for such distinctive talents as Bob Godfrey, Alison De Vere and George Dunning to unleash their independent visions in the age of commercial TV.

Stewart highlights the integral role of women in the industry, the crucial boost delivered by the arrival of Channel 4, the emergence of online animation and much more. The book features 'close-up' analyses of key animators such as Lancelot Speed and Richard Williams, as well as more thematic takes on art, politics and music. It builds a framework for better appreciating Britain's landmark contributions to the art of animation, including Halas and Batchelor's Animal Farm (1954), Dunning's Yellow Submarine (1968) and the creations of Aardman Animations.
 

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Acknowledgements
5
Editors Introduction
6
Introduction
8
1 Signing In and Signing Up
11
2 Dog Eat Dog
25
3 The Shadow of the Mouse
37
4 Shelter from the Storm
49
5 Back to the Front
63
8 Kids Stuff
110
9 Top of the World
129
10 OK Computer
146
11 British Animation in the 21st Century
157
Recommended Reading
170
A British Animation Playlist
172
Notes
174
Index
187

6 Rebuilding
72
7 Never Had It So Good
89
Illustration Credits
192
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Jez Stewart is a curator at the BFI National Archive, responsible for the animation collection. His blogs explore the rich seam of British animation history, from the 1900s to the present.

Jez has worked at the BFI since 2001 as part of the non-fiction team, and has done extensive research into the BFI's holdings of cinema and television advertising. His interest in animation overlaps with his passion for comics and illustration.

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