Chris Pallant

Beyond Bagpuss (eBook, ePUB)

A History of Smallfilms Animation Studio

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Ivor the Engine, Noggin the Nog, Pingwings, Pogles Wood, Clangers, and Bagpuss - the iconic animations produced by the Canterbury-based Smallfilms studio between 1958 and 1984 - constitute a significant thread of British cultural history. The lasting appeal of the imagined worlds created by Smallfilms is evident in the highly-successful BBC reboot of Clangers (2015-present), which has introduced a whole new audience to the pink moon mice. As well as the shows likely to be famiilar to readers, this history expands the Smallfilms story to include those less well-known animated shows that nonetheless played an important part in the studio's history.

Through extensive studio access, interviews with many key Smallfilms collaborators, press and audience analysis, Chris Pallant provides a comprehensive and definitive historical record of the studio's work. Beyond Bagpuss is illustrated with 100 images from the Smallfilms archive, including those that have not previously been published.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781839022401
• Artikelnr.: 64119698

Autorenporträt

Chris Pallant is Head of the School of Design at University of Greenwich, UK. He is the author of Demystifying Disney (2011) and Storyboarding: A Critical History (2015), and editor of Animated Landscapes: History, Form and Function (2015) and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: New Perspectives on Production, Reception, Legacy (2021). He currently serves as President for the Society for Animation Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The Whimsical Authenticity of Smallfilms: Ivor the Engine (1959
1964; 1975
1977) 3. Building Worlds
The Sagas of Noggin the Nog (1959
1965; 1982) 4. Aesthetic Transition and the Persistence of the Hand
Made in The Seal of Neptune (1960), The Mermaid's Pearls (1962) and Pingwings (1961
65) 5. Low
Angle Persons
The Pogles (1965) and Pogles Wood (1966
1968) 6. Technology and Inventiveness within Smallfilms animation: Clangers (1969
1974) 7. The Forgotten History of Smallfilms: Sam on Boffs' Island (1972
1973) 8. Creative Collaboration and the Bricolage of Bagpuss (1974) 9. Smallfilms at the End of the Road? Tottie (1984/1986), Life on Earth Perhaps (1985), and Pinny's House (1986) 10. The Afterlife of 'Smallfilms': Adaptation and Renewal APPENDIX A: Smallfilms
statistical perspectives APPENDIX B: Examples of Oliver Postgate's Screenwriting Style Works Cited Filmography Index