British animation : the Channel 4 factor / Clare Kitson ; foreword by Peter Lord.
"Clare Kitson celebrates one of the most creative sources of broadcast animation - Britain's pioneering Channel 4, winner of three Academy Awards for animation. In the 1980s and 1990s, Channel 4 flourished as a world champion of televised animation. The channel regularly showcased both Bri...
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Bloomington :
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[2008]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. Animation and TV
- 2. Before C4
- 3. The new channel
- 4. Uncharted territory
- 5. Animation gains a foothold
- 6. Four-Mations
- 7. Missionary zeal
- 8. And pragmatism
- Some key works 1982 to 2006:
- The Snowman
- The Victor
- When the Wind Blows
- Street of Crocodiles
- The Black Dog
- Alice
- Girls Night Out
- Feet of Song
- Lip Synch: War Story
- Lip Synch:Creature Comforts
- Deadtime Stories for Big Folk: Deadsy and Door
- Secret Joy of Falling Angels
- A Is for Autism
- Screen Play-- The Mill
- Bob's Birthday
- Eldorado
- The Village Abductees
- Crapston Villas
- Many Happy Returns
- Pond Life
- Death and the Mother
- Silence
- The Man with the Beautiful Eyes
- Home Road Movies
- City Paradise
- Rabbit
- Peter and the Wolf
- 9. Changing contexts
- 10. Animation on the slide
- 11. Young blood
- 12. A future?