Beyond Bagpuss

Author : Chris Pallant
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781839022418

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Beyond Bagpuss by Chris Pallant Pdf

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.

Author : Chris Pallant
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781839022401

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Beyond Bagpuss by Chris Pallant Pdf

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.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Collins & Brown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-20
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1909397334

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Happy Birthday Bagpuss! by Anonim Pdf

Bagpuss is 40! Emily, Gabriel the Toad, Madeleine, Professor Yaffle and the mice are throwing him a party. First Emily sings her special song to wake him up... Bagpuss, dear Bagpuss, old fat furry catpuss Wake up and look at this thing that I bring. Wake up, be bright! Be golden and light! Bagpuss, oh hear what I sing! ...and at once the saggy old cloth cat is wide awake and full of life and the party is ready to start! Join in by making your own versions of Bagpuss’ presents: a cross-stitch sampler from Emily, a knitted Bagpuss, a lavender Madeleine, and some sugar mice. At the end of the day, go to sleep with a cuddly Bagpuss pyjama case. With original illustrations by creator Peter Firmin and step-by-step instructions for simple projects, this is the perfect way to celebrate the 40th birthday of Britain’s best-loved cat. Word count: 15,000

Author : Jonny Trunk,Richard Embray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1909829021

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The Art of Smallfilms by Jonny Trunk,Richard Embray Pdf

Working from a barn in Kent, Postgate and Firmin produced some of the best-loved children's television of the 1960s and 1970s, including Bagpuss, The Clangers, Ivor The Engine and Noggin The Nog. This book presents the Smallfilms archive - the puppets and cut-outs from these series, along with insights into how they were made. It's a book full of pipe cleaners, cotton wool, wire and ping-pong balls, and celebrates the imagination and ingenuity of two artists who shaped the childhoods of a generation. Introduction by Jonny Trunk, Foreword by Stewart Lee: 'Jonny Trunk has taken the astonishingly thorough archive of Smallfilms... and presented it as one would a collection of artefacts in an exhibition detailing some much-admired 20th century art movement, like Fluxus or Dada. The Smallfilms' partnership's sacred relics repay his trust, and our repeated viewings.' Stewart Lee.

Author : Alistair D. McGown,Mark J. Docherty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2003-03
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:39015056879219

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The Hill and Beyond by Alistair D. McGown,Mark J. Docherty Pdf

The variety that is children's television drama is recalled in this book; shows such as: "Grange Hill"; "Stig of The Dump"; "The Railway Children"; "The Magician's House"; "The Chronicles of Narnia"; and "The Box of Delights". It lists entries on every British-made children's drama to have been shown on UK screens since 1950. Critical appraisals assess the kind of stories told for children, along with all the technical data and trivia. Programmes from the BBC and ITV are assessed, whether they were adaptations of literary classics or new, contemporary dramas, adventure, fantasy or science fiction.

Author : Oliver Postgate
Publisher : HarperCollins Children's Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11
Category : Bagpuss (Fictitious character)
ISBN : 000725864X

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The Big Book of Bagpuss by Oliver Postgate Pdf

The most important.The most beautiful.The most magical.Saggy old cloth cat in the whole world. Be reunited with an old friend in this magical big book of Bagpuss.

Author : Annabelle Honess Roe
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781350130302

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Aardman Animations by Annabelle Honess Roe Pdf

The Bristol-based animation company Aardman is best known for its most famous creations Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep. But despite the quintessentially British aesthetic and tone of its movies, this very British studio continues to enjoy international box office success with movies such as Shaun the Sheep Movie, Flushed Away and Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Aardman has always been closely linked with one of its key animators, Nick Park, and its stop motion, Plasticine-modelled family films, but it has more recently begun to experiment with modern digital filmmaking effects that either emulate 'Claymation' methods or form a hybrid animation style. This unique volume brings together leading film and animation scholars with children's media/animation professionals to explore the production practices behind Aardman's creativity, its history from its early shorts to contemporary hits, how its films fit within traditions of British animation, social realism and fantasy cinema, the key personalities who have formed its ethos, its representations of 'British-ness' on screen and the implications of traditional animation methods in a digital era.

Author : Alison Green
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780399181825

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Ask a Manager by Alison Green Pdf

From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 806 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Books
ISBN : UOM:39015078259614

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Book Review Index by Anonim Pdf

Every 3rd issue is a quarterly cumulation.

Author : Oliver Postgate
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-11-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781847678423

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Seeing Things by Oliver Postgate Pdf

Oliver Postgate is widely regarded as the greatest children's storyteller of the modern era. His work, which included The Clangers, Ivor the Engine, The Pogles, Noggin the Nog and, most famously, Bagpuss, is beloved by generations. In this delicious memoir Oliver Postgate describes how he came to create his stories and characters, developing innovative techniques of animation and puppetry alongside his friend and co-producer Peter Firmin. Amazingly, almost all of Oliver's films were made in a cowshed in Kent on a budget of next to nothing. The story of Oliver Postgate's extraordinary and adventurous life, and the wonderful characters who populated it - both real and imagined - is witty, charming, beautifully remembered and exquisitely told.

Author : Christopher Walsh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781350031623

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Stop Motion Filmmaking by Christopher Walsh Pdf

Based on a world-class curriculum and cutting-edge industry practices, Stop Motion Filmmaking offers step-by-step instruction in everything from puppet making and studio set-up to animation and filmmaking. Reflecting exciting advancements in the medium, animator and educator Christopher Walsh focuses closely on digital filmmaking techniques, and offers specific instruction for creating 3D designed and printed puppet components as well as hand-crafted elements. The book is enriched by exclusive online content in the form of detailed tutorials and examples, and by dynamic sidebars and inserts. Further accented by interviews with leading professionals from both the independent and major studio worlds, Stop Motion Filmmaking is designed for dedicated students of the art form, and provides invaluable training for any serious artist who is driven to bring frame-by-frame worlds to life through puppet animation.

Author : Andrew Chong
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781350035249

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Digital Animation by Andrew Chong Pdf

Basics Animation 02: Digital Animation takes a comprehensive look at the history of the medium, its growth and development over the last 50 years. This book features exciting contributions from innovators and pioneers in the medium as well as present day practitioners in the cinema, game, and television industries.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1200 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : English literature
ISBN : UOM:39015079753540

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Whitaker's Cumulative Book List by Anonim Pdf

Author : James Park
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Biography
ISBN : PSU:000029226276

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Icons by James Park Pdf

The only biographical dictionary of its kind concentrates on those figures that have most strongly influenced the worlds of politics, art, literature, sports, music, film, science, and culture from the postwar years to the present. Icons is a source as appropriate for conversation starters as it is for serious biographical information.

Author : Alex Dudok de Wit
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781838719258

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Grave of the Fireflies by Alex Dudok de Wit Pdf

On its release in 1988, Grave of the Fireflies riveted audiences with its uncompromising drama. Directed by Isao Takahata at Studio Ghibli and based on an autobiographical story by Akiyuki Nosaka, the story of two Japanese children struggling to survive in the dying days of the Second World War unfolds with a gritty realism unprecedented in animation. Grave of the Fireflies has since been hailed as a classic of both anime and war cinema. In 2018, USA Today ranked it the greatest animated film of all time. Yet Ghibli's sombre masterpiece remains little analysed outside Japan, even as its meaning is fiercely contested - Takahata himself lamented that few had grasped his message. In the first book-length study of the film in English, Alex Dudok de Wit explores its themes, visual devices and groundbreaking use of animation, as well as the political context in which it was made. Drawing on untranslated accounts by the film's crew, he also describes its troubled production, which almost spelt disaster for Takahata and his studio.