We’ll be releasing new content throughout Anim18, with resources and toolkits to keep you animated.
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ACTIVITY RESOURCES //
Get creative with these animation activity packs. Suitable for use in venues, in clubs or groups, or at home.ANIMATION PACK
A quick guide to British animation with activities to try
COLOUR-A-FRAME
Decorate a frame (or 42!) and take part in our animation collaboration
ANIMATED AR TRAIL
A trail to print out, put up, then solve the puzzle using our app!
MARKETING & EVALUATION RESOURCES //
Hosting your own Anim18 event? Artwork, templates and toolkits at your disposal...ARTWORK & TEMPLATES
Backgrounds, borders and templates for creating your own posters, resources or works of artLOGOS
Choose from a range of colours and styles of Aniim18 logos PLUS logos and lockups from our partnersSTICKERS & BADGES
Are you a Troublesome Tyke or a Hero Next Door? Anim18 badges for all kinds of characters!TRAILERS & DCP
Share the Anim18 trailer before a screening or event (English/Welsh)EVALUATION
Surveys, POS displays and toolkits for feedback on your eventsPOSTERS & FLYERS
Spread the word with our Anim18 marketing materialsWebsites //
Handy resources, activities, news and other animation-related goodness
INTO FILM
BFI: ANIMATED BRITAIN
SKWIGLY ANIMATION MAGAZINE
books //
In our quest to celebrate the past, present, and future of British Animation we've been enjoying a number of books - and you might too!British Animation: The Channel 4 Factor
In the 1980s and 1990s, Channel 4 flourished as a world champion of televised animation. In this fascinating book, Clare Kitson (winner of three Academy Awards for animation) celebrates a groundbreaking era.Cartoons: One Hundred Years of Cinema Animation
“This encyclopedic survey of commercial and fine art animation is well illustrated and international in scope; few new books on animation contain as much material as this important volume.”A Mirror for England: British Movies from Austerity to Affluence
“Books on the history of British cinema often overlook animation. Raymond Durgnat’s seminal 1970 volume A Mirror for England: British Movies from Austerity to Affluence is a key exception; after briefly touching upon Animal Farm and namechecking Dustbin Parade and Richard Williams during the course of the book he dedicates his final sub-chapter to the subject of animation in Britain.”Ray Harryhausen: An Animated Life
Anecdotal, insightful and honest, An Animated Life features hundreds of photos from Ray’s personal archive. It explains the basics of special effects and stop-motion animation, what it was like to work with actors including Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith and Lionel Jeffries, and how his creations were ultimately the real stars of the movies.They Thought It Was a Marvel
“The authors succeeded in penning a volume of over five hundred pages on a man whose combined extant filmography clocks in at under half an hour. This is a testament both to the scholarship of de Vries and Mull and to the genius of Melbourne-Cooper, whose films are still able to charm and fascinate today.”
Animation Websites
Want to learn more about animation, from techniques to interviews with animators and much more! Feel free to explore our curated list of online resources, all of whom have the Anim18 stamp of approval!Skwigly Spotlight: The Skwigly Animation Podcast Series
Click the following headings to be taken to the Skwigly site to access the podcasts: Podcast Episodes 1 to 6 Including interviews with Peter Lord, Barry Purves, Fraser MacLean & Colin Harding, David Sproxton, Paul Bush, Kieran Argo & A Productions to name a...
read moreSkwigly Spotlight: Intimate Animation Podcast Series
Join Skwigly’s Ben and Laura-Beth as they explore, discuss and interview the talents behind animation that deals with themes of love, relationships and sexuality. Intimate Animation #1 – Michaela Pavlátová Intimate Animation #2 – Anna Ginsburg Intimate Animation #3 –...
read moreSPOTLIGHT: Into Film | Interactive Resources | Young at Heart Strand
THE SECRET OF KELLS: FILM GUIDE A film guide that looks at The Secret of Kells (2009), an Oscar-nominated hand-drawn animation about a boy living in mediaeval Ireland who must complete a magic manuscript. This guide is useful for exploring topics including PSHE...
read moreOpportunities to Learn Animation
Whether you are looking into learning animation as a hobby, to develop skills you already have or as a career, The Anim18 curated list of opportunities to learn animation should help you on your way. Art Quest: The Artquest programme at University of the Arts London...
read moreAnimation Archive Collections
Although the Anim18 Timeline of British Animation is a great place to start to learn about what was happening throughout the decades, there is always more to learn. If you care to see the history of British Animation for yourself,then the following archive collections...
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