Beyond Bagpuss

A History of Smallfilms Animation Studio

Chris Pallant (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2022
BFI Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-83902-239-5 (ISBN)

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Ivor the Engine, Noggin the Nog, Pingwings, Pogles Wood, The 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.

Chris Pallant is Professor of Animation and Screen Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University, 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.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	15.07.2022
Zusatzinfo	100 bw illus
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
ISBN-10	1-83902-239-6 / 1839022396
ISBN-13	978-1-83902-239-5 / 9781839022395
Zustand	Neuware