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Zusatztext A thorough, engaging and innovative study of the creative pairing of Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin which not only offers fresh insight into Smallfilms' much-loved classics like Bagpuss and The Clangers, but also greatly expands our understanding of lesser-known works which are ripe for rediscovery. Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Through extensive studio access, interviews with many key Smallfilms collaborators, press and audience analysis, Chris Pallant traces a comprehensive and definitive historical record of the studio's work. Beyond Bagpuss is illustrated with more than 100 images from the Smallfilms archive, including those that have not previously been published. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction2. 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 RenewalAPPENDIX A: Smallfilms – statistical perspectivesAPPENDIX B: Examples of Oliver Postgate’s Screenwriting StyleWorks CitedFilmographyIndex...
