Spin Spun Span

Category:
Animation
Format:
Hand Drawn Animation
Running Time:
4 min 31 s
Year:
2010

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  • Paul Synnott 10 months ago
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    Very clever animation and design...well done.
  • Matthew Marsh 12 months ago
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    Once again another amazing job!
  • John Henry Owen 1 year ago
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    Really unique piece of work. Great to see this kind of innovative film making. I missed it at the Old Blue Last the other day, so great to have a chance to see it. Thanks guys.
  • mick foley 1 year ago
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    Gorgeous film a slice of history brought to life. Great visuals, animations and beautiful music. Billy Payne's soundtrack works perfectly driving the film along. Hope you win and look forward to seeing your next production.
  • emily howells 1 year ago
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    Thank you too!
  • Chris Aitken 1 year ago
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    Well conceived, nice use of theme. Stunning. Can't fault it. Hope you win.
  • Jason Wingard 1 year ago
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    This is great Anne.
  • Anne Wilkins (Filmmaker!) 1 year ago
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    Thanks!

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Anne Wilkins

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16/07/07

About this film

A surreal journey through the cotton factories of the North West of England, led by a choir of singing spindles and a spinning mule.This is our second film, and was commissioned by Bolton Museum & Archives, where it is exhibited. We delved into the archive stores and looked at hundreds of strange and weird bolt labels. These were put onto the bolts of fabric which were exported from Britain, and the designs were meant to entice foreign buyers. The labels showed anything and everything - from women dressed as men to lions on skates and colourful acrobats. We animated these illustrations and used them in the film alongside rotoscoped animation of the mill machinery. The editing of the film and the sound design evoke the noises and rhythm of the factory, as we also sampled these sounds via the North West Sound Archive.

  • Best London Filmmaker
  • East End Film Festival
  • Stuttgart Animation Festival
  • London Short Film Festival

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